April 1999
4 Entertainment
Oohs and Aahs Overflow Dunham as Banff Films Roll
Regina Davis
From straddling rocky
peaks to kayaking the white
water cataracts of the America’s,
Twister Production’s March 26
Banff Film Festival was a delight
for all ages. Nine films, each
presented by an announcer
clothed in appropriate outdoor
gear and sports accessories,
wowed the enthralled audience
packing Dunham Auditorium.
Even more enthralled were a few
lucky winners who left with new
outdoor or sports gear awarded
as prizes from an intermission
drawing.
Sponsored by Power
Bar, National Geographic
Society, Sierra Designs, and
other well-known companies,
Banff is internationally recog
nized as one of the world’s
premiere mountain film festivals.
Banff’s mission is to inspire the
world’s people to avail them
selves of nature’s bountiful
adventures. Founded in the
small town of Banff Colorado
with a population of about 7,000,
Banff Film Festival is credited
with showing 123 films in 23
different countries. Organizers
of the Festival continually “trek”
the world in search of the
globe’s most daring, athletic,
and inspired outdoorsmen and
women to use in their films.
Treating the audience
to 9 films in all, Banff’s first
festival here at Brevard began
with a 10-minute skiing and
snowboarding movie set in
Alaska and entitled Progres
sion. Kayak Islanda, the
Festival’s second film of the
evening, was a 15-minute
nerve-racking whitewater
rapids and survival skills
display set in Colorado.
Manolo, a film centered around
an Italian solo rock climber
nick-named “Man in Tights, “
was third up and displayed the
concentration and strength
required for “no-strings” rock
climbing. The 54-minute
documentary Bhutan, The
Living Eden featured wildlife
clips and an in-depth study of
the Bhutanese people and the
peace they keep with nature.
Intermission found a
sea of people listening for prize
winners and reflecting on what
was already an incredible
evening. As one student
proclaimed, “This is one of the
best events of the year. Did
you see the wildlife in those
films? The moments photogra
phers are able to capture on
film are just incredible.”
Following the prizes
and intermission was the
Festival’s fifth film, a 2-minute
surrealistic flick that takes
place within a raging snow
globe. Quickly following was
a 30-minute film entitled
Handle with Care that
centered on a French profes
sional rock climber and artist
who only a year before had
been injured while climbing.
This film recanted the climber’s
struggles to reach the peak in
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spite of his injuries. Banff’s
seventh film Pure, another snow
boarding film, preceded
Grandpa s in the Tuff Shed, an
entertaining, if not surrealisti-
cally bizarre film. Completing the
night was Ode to Avalanch, a
spellbinding piece on both the
beauty and dangers of snow.
As audience members
streamed out to cars and dorms,
the reaction to the Festival was
evident on all faces: exhilaration.
All agreeD that Banff is a “must”
in the “do-again” category.
ih “Thank You” Note_
The Chiarascuro Staff
thanks and congratu-
‘ lates all submitters.
^Please note release of
Chiarascuro is set for*
Thursday, April 29, at
Open Mic Night when
all will be able to see
and hear this year’s
submissions. Entrants
“should pick up
original works at this
time. Amber Parmele,'
Chiarascuro
BC Artists Win Awards
At Sims Juried Showing
The April 7 opening
reception for the 1999 Brevard
College Juried Student Art Show
in Spiers Gallery was an array of
work by 26 talented Brevard
College students. Receiving
special recognition and awards
by Clemson Art Professor Mike
Vatalaro were seven entries
selected on their exceptional
quality.
Featured BC artists
included Aaron Alderman, Tasha
Bell, Amy Bressem, Julie
Broxton, Kristen Cherry, Scott
Harris, Heather Houdek, Warner
Hyde, Andrew Jones, Janet
Klepps, Laura Langley, Amy
Logan, Sara McHugh, Anahita
Modaresi, Mayuko Okuma, John
Phillip, Curtis Rider, Sam Riley,
Andrew Sandlin, Nathan
Stephenson, Aim Tait, Daniel
Taylor, Taletha Taylor, Adriane
Thorpe, Lance Williams,
Katherine Snyder, and Sarah
Williams.
Award wirmers were:
Jurors Choice
• Sarah Williams
• Warner Hyde
• Laura Langley
Honorable Mentions (two each)
• Julie Broxton
• Daniel Taylor