The 2004 Programme

WEDNESDAY, JULY 21st, 2004
CINEMA DES GUIDES - BREUIL-CERVINIA
h. 14.30 Grand Prix Competition
Farther Than the Eye Can See
Michael Brown, Stati Uniti/USA, 75', video
Eric Weinemayer is blind, but it doesn't prevent him from climbing Everest.
h. 15.45 Documentaries Competition
G4 - Una cresta tra passato e guerra
Fulvio Mariani, Switzerland, 69', video
In 2002, a Swiss-Italian expedition set off to climb G4, but India and Pakistan are on the brink of nuclear war.
h. 17.00 Grand Prix Competition
A Man Called Nomad
Alex Gabbay, UK, 38', video
The story of Choegatar, a nomad from Central Asia in the twenty-first century.
h. 17.40 Documentaries Competition
Papuas, Marco Preti, Italy, 52', video
Traversing Papua between local tradition and reminiscences of cannibalism.
h. 18.35 Documentaries Competition
Mokry Raj (Water Paradise)
Hugo Habrman, Czech Rep., 18', video
Under water life in Czech Republic's lakes and torrents.
h. 20.30
OPENING CEREMONY OF CERVINO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
h. 20.45 Documentaries Competition
Front Range Freaks: Biscuit
Peter Mortimer, USA, 3', video
A little dog in training for her favourite sport: rock climbing.
h. 20.50 Documentaries Competition
Plitvice - Im Land der fallenden Seen
Michael Schlamberger, Austria, 50', video
The evocative imagery of Plitvice Park.
h. 21.45 Documentaries Competition
The Final Solution, David Halsted, UK, 10', video
Stuart Allwood suffers from cerebral paresis: after discovering he has Hodgkin disease, he leaves for the French Alpes with a store of frozen chicken... seasoned with British humour.
h. 22.00 Documentaries Competition
The Race
Uli Wiesmeier, Germany, 12', video
Stefan Glowacz and Rob Wittal decide to challenge each other on the slopes of Sella.
h. 22.15 Features Competition
Danehaye Rize Barf (Tiny Snowflakes)
Ali-Reza Amini, Iran, 80', 35mm
Two mine guards, on the Iranian mountains, build up a world around them to escape their solitude.

h. 21.00 Special Events
SALA CONGRESSI COMUNALE - VALTOURNENCHE
RAI Vd'A: 25 ANNI PER LA MONTAGNA
Retrospective mountain films produced by RAIVd'A
LES SOUVENIRS (MEMORIES)
Quando Cervinia non c'era, Carlo A. Rossi, 28'32", 1993
Valtournenche d'atre cou, Carlo A. Rossi, 31'31", 1994
C'era una volta il KL, Carlo A. Rossi, 26'39", 1990
Un bel 13!, Giorgio Squarzino, 40', 2001

THURSDAY, JULY 22nd, 2004
CINEMA DES GUIDES - BREUIL-CERVINIA
h. 14.30 Documentaries Competition
Cinco dias de Mayo
Sebastian Alvaro, Spain, 60', video
The ascent of Everest documented live by Spanish television.
h. 15.35 Documentaries Competition
Marlevar
Sandro Gastinelli, Italy, 22', video
Oven restoration for the production of bread in the Valle Stura.
h. 16.00 Documentaries Competition
Eiger Nordwand - Auf den Spuren der Erstbesteiger
Frank Senn, Thomas Ulrich, Switzerland, 52', video
Two mountaineers attempt to climb the north face of Eiger with reproduced equipment used in the 30s.
h. 16.55 Documentaries Competition
Tajfunky (TyphoonSki), Vasek Zítka, Czech Rep., 17', video
A race on one metre skis, a little bit of post-rock, and some beer mugs...
h. 17.15 Grand Prix Competition
The Other Final
Johan Kramer, Holland, 53', video
Bhutan and Montserrat, the last two football teams on the FIFA classification, play an interesting final.
h. 18.15 Documentaries Competition
Le rêve unique
Mustapha Chaabi, Morocco, 26', video
Saharan migrants embark on an odyssey to the Spanish coast.
h. 20.30 Documentaries Competition
Sepid Mesle Zogal (As White as Coal)
Nasser Nasserpour, Iran, 11', 16mm
A young boy's trials and tribulations selling coal on the Iranian mountains.
20.45 Documentaries Competition
Bergfilm
Michael Wachtler, Italy/Germany, 45', video
Mountains and the history of cinema, with particular attention to Luis Trenker.
h. 21.30 Features Competition
Freski (Frescoes)
Alexander Gutman, Russia, 96', 35mm
In Armenia, Varuz, a young boy attempts to overcome his depression when his city is virtually razed to the ground by an earthquake.

h. 21.00 Special Events
SALA CONGRESSI COMUNALE - VALTOURNENCHE
RAI Vd'A: 25 ANNI PER LA MONTAGNA
Retrospective mountain films produced by RAIVd'A
GLI EXPLOITS
La Pertze, Giorgio Squarzino, 25'12", 1991
Una ciliegina sulla torta, Giorgio Squarzino, 32'52", 2000
Come esempio lo stambecco, Carlo A. Rossi, 29'07", 1991
Ettore e Bruno, storie di pietre e di corsa, Carlo A. Rossi, 29'15", 1997

