'The Birdman of the Karakoram' wins Best Film on Human Adventure at
St Hilaire
This is the world's no 1 flying film festival, held on the 19th of September 09. see http://www.coupe-icare.org. Bob Drury was on hand to pick up the trophy and cheque on our behalf. Ten years ago From Nowhere to the Middle of Nowhere won the peoples prize at StHilaire.
MORE AWARDS
More film festivals awards for ' Dringo i'r Eitha' - and UpsideDown Wales also wins a prize.
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AWARD WINNER
'Dringo ir Eitha' (a Cwmni Da production for S4C) wins a prize at Graz International film Festival on the 16 November 2008 and 'UpsideDown Wales' was runner up in the same category. An amazing one two in a strong field.
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Recent productions
UpsideDown Wales.
George Smith - upsidedown guru and arch obsessive leads us on a remarkable journey into his wonderful world - a journey with attitude and character. 'Like salad after a diet of chips' .
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Interview with
Joe Brown.
A rare interview with the greatest rock climber of all time, Joe Brown, 'The Human Fly'. A relaxed Joe tells George Smith the story of his sixty year love affair with Welsh rock, from his first ascents on Cloggy in the fifties - putting up routes that redefined the sport of rock climbing in Britain - to his more recent Welsh explorations at Tremadog, Gogarth and Dinorwic quarry. Using first ascent photos that have never been published before Joe chats candidly with George about his motivation and his spirit of adventure.
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Dringo I’r Eitha’ 2007. S4C ( Climbing To The Limits )
A portrait of a very talented young Welsh climber, Ioan Doyle, age 16, as he races through the grades to reach E5 in his first summer of rock climbing. His obsession gives his mother Catrin nightmares, but despite her inability to ‘let him go’, he climbs his first 8a sports climb in Kalymnos Greece, and then continues on to the big walls of Yosemite with his partner Mills, a climber who has a fear of heights.
‘Dringo I’r Eitha 2’. an S4C commission.
ARTICLES & REVIEWS
FLYING IN THE KARAKORAM- By John Silvester
Article reproduced with the kind permission of Cross Country Magazine - www.xcmag.com
INTERVIEW WITH JOE BROWN IN UKC WEBSITE- Review by Gordon Stainforth
GEORGEOUS GEORGE - Review of UpsideDown in CLIMBER by Ed Douglas
Wild? Eccentric? Debauched? Damp? Whatever your view of Welsh climbing,
there’s much to enjoy in George Smith’s whimsical new fi lm
UpsideDown Wales, as Ed Douglas explains.
INTERVIEW WITH AL HUGHES IN CLIMB MAGAZINE
THE MAN WHO LOVED FACE-DANCING (A REVIEW OF 'STONE MONKEY' DVD)- Review by Marc Chrysanthou