| Jacques Perrin’s Le Peuple Migrateur has won the 50th International Festival of Mountains, Exploration and Adventure “Città di Trento”. The Italian Alpine Club Prize – Gold Gentian for the best film on mountaineering was awarded to The Ghosts of K2 by Mick Conefrey, while the Silver Gentian for the best mountain film was awarded to Les Funambules du Yang Tsé by Patricia Micallef and Fulvio D’Aguanno.
Of the various other prizes worth mentioning is UIAA Award for Heinz Zak’s "Bellavista", a film that documents Alexander Huber’s first winter ascent and then summer free ascent on the Cima Ovest of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo.
THE WINNING FILMS
Gran Premio “Città di Trento” – Gold Gentian
LE PEUPLE MIGRATEUR by Jacques Perrin (Francia).
From the steppes of Asia to the Antarctica, from Monument Valley to the New York skyline and the heart of Paris, from the uncontaminated world to the industrial universe, from the solitude of the oceans to the wild peaks of the mountains, the director Jacques Perrin transports us in flight with the migratory birds of the planet, immersing us in their world. A magical film, a great documentary that employs exciting visual techniques. At the same time the film yields a spectacular epic story.
Italian Alpine Club Prize – Gold Gentian for the best film on mountaineering
THE GHOSTS OF K2 by Mick Conefrey
For the complete and well-documented reconstruction of the assault on the second highest peak in the world, K2, from the initial defeat to the Italian victory. An adventurous journey through precious period footage told through interviews with the protagonists of the time.
Silver Gentian for the best mountain film
LES FUNAMBULES DU YANG TSÃ by Patricia Micallef and Fulvio D’Aguanno (Francia)
A short film about a village deep in the mountains of China. A story that turns, as if by magic, into a universal metaphor. The simple but vibrant tale of the remarkable inventiveness of people faced with the obstacles imposed by their mountain home. A poetic story about the life of a community.
Silver Gentian for the best film on the mountain environment and promotion ofsustainable development.
ex aequo:
- A LA DÉCOUVERTE DE L'ULTIME ESPÉRANCE by Gilles Santantonio (France)
- GLORIEUSE L'ILE AUX TORTUES VERTES by Rémy Tezier (France)
Silver Gentian for the best film on exploration
LOS CUEVEROS by Fulvio Mariani (Switzerland)
for the surprising ability to capture the effort and beauty of a
journey deep into the caves of Cuba.
Silver Gentian for the best film on Sport and Sport Adventure
JUMP by Allen Hill and John Catto (U.S.A.)
a documentary on a very unusual sport that has evolved in one area of Europe (Czech Republic).
prize for the best film by an Italian director
ULTIMATE GUIDE: ICEMAN by Brando Quilici (Italia)
the narrative liveliness with which the story of the Simulaun man is told.
prize for the best photography
MUSTANG by Pavol Barabàs (Slovakia)
for the chromatic richness, attention for the changing tones and the ability to
capture the isolation and diversity of the splendid and little-known Kingdom of Lo in
Nepal.
special mentions
- PRZYPADKI PANI ANI by Darius Zaluski (Poland)
- SALATHE – BLOOD, SWEAT & BAGELS by Richard Heap (Great Britain)
- IL GUARDIANO DEI SEGNI by Renato Morelli (Italy) | | 
The Jury
Piera Detassis (Italy), President
Patrick Berhault (France)
Stefan König (Germany)
Rebecca Martin (U.S.A)
Josef Simunek (Czech Republic)
Manouchehr Tayyab (Iran)
Margaret Wicks (great Britain)
info
FilmFestival “Città di Trento”
Via S. Croce 67 I
38100 TRENTO
tel. 0461.238178/986120
fax 0461.237832
filmfestival.trento.it
email
Uff. Stampa Filmfestival:
Marco Benedetti
Tel. 0461.930552
339.8630448
mabe2159@libero.it
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