Andy is without doubt the hottest ticket on the British climbing and mountaineering lecture circuit. He's back at ShAFF again, this time talking about, and reading from his forthcoming book Cold Wars - plus a few stories that didn't make it into the book. Andy will also present the Jagged Globe ShAFF Shorts video competition immediately after the lecture in the Showroom Cafe. A WORLD PREMIERE.

Featuring Ben Lynch, Brandon Cocard, Eric Messier and Travis Parker. Get ready for some serious one footer action, double flips, break dance stunts and happy faces. Strong language.  

In mythological terms, Chimaera refers to a fusion of forms that is the personification of winter. To make this short film a unique camera system capable of shooting over 1000 frames per second was used. Chimaera slows our perception of reality and offers an unprecedented look at a skier's life.

CROSS-COUNTRY SNOWBOARDING is a hilarious send-up of the 'gnarly-radical', cool dude culture of adventure sports. Guaranteed to make you laugh-out-loud, Canadian comedy duo Adam and Dave are Joel and Tate, the world’s most dedicated Nordic Snowboarders, battling the winter elements as they fight against prejudice from skiers and regular snowboarders alike. EUROPEAN PREMIERE.  

NoBoarding. Exactly like snowboarding, but with no bindings! You get a rope and a rubber stomp pad. From cutting-edge producers Rocky Mountain Sherpas HACK YOUR SHACKLES is a high-adrenaline snow-fest hot on the heels of the award winning film 'Yes to the NO', and updates the rapid progression of this young sport.

There’s no place like home! Swiss skier Dominique Perret doesn't have to travel far to find beautiful freeriding. Based in Verbier and Zinal, he and his team made the most of an ideal winter to ski Valais’ famous 4000’s. The perfect backdrop for his bold free-flowing style of skiing. These Alps are his garden, his home, his “Home Swiss Home”! BRITISH PREMIERE.  

41 mins An institution in action sports, Standard Films has been capturing the essence of snowboarding since 1991, beginning with the iconic “TB” series that defined a genre of filmmaking. Standard Films’ legacy of portraying the progression of snowboarding through acclaimed film continues with THE STORMING.

It's a first for ShAFF. A short video competition - open to everybody - with £500 up for grabs provided by ShAFF sponsors Jagged Globe. This ticketed event, hosted by Andy Kirkpatrick, will feature a selection of the winning entries, as well as the presentation of the awards for the best three films. NB - Tickets to this event are half the regular session ticket price. This is a new event to ShAFF hence the 'introductory offer'.

From the co-visionary of the underground cult classic Stripped, the online web series Stund, and a past editor for Freeride Entertainment, Tamas Forde/New Wave Cinema brings us Brighter, featuring some of the world's best riders, shredding and sending it for their love of riding bikes.

Kenton is one of the most successful high altitude mountaineers the UK has ever produced. He's summited Everest more times than you can shake a large stick at. He's skied off the summit of 8,000m peaks, and he's a local lad. He'll be talking about both his mountaineering and skiing exploits in his usual no-nonsense manner (anybody remember 'Everest The Easy Way'?)  

'Race Across The Sky' - the story of the 2009 Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race will inspire you to 'Dig Deep'. At 10,000+ feet, against the misty backdrop of a former mining town, Leadville, Colorado, 1228 cyclists start the grueling 100 mile race. This epic mountain bike race was captured with 10 HD cameras throughout the course including a helicopter and an off-road motocam. Racers include seven-time Tour de France winner Lance...

WAY BACK HOME is the latest from master mountain biker Danny MacAskill as he cycles from Edinburgh to his home on the Isle of Skye. Jaw-dropping skills and amazing stunts in an exhibition of trials riding on a trip like no other you've ever been on. Grab the chance to see a You Tube phenomenon on the big screen.

DOUGIE DOWN THE PET is an endearing feel-good tale of a father and son bonding on a classic whitewater canoe trip down Canada's Petawawa River. Guided by Dad, four year old Dougie runs challenging rapids, climbs cliffs, fishes for his supper and camps in sub-zero temperatures. A touching but also thought-provoking look at the benefits of exposing children to risk from an early age.

In FATHER OF THE PRIDE the award-winning adventure film-maker, Alistair Lee, captures his 5 year old son Simon tackling a gritstone boulder in this amusing short. Young Simon clearly has all the necessary attributes to become a top climber including knowing when it's time for a tea-break!  

FIGHT SCIENCE tests the skills of parkour free-runners under laboratory conditions. How do these modern-day urban ninjas manage huge vertical jumps and gravity defying leaps? British Ryan Doyle and Daniel Ilabaca are wired up to work out the science behind their amazing techniques.

NoBoarding. Exactly like snowboarding, but with no bindings! You get a rope and a rubber stomp pad. From cutting-edge producers Rocky Mountain Sherpas HACK YOUR SHACKLES is a high-adrenaline snow-fest hot on the heels of the award winning film 'Yes to the NO', and updates the rapid progression of this young sport.  

