Parent & Baby

FILM COLLECTION PARENT & BABY

A screening of some of our favourite films open to parents and guardians with babies under two. Everyone in the cinema is a parent or carer, so there’s no need to worry about disturbing others if your baby cries.

KAYAK

SOLÈNE BOSSEBOEUF, FLORE DECHORGNAT, TIPHAINE KLEIN, AUGUSTE LEFORT & ANTOINE ROSSI A father and his baby’s kayak outing along a peaceful river turns out to be a real family adventure. FRANCE / 6’

FAMILY ROUTES

KEITH ROBERTSON Leanne Robinson and Dwayne Wohlgemuth embark on a summer-long canoe trip across the Northwest Territories with their two sons: four-yearold Emile, and one-year-old Aleksi. Together they face the challenges of living off the land and criticism back home. CANADA / 30’

SCREENING TIMES

09.30 Friday 18 Nov Brewery Arts - Digital Lounge 11.00 Friday 18 Nov Brewery Arts - Digital Lounge 09.30 Saturday 19 Nov Brewery Arts - Digital Lounge

MUM’S GONE CLIMBING

JANELLE GOW & WENDY LAW Navigating motherhood, babies and bold bits of rock, this is an inspiring film that highlights a community of climbers called Mum’s Gone Climbing. Sharing the fears, risks and struggles as they scale epic multi-pitch routes, join us for a film that celebrates the women who continually rediscover themselves through adventure. AUSTRALIA / 22’

NOT QUITE OUT OF THE WOODS

KATE JENNINGS GEIS Five-year-old Eleanor Maynard and her dad head into the woods for her first overnight bikepacking trip. USA / 7’

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PASANG: IN THE SHADOW OF EVEREST

21.30 Friday 18 November Brewery Arts - Theatre

Discover Pasang Lhamu Sherpa’s tragic and inspiring journey to become the first Nepali woman to summit Everest in 1993. As an uneducated, indigenous woman and a Buddhist in a Hindu kingdom, Pasang’s dream to scale the legendary mountain pits her against family, foreign climbers, her own government, and nature itself. NANCY SVENDSEN USA / 75’

CHAMONIX FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS

09.30 Saturday 19 November Brewery Arts - Screen 2 A WHITE DREAM

A White Dream follows award-winning wildlife photographer Jérémie Villet as he travels alone through the white deserts of the Canadian North in search of the legendary mountain goat. MATHIEU LE LAY FRANCE / 52’

FEDCHENKO: THE FORGOTTEN GLACIER

Fedchenko follows Cédric Gras and Matthieu Tordeur along the shores of the disappearing Aral Sea. Their objective is to reach Fedchenko, the world’s longest non-polar glacier. CHRISTOPHE RAYLAT FRANCE / 48’

EXPLORE

WORLD PREMIERE

SOLO

20.00 Thursday 17 November Brewery Arts - Theatre

Jenny Tough is an endurance athlete best known for having competed in the world’s most challenging running and cycling events. We present a double bill of events with the screening of her film followed by a discussion on her latest book, SOLO. Watch the epic journey unfold on screen and hear Tough talk about her journey to run across the mountain ranges on six continents, starting with one of the most remote locations on Earth in the Tien Shan and finishing in the Transylvanian Alps.

Presented by Montane

ELLIE GREEN UK / 35’

CLIMB

WORLD PREMIERE

PETZL ROCTRIP SEA TO SUMMIT*

19.30 Friday 18 November Brewery Arts - Theatre

After an eight-year hiatus, this year the RocTrip returned with its most ambitious project yet in the small village of Manikia in Greece. Join us for the premiere, featuring a bunch of the famous climbers who appear in the film in-person to share their own behindthe-scenes experience of the trip.

Presented by Petzl

ROBBIE PHILLIPS UK / 75’

AN ACCIDENTAL LIFE

21.15 Friday 18 November Brewery Arts - Screen 2

An Accidental Life details the recovery of alpinist and speed climber Quinn Brett who experienced one of the most traumatic accidents in the history of rock climbing. This story shows the complexity of a whole human being in the midst of extraordinary change. It looks, unflinchingly, at the good, the bad and the quirky of Quinn’s experience as she grapples with life after a near death climbing accident. HENNA TAYLOR USA / 105’ Sea to Summit documents a wild bunch of climbers taking on a modern-day expedition in Greenland, kayaking 450km to access ‘Sanderson’s Hope’, an 800m wall rising straight from the Arctic Ocean; Jacob Cook will be with us to relive the experience. ALASTAIR LEE UK / 30’ WORLD PREMIERE

NOT A HOPE IN HOY!

19.15 Saturday 19 November Brewery Arts - Studio

Follow climbers Robbie Phillips and Alex Moore as they attempt to climb the ‘World’s Hardest Sea Cliff Climb’, Longhope Direct (E10) on St John’s Head, Hoy, Orkney. In a fun and epic tale, the seabirds add an extra element of risk to the climb as they spit vomit on anyone who comes near their nest.

