{"id":799466,"date":"2019-09-14T14:00:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-14T20:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=371581"},"modified":"2019-09-14T14:00:06","modified_gmt":"2019-09-14T20:00:06","slug":"podcast-sports-outdoors-films-to-check-out-at-the-breck-film-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/podcast-sports-outdoors-films-to-check-out-at-the-breck-film-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: Sports & outdoors films to check out at the Breck Film Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A shot of 27-year-old Franck from the 45-minute adventure film “B’Hike & Base Jump Across the Alpes.”<\/strong>
Courtesy Breck Film Fest<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

BRECKENRIDGE \u2014 When a film festival calls Summit County home, it\u2019s no surprise when many of its films have connections to sports, recreation and the outdoors. In its 39th year, next week\u2019s Breck Film Fest (Thursday, Sept. 19 \u2013 Sunday, Sept. 22) will showcase a few films centered around sports and several more that have core themes elsewhere but are tethered to the outdoors or recreation world.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe difference between us and Sundance,\u201d said the festival\u2019s marketing and development manager, Ashley Hughes, \u201cis we leave the glitz and glamor at home but rock the hiking boots.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hughes said of this year\u2019s 601 submissions \u2014 100 films are annually accepted for the festival \u2014 about 20% of those were about sports and the outdoors or had sports and outdoors elements to them. That includes some of the most highly anticipated films at this year\u2019s festival, including festival closer \u201cBethany Hamilton: Unstoppable,\u201d a 99-minute film about a 13-year-old surfer who didn\u2019t let a shark attack stop her from achieving her dream of surfing competitively.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s both incredible from a physical standpoint,\u201d Hughes said of Hamilton, \u201cand all of the emotional and mental barriers that needed to be conquered to do that. It\u2019s also quite cool that we are bringing in the director, doing a Q and A, talking about fusing all of those incredible film edits with telling a narrative.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hamilton\u2019s film \u2014 screening Sunday, Sept. 22 at The Riverwalk Center at 6 p.m. \u2014 is far from the only inspiring sports story to air at the festival. A film in a similar spirit, \u201cA Grand Journey,\u201d will kick-off the festival\u2019s \u201cAdventure Block\u201d 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21 at Colorado Mountain College. The 15-minute short tells the tale of Jackson, Wyoming local Kira Brazinski who, due to a rare birth defect, uses a prosthetic leg. Despite the impairment, Brazinski embarks on her childhood dream of climbing Grand Teton.<\/p>\n

That 3-film Saturday \u201cAdventure Block\u201d will be a must-watch for Summit County sports fans. \u201cA Grand Journey\u201d will be followed by a 22-minute film about a member of the U.S. Men\u2019s Raft team, Rob Prechtl, embarking on a journey of his own to learn the craft of outrigger paddling. It will conclude with another one of the films Hughes is most excited about, the 45-minute \u201cB\u2019Hike & Base Jump Across the Alpes.\u201d \u201cB\u2019Hike\u201d stands for \u201cbike and hike.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe wants to figure out how to get to Switzerland from France by means of biking, hiking and base jumping,\u201d Hughes said of the film\u2019s protagonist, the 27-year-old Franck. \u201cSo it\u2019s pretty intense. He covers 1,200 kilometers, he does 20 base jumps in the film, which is just insane to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite her prosthetic leg, Kira Brazinski aims to conquer her childhood dream of climbing the Grand Teton in \u201cA Grand Journey.\u201d
(Courtesy Breck Film Fest)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hughes said Saturday\u2019s Adventure Block speaks to the spirit and style of the festival as it nears its 40th year. With the 40th anniversary on the horizon, Hughes said she and colleagues at the festival are working to build off of the festival\u2019s renowned \u201cAdventure Block\u201d and \u201cAdventure Reel\u201d programming to amp it up further.<\/p>\n

Hughes hopes it will include working more directly with a multi-platform media company like Red Bull Media House to incorporate more adrenaline-laced sports videos that Hughes feels would resonate with the people of Summit County.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019d be working with them a little bit on creating that adrenaline series,\u201d Hughes said, \u201cbecause we\u2019ve decided there is a difference between adventure and adrenaline. Adventure for us is, like, this year we have \u2018The River and The Wall.\u2019 It has the sports context of horseback riding, mountain biking, whitewater rafting. But it also has this major thought-provoking component on the impact of the border wall on the Rio Grande. So, not only are they going through uncharted waters, but it\u2019s uncharted emotions of political turmoil.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe River and The Wall,\u201d will screen at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Riverwalk Center. When it does, Hughes anticipates festival goers will be awestruck at conservation filmmaker Ben Master\u2019s jaw-dropping glimpses of some of this country\u2019s wildest southern borderlands.<\/p>\n

There are two more sports films Hughes is elated to screen at this year\u2019s festival: The 88-minute human spirit documentary \u201cRunner\u201d and the 22-minute \u201cThe Cricket Kings of Queens.\u201d The latter will commence the \u201cAlt Sports\u201d block of two films 9:15 a.m. Friday at the Breckenridge Theater. The film tells the story of three immigrant cricketeers in Queens, New York aiming for an undefeated season.<\/p>\n

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A photo from \u201cThe Cricket Kings of Queens.\u201d<\/strong>
Courtesy Breck Film Fest<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

And then there\u2019s \u201cRunner,\u201d perhaps the film Hughes is most excited about. That\u2019s partially because the athlete the film chronicles, Guor Maker, will be in attendance to view the film, which details his journey from refugee to world-renowned athlete.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis life story may bring tears to your eyes,\u201d Hughes said. \u201c\u2026I think it shows just how impactful sports can be outside of the discipline of athletics, and how much power it has in the outside world.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cRunner\u201d will be the human spirit documentary at this year\u2019s Breck Film Fest.<\/strong>
Courtesy Breck Film Fest<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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