LIQUID MOUNTAINEERING is a new sport which is attempting to achieve what man has tried to do for centuries: walk on water. Or to be more precise: running on water. This screening is a rare chance to see Hi-Tec's phenomenally successful viral marketing hit on the big screen.

One of a pair of films at this year's ShAFF, this short-film is pro-unicycler Max Schultze's video response to young fan Zed. (See ZED TO MAX to watch the 8 year old's You Tube Homage). EUROPEAN PREMIERE.

SKATIESTAN is the story of a unique project in Afghanistan giving young people skateboards and teaching them to ride like the wind. Children who've lived all their lives in abject poverty knowing nothing but war, experience a taste of freedom for the first time. A vibrant and authentic view into the youth of a battle-scarred nation, this meeting of cultures is a symbol of hope for the next generation.

Imagine tight-rope walking 4,000 metres up in the air. In SKYLINERS acclaimed French documetary maker Seb Montez films an incredible walk on a wire strung between the Aiguilles du Diable (Devil's Needles). Stunning HD aerial photography of the Mont Blanc mountain range makes this short-film literally breath-taking.

THE LONGEST WAY is an endurance film with a twist. Christoph Rehage tells the story of his 1000 mile walk across China over mountains and blazing hot deserts in a captivating time-lapse montage made up of 1,400 self-portraits with the timeline and emotion conveyed by his beard and hair growth. The people and landscapes in the background of each shot provide a colourful portrayal of the interior of this enormous yet little explored country. UK...

WAY BACK HOME is the latest from master mountain biker Danny MacAskill as he cycles from Edinburgh to his home on the Isle of Skye. Jaw-dropping skills and amazing stunts in an exhibition of trials riding on a trip like no other you've ever been on. Grab the chance to see a You Tube phenomenon on the big screen.

"Hi Max Schultze, my name's Zed and you're my hero". ZED TO MAX is an 8 year old boy's short but sweet You Tube homage to pro-unicycler Max Schultze. Proving you're never too young to take up adventure sports! (See MAX TO ZED for Max's video reply). EUROPEAN PREMIERE

Mickey Smith worked with Allan Wilson (director of photography) from the Astray Collective to present a side to surfing that few of us, as observers or surfers, will glimpse: the life of the photographer. What drives him to spend countless hours in cold and hostile waters in search of a single shot?

British cavers explore a series of caves underneath Buddhist monestaries in Burma.  

Into Darkness goes beneath the surface to reveal the fantastic underworld universe of caves. Follow a group of cavers, who push through impossibly small passages to access some of the final frontiers on earth. EUROPEAN PREMIERE.

INTO THE DARKNESS follows Rick Stanton and John Volanthen, two of Europe's most successful cave divers, at they attempt to explore the Cogol dei Veci, a massive flooded cave in Northern Italy. The film follows their attempts in 2004 and 2005 to find a dry cave passage beyond the 2400m long first sump, and at the same time provides a rare opportunity to look behind the scenes and understand what it takes to be at the cutting edge of...

A magic country, searching for its present face in the heritage of the 13th century, once became the largest empire that the world has ever seen, known as Pax Mongolica. Feared, cursed and also admired, the same as its founder, in his life never defeated, the chieftain Genghis Khan. On our adventurous quest through inhospitable nature, away from the usual routes, we discovered the other, unknown and surprisingly open-minded side of the...

Shot in the Lake District, the film is a 24-hour time-lapse piece using a camera head programmed to rotate twice through 360°. During the day, it captures the natural landscape as it changes over time, then to contrast with the night sky, flashes of light were introduced as a man-made element. Stunning.  

SKATIESTAN is the story of a unique project in Afghanistan giving young people skateboards and teaching them to ride like the wind. Children who've lived all their lives in abject poverty knowing nothing but war, experience a taste of freedom for the first time. A vibrant and authentic view into the youth of a battle-scarred nation, this meeting of cultures is a symbol of hope for the next generation.

How far would you push yourself to find a way on in a dark labyrinth of underground tunnels nearly a 1000m below the surface? The giant of the south follows a group of cutting edge Spanish cavers as they face that challenge, it’s a rare opportunity to see what real underground exploration looks like, close up. With enough food for five days underground, will the team find a way on?    

THE LONGEST WAY is an endurance film with a twist. Christoph Rehage tells the story of his 1000 mile walk across China over mountains and blazing hot deserts in a captivating time-lapse montage made up of 1,400 self-portraits with the timeline and emotion conveyed by his beard and hair growth. The people and landscapes in the background of each shot provide a colourful portrayal of the interior of this enormous yet little explored country. UK...

A short glimpse of the remote Wakhan Corridor in the North East of Afghanistan, where a group of five friends spent a month exploring this mountainous region. During their time, a first ascent was made of a 5,500m peak in the Quala I Hurst valley, but perhaps most memorable was the time spent with the Kyrgyz and Wakhi as they packed up and prepared to move on from their summer pastures.

