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The Finalists In The NET
Film Festival, 2005
by Biff Higgison
October 2005-- The judges met and picked the finalists for the
telemark film contest. They chose six short films that will now
be sent off to be put onto a compilation disk. They will then
be shown at the NET Telemark Film Festival where the audience
will pick the overall winner.
The finalists (in no particular order):
'Next Season' by Jason Manders
'Next Season' is this years entry by the
directors of last years big hit 'Pinhead Hunter'. Although they
expressed their dissatisfaction with the contest rules (they
wanted to show a much longer version), which they did by the
way in an hysterical prologue to the film, their short version
will not disappoint their fans. The judges spent at least five
minutes cleaning up all the spilt beer after the showing.
'Bigfoot' by Ben Young
'Big Foot' is, ironically, the shortest
entry (under five minutes) and goes to prove that less can be
more...in more ways than one. The whole film is focused on a
skier ripping it up on a pair of bigfoot mini skis mounted with
tele bindings.
'Farewell For Now' by Ryan Hayes
'Fairwell for Now' starts with a moving
slide show and morphing into some very awesome big mountain skiing.
Well shot and a great soundtrack.
'Chasing Home' by Max Mancini &
Ben Dolenc
What can you say about this one... just
check out some of the skiers..Cody Smith, Josh Madsen, Lorenzo
Worster, Ty Dayberry, Decker Jory and of course Max and Ben.
The filming and editing is impeccable with a great soundtrack.
This one is sure to be a big crowd pleaser.
'Free Up' by Chris Nelson
A great film shot all in Vermont and including
some familiar Telemarktips names. Most of the footage is at Smuggs
running from the gnarly to the...well, gnarly. Some awesome skiing
in a well edited, fast paced film. Bushdr, was that you doing
the 360 off the ice cliff?
'Winter of Solos' by Randy Baker
A local Maine entry by one of Maine's true
solo artists. All footage is shot by Randy of Randy. It involved
a lot of climbing, setting up the camera, skiing and then climbing
back up to retrieve the camera. He actually does one shot on
the front face of Superior at Alta, skiing down and then climbing
back up for the camera. The film has a real down earth quality
and a good example of the 'Spirit of Telemark'.
Many thanks to all the contestants and
good luck to the finalists at
the film festival. |