The Brochure - The Adventure Travel Film Festival

The
Adventure
Travel
Film
Festival
12 – 14 August 2016
1 | www.adventuretravelfilmfestival.com Mill Hill, London
16 – 18 September 2016
Inverewe, Scotland
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2016
Welcome
to the
Adventure Travel
Film Festival…
A weekend of films, camping and outdoor action,
hosted by Austin Vince and Lois Pryce
Hurrah for 2016! – Famously the Polynesian calendar’s ‘Year of the stand
up paddle board’! Yup, it’s a perfect synergy as we’re back at land-locked
Mill Hill School’s gorgeous 185 acre parkland site. Fab news, we’re being
supported by Honda this year and their generosity allows us to thrive and
survive without your tickets costing £180 each.
We’ve been digging deep and have been sent over 200 films to assess for
this summer’s feast of independent adventure travel excellence. Crikey,
it’s an embarrassment of riches within these pages. Do NOT turn the page
until you have either a nurse or pure oxygen on standby. When you see what
we’ve got lined up you simply might faint!
We’ve got the mighty swimming pool available to us this year and a new
workshop from the exceptionally talented Greg Villalobos. Add to that, a new
‘experts’ panel all about indie adv-trav film-making and a truly astonishing
band led by Mik Artistik; by Monday morning, you’ll be in no fit state to go
back to work. What’s more, Dave Cornthwaite and the YesTribe will be on
hand to inspire and motivate to ensure that by Tuesday 16th Aug 2016 you
have handed in your notice and hit the road!
See you there adventurinos…
Our cover pic is of course the legendary Elspeth Beard. She’ll be telling
her story about how, aged 22, she defied her mother and set off around the
world on a motorbike. She’s our kinda gal.
www.adventuretravelfilmfestival.com | 3 Austin Vince made his first solo overland journey from London to Delhi, aged 18. He
started hitch-hiking, aged 12, as a means of avoiding the tedious hikes meted out to him
at Scout Camp. Formerly a trainspotting maths teacher, he’s made his name as the man
who created the cult travel show Mondo Enduro and the recreational hitch-hiking TV
series Roadside USA. As well as curating this festival he masterminds Europe’s leading
dirtbike map-reading events in the Catalan Pyrenees. His latest film, Mondo Sahara, is
an all-action, Anglo-American desert adventure which has received worldwide acclaim.
He was voted Adventurer of the Year in 2012 by the USA’s prestigious Expedition Portal.
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Travel writer Lois Pryce flew the coop aged 13 when she and three school friends
spent their summer holidays cycling and camping around Cornwall – with no
grown-ups! The seed was sown.
She has since motorcycled solo from Alaska to Argentina, from London to Cape Town
and around Iran. She was listed by the Telegraph as one of their ‘Top 10 Female
Travellers’, and her best-selling books have been published throughout the world,
inspiring thousands to hit the road. Her next book, Revolutionary Ride, about her
adventures in Iran will be published in January 2017.
www.adventuretravelfilmfestival.com | 5
Pillock Conquers
FILM
The TITLE
World
This spectacular film comes from the preShoreditch era when the fuzzy beard had but
two legitimate homes: on either a lumberjack
or a folk musician. Our story concerns
the latter. Realising that Cliff Richard’s
Summer Holiday was essentially, beyond
lame, this group of Hampshire daredevils
pushed the envelope on what was possible
in a vehicle that on the day they left, already
had over 700,000 miles on the clock. Their
DIY adventure credentials simply jump off
the screen as they wend their way across
Europe and Turkey, improvising bookings and
even, whilst transiting Tehran, knocking out
an impromptu gig for the Shah. This film is
staggering at so many levels but one breathes
endless sighs of relief at the fact that they
had the good sense to film the whole trip on
gorgeous 16mm Kodachrome stock. What’s
more, they AND the bus, will be at the film
festival!
Come, salute these unsung folk heroes.
1969 – •72Director
• Richard
King •video
16 mm
x 48 mins
1920
• Colour
••
002mins
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A folk group buy an old RT bus as the
ultimate ‘band van’. They load up their
instruments and drive it to India, around
Australia and then across the USA
Mondo Enduro
Seven mates set off from Mill Hill School
on a mission to motorcycle the longest land
route possible around the world
Fourteen months later, they got back. By then,
down to four. Mondo Enduro is our Saturday
night starlight screening because it was exactly
twenty years ago that Austin, Clive, Chas and
Louis clattered along the Ridgeway, and in front
of Mill Hill’s giant portico, finally came to rest.
Their weary 350s had an extra 44,000 miles on
them and that, they thought, was that. What noone anticipated is that their lo-fi goonery would
actually end up on TV. However, the Discovery
channel had never heard of a self-filmed aroundthe-world motorbike travel documentary and
tentatively commissioned a doc from what was
(a staggeringly low) 20 hours of footage and 45
mins of super 8. Mondo Enduro was well received
but in the twenty years since the lads got back
to Mill Hill it has taken on a life of its own. We
screen it as an anniversary special but also as
this festival’s call to arms. If there was ever a film
to demonstrate that a bunch of utterly ordinary
people, with hardly any resources, can have a
world-class travel adventure AND make a film
about it, Mondo Enduro is it.
Come on, let’s go!