In WILD SWIM: WORDSWORTH COUNTRY journalist & founder of the Outdoor Swimming Society, Kate Rew, swims Rydal Water in the Lake District. His home for 37 years, Wordsworth described the lake as "The most loveliest spot that man hath found". Immersing herself, Kate discovers a different perspective on a landscape often taken for granted from the shore.  

A LIFE ASCENDING explores the highs and lows of living life on the edge as mountain ski guide Ruedi Beglinger and his family deal with the ever-present dangers of their dad working in the avalanche prone Rocky Mountains. Filmed against the stunning backdrop of their home on a remote glacier in British Columbia, their story is heart-breaking, uplifting and thought-provoking. It examines the dilemma at the crux of all adventure sports and...

In ANNAPURNA IN LIGHT STYLE Piotr Pustelnik is trying to climb his 14th 8000m peak for the 4th time. Together with 3 good friends this small team pushes for the summit carrying the bare minimum of equipment. With just 150m to go they have to decide if they dare push on. An engaging insight into the dynamics of an expedition - spectacular Himalayan scenery contrasting with the tedium of day-to-day camp-life and the eternal dilemma of summit vs...

POINT OF NO RETURN charts the story of Jonny Copp and Micah Dash's attempt to make a first ascent of China's Mt Edgar via the east side during warm weather that makes the route prone to avalanches. "It's scary," Jonny tells cameraman Wade Johnson. "I've been on a lot of expeditions with Jonny," says Micah, "and that's the first time I've ever heard him refer to something as 'scary.'" They were right to be unnerved. The film highlights the...

The Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East may as well be the end of the earth. Its enormously wild landscape is swarming with bugs and bears and threaded with rivers full of massive mouse-eating trout. In the stunning film Eastern Rises, fishing is poetry, Bigfoot lurks in the fog, and fishermen risk life and limb in decommissioned Cold War helicopters to explore rivers that have never been fished before. EUROPEAN PREMIERE.

In the remote wilderness of New Zealand, when necessity was the mother of invention, a maverick bunch concocted a dream which they would one day share with the world. Through 45 years of stunning original footage we relive the journey of legendary extreme sports pioneers on the roads less travelled, to paradises which have long since gone. BRITISH PREMIERE.

MAZUNGU follows solo canoeist, ex Royal Marine, Phil Harwood's 5 month-long descent of the mighty Congo River in Central Africa - 2992 miles from source to sea. Years of civil war and corruption, not to mention crocs, hippos, cannibals and huge white-water mean all but the most adventurous have given the Congo a wide berth. Unsupported, Phil sets out alone on a unique adventure in his trusty canoe. He captures breath-taking footage of...

We cavers are unique. It’s the unknown that drives us. Mountaineers can see their goal, generally before they’ve even left home. For cavers the only thing that is known about an undiscovered cave is our own imagination, and that is generally very wrong! Maybe when finding it, we create it? This talk will take you from a kilometre below a Chinese paddy-field to a kilometre from this building, via the lawless Albanian hilltops and the...

At the head of a trail you have never ridden before a friend turnd with a knowing look and says... "just follow me". We've all heard it before and depending on who says it, it makes a pretty big difference what lies ahead. Whether it's a good idea or not we almost always drop in.Follow Me takes a look at why we love to ride - back yard sessions, ripping local trails, bike parks,epic road trips. It's about good times, pushing the limits with...

Here We Go Again... Is DH Productions' twenty-fifth DVD adventure. We will bring together the old and the new, from the Andes to the Appalachians. Fresh faced rippers team up with our stable of shredders, showing that no matter where you're at or who you are, it's all about havin' fun. This is a 20 minute edit of the full film.

LIFE CYCLES tells a spectacular story of the bike, from its creation to its eventual demise. A visually stunning journey, with thought provoking narration, Life Cycles uses Ultra HD to document the many stories surrounding the mountain bike and its culture. Ride along into breath taking natural settings, as we battle the elements, showcase the progression of riding, take a road trip, fix the bike, and show the destruction and eventual...

CRACKOHOLIC is the story of the history of Europe's best kept climbing secret - the trad climbing paradise of Bohuslän in Sweden. Featuring archive footage of Leo Houlding and Neil Gresham's early climbs, the film tells the full story about this climber's paradise and portrays these granite afficionados, these Crackoholics. BRITISH PREMIERE.

In BROTHERS WILD pro-climber Timmy O'Neill and his brother Sean - who is paralysed from the waist down - push the limits of adaptive climbing. Together they conquer the 3,000 foot face of California's El Capitan, then face the challenge of the treacherous glacier and remote rock wall of Alaska's storm-stricken Ruth Gorge. This short film includes interviews with the O'Neill family about how they and Sean have come to terms with disability...

NOUVELLE VAGUE is an energetic and unusual film entirely dedicated to urban Street Climbing. Filmed in Geneva, top climbers scale buildings and bridges showing that with a bit of imagination adventure can be found on the corner of your street. Featuring Spiderman aka Alain Robert. BRITISH PREMIERE.