FRIDAY, JULY 23rd, 2004
CINEMA DES GUIDES - BREUIL-CERVINIA
h. 14.00 Documentaries Competition
Piròt, en fiét d'en bot
Sandro Gastinelli, Italy, 40', video
The story of Piero, a child in the Alta Val Maira many years ago.
h. 14.45 Documentaries Competition
Parahawking
Graham Saunders-Griffiths, Adam Hill, UK, 36', video
Paragliding in Pokhara, in the heart of the Himalayas, in the company of trained birds of prey.
h. 15.25 Documentaries Competition
Pepite nella nebbia, Adriano Zecca, Switzerland/Italy, 27', video
A gold mine on a mountain in Ecuador created the city of ÒBela RicaÓ, a place where poverty prevails.
h. 15.55 Documentaries Competition
Sahara - Das versunkene Paradies
Michael Schlamberger, Austria, 50', video
On the trail of what should have been, according to ancient rock drawings, the Sahara many years ago.
h. 16.50 Documentaries Competition
Breeze - Vento nel parco
Daniele Ottobre, Italy, 21', video
Sicily's national park Madonie, accompanied only with the sound of wind.
h. 17.15 Out of Competition
K2 Una storia italiana
Alessandro Varchetta, Italy, 49', video
The historical conquest of K2 lead by Ardito Desio's expedition, amongst glory and controversy.
h. 18.00 Special Events
CENTRO SOCIALE SPORTIVO - BREUIL-CERVINIA
Inauguration of the Museo Nazionale della Montagna's K2 exhibition
Ore 20.30 Special Events
Presentation of the International Alliance for Mountain Film which gave the 2004 prize to the director Fulvio Mariani, screening his nine minute film on the late mountaineer, Patrick Bérhault.
Ore 21.00 Special Events
Slide show of the English mountaineer Simon Yates, along with Joe Simpson protagonists of the film "Touching the Void", and member of the Festival's jury.
Ore 22.30 Out of Competition
Touching the Void
Kevin Macdonald, UK, 106', 35mm
Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' adventure on the Peruvian Andes.

 h. 21.00 Special Events
SALA CONGRESSI COMUNALE - VALTOURNENCHE
RAI Vd'A: 25 ANNI PER LA MONTAGNA
Retrospective mountain films produced by RAIVd'A
NON SOLO ALPI (NOT ONLY ALPS)
Les parois de la mémoire: K2, Carlo A. Rossi, 56'32", 1995
Scelte di vita, Giorgio Squarzino, 52'22", 2000

SATURDAY, JULY 24th, 2004
CINEMA DES GUIDES - BREUIL-CERVINIA

h. 9.00 Special Events
Arrival of Festival guests from the Comunità Arca di Como who will undertake a mountaineering course organized by Alpiteam
h. 10.00 Special Events
CLUB MED - BREUIL-CERVINIA
Assembly of Associazione Giornalisti Italiani della Montagna (AGIM)

h. 10.00 Features Competition
Hans im Gluck ­ Von einem, der Auszog, das Rauchen loszuwerden (Lucky Jack ­The Smoker Film)
Peter Liechti, Switzerland, 90', 35mm
A road-movie across Switzerland.
h. 14.00 Documentaries Competition
The Dark Side of Everest
Andrew Palmer, UK, 48', video
When too much ambition transforms into tragedy.
h. 14.55 Grand Prix Competition
Charles, Edouard, ou le temps suspendu
Bernard Boyer, France, 26', video
The life of two brothers, Charles and Edouard, who live in a mountain hut in a French Alpine village.
h. 15.30 Out of Competition
Einspruch III
Rolando Colla, Switzerland, 9', 35mm
An Algerian with an artificial leg is stopped on the Swiss frontier, but his prothesis is forgotten in the border official offices.
h. 15.45 Features Competition
Bom, Yeoreum, Gaeul, Gyeowool, Geurigo, Bom
Kim-Ki-duk, South Korea-Germany, 103', 35mm
The passing of the seasons as a metaphor of life.
h. 17.30 Documentaries Competition
In Search of Zhang Zhung
Alex Gabbay, UK/Nepal, 60', video
Searching for the origins of the religion Bonk, older than Buddhism, together with a monk and an American photographer. 

h 18.00 Special Events
HOSTELLERIE DES GUIDES - BREUIL-CERVINIA
Presentazione del libro "I tempi sono maturi" di Luca Mercalli (CDA&Vivalda Ed.)

h. 20.30
AWARD-GIVING CEREMONY OF CERVINO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Guest of honour the famous meteorologist, journalist and writer Luca Mercalli
h.21.15 Special Events
Screening of a film in collaboration with the Turin National Museum of Cinema
h.21.45
SCREENING OF AWARDED FEATURE FILM

h. 21.00 Special Events
SALA CONGRESSI COMUNALE - VALTOURNENCHE
RAI VD'A: 25 ANNI PER LA MONTAGNA
Retrospective mountain films produced by RAIVd'A
LA STORIA (THE HISTORY)
Nel regno del Cervino, Stefano Viaggio, 50'54", 1995
Quei giorni sul Bianco, Nazareno Marinoni, 37'15", 1986
Oltre da solo: Renato Casarotto, Nazareno Marinoni, 29'44", 1987

SUNDAY JULY 25th, 2004
CINEMA DES GUIDES
h.10.00
SCREENINGS OF AWARDED FILMS
in original language

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