1996 • Peter Higgins • Hi8 video • 96 mins
www.adventuretravelfilmfestival.com | 7 Seaside Donkey
Hannah Engelkamp has been a friend to this
festival since its inception. It is a shimmering
thrill to hear about someone’s proposed
adventure, hear that they filmed it and then
actually realise that the footage was
successfully edited into a delightful and
effective documentary. That’s what Hannah’s
done! Her six-month circuit around the Land of
Her Fathers (but NOT in shawl and giant bonnet)
has become something of a legend in the theatre
of UK based adventures. Hannah never had to
brave giant snakes or desolate wilderness (save
the section between Port Talbot and Neath) but
by simply having a living animal as part of the
team, everything changes.
Chico is not the beast of burden, he is
stupendously in charge. This is a gorgeous
project and a beautiful case-study of how hard
it is to get animals to do what you want if you
don’t use violence as an incentive.
Seriously, no animals were hurt during the
making of this film but by golly they came
pretty close!
2015 • Rhys Thwaites-Jones • Video • 75 mins
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A Welsh woman walks the 1000 mile perimeter of
Wales. She travels with a donkey named Chico who
invigorates and infuriates in equal measure
Peeled Faces
On The Amazon
A squad of Americans paddle this
legendary river from source to sea
When Texan speed-canoeing fanatic,
West Hansen, found out about a ‘new’ source
of the mighty Amazon, it took him only a few
moments to realise that this was one of the
last great adventures available on the earth
today. The problem was that the upper reaches
of the Amazon, via the new headwaters, were
a boiling cauldron of white-water madness
that few humans were capable of navigating.
Hansen quickly recruited a team of worldclass kayakers and long-distance endurance
paddlers. Between them they formed his crack
team and the challenge was on. Four months
and 4000 miles later they nailed it.
This film is exhausting to watch. Why?
Because it’s just so bloody impressive.
2015 • West Hansen • Video • 103 mins
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Four friends ride recently ‘tamed’ stallions
from the Mexican frontier through back-country
America up to the Canadian border
Ben Masters noticed an unusual horse fact
in modern America. The wilderness areas of
the Lower 48 were over-run with wild horses,
or as they are correctly known, Mustangs.
Masters wanted to draw attention to the
plight of these equines that the authorities
have essentially abandoned. Masters and his
buddies select some animals, painstakingly
break them in and then head north, along Rio
Bravo canyon. All of us were raised on cinema
westerns but this film, now a smash hit across
the pond, reminds us that horsemanship is a
gentle art. Our modern day pioneers are both
tested and elated by their steeds and have an
experience that most of us can only dream of.
Interestingly, this phenomenally beautiful film
is a case-study in Kickstarter style crowdfunding.
Come for the purity of the prairie, but leave
thinking about the staggering quality of movie
that can get made without the blessing of the
film and TV industry.
2015 • Philip Baribeau • Video • 45 mins
www.adventuretravelfilmfestival.com | 11 FILM
The
Traveller
TITLE
Dimitri Kiefer is a determined guy. He is also
kind, charming, gentle and funny. His fouryear project of doing a full human-powered
circum-perambulation is extraordinary to
behold. He has propelled himself well over
12,000 miles so far. This film captures one
section of that odyssey (at last, a chance to
use that word in an appropriate context) as he
heads south west from the Bering Straits down
into Siberia proper. He pulls a mighty sled
behind him which forms his mobile HQ as he
goes. Dimitri is not following any kind of trail.
He is literally marching on a bearing, striking
out across the frozen waste of this most
isolated of places.
This film will give you a moment of
re-calibration, a re-boot and a re-think.
2014 • •Vivienne
Smith••00
Video
1920
Colour video
mins• 52 mins
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A sprightly Frenchman is walking around
the world and finds himself crossing Siberia
in the middle of their winter
The Great Game
London to Kuala Lumpar and back, via China, Iran
and everything in between. A classic overland route
undertaken and filmed by one man in a Land Cruiser
Jon Beardmore is your classic Kiwi.
Likeable, understated and terrifyingly
determined. He had his heart set on an
insanely challenging route that picked up
pretty much every country on the Eurasian
landmass. Piloting his trusty 4x4 who he
nicknamed ‘Boris’, he weaves his way on a
30,000 mile road-trip that in the adventure
travel community is fast becoming the stuff
of legend.
As a modern-day Marco Polo, Beardmore has
no equal. He basks in the joy of breath-taking
scenery whilst good-naturedly dealing with
every fast ball thrown at him by the Gods of
the Road.
All this and still finding time to film a truly
delightful documentary and organising the
world’s first high-altitude cricket match
in the pastures of the Wakhan corridor in
Afghanistan. Beardmore sounds like a pretty
experienced film-making adventurer but that’s
why he’s a hero to this festival; he’d never
done anything like this before.
2015 • Jon Beardmore • Video • 61 mins
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Karun
Two Brits traverse Iran by pack-raft, bicycle
and Shanks’ Pony. Misadventures abound as they
follow Iran’s longest river – the Karun
Leon McCarron and Tom Allen are wellrespected elder statesmen of the UK adventure
travel scene. Add to that, they are both filmmakers and story tellers of the highest order of
such prolific output that Karun isn’t even their
latest film! As high priests of human-powered
adventure this film is almost like a Swiss Army
knife of adventure travel; it’s got everything
in it. However, with Tom Allen having learned
to speak Farsi, they really get under the skin
of this most misunderstood of nations. This
festival is 100% pro-Iranian and will take to
its bosom anybody else who has realised the
spectacular human decency that radiates
from the warm heart of Persia. As ridiculous
governments decide to gather their toys back
into the diplomatic pram, let us join together
and use this delightful film as inspiration for
our own trips to Iran, whenever they may be…
2015 • Tom Allen & Leon McCarron • Video • 57 mins
www.adventuretravelfilmfestival.com | 15 Power Of Dreams
A youngster is horribly injured in an accident
and sets out on an adventure to find himself.