In TUZGLE Nina Caprez, Michael Fuselier and friends explore the bouldering and climbing possibilities around the Tuzgle volcano in the wild deserts of Argentina. Their love of climbing shines through in a colourful and light-hearted film with witty cinematography & soundtrack. BRITISH PREMIERE.

23 Feb 2011 - We're sorry to announce to anybody who hasn't got tickets to this event that it has SOLD OUT.   Progression: Mountain Biking with Alex Rankin and Steve Peat You have to understand where you have been to know where you are going: Alex Rankin's iconic mountain bike series Sprung and Earthed documented the rapid development of mountain biking as well as showcasing the developments in adventure film making. This exclusive screening...

The sport of long boarding attracts all kinds of people. This film shows them all, from specialists in downhill, footwork, slide, slalom, and travel, all the while keeping the sense of freedom that comes with the sport. EUROPEAN PREMIERE

Cutting-edge climber Dean Potter is creating a new climbing frontier: the Base Free Solo. By combining free-solo climbing and base jumping, Dean is on a quest to master disciplines that will lead to a bold evolution of the sport.

LIQUID MOUNTAINEERING is a new sport which is attempting to achieve what man has tried to do for centuries: walk on water. Or to be more precise: running on water. This screening is a rare chance to see Hi-Tec's phenomenally successful viral marketing hit on the big screen.

One of a pair of films at this year's ShAFF, this short-film is pro-unicycler Max Schultze's video response to young fan Zed. (See ZED TO MAX to watch the 8 year old's You Tube Homage). EUROPEAN PREMIERE.

PARKING GARAGE: BEYOND THE LIMIT parodies the US Discovery Channel's Everest: Beyond the Limit. A witty sketch on the reality TV show's melodramatic Hollywood voice-over style and the commercialisation of the quest to summit the world's highest mountain.

Imagine tight-rope walking 4,000 metres up in the air. In SKYLINERS acclaimed French documetary maker Seb Montez films an incredible walk on a wire strung between the Aiguilles du Diable (Devil's Needles). Stunning HD aerial photography of the Mont Blanc mountain range makes this short-film literally breath-taking.

Combines authentic action with a cinematic feel. Creative, thoughtful, unique and professionally executed. The Hollywood style story introduces the concept and sets up the purpose of the action. WORlD ON-SCREEN PREMIERE  

WILD WATER is a love-letter to the sport of kayaking: "It's like the world just picks you up and carries you along."; "What could be more natural than following the mountains to the sea?"; "It's a beautiful place for a tight, tight friendship."; "It gives you a sense of humility and timelessness."; "It's just fun!". Using the latest Hollywood techniques WILD WATER's visually stunning cinematography and interviews with those who love to paddle...

A compilation of some of the best bits of proximity wing suit flying yet seen. Jeb Corliss at his best.

"Hi Max Schultze, my name's Zed and you're my hero". ZED TO MAX is an 8 year old boy's short but sweet You Tube homage to pro-unicycler Max Schultze. Proving you're never too young to take up adventure sports! (See MAX TO ZED for Max's video reply). EUROPEAN PREMIERE  

One of the most exciting events this year will be the Arc'teryx Adventure Shot Photography Competition and Quiz. The Quiz This high energy, audience-driven event will start with a pub-style Quiz with prizes donated by Arc'teryx (a fleece each for the winning team of four plus spot prizes). The Shoot-Out Following the quiz will be a "shoot out" by five adventure sports photographers vying for £500 in cash and over £2,000 worth of Arc'teryx...

In DOWN AND OUT AND UNDER an expedition to the classic crags of Australia and the wild sea cliffs of Tasmania goes haywire, with hilarious consequences. Cedar Wright, Matt Segal, Heidi Wirtz and James Pearson endure epic after epic, and come out with their humor intact and an adventurous first ascent to their credit. (Alternative synopsis: two mates fall out, meet up, wrestle, climb and make-up). Features a small amount of strong language.

THE ARCHITECT is a tribute to Robin Smith and Jimmy Marshall's legendary week on Ben Nevis in 1960 when they climbed six first winter ascents on consecutive days. They also made the first one-day winter ascent of Point Five Gully, went for a long walk and got arrested over an incident with some dominoes! One of the great pioneers of Scottish mountaineering, Jimmy Marshall, reflects on a lifetime of climbing in Scotland. His soulful words...

In THE HARDEST MOVE, top American climbers Daniel Woods and Paul Robinson compete to climb the hardest boulders ever scaled. An insight into what it takes to push the difficulty envelope in the obsessive, competitive world of this intense sport, the film follows Daniel and Paul's efforts to establish two of the hardest problems ever climbed - The Game (V16), and Lucid Dreaming (V16). Contains some strongly emotional language.

THE PROPHET is the culmination of a decade-long obsession for the UK's top big wall climber, Leo Houlding. Filmmaker Alastair Lee won the Kendal Grand Prize for this HD epic charting Leo's attempt to finally crack this new route up El Capitan's exceptionally steep, loose and difficult east face. As Leo puts it, "The wildest climb I've ever been on." Contains some strongly emotional language.

