. bg ski news : BanskoFilmFest 2012 - Celebrities at the foot of Pirin Mountains once again - 08 November 2012 - 12:08
Between the 21st and the 25th of November the town of Bansko will host the twelfth edition of the International mountain film festival – or, as it has become popular – Banskofilmfest. The organizers of the event are the association of the same name and Bansko municipality.
More than 110 movies from 28 countries (Afghanistan, Belgium, Bolivia, Denmark, Portugal and Sweden will be presented for the first time) will participate in the competition and retrospective programme of Banskofilmfest’ 2012. They will cover the whole spectrum of mountain sports – alpinism, extreme skiing, paraplanerism, rafting, B.A.S.E. jumping, mountain biking and so on. Film portraits of some of the greatest climbers of all time – Walter Bonatti, Reinhold Messner, Erhard Loretan – who have been guests of Banskofilmfest, will be played. Some of the movies are dedicated to unique achievements like the first flight around the globe in a plane, powered only by solar energy, or the stunning world records of Frenchman Serge Aviotte for descending into glacial caves. About 20 productions are concerning the culture and lifestyle of peoples, living in the mountains, and the ecological problems all around the planet. The same number of movies will introduce some of the wildest, hardest to access, most inhospitable and, because of that, most attractive places on Earth.
Some of the most famous travelers, adventurers, alpinists and extreme sports people will be among the official guests of the festival:
Thomas Huber (Germany) – together with his brother Alex Huber he is one of the greatest extreme sport climbers, author of some of the most difficult ascents on the most famous big walls around the world, he also practices B.A.S.E. jumping and wingsuit B.A.S.E. jumping,
Simone Moro (Italy) – currently the best high-altitude climber in the world,
Alex Honnold (USA) – world number one solo and speed climber,
Adam Pustelnik (Poland) – one of Europe’s strongest sport climbers,
wife and husband Alix von Melle and Luis Stitzinger (Germany) – high altitude alpinists and two of the most renowned extreme skiers of our time,
Wolfgang Fasching (in the middle of the picture, Austria) – one of the most famous extreme sports pepople of his country, an alpinist, a mountain biker and runner, world record holder for 24 and 48 hour riding,
Sandro Filippini (Italy) – long time deputy editor in chief and person in charge of extreme sports coverage for the biggest sports newspaper in Europe “La Gazzetta dello Sport“ (Milan).
Find more at www.banskofilmfest.com