Instead, he discovers a whole lot more
Belgian teen, Arthur Fievet, was as active
and outdoorsy as you’ve ever met. Then,
with a broken back and paralysed from the
waist down he suddenly finds his wish-list
of adventures cut short. Months of intensive
physio slowly brings back the faintest use
of his legs but he can barely even stagger
forward a few steps with all his weight on two
crutches. Arthur cannot accept that his days
of adventure are over and plans an ambitious
expedition in the north of Alaska. We cannot
reveal what happens but this film had four
of us sobbing like babies upon first viewing.
Director Francois-Xavier De Ruydts is a master
of the craft and this is surely one of the most
accomplished pieces of independent filmmaking this event has ever encountered.
Come one, come all, be impressed, bring
hankies…
2015 • Francois-Xavier De Ruydts • Video • 54 mins
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Kayaking The
Aleutians
Hardcore 101-day sea kayaking epic from two of the
world’s leading ladies of adventure
No-one had succeeded in kayaking along the
remote and stormy Aleutian islands, where
more than twenty long crossings separate tiny
unpopulated islands. Justine Curgenven and
Sarah Outen attempt this world-first journey
in uncharted waters, dealing with wild storms,
hungry bears and strong currents that sweep
them away from land. Endlessly paddling,
they gain a rare insight into themselves and
into the lives of the few people who live in
this harsh and beautiful landscape. The
celebration, desperation & humour is captured
on film to terrific effect.
This film is the real deal and both of these
fabulous women will be at the festival.
2015 • Justine Curgenven • Video • 55 mins
www.adventuretravelfilmfestival.com | 17 Familia Ciclista & Project Origin
Familia Ciclista
It is June, and the middle of winter. The surface is a blinding expanse of white – salt not
snow. The riders, a Canadian Couple and their two young children, are bundled in jackets,
furiously pedalling their bicycles. Eight months cycling from Patagonia to Bolivia taught them
the freedom of bikes and an open itinerary, and introduced them to a global family of cyclists
living their dreams on roads less travelled.
Warning: this film contains scenes of children being schooled on the road rather than in a
classroom.
2015 • Dan Clark • Video • 17 mins
Project Origin
When Dave Cornthwaite invited a small team of friends to paddle board around the Caribbean
island of Martinique, they had no idea what was around the corner. They propelled themselves
on inflatable Origin paddle boards and carried all their gear in dry bags strapped to the decks.
The team travelled 146 miles in twelve days battling high winds, a raging Atlantic coastline
and getting stuck for two days on a secluded beach only accessible by water.
Follow Dave Cornthwaite, Spike Reid, Rob Green, Robyn Green and Ben Arthur in this
world-first attempt, through a film that defines the simplicity, beauty and availability
of adventure to us all. 2015 • Dave Cornthwaite • Video • 19 mins
www.adventuretravelfilmfestival.com | 19 Ella Maillart’s
Double Journey
Ella Maillart and Annemarie Schwarzenbach
are Switzerland’s best kept travel secret.
Back in spring 1939, Europe was a volatile
cauldron of political madness and they sensed
that sanity could be found on the road rather
than in the hurly-burly of modern life. In their
painfully normal car they set off for India
and hoped to find beauty and sanity. With
Schwarzenbach addicted to morphine they
also sought a road-trip detox. Thankfully they
filmed the whole thing. A ferry across the Black
Sea, Turkey and they’re off: Iran, Afghanistan
and India (no Pakistan back then) fall before
their lens. Maillart had left Switzerland with
pen poised and it is her letters home that form
much of the soundtrack of this masterpiece.
Students of adventure travel cinema will
realise that their footage was never meant
to be a ‘film’ as we moderns understand it.
Instead, their shots have a dreamy stream of
consciousness which is all at once refreshing
and alarming.
This footage is a big deal. Seriously, don’t
miss this one.
1939 & 2015 • Antonio Bigini & Mariann Lewinsky • 16mm • 40 mins
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With Europe about to boil over into war,
two urbane young ladies decide to drive
from their home in Switzerland to India
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THE
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Urban Escape
This year’s ‘unusual’ film chronicles the
subversive investigations of a group of
Europeans into a series of forbidden places in
the USA. Mondo Trespass a-go-go!
There’s not much traditional adventure travel
in this film (unless you include the very real
possibility of being arrested and prosecuted).
However, as Dr Johnson famously wrote:
“If a man is tired of abandoned buildings
and factories, then he is tired of life”. Our
cameramen (who shall remain anonymous)
drive a van across America, using the Dark Web
and disposable mobile phones to make contact
with a very, very short list of like-minded Yanks
who share their fascination for the modern day
Machu Picchu – the abandoned building. Add
to this a few visits to ‘vast’ places to which the
public simply are denied access (suspension
bridge towers etc) and you have a film that is
far more independent and ‘out-there’ than an
ascent of Everest. This film is fascinating, has
absolutely no comparison and is truly unique.
That’s why we love it.
