When the Whiteroom crew and Fabian Lentsch invite you to a cozy film evening, this invitation is accepted in Innsbruck, no matter how creative or inconvenient the date may seem.
Event organizers and cinema operators will agree with me when I say: "Monday 10 p.m. is not the ideal time for a film premiere". But the organizers of the Whiteroom Movie Night apparently did not share my scepticism. And they were right to do so. Okay, it's the vacations. Nevertheless, it is remarkable how full the large auditorium of the Leokino was when Fabian Fabi Lentsch and Johannes Joi Hoffman took to the stage. They had some film footage and thought they might as well show it, the two explained the background to the evening. Good idea, we can only say afterwards! The first film "From A to K and BaCk" made many people realize how much effort and above all how much time can go into some good film shots. When you see Johannes Hoffmann, Fabian Lentsch, David Pitschmann and Michael Trojer on their downdays in tents in British Columbia and Alaska, you almost doubt whether the little bit of skiing is worth the eternal wait. Add to that Michi Trojer's empty gaze from his sleeping bag into the camera, without any hint of a twitch. It almost gives you goose bumps. But any hint of doubt is blown away when you see Michi's telemark turns in the powder or Fabi's mighty drops.
The neo-producer couldn't quite hide his pride when he explained how he became a producer after the second film "AOTEAROA" - a Fabian Lentsch film. Before that, it was refreshing to accompany the crew consisting of Fabian Lentsch, Raphael Webhofer, Matthias Mayr, Matthias Haunholder and Christian Reichenberger on their journey to the Tasman Glacier in Mount Cook National Park on the South Island of New Zealand. Compared to many productions that try to be cool, AOTEAROA seemed pleasantly natural. The boys' joy at being able to ski in this breathtaking natural setting is simply infectious (wonderful: Chri Reichenberger's delight at the view from the summit. Like a child in front of the Christmas tree!) And when you watch Raphi Webhofer and Fabi Lentsch, who were still teenagers at the time, skiing big mountain lines in the mountains of New Zealand, you wonder what you were doing during this period of your life and why you weren't freeriding in the mountains of New Zealand yourself.
AOTEAROA - Official Trailer from Simon Platzer Films on Vimeo. CAMELS ARE NEVER COLD was the finale. In contrast to the camels, Liz Kristoferitsch, Michael Mayerhofer, Melissa Presslaber and Stephan Skrobar were often cold in the Altai Mountains in Mongolia in May 2013. Sitting in a tent at -20°C and warming yourself by the fire with the yak poo you collected earlier doesn't exactly sound like the kind of trip you'd have in mind after a long ski season in the Alps. Nevertheless, the film manages to convey the fascination of ski mountaineering in such a remote part of the world.
So if these are the movies the guys have lying around, we're already looking forward to what's coming next fall!