Stunning aerial footage of Ueli Steck's record-breaking speed ascents in the Alps. THE SWISS MACHINE charts the amazing feats of perhaps the greatest speed alpinist the world has ever seen. Ueli literally races up 8,000 foot mountains doing in hours what other mountaineers take days to achieve. He even pushes renowned climber Alex Honnold to his limits on the big rock faces of Yosemite.

Mickey Smith worked with Allan Wilson (director of photography) from the Astray Collective to present a side to surfing that few of us, as observers or surfers, will glimpse: the life of the photographer. What drives him to spend countless hours in cold and hostile waters in search of a single shot?

BAFFIN BABES is the epic adventure of four young Scandinavian women pushing themselves to the limit ski-trekking 1200km in 80 days across the Canadian Arctic pulling 120kg sleds at 40C below. Share their infectious enthusiasm as they face the the dangers of polar bears and debilitating illness and experience the joy of sub-zero skinny-dipping and Arctic aerobics! BRITISH PREMIERE

SKATIESTAN is the story of a unique project in Afghanistan giving young people skateboards and teaching them to ride like the wind. Children who've lived all their lives in abject poverty knowing nothing but war, experience a taste of freedom for the first time. A vibrant and authentic view into the youth of a battle-scarred nation, this meeting of cultures is a symbol of hope for the next generation.

In SALT photographer Murray Fredericks sets out to find a landscape devoid of features - a space so overpowering that you lose your sense of self. Over many years he makes numerous, long journeys alone to the centre of Australia's Lake Eyre's deserted salt pans. This unique documentary combines video and time-lapse photography to chart the changes in the stunning 360 perfect horizon but also the effect of solitude and empty space on his mood....

Stunning aerial footage of Ueli Steck's record-breaking speed ascents in the Alps. THE SWISS MACHINE charts the amazing feats of perhaps the greatest speed alpinist the world has ever seen. Ueli literally races up 8,000 foot mountains doing in hours what other mountaineers take days to achieve. He even pushes renowned climber Alex Honnold to his limits on the big rock faces of Yosemite.

DOUGIE DOWN THE PET is an endearing feel-good tale of a father and son bonding on a classic whitewater canoe trip down Canada's Petawawa River. Guided by Dad, four year old Dougie runs challenging rapids, climbs cliffs, fishes for his supper and camps in sub-zero temperatures. A touching but also thought-provoking look at the benefits of exposing children to risk from an early age.

In FATHER OF THE PRIDE the award-winning adventure film-maker, Alistair Lee, captures his 5 year old son Simon tackling a gritstone boulder in this amusing short. Young Simon clearly has all the necessary attributes to become a top climber including knowing when it's time for a tea-break!  

FIGHT SCIENCE tests the skills of parkour free-runners under laboratory conditions. How do these modern-day urban ninjas manage huge vertical jumps and gravity defying leaps? British Ryan Doyle and Daniel Ilabaca are wired up to work out the science behind their amazing techniques.

NoBoarding. Exactly like snowboarding, but with no bindings! You get a rope and a rubber stomp pad. From cutting-edge producers Rocky Mountain Sherpas HACK YOUR SHACKLES is a high-adrenaline snow-fest hot on the heels of the award winning film 'Yes to the NO', and updates the rapid progression of this young sport.

LIQUID MOUNTAINEERING is a new sport which is attempting to achieve what man has tried to do for centuries: walk on water. Or to be more precise: running on water. This screening is a rare chance to see Hi-Tec's phenomenally successful viral marketing hit on the big screen.

One of a pair of films at this year's ShAFF, this short-film is pro-unicycler Max Schultze's video response to young fan Zed. (See ZED TO MAX to watch the 8 year old's You Tube Homage). EUROPEAN PREMIERE.

SKATIESTAN is the story of a unique project in Afghanistan giving young people skateboards and teaching them to ride like the wind. Children who've lived all their lives in abject poverty knowing nothing but war, experience a taste of freedom for the first time. A vibrant and authentic view into the youth of a battle-scarred nation, this meeting of cultures is a symbol of hope for the next generation.

Imagine tight-rope walking 4,000 metres up in the air. In SKYLINERS acclaimed French documetary maker Seb Montez films an incredible walk on a wire strung between the Aiguilles du Diable (Devil's Needles). Stunning HD aerial photography of the Mont Blanc mountain range makes this short-film literally breath-taking.

THE LONGEST WAY is an endurance film with a twist. Christoph Rehage tells the story of his 1000 mile walk across China over mountains and blazing hot deserts in a captivating time-lapse montage made up of 1,400 self-portraits with the timeline and emotion conveyed by his beard and hair growth. The people and landscapes in the background of each shot provide a colourful portrayal of the interior of this enormous yet little explored country. UK...

WAY BACK HOME is the latest from master mountain biker Danny MacAskill as he cycles from Edinburgh to his home on the Isle of Skye. Jaw-dropping skills and amazing stunts in an exhibition of trials riding on a trip like no other you've ever been on. Grab the chance to see a You Tube phenomenon on the big screen.  