2015 • Melanie de Groot Van Embden & David de Rueda • Video • 103 mins
www.adventuretravelfilmfestival.com | 21 One M
ap
For Two
Two Italian buddies score a pair of 175cc
Ducatis and whizz around the unspoilt
world of the 1950s…
…filming as they go, their footage lies
forgotten for decades, until now. This is the UK
premiere of their delightful exploits.
Tartarini and Monetti were just a pair of regular
post-war tutti-frutti Italian teens. Unimpressed
that for a few decades ‘the trains ran on time’,
they realise that there are plenty of roads that
lead away from Rome. Naturally, like any sane
people, they intuitively cognate that this planet
is best enjoyed by motorbike, and with 350cc
wedged between their collective thighs they
set off for the unknown. Their experience is
nothing short of a spectacular adventure and
they prove to all of us in 2016, with our apps
and Facebook and alloy panniers, that lifechanging world-travel is all about attitude, not
accessories.
We should watch this film and resolve to hit
the road, pronto!
1957 & 2014 • Roberto Montanari & Danilo Caracciolo • 16mm • 73 mins
www.adventuretravelfilmfestival.com | 23 Shorts
Baltic Sea Cycle
2015 Jennifer Tough 11 mins
A crucial element of the festival and a chance for
film-makers to capture the essence of adventure
By Train Across Russia
2015 Neil Shaw 9 mins
The Mysteries
2015 Krystle Wright 8 mins
The Race of My Life
(Paraglider Vs. Skateboarder)
2016 Benjamin Jordan 8 mins
Solo female cyclist tackles the Baltic Weirdly brilliant summary of a
coast.
Trans-Siberian ‘Express’ journey.
An adventure photographer’s
quest to capture a specific shot.
Expedition Q Finding Grandma
Cartwheelin’ Around NZ
Himalaya
Cycling around South America
whilst filling in a gap on the
family tree.
Yup, this is cartwheeling around
New Zealand!
An intimate and sensitive study
of the communities found on
the lower slopes of Everest.
A Crossing Of Baffin Island
2015 Sarah McNair-Landry 12 mins
A 1,000-kilometer ski, river, sea
kayak and portage across the
world’s fifth-largest island.
2014 Greg Villalobos 8 mins
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2014 Anna & John Burkhardt 2 mins
Damavand An Iranian Dream
2015 Matthew Traver 11 mins
A fearless paraglider races a maniac A British-Iranian woman explores her
skateboarder to the bottom of a hill. roots on Iran’s highest summit.
2015 Berta Tilmantaite 2 mins
Dot. Sydney To London
On A Wing And A Prayer
2015 Fraser Byrne 15 mins
Nathan Millward’s energy and
sense of mission amaze, as he
rides a 110cc bike around the world.
Short Beauties
These little gems will be on constant rotation
in the bar area. Get a drink and get inspired!
Land Of Kings Borders & Boundaries
The Story So Far
2015 Neftali Loria Bonilla 12 mins
2015 Tom Nelson 3 mins
2015 Lisa Morris & Jason Spafford 2 mins 2015 Philipp Kommenda 4 mins
Travels through Rajasthan, India,
the wonders and people of Agra,
Jaipur, Jodhpur & Jaisalmer.
Cycling across Myanmar as part
of a RTW trip.
Jason and Lisa motorcycle all over
south America and send us the
highlights.
Roads Of Himalayas
2014 Samuel Ruby 4 mins
The vivid and raw experience of
crossing the Himalayas.
The Holy Island A dreamy short showcasing the
beauty of the island nation
Sri Lanka.
Quit Job. Travel World.
Grow Beard.
2015 Anna & John Burkhardt 4 mins
No description needed—a simple
call to arms we should all heed!
Istanbul — With My
Eyes Closed
Thailand — In The
Garden Of The Dragon
The Steppe Of Misfortune
2015 Justin Heaney 8 mins
2014 Justin Heaney 8 mins
A tribute to the dynamic nature of
this amazing city and its citizens.
A victory in re-creating the visceral
nature of the Thai experience.
English runner attempts to complete
the first ever crossing of the Betpak
Dala in Kazakhstan.
2015 Matthew Traver 17 mins
www.adventuretravelfilmfestival.com | 25 “Whilst crossing Mauritania, I broke down in the middle of nowhere.
I managed to get to a phone, called Wemoto, and the
crucial spares I needed were dispatched that
afternoon. They arrived in a few days and
I was back on the trail within hours. Wemoto are without doubt,
the adventure biker’s
emergency service”
austin vince
— mondo sahara
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Dave Cornthwaite – YesTribe
In 2012 Dave Cornthwaite, a former
keynote speaker at the Adventure Travel
Film Festival, founded SayYesMore, a
project aimed at ‘turning strangers into
friends, breaking down fears and hurdles
and helping people of all ages redesign
their lives and jobs’.
Last summer Dave decided to take this
enterprise one step further by turning
his Facebook friends into
real people, and
after extending
a series of
invites to join
him for a night
of camping just
outside of London
a few hundred
people became the
founding members
of the YesTribe.
SAY
YES
Their culture of
encouraging others to
get out there and seize
the day, live life, and
push their boundaries
MORE
has gathered such an
enthusiastic following
here and across the world that the
first annual ‘Yestival’ went down a
storm in the Surrey countryside
last autumn.
The YesTribe’s positive
attitude will be unavoidable
at this summer’s festival,
in the best way possible.
Grab yourself a SayYesMore
t-shirt or hoodie at their stall
and join in a group discussion
that will take everyone on a
journey through how to plan an
adventure all the way to creating
a work-life balance that’s viable.