Presented by Patagonia

ROBBIE PHILLIPS UK / 75’

ALPINE TRILOGY (DOGGYSTYLE)

BRIT ROCK PRESENTS

16.45 - 18.45 Saturday 19 November Brewery Arts - Theatre EPHEMERAL*

Ephemeral captures the unique spirit of Scottish winter climbing with Guy Robertson, Greg Boswell and Hamish Frost fully involved - both Guy and Hamish will be joining us on stage. ALASTAIR LEE UK / 53’

15.00 Sunday 20 November Brewery Arts - Screen 2

During the summer of 2020, Belgian pro climbers Nicolas Favresse and Sébastien Berthe cycled through Europe to tackle the Alpine trilogy, three of the most difficult routes in the Alps with their dogs for company. This film is a real caravan of joy that embarks on one of the biggest climbing performances of the last few years to link the three mythical routes. DAMIEN LARGERON, BRIAN MATHÉ & MORGAN MONCHAUD FRANCE / 75’ *PLEASE NOTE: Due to distribution rights these films will not be available to watch on the

Kendal Mountain Player - they will only be shown within this session at the Live Festival.

EXPOSURE

12.00 Saturday 19 November Brewery Arts - Theatre

As the ice caps melt, reaching the North Pole has become increasingly dangerous. Yet an unlikely expedition of women - including a Muslim chaplain, a French scientist, a Qatari princess - have set an audacious goal of skiing to the pole. Expect polar bear threats, dangerous open waters and -40 degree temperatures in an extraordinary story of resilience and global citizenry in what could be one of the last expeditions to True North. HOLLY MORRIS USA / 105’

A CRACK IN THE MOUNTAIN

21.00 Saturday 19 November Brewery Arts - Screen 2

Deep in the jungle in Central Vietnam lies a magnificent underground kingdom. As the largest cave passage in the world, Hang Son Doong is a place of spectacular beauty which has remained undisturbed for millions of years. In 2014, the future of Doong was thrown into doubt when plans were announced to build a cable car into the cave. With the local community divided over the benefits this development would bring, the film follows those caught up in the unfolding events. ALASTAIR EVANS UK / 105’

RUN & HIKE

THE FINISHERS: THE BARKLEY MARATHONS

19.00 Thursday 17 November Brewery Arts - Studio

Cult or race? The Barkley Marathons qualify as both. Since the creation of the infamous race in 1986, only 1% of the starters have crossed the finish line. In this unique film we get a fascinating insight into the mindset of those few people who have actually completed the race. Who are they? And what do they possibly have in common? ALEXIS BERG & AURÉLIEN DELFOSSE FRANCE / 60’ WORLD PREMIERE

SPINE: 10 YEARS OF BRITAIN’S MOST BRUTAL RACE

19.15 Saturday 19 November Brewery Arts - Theatre

Celebrating the 10 Year Anniversary of the first race dreamed up by British polar explorers Phil Hayday-Brown and Scott Gilmour, join us as we look back at the rich history of this incredible event.

Presented by Montane

ELLIE GREEN & MATT GREEN UK / 75’

BIKE

NOT A HERO’S JOURNEY

18.00 Friday 18 November Shakespeare Centre

17-year-old climate concerned Jessie tackles a long distance bike journey from her home in Devon to Glasgow for COP26. See the amazing people she encounters along the way and the potential for us all to come together and make a difference. CATHERINE DUNN UK / 75’

DESCENT

19.15 Saturday 19 November Brewery Arts - Screen 2

Following a near fatal bike crash in 2020 that left her bed-bound and unable to walk, Ana Orenz could think of only one course of action - to return to the race that nearly killed her just one year on. Descent tells the remarkable journey of coming to terms with a body you no longer recognise and relearning what it is, and is not, capable of.

Presented by Rapha

RUFUS EXTON & STEVE BLISS UK / 75’ UK PREMIERE

THE MIRAGE

10.00 Sunday 20 November Brewery Arts - Screen 2

Ultra runner Timothy Olson attempts to run 50 miles a day for 50 days to break the fastest known time on the Pacific Crest Trail. Braving record temperatures and impending wildfires, he must outrun nature to reach the trail’s end before the birth of his daughter.

Presented by adidas Terrex

KEITH LADZINSKI USA / 60’

HUMAN SPIRIT

THE HERMIT OF TREIG

10.00 Sunday 20 November Brewery Arts - Screen 1

A meticulous diarist and avid photographer, Ken Smith has spent the past four decades in the Scottish Highlands, living alone in a log cabin nestled near Loch Treig. Now in his 70s, Ken reflects upon the reasons he turned his back on society, the vulnerability of old age and the awe and wonder of a life lived in nature in this humorous, transcendent and life affirming feature documentary. LIZZIE MACKENZIE UK / 90’