Alp-Con CinemaTour 2018

For some time now, the program of the Alp-Con Cinema Tour has been divided into three different film blocks: BIKE, MOUNTAIN and SNOW. This gives the individual adventurers enough time and space to captivate visitors. As in previous years, the program is a mixture of works by local filmmakers, the best online videos and top international productions. The focus of the tour is on special experiences, messages and above all the characters.

SNOW - Film Block

The Snow Film Block awaits you this season with 4 films. Included are local freeriders such as Felix Wiemers and Sandra Lahnsteiner as well as internationally renowned athletes such as Eric Hjorleifson. The latter is one of the really big names, which is why Matchstick Productions have now dedicated more than just one chapter to him. "HOJI - The Movie!" is all about the exceptional talent and the audience can look forward to an interesting insight into Eric's career and highlights from the past few years.

Last season was also a picture-book winter here in Germany. We were spoiled by snowfall levels not seen for years in our home regions. So why go away? That's what the athletes in "Dedication" thought. The Alps are therefore the focus of the film, but towards the end of the winter it was time to look for something new again and so the crew set off for Tromsö in northern Norway.

Sam Anthamatten is now one of the best-known steep face skiers. Together with Johnny Collinson, he explores the unique ski area in "La Grave - Faction Collective". In wild and dangerous terrain, they discover what makes this area so mythical.

Seeking Nirvana have become known through online clips and are now also part of the Alp-Con program for the first time with their latest film "Hard Nose the Highway". As the snow was slowly coming to an end in Whistler, the boys decided to pack up their fishing rods, skis and snowmobiles and make their way to the northernmost point of British Columbia.

MOUNTAIN - FILMBLOCK

Tamara Lunger has probably been a household name for many in recent years at the latest. She can now be seen on the big screen almost every year. In "Facing the Limit", the South Tyrolean extreme mountaineer talks about her highs and lows. As so often, she is accompanied by her mentor Simone Moro. The 31-year-old alpinist was the youngest woman to climb the 8,516-metre-high Lhotse. Despite numerous successes, she is also no stranger to failure, a topic that has changed her life.

No one knows Mount Everest better than Apa Sherpa, who has already stood on the summit 21 times. The film "Loved by all" by Sherpas Cinema is about the man who had to work as a high altitude porter from the age of 12.

"Psycho Vertical" is a profound portrait of the complex life and motivations of mountaineering hero Andy Krikpatrick, woven into an 18-day solo ascent of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.

Bike - Film Block

In the new mountain bike documentary "North of Nightfall" from Red Bull Media House, Darren Berrecloth, Cam Zink, Carson Storch and Tom van Steenbergen explore Canada's seventh largest island, located north of the Arctic Circle. Alex Heiberg Island, 12 hours from the nearest hospital, is shrouded in complete darkness and covered in ice and snow in winter. There, the boys push not only their bikes but also themselves to the limit.

In"Gamble", the stars of the downhill scene sit down at a table and the boys go all-in! Mike Hopkins brings the final part of the "DreamRide" trilogy to the big screen. Rarely do you see such ambitious projects in the sport of mountain biking. This makes "DreamRide" definitely a must-see for the bike movie block.

Competition

We are giving away 5x2 tickets for a tour stop of the Snow film block of the Alp-Con Cinematour 2018. To take part in the competition, you have to enter by 10 October 2018 below this article. October 2018 below this article, or in the corresponding forum topic or Facebook post, post a comment with the desired tour stop. The winners will be drawn at random from all participants. The winners will then be notified by personal message (PN).

As always, legal recourse is excluded!