"Hi Max Schultze, my name's Zed and you're my hero". ZED TO MAX is an 8 year old boy's short but sweet You Tube homage to pro-unicycler Max Schultze. Proving you're never too young to take up adventure sports! (See MAX TO ZED for Max's video reply). EUROPEAN PREMIERE

The Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East may as well be the end of the earth. Its enormously wild landscape is swarming with bugs and bears and threaded with rivers full of massive mouse-eating trout. In the stunning film Eastern Rises, fishing is poetry, Bigfoot lurks in the fog, and fishermen risk life and limb in decommissioned Cold War helicopters to explore rivers that have never been fished before. EUROPEAN PREMIERE.

MAZUNGU follows solo canoeist, ex Royal Marine, Phil Harwood's 5 month-long descent of the mighty Congo River in Central Africa - 2992 miles from source to sea. Years of civil war and corruption, not to mention crocs, hippos, cannibals and huge white-water mean all but the most adventurous have given the Congo a wide berth. Unsupported, Phil sets out alone on a unique adventure in his trusty canoe. He captures breath-taking footage of...

In the remote wilderness of New Zealand, when necessity was the mother of invention, a maverick bunch concocted a dream which they would one day share with the world. Through 45 years of stunning original footage we relive the journey of legendary extreme sports pioneers on the roads less travelled, to paradises which have long since gone. BRITISH PREMIERE.

In ANNAPURNA IN LIGHT STYLE Piotr Pustelnik is trying to climb his 14th 8000m peak for the 4th time. Together with 3 good friends this small team pushes for the summit carrying the bare minimum of equipment. With just 150m to go they have to decide if they dare push on. An engaging insight into the dynamics of an expedition - spectacular Himalayan scenery contrasting with the tedium of day-to-day camp-life and the eternal dilemma of summit vs...

A LIFE ASCENDING explores the highs and lows of living life on the edge as mountain ski guide Ruedi Beglinger and his family deal with the ever-present dangers of their dad working in the avalanche prone Rocky Mountains. Filmed against the stunning backdrop of their home on a remote glacier in British Columbia, their story is heart-breaking, uplifting and thought-provoking. It examines the dilemma at the crux of all adventure sports and...

POINT OF NO RETURN charts the story of Jonny Copp and Micah Dash's attempt to make a first ascent of China's Mt Edgar via the east side during warm weather that makes the route prone to avalanches. "It's scary," Jonny tells cameraman Wade Johnson. "I've been on a lot of expeditions with Jonny," says Micah, "and that's the first time I've ever heard him refer to something as 'scary.'" They were right to be unnerved. The film highlights the...

DOUGIE DOWN THE PET is an endearing feel-good tale of a father and son bonding on a classic whitewater canoe trip down Canada's Petawawa River. Guided by Dad, four year old Dougie runs challenging rapids, climbs cliffs, fishes for his supper and camps in sub-zero temperatures. A touching but also thought-provoking look at the benefits of exposing children to risk from an early age.

DREAM RESULT is the story of a group of friends who have undertaken a journey to explore the limits of kayking possibility. The film includes the World Record Waterfall Descent of 186 ft Palouse Falls, expeditions into the wilderness of Northern Canada, big air freestyle on the flooded rivers of Quebec, and a quest for waterfalls throughout Chile and Scandinavia. Driven through the passions of nine of the sports top athletes and lifelong...

The HALO EFFECT follows a group of friends and pro-kayakers exploring the breathtakingly beautiful Scandinavian paddling meccas of Iceland and Norway on a 2 month mission to find new rivers. As the narrator says: "Sometimes in the blink of an eye things go horribly wrong" and they certainly do! A broken down car, broken bones and broken laws are just the half of it. Contains a small amount of strong language. EUROPEAN PREMIERE

Mickey Smith worked with Allan Wilson (director of photography) from the Astray Collective to present a side to surfing that few of us, as observers or surfers, will glimpse: the life of the photographer. What drives him to spend countless hours in cold and hostile waters in search of a single shot?  

Into Darkness goes beneath the surface to reveal the fantastic underworld universe of caves. Follow a group of cavers, who push through impossibly small passages to access some of the final frontiers on earth. EUROPEAN PREMIERE.

A magic country, searching for its present face in the heritage of the 13th century, once became the largest empire that the world has ever seen, known as Pax Mongolica. Feared, cursed and also admired, the same as its founder, in his life never defeated, the chieftain Genghis Khan. On our adventurous quest through inhospitable nature, away from the usual routes, we discovered the other, unknown and surprisingly open-minded side of the...

Shot in the Lake District, the film is a 24-hour time-lapse piece using a camera head programmed to rotate twice through 360°. During the day, it captures the natural landscape as it changes over time, then to contrast with the night sky, flashes of light were introduced as a man-made element. Stunning.

