BMC Women in Adventure 2016: The Winners
Watch the entries to the 2016 Women in Adventure film competition here.
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. Back for it's second year, the Women in Adventure Film competition is an attempt to readdress this balance. Thanks to our judging panel of Emily Pitts (Women Climb), Rich Heap and Jen Randall (film makers).
Judge Jen Randall said: “I'm excited to be a judge in the BMC Women in Adventure film competition this year, not just to give out free passes because films are being made by or feature women, because it's exciting and important to find new, strong, talented voices coming from and shedding light on a perspective that is not only underrepresented in adventure film, but in the film industry as a whole.” And the winners are:
FIRST PLACE
Kosmos - There and Back Again by Heather Swift
About the film: Pik Kosmos- There and back again. Follow Emily Ward and friends as they travel across Kyrgyzstan in an attempt to scale this remote mountain.
Find out more about the film: www.womens-mountain-collective.com.
SECOND PLACE
Women in Adventure - Kate Worthington by Rob Johnson
About the film: What makes a runner and how can running in the mountains be balanced with every day life?
Find out more about the film: www.filmuphigh.com.
THIRD PLACE
Miles Away by Dave MacLeod
About the film: Alicia Hudelson on running in the mountains. Shot in Avers, Switzerland and Serra De Montsant, Catalunya.
Find out more about the film: www.davemacleod.blogspot.com.
FOURTH PLACE
My Cathedral by Sandro Gromen-Hayes
About the film: With the words of Anatoli Boukreev ringing in her ears, Vicki Warke leads a pitch up a frozen water fall in the Canadian Rockies.
Find out more about the film: www.sharpendfilms.net.
PEOPLE'S CHOICE
Girlie & Burly by Xian Goh
About the film: How burly are girls? A film about women who climb.
WATCH: all the 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
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