Dave will also be chairing the
‘Human-Powered Experts’ panel as well
as making a film about our festival this
year. www.adventuretravelfilmfestival.com | 27 Motorcycle Ask
Moderator
Lois Pryce
…is the UK’s
most respected
motorcycle travel
author as well
as co-founder of
the festival. She
has ridden solo
the length of the
Americas, from
London to Cape
Town and around
Iran, making her an
excellent person
to consult on all
aspects of bike
travel.
Austin Vince
…is on a mission
to change the world
by encouraging
people to travel,
with vulnerability,
in unusual and
uncomfortable places.
He is well known for
advocating the trailbike as the ultimate
‘go anywhere’
adventure vehicle.
He rides a faultless
Honda CRF250L and
is a fan of the ‘less is
more’ mantra.
The Experts Human-powered
Chris Scott
…is the ultimate
contributor to this
panel. His countless
solo forays into
the Sahara in his
youth saw him
conceiving a new
genre and creating
the phrase ‘Adventure
Motorcycling’. He
is the editor of
sundry adventure
travel books and
is essentially the
world’s leading expert
on vehicle travel in
wilderness areas.
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Nathan
Millward
…was simply a
normal person until
he rode a little 110cc
bike from Sydney
to London and then
wrote a book about
it. Within a few
years he was editing
Adventure Bike
Rider and is now a
permanent fixture on
the UK long-distance
overland scene.
E
FRE
Moderator
Dave
Cornthwaite
…is impossible to
summarise in 50
words. Unless, of
course, those 50
words include the
phrases ‘adventure
God’ and ‘humanpowered force
of nature’. His
1000-mile exploits
are the stuff of
legend and no-one
will ever moderate
this panel as deftly
as he.
Tom Allen
…has been active in
the world of adventure
since the age of 23
when he set off on a
bicycle to travel the
world, a journey of
nearly four years. His
award-winning film
of this trip, Janapar,
was released in 2012,
followed by a book of
the same name. As an
independent adventure
film-maker and writer
he’s since worked
in the Scandinavian
Arctic, the USA,
Outer Mongolia, Iran
and most recently
Patagonia.
Jennifer
Tough
…is a ScottishCanadian endurance
adventure enthusiast,
taking on solo cycle
tours, overnight MTB
marathons, epic sailing
challenges, exotic
paddling expeditions,
mountain running, and
adrenalised skiing all
over the globe. Jennifer
is enthusiastic about
encouraging others to
explore the wonderful
outdoors and both the
close-by and far-away
cultures of our amazing
planet.
Justine
Curgenven
…is an awardwinning documentary
maker of her kayak
expeditions around
the world that
perfectly combine
her sense of fun
with truly gruelling
adventure. What she
doesn’t know about
paddling ain’t worth
knowing.
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Adventure Travel
film-making
The Film-Makers’ Panel
hosted by Austin Vince, Festival Curator
New for this year is a round-table designed for the most effective
sharing of ideas between all of us practising independent filmmakers. The credo of the festival has always been to encourage a
proliferation of grass-roots DIY doco projects. This is a co-operative
brains-trust where a question is posed and answers are collected
from the floor. Fun and inspirational; everyone welcome.
E
FRE
Band
Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip
…are an edgy, funny, poetic unit who play rock-and-roll stand up. Chaos ensues
onstage with Mik chucking straws all over the place, spouting random observations
and following his train of thought into the audience. Every show is different!
Festival favourites and Glastonbury regulars, they have supported Chas & Dave and
appeared on Channel 4’s Random Acts. Don’t miss their performance, come and see
for yourself, it is truly a wondrous thing to behold. Bring pockets full of straws... you
might need them!
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Sarah Outen
Nathan Millward
In 2011 Sarah Outen paddled under Tower Bridge,
marking the start of her ‘London2London: via the
World’ journey — an attempt to kayak, row and
cycle a complete loop of the Northern Hemisphere.
Four-and-a-half years later she paddled under
Tower Bridge once more, after an extraordinary
adventure, rich with surprises and extreme
challenges, that took two more years than planned.
It wasn’t always certain that she would make it
home.
Sarah’s story is of having a go, having another
go and ultimately of letting go. Her journey was
extreme but her story is for everyone.
Born in the Midlands in the mining village of
Warsop, Nathan has studied a Masters in Business,
worked in Australia on a car magazine, edited a
motorcycle magazine and recently got married in
Vegas. But he is best known for his ride from Sydney
to London on a 110cc ‘postie bike’.
Nathan is one of the very best presenters on the
adventure travel circuit. His passion and brighteyed energy jumps out at you and in no time, you’ll
be hittin’ the road.
This presentation is brought to you by:
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Elspeth Beard
in conversation
with Lois Pryce
In 1982 at age 22, our cover
star set off on a solo trip to
ride her 600cc bike around the world. The journey
took two-and-a-half years covering 48,000 miles
through North America, Australasia, Asia and Europe.
All this in an age before the internet and mobile
phones. Elspeth rode through post-revolutionary Iran
during the war with Iraq, survived life-threatening
illnesses and numerous accidents. She witnessed
civil uprisings that forced her to fake documents,
fended off physical threats and sexual attacks, biker
gangs and corrupt police who were convinced she
was trafficking drugs, while still managing to fall in
and out of love three times.