SKATIESTAN is the story of a unique project in Afghanistan giving young people skateboards and teaching them to ride like the wind. Children who've lived all their lives in abject poverty knowing nothing but war, experience a taste of freedom for the first time. A vibrant and authentic view into the youth of a battle-scarred nation, this meeting of cultures is a symbol of hope for the next generation.

THE LONGEST WAY is an endurance film with a twist. Christoph Rehage tells the story of his 1000 mile walk across China over mountains and blazing hot deserts in a captivating time-lapse montage made up of 1,400 self-portraits with the timeline and emotion conveyed by his beard and hair growth. The people and landscapes in the background of each shot provide a colourful portrayal of the interior of this enormous yet little explored country. UK...

A short glimpse of the remote Wakhan Corridor in the North East of Afghanistan, where a group of five friends spent a month exploring this mountainous region. During their time, a first ascent was made of a 5,500m peak in the Quala I Hurst valley, but perhaps most memorable was the time spent with the Kyrgyz and Wakhi as they packed up and prepared to move on from their summer pastures.

In WILD SWIM: WORDSWORTH COUNTRY journalist & founder of the Outdoor Swimming Society, Kate Rew, swims Rydal Water in the Lake District. His home for 37 years, Wordsworth described the lake as "The most loveliest spot that man hath found". Immersing herself, Kate discovers a different perspective on a landscape often taken for granted from the shore.

CRACKOHOLIC is the story of the history of Europe's best kept climbing secret - the trad climbing paradise of Bohuslän in Sweden. Featuring archive footage of Leo Houlding and Neil Gresham's early climbs, the film tells the full story about this climber's paradise and portrays these granite afficionados, these Crackoholics. BRITISH PREMIERE.

In BROTHERS WILD pro-climber Timmy O'Neill and his brother Sean - who is paralysed from the waist down - push the limits of adaptive climbing. Together they conquer the 3,000 foot face of California's El Capitan, then face the challenge of the treacherous glacier and remote rock wall of Alaska's storm-stricken Ruth Gorge. This short film includes interviews with the O'Neill family about how they and Sean have come to terms with disability...

NOUVELLE VAGUE is an energetic and unusual film entirely dedicated to urban Street Climbing. Filmed in Geneva, top climbers scale buildings and bridges showing that with a bit of imagination adventure can be found on the corner of your street. Featuring Spiderman aka Alain Robert. BRITISH PREMIERE.

In TUZGLE Nina Caprez, Michael Fuselier and friends explore the bouldering and climbing possibilities around the Tuzgle volcano in the wild deserts of Argentina. Their love of climbing shines through in a colourful and light-hearted film with witty cinematography & soundtrack. BRITISH PREMIERE.

In 7in7on7 a drunken bet turns into an epic challenge for four friends and novice runners who attempt to run 7 ultra marathons in 7 days on 7 continents to try and set a new Guinness World Record. By day 3 Stuart Kershaw says: "My body felt like a shin splint balanced on a blister coated in ibuprofen". This short film shows you don't have to be a super-human endurance athlete to achieve amazing feats. WORLD ON-SCREEN PREMIERE

INDULGENCE: 1000 MILES UNDER THE COLORADO SKY features ultra-marathon phenom Anton Krupicka in a running film inspired by mountain ski and bike films. The film offers the viewer a first-hand look at Anton’s life as he trains in the mountains of Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California during the summer of 2007. The film’s presentation will reflect Anton’s simple approach to life and running and his continued pursuit of this minimalist...

Spanish ultrarunner Kilian Jornet completes two incredible runs: the GR20 on Corsica and the Lake Tahoe Rim Trail. Literally staggering stuff.

In this short-film MAX, SOUL RUNNER ultra-runner Max King explains the joy of trail-running on an 80 mile training trip round Mont Blanc. Marvel at his effortless technique set against a backdrop of beautiful panoramas of Alpine meadows and snow-covered peaks.  

James Jarvis' engaging animation ONWARDS, directed in collaboration with Richard Kenworthy, captures the essence of running - the joy of engaging with your surroundings come rain or shine in city or country, the punishing ups and the pleasurable downs, those moments of blissful wonder and the relief and satisfaction of the finish.

BAFFIN BABES is the epic adventure of four young Scandinavian women pushing themselves to the limit ski-trekking 1200km in 80 days across the Canadian Arctic pulling 120kg sleds at 40C below. Share their infectious enthusiasm as they face the the dangers of polar bears and debilitating illness and experience the joy of sub-zero skinny-dipping and Arctic aerobics! BRITISH PREMIERE

Spanning 2200 kilometers between Australia and New Zealand, the Tasman Sea is one of the world’s deadliest and most treacherous oceans. No one had ever successfully navigated the Tasman by kayak, although many had tried. This is the story of two young Australians, James Castrission and Justin Jones, who battled ten-meter towering waves, massive storms, shark-filled seas, and strong currents in their epic attempt. Features a small amount of...

