Entertainment
19 October, 2024
Radical short film festival
PREPARE for an audiovisual dose of adrenaline with the arrival of the 14th Radical Reels Tour coming to Cairns with an outstanding catalogue of seven thrilling mountain sport films from around the globe including one epic entry from Queensland next week.
One for the adventurers and lovers of extreme sports, Canada’s most important mountain film festival, Banff Mountain Film Festival, is once again heading to Cairns for the 14th year with Radical Reels Tour to showcase the best of filmmaking paired with the excitement of mountain sport at the Cairns Performing Arts Centre theatre on Thursday, October 24.
This year Radical Reels has a catalogue of seven films including ‘Ian’ a film by a Queenslander filmmaker Matt Raimondo on Sunshine Coast 72-year-old climber Ian Elliot’s resilience and challenging age stereotypes.
“Out of 25-30 films from the Banff Mountain Film Festival we take the seven more adrenaline-packed films to come to Cairns for the 14th Radical Reels Tour,” said Australian festival director Jemima Robinson.
“Radical Reels are all the high-adrenaline, action packed films from the Banff Film Festival once screened in Canada we take to Australia all around the country and Cairns.
“The shortest film is four minutes and the longest is about 40 minutes. It changes every year according to what the adventurers and filmmakers are doing but what we’re most excited to bring to Cairns this year is a film that has just been finished by a Queensland filmmaker and climber, shot on the Sunshine Coast featuring climber Ian Elliot.
“He got into climbing in his 50s and has been doing it for two decades now and it’s about his journey and love of climbing. It’s a very inspirational film to watch.”
Other films are Chronoception from France, Canada Vertical from Canada, El Gavilan from the US, and more.
“Ian is definitely a crowd favourite of this year, it’s beautiful and inspirational, it’s not only about what Ian is doing but that a local filmmaker has been chosen from over 300 entries across the globe,” Ms Robinson said.
“What’s great about this festival is it inspires people to get more out of life. You may not go to Kazakhstan and ski remote mountains but we see people be so inspired by the films that they go and try new things.
“Come along, it’s just inspiring to see people do things that they’re passionate about and it may inspire you to go on an adventure.”
To buy tickets for Radical Reels Tour, visit the Ticketlink website.