Ben Sadd & James Trundle
Ben has been a professional film-maker and
camera­man for the past five years and in that time
has made several adventure films with James. With
each film they have built on the experience of the
previous project, both in the scale of the journey and
the production value that they bring to the film. From
madcap journeys with a sofa to starving themselves
in Britain’s Last Wilderness, last year they executed
a two month trip to the Amazon where they hewed
a dug-out canoe. These guys are as funny and
charming as you can get. Come and hear them and
leave smiling.
They have learnt a lot and will be sharing
the mistakes and challenges that they have
encountered during the monumental palaver that is
filming your own adventure.
Sideshows…
The Campfire
Cookout
Competition
Woodland Ways
—Bushcraft
with Kev Palmer
A bit like The Great British Bake-Off,
but with lentils. This now legendary
contest attracts festivaleers of all ages
and experiences, eager to showcase
their field cooking skills. Entrants are
given a bunch of twigs, a match and
the kind of ingredients you would expect
to find on the road – pulses, rice or
pasta, a tin of something, a sprinkling
of seasoning, a handful of vegetables
and one random surprise ingredient!
Then it’s time to go head-to-head with
your fellow field chefs and sizzle up a
tasty meal before having your offering
judged by our very own galloping
gourmet.
Kev’s bushcraft lessons and forage walk
are always hugely popular so we are
delighted to have him return to the fold.
Kev is a highly accomplished woodsman,
craftsman and naturalist and is
recognised as one of the UK’s leading
bushcraft instructors. He has travelled
extensively throughout the world and
taught bushcraft to thousands of people,
as well as providing specialist survival
advice to numerous TV productions,
including Born Survivor.
Take one of his bushcraft lessons or join
his forage walk, and you will never view
a country stroll in the same way again!
The Jolly
Woodsman’s
Knot Workshop
with Adam
Thompson
Working as a tree surgeon for a
number of years, using ropes for
multiple purposes, Adam Thompson
has developed a deep and slightly
worrying love of knots. The Jolly
Woodsman Knot Workshop aims
to pass on some knowledge of this
highly practical art, by teaching a
carefully selected range of knots,
bends and hitches.
Sign up and take your love life to
a whole new level…
Spoon Whittling Yoga for
Workshop NEW
Travellers
Ben Sadd and James Trundle are two
with Charlotte
of the craftiest men at the festival.
Bolton
No, they aren’t wily and dishonest!
On the contrary, they are bubbling
buckets of artisanal integrity. They
LOVE making things and they are
two of the most delightful chaps you will
ever meet!
Sign up, check in and 45 minutes later
you’ll be holding a spoon that you
whittled yourself! Next project, a dugout canoe!
Stretch out your road-weary limbs and
learn how to get all Zen for those stressful
border crossings. Seasoned adventure
traveller, Charlotte of Zen Overland,
became a yoga teacher after a year-long
motorcycle trip around the Americas.
Yoga has now become an indispensable
part of her travel tool kit.
Suitable for beginners and more
experienced yogis.
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These in-depth, 90-minute sessions,
taught by TV and film professionals,
cost £25 each unless FREE!
How to make a Film of
Narrative with Jez Foster
Your Adventure
of Hardy House Productions
with Austin Vince Take your audience on the road with you by telling a story rather
Festival Curator,
Austin’s Saturday
EE
morning presentation FR
has become a
highpoint of the weekend
with people coming to watch again and again every year! Learn
the basic principles of filming your adventure and discover why if
you can make Spaghetti Bolognese, you can make a film.
Stop! Don’t Shoot…
…until you’ve attended this workshop
with Rob Warner
Freelance Editor for BBC, ITV and C4
£25
ea
than simply just pressing REC.
Editing for
Total Beginners
with Raph Goldberg
Even learning basic editing skills will help inform your directing
and shooting decisions. Vital hands-on session!
Editing — Intermediate
Level with Raph Goldberg
Taking your editing skills to the next level.
Become a master of this black art!
ch
There’s a crucial list of things to check before
you switch on your camera. Rob has spent
a lifetime working in film and TV and he’ll get you thoroughly
prepared. The most important workshop of them all!
Shooting an Interview
with Raph Goldberg
of Tanglewood Productions
It’s more than just filming a cosy chat. Learn how to perfectly
capture that local character to a broadcast standard.
Directing with Austin Vince
Festival Curator and independent film director
Produce documentaries not home movies, it’s simple when you
know ‘the code’.
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NEW
AR
YE
IS
TH
Worksh
Making
a decent
adventure
film
with Justine
Curgenven
Justine is an award winning
adventure film-maker who
specialises in telling a story
with small, inexpensive
cameras. She痴has won over
two-dozen awards including
the Banff & Kendal Mountain
Film Festivals. This is a
catch-all workshop from
someone at the top of their game. Whatever you want to know,
she’s got it covered.
‘Magic Dust’
— making your film that bit special
with Greg Villalobos
£25
eac
Securing Greg as a workshop instructor has been a priority for this festival for the last
three years. He has recently completed several films created specifically for the internet
but which are epic in their scale and ingenuity. Greg is one of the most original and inventive
film-makers in the UK today. Any student who comes away from this session with even a
thousandth of the white-hot imagination of this man will be in fantastic fettle.
Greg has won two Baftas, won countless prizes at film festivals, published one book and is
currently stumbling his way through fatherhood but has still found time and energy for us.
Honestly folks, he da man!
h
kshops…
They are designed to help take
and are designed to help take your filmyour film-making skills
making skills from amateur to pro!
from amateur to pro!
