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The 2010 Waterwalker Film Festival is pleased to announce the winning films in each of the following categories:
Best of the Festival - Finding Farley
Produced by The National Film Board of Canada
Follow filmmakers Karsten Heuer and Leanne Allison along with their two-year-old son Zev as they trace the literary footsteps of an iconic Canadian author. Their 5,000 km journey has them paddling, portaging and sailing from the Prairies to the Maritimes where they finally meet up with Canadian author Farley Mowat.
Running time: 62 minutes
Year released: 2009
Best Canoeing Film- This is Canoeing
Produced by Justine Curgenven
This is Canoeing is a collection of canoeing films that showcase some of the single blade's most talented paddlers, exploring wilderness and running challenging whitewater. The film features Becky Mason, Paul Mason, Kevin Callan, Mark Scriver, Andrew Westwood, Ray Goodwin, Wendy Grater and others.
Running time: 7 to 35 minutes each
Year Released: 2010
Best Environmental Film- Terra Antarctica
Produced by Jon Bowermaster
Terra Antarctica explores the fast-changing evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula, which has been impacted by climate change. This National Geographic-sponsored exploration is a one-of-a-kind look at Antarctica from a unique perspective
Running time: 48 minutes
Year released: 2009
Best Adventure Film - Paddle to Seattle
Produced by J.J. Kelley and Ben Gottfried
Paddle to Seattle follows two adventurers on a 1,300-mile voyage in homebuilt kayaks for 97 days down the Inside Passage from Alaska through British Columbia to northern Washington.
Running time: 52 minutes
Year released: 2009
Paddle to Seattle Trailer from Ben Gottfried on Vimeo.
Best Instructional Film - Sea Kayak with Gordon Brown
Produced by Simon Willis
This film features exciting, practical sea kayaking instruction from Gordon Brown, one of the world's top coaches. It guides kayakers through forward paddling, turning and steering and into rough water and tidal races. Beautifully filmed off the Isle of Skye.
Running time: 35 minutes
Year released: 2009
Best Action Film - Let the Slave Run
Produced by Jacqui Whitehead
The Slave River in the Northwest Territories offers world-class play spots, river running and even creeking. Let the Slave Run shows what four sets of rapids has to offer as well as making people aware that this unique river is under threat of being dammed.
Running time: 18 minutes
Year released: 2009
Best Amateur Film - Armada
Produced by Aaron Janzen/Graham Nelson
Twelve friends gather on the Upper Red Deer River in the Alberta foothills to end the summer with a weekend of whitewater canoeing. All are ready to "get their paddle on" and have a good time.
Running time: 12 minutes
Year released: 2009
The following films received honourable mentions:
Symbiosis
Produced by Carl Jacks
Symbiosis features exquisite footage from numerous West Kootenay creeks that are threatened by controversial independent power projects (IPPs). A collective of concerned kayakers are raising awareness over hundreds of IPP applications in British Columbia. Viewers are led down a selection of creeks and canyons special to the West Kootenay region.
Running time: 12 minutes
Year Produced: 2009
River Life
Produced by Rio Fitch
During an eight-day canoe trip in Northern Saskatchewan in the summer of 2009, nine paddlers traveled up the Chipman River from Black Lake to Selwyn Lake, which rests on the border between Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories.
Running time: 26 minutes
Year released: 2009
Lucky 13
Produced by Carl Jacks
Like trying to catch a rattled rooster, Lucky 13 chases to keep up with a group of adrenalin-fused kayakers in search of a variety of whitewater features within their beloved West Kootenay playground. Compiling rare footage, and outtakes, Lucky 13 throws the dice at a dynamic selection of dubiously lucky paddling lines.
Running time: 6 minutes
Year Released: 2009
Tilt
Produced by Aaron Janzen
In the wildest, wettest part of Alberta, where cattle still roam at large and tight wranglers are the norm, three teenagers dare to slip into even tighter neoprene and learn to wrangle the whitewater of the Red Deer River. From the Ya Ha Tinda to Sundre, they run solo under the instructive watch of Ryan Lemphers and Rob Cox.
Running time: 7.5 minutes
Year Released: 2009
International Whitewater Hall of Frame
Produced by Pat McDonnell
The International Whitewater Hall of Fame has inducted its fifth class of outstanding contributors to the sport, business, lifestyle and environmental stewardship that define the whitewater community. The 2009 inductees hail from six different continents and are: Explorer Lars Holbech, Pioneer Mikhail Kolche Vnikov, Champions Stepanka Hilertova and Pavol and Peter Hochschorner as well as advocates Bill Mason and Rafael Gallo.
Running time: 14 minutes
Year Released: 2009
The 2010 Festival showcases films that push the creative edge in the paddling film genre.Since its inception over 22 years ago, the Festival has entertained and inspired paddling enthusiasts across North America. The festival tour includes both winners and other outstanding entrants.
Congratulations to the winners!
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