In SALT photographer Murray Fredericks sets out to find a landscape devoid of features - a space so overpowering that you lose your sense of self. Over many years he makes numerous, long journeys alone to the centre of Australia's Lake Eyre's deserted salt pans. This unique documentary combines video and time-lapse photography to chart the changes in the stunning 360 perfect horizon but also the effect of solitude and empty space on his mood....

The sport of long boarding attracts all kinds of people. This film shows them all, from specialists in downhill, footwork, slide, slalom, and travel, all the while keeping the sense of freedom that comes with the sport. EUROPEAN PREMIERE

Cutting-edge climber Dean Potter is creating a new climbing frontier: the Base Free Solo. By combining free-solo climbing and base jumping, Dean is on a quest to master disciplines that will lead to a bold evolution of the sport.

LIQUID MOUNTAINEERING is a new sport which is attempting to achieve what man has tried to do for centuries: walk on water. Or to be more precise: running on water. This screening is a rare chance to see Hi-Tec's phenomenally successful viral marketing hit on the big screen.

One of a pair of films at this year's ShAFF, this short-film is pro-unicycler Max Schultze's video response to young fan Zed. (See ZED TO MAX to watch the 8 year old's You Tube Homage). EUROPEAN PREMIERE.

PARKING GARAGE: BEYOND THE LIMIT parodies the US Discovery Channel's Everest: Beyond the Limit. A witty sketch on the reality TV show's melodramatic Hollywood voice-over style and the commercialisation of the quest to summit the world's highest mountain.

Imagine tight-rope walking 4,000 metres up in the air. In SKYLINERS acclaimed French documetary maker Seb Montez films an incredible walk on a wire strung between the Aiguilles du Diable (Devil's Needles). Stunning HD aerial photography of the Mont Blanc mountain range makes this short-film literally breath-taking.

Combines authentic action with a cinematic feel. Creative, thoughtful, unique and professionally executed. The Hollywood style story introduces the concept and sets up the purpose of the action. WORLD ON-SCREEN PREMIERE

WILD WATER is a love-letter to the sport of kayaking: "It's like the world just picks you up and carries you along."; "What could be more natural than following the mountains to the sea?"; "It's a beautiful place for a tight, tight friendship."; "It gives you a sense of humility and timelessness."; "It's just fun!". Using the latest Hollywood techniques WILD WATER's visually stunning cinematography and interviews with those who love to paddle...

A compilation of some of the best bits of proximity wing suit flying yet seen. Jeb Corliss at his best.

"Hi Max Schultze, my name's Zed and you're my hero". ZED TO MAX is an 8 year old boy's short but sweet You Tube homage to pro-unicycler Max Schultze. Proving you're never too young to take up adventure sports! (See MAX TO ZED for Max's video reply). EUROPEAN PREMIERE

On 3 June 2010, Stephen Pyke, reached the summit of Ben Hope in the far north of Scotland to complete one of the most incredible ultra-distance feats in the Scottish Mountains. In just 40 days he had climbed all 283 of Scotland’s 3,000ft peaks, better known as the Munros, to take more than 9 days of the previous record. All this against the backdrop of one of our longest winters for decades and with all the sophisticated support of a...

In DOWN AND OUT AND UNDER an expedition to the classic crags of Australia and the wild sea cliffs of Tasmania goes haywire, with hilarious consequences. Cedar Wright, Matt Segal, Heidi Wirtz and James Pearson endure epic after epic, and come out with their humor intact and an adventurous first ascent to their credit. (Alternative synopsis: two mates fall out, meet up, wrestle, climb and make-up). Features a small amount of strong language.

THE ARCHITECT is a tribute to Robin Smith and Jimmy Marshall's legendary week on Ben Nevis in 1960 when they climbed six first winter ascents on consecutive days. They also made the first one-day winter ascent of Point Five Gully, went for a long walk and got arrested over an incident with some dominoes! One of the great pioneers of Scottish mountaineering, Jimmy Marshall, reflects on a lifetime of climbing in Scotland. His soulful words...

In THE HARDEST MOVE, top American climbers Daniel Woods and Paul Robinson compete to climb the hardest boulders ever scaled. An insight into what it takes to push the difficulty envelope in the obsessive, competitive world of this intense sport, the film follows Daniel and Paul's efforts to establish two of the hardest problems ever climbed - The Game (V16), and Lucid Dreaming (V16). Contains some strongly emotional language.

THE PROPHET is the culmination of a decade-long obsession for the UK's top big wall climber, Leo Houlding. Filmmaker Alastair Lee won the Kendal Grand Prize for this HD epic charting Leo's attempt to finally crack this new route up El Capitan's exceptionally steep, loose and difficult east face. As Leo puts it, "The wildest climb I've ever been on." Contains some strongly emotional language.

Stunning aerial footage of Ueli Steck's record-breaking speed ascents in the Alps. THE SWISS MACHINE charts the amazing feats of perhaps the greatest speed alpinist the world has ever seen. Ueli literally races up 8,000 foot mountains doing in hours what other mountaineers take days to achieve. He even pushes renowned climber Alex Honnold to his limits on the big rock faces of Yosemite.