'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.
MORE FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS
UpsideDown Wales, wins the Best International Film at the Fort William Film Festival,
March 2009.
Dringo I’r Eitha’, Wins two awards at the International Mountain Film Festival, Domzale, Slovenia, March 2009. These were the Special Jury Award and the Slovenian National Television Award.
And another award for Dringo I’r Eitha’, The film wins a gold torc and the ‘Spirit of the Festival Award’ at the Celtic Media Festival, Caernarfon, March 2009.
Sioned Wiliam, chair of the International Jury for the Celtic Media Festival’s adjudication.
Spirit of the Festival Award 2009 : Dringo I’r Eitha’
Producer / Director : Alun Hughes
Executive Producer : Ifor ap Glyn
This film tells the story of a young climber – Ioan Doyle, who speaks eloquently and movingly about his obsession with climbing some of the world’s most vertiginous and terrifying mountains. The major achievement of this stunning film is that it allows the viewer a deep understanding of the passion that drives Ioan and of the extraordinary relationship between him and his brave and loving mother who allows him the freedom to follow his dream. The camera work is magnificent and the story told is extremely gripping – particularly the memorable scene in which his mother is feeding ropes up to her son who is dangling from a cliff hundreds of feet above her. The Jury was unanimous that Dringo I’r Eitha’ by Alun Hughes and Ifor ap Glyn fully deserves the Spirit of the Festival Award.