Workshops…
Travel Photography
with Toby Savage
Toby Savage is a professional photographer with an avid
interest in adventure. His far reaching exploits have been
widely published in the magazines; Classic Land Rover,
4x4, Land Rover World, and Overland Journal. He holds
an M.A. in Photography and has taught at university level
both here and in China. Now in its fourth year he runs a
biannual photography course in Morocco with the aim of
going beyond the cheesy sunset and ‘making’, rather than ‘taking’ photographs. Toby is a huge fan of the pocket sized
compact camera and his little Lumix, badly wrapped in black
gaffer tape, will probably be in his pocket throughout the
presentation – just in case.
Crowdfunding
and
Social
Media
with Tom Allen
FREE
Tom Allen burst onto the adventure scene a few years ago
with his astonishing film and book, Janapar. He is the perfect
example of the new breed of full-time adventure personality.
He is internationally famous through social media and his
‘product’ is instantly accessible through the internet.
Tom is a true digital nomad and if anyone knows about
this world it is he. Check out his workshop (which is real,
not a Skype call!).
Travel Writing Workshops
with Phoebe Smith (Includes 6 months subscription to
magazine*)
Following the success of previous years, we are
delighted to welcome back the acclaimed author and
editor of
magazine, Phoebe Smith. She will be
teaching the following two workshops on travel writing and
making money from your travels.
ntroduction to Travel
I
Writing
So you’ve just had the ultimate adventure, a journey of a lifetime, the
trip to rival all others and now you want to share it – but how do you
begin writing it up? Phoebe shares her expert advice on structuring
your story. From nailing the all-important intro to keeping people
interested and then pulling off the big finish, Phoebe will show you how to write a piece
that people will want to read.
(NB: This workshop does not cover pitching or getting published, that is covered in the
‘Making Money From Your Travels’ session.)
Making Money from your Travels
£30
ea
ch
Whether you want to keep the day job and earn a few pennies on the side, or whether you want
to change your career and become a full time traveller and writer, Phoebe looks at the various
options to monetise your passion for travel and writing. From magazines to websites, books to
blogs – you’ll learn how to go about getting your tales published and making some cash too.
*Only one subscription per person. If signing up for both sessions you get one subscription
and a £5 voucher to spend in the www.wanderlust.co.uk shop instead of a subscription.
Award-winning travel editor, writer and author Phoebe Smith has seen her love of dramatic landscapes
the UK’s
and wild places take her on adventures all around the world. She is the editor of
best adventure travel magazine and in 2015 was named Editor of the Year (PPA, New Talent Awards). She is
author of several books including Extreme Sleeps: Adventures of a Wild Camper, Wilderness Weekends: Wild
Adventures in Britain’s Rugged Corners and the first and only guidebook to British bothies – Book of the Bothy.
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“The best weekend of the
summer!”
– Bob Hutton, Oxfordshire
“I’m a festival fanatic and this is
my new favourite. 100% FUN!”
– Mark West, Bath
“The outdoor, starlight screenings
were magical”
– Lucy Crawford, London
“The friendliest festival of any kind
that I have ever attended”
– Lars Eriksson, Sweden
“The films are staggeringly good.
I can’t believe I’d never heard of them
– where do you find them?!”
– Derek Banner, Oxfordshire
“Lovely, easy-going atmosphere and
interesting people to talk to everywhere”
– Catherine Devereaux, France
“Made new friends and came away inspired to
live life to the full”
– Andrew MacLintock, Dumfries
As featured in…
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In The Jungle…
“A great place to meet like-minded
people and get ideas for new
adventures”
– Mike Lawson, East Sussex
“The weather was great but it
wouldn’t have mattered, your
speakers and the films are the
stars of the show”
– Jeremy Lewis, Devon
“So nice to be at a wellorganised, welcoming event
and not to be bombarded
with corporate logos and
advertising. I felt like I was
at a special private party!”
– Carol Van Buren, Bristol
“I’m not in the least bit
adventurous – and I
loved it!”
– Phylis Vince, Bournemouth
The KTM Centre are proud
to support...
For all that is
Overland,
Adventure,
Enduro and
trail riding.
Wood Lane, Hemel Hempstead,
Herts HP2 4TL
[email protected]
01442 255272
www.thektmcentre.co.uk
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THANKS!
Thanks as ever to our marvellous media partner,
, the finest travel magazine on the
shelves. They have supported the festival from the
very beginning and we are honoured to have them
on board.
Thank
you Merci
DankeDank Gracias
Obrigado
Grazie
Arigato
Evharistó
je Shukuria
Juspaxar
Bolzïn
Shukria
Tashakkur Atu
SuksamaCheers
Ekhmet
DêkujiTänan
Tak Kinisow
Tángeyoo
Dankon
Vinaka
Kiitos Ngiyabonga Hasty bananas!
The Starlight Screening is always the highlight of
the festival – the shared experience of watching
a fabulous film under a (hopefully) clear night
sky is our favourite moment of the weekend and
the memory that keeps us going during the long
grey winter.
The Adventure Travel Film Festival could
not happen without the enthusiasm and hard
work of our team of volunteers who are buzzing
away behind the scenes making it all happen.
Thank you guys and gals, you know who you are.
You rock our world.
This year’s starlight screenings are Pillock
Conquers The World on the Friday night and
Mondo Enduro on the Saturday. Please don’t
forget to bring your camp chairs, cushions and
blankets.
