BMC Women in Adventure 2015: The Winners
From swimming naked in Snowdonia, to taking the first steps in a lifetime of mountaineering, there's only one word to describe the entries to our Women in Mountain Adventure Films competition: inspiring. We had 14 diverse entries.
Anyone who has visited the Sheffield Adventure Film Festival (ShAFF), or any other film festival, will realise that adventure films come in all shapes and sizes, however, just a fifth of the films screened at ShAFF feature female protagonists, or are made by women.
In an attempt to rebalance this, the BMC, with ShAFF, WomenClimb, Sport Is Beautiful and a range of other partners, including sponsor Mountain Warehouse, set up the Women in Mountain Adventure Films competition. The deadline has passed and the entries have now all been uploaded to BMC TV, visit the BMC TV competition channel or check them all out below.
Thanks to our judging panel of Mina Leslie-Wujastyk (BMC Vice President), Mark Turnbull (Producer of the legendary Hard Grit) and Matt Heason (ShAFF Director).
The films will also be shown at events celebrating International Women's Day - see a list of the events on the Womenclimb website.
First place and People's Choice Award
Blue Hue by Natasha Brooks
A film about the joys of year round naked swimming in the lakes of Snowdonia.
Second place
Fran by Jen Crook
About the film: After falling off a ladder at work, it took Fran several years of training in the gym just to get back into the climbing wall. In 2014 she successfully defended her title of World Paraclimbing Champion which she first won in Paris in 2012.
Find out more about the film: www.jencrook.com.
Third Place
Scaling the Whale by Shyla Lee
About the film: The film is about a woman’s search for meaning. Despite being a successful professional she is discontented and goes to find meaning in the mountains.
Fourth place
3 | 6 | 5 by Emma Whittaker
About the film: Short film highlighting humans want and need for adventure. Aiming to inspire the viewer to endeavour to achieve more in our daily lives.
Find out more about the film: www.facebook.com/silverslothproductions.
📺 WATCH: All the 2015 entries on the BMC TV playlist
📺 WATCH: All the films EVER entered into the Women In Adventure Film Competition
Any questions, feedback or ideas about the competition can be sent to emma@thebmc.co.uk