And as always, a HUGE thank you for this year’s
advertisers. They are all great friends of the
festival and without them this beautiful brochure
could not exist. Please support them so they can
keep supporting us.
If the weather is bad we will decamp to the sports hall. It’s a love merry-go-round, baby!
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Friday 12 – Sunday 14
August 2016
Mill Hill School
The Ridgeway
London
NW7 1QS
Mill Hill is within the LEZ (Low Emission Zone).
This applies to vans and trucks of a certain age, so check before you travel.
ARRIVE :
2pm on Friday 12 August
When you arrive you will be directed to the camping fields to set up your camp.
Then make your way to the registration tent to check in and receive your wristband.
DEPART :
by 4pm on Sunday 14 August
Happy trails!
TICKETS for Mill Hill…
Full Weekend
tickets…
£89.00
SLEEPING… EATING…
DRINKING… WATCHING…
Your ticket includes entry to all the films, talks, presentations, sideshows and two
nights camping. Free entry for children under 12.
Camping is within the grounds and is included in the ticket price. All facilities and venue
locations are within walking distance of the camping fields. You can camp next to your vehicle.
Camper vans, living vehicles and caravans are most welcome but there is no hook-up.
Full Weekend
+ Meals…
The school has a superb range of auditoria fitted out with bespoke audio systems, projectors,
screens and comfortable seating. On Friday and Saturday evenings, the main feature will be
projected outside, under the stars. In poor weather this screening will relocate to the mighty
sports hall – the whole gang under one roof! Please remember to bring your own chair for these
screenings.
£128.00
This includes all of the above plus evening meals on Friday and Saturday and breakfast
on Saturday and Sunday. (Meals can be bought separately for children.)
The venue has plenty of sparkling shower and toilet facilities. Festival goers will also have
access to the swimming pool.
WORKSHOPS
The venue provides cooked breakfasts and two-course evening meals. The quality of the food
is excellent and we thoroughly encourage you to join us for food, as the meal times are a great
social part of the weekend too. Vegetarians are catered for.
How to Make a Documentary, Travel Photography and Crowd Funding workshops are
free of charge and open to all. The specialist film-making and travel-writing/publishing
workshops are extra (see pages 32-33).
Meals MUST be booked in advance by purchasing the appropriate ticket. They cannot be
purchased on spec during the festival.
TICKETS AND WORKSHOPS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE WEBSITE:
www.adventuretravelfilmfestival.com
There will be light lunches, snacks, tea and coffee available to buy during the day on a casual
basis. You do not need to book these in advance.
And most importantly, there is a bar open from lunchtime until late!
Sorry, day tickets are not available, and the venue does not allow dogs.
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Once the festival is over there’s no need for the
joy to wither! We keep the vibe alive through
the Adventure Travel Film Club!
Every couple of months we organise
simultaneous events, bringing outdoor
inspiration to cities across the world.
We screen the best adventure travel films,
providing entertainment for adventurers,
explorers and armchair travellers alike.
Normally the main film lasts about an hour
and is followed by a chat with the film-maker
themselves.
Come explore the world with us (followed by a
drink or two)…
www.adventuretravelfilm.club
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Friday 16 – Sunday 18
September 2016
Inverewe
Poolewe
Achnasheen
Wester Ross
IV22 2LG
ARRIVE :
2pm on Friday 16 September
­ hen you arrive you will be directed to the registration desk to check in and receive
W
your wristband. We can then help you to your accommodation nearby in the caravan
and camp site, local B & B, hotel or the National Trust for Scotland Garden Lodge.
Please note accommodation should be booked separately and the local list of
subsidised local accommodation providers is available for download at:
www.nts.org.uk/Property/Inverewe-Garden-and-Estate/
while camping can be booked direct (please see details below).
DEPART :
by 4pm on Sunday 18 September
Happy trails!
TICKETS for Inverewe…
Full Weekend Tickets …
£60.00
Your ticket includes entry to all the films, talks, presentations, sideshows and two
days entry to the internationally renowned garden and estate.
Free entry for children under 12.
Full Weekend + Meals …
£100.00
This includes all of the above plus evening meals on Friday and Saturday and
breakfast on Saturday and Sunday. (Meals can be bought separately for children.)
WORKSHOPS
How to make a Documentary, Travel Photography and local wildlife photography
workshops are free of charge and are open to all.
TICKETS AND WORKSHOPS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE WEBSITE:
www.adventuretravelfilmfestival.com
SLEEPING… EATING…
DRINKING… WATCHING…
Camping and caravan sites are nearby in the local village of Poolewe. Booking of camping
pitches is either through the National Trust website or direct quoting the SATFF16 reference to
gain the discounted price at:
www.campingandcaravanningclub.co.uk/campsites/uk/highlands/achnasheen/inverewegardens.
All facilities and venue locations are within walking distance of the camping fields. You can
camp next to your vehicle. Camper vans, living vehicles and caravans are most welcome and
there is a full set of amenities available on site.
The Poolewe hall and Garden Restaurant has a superb ambience with audio system, projectors,
screens and comfortable seating. On Friday and Saturday evening, the main feature will
be projected outside, under the stars. In poor weather this screening will relocate to the
Restaurant at Inverewe – the whole gang under one roof! Please remember to bring your own
chair for these screenings.
The venue provides cooked breakfasts and two-course evening meals. The quality of the food
is excellent and we thoroughly encourage you to join us for food, as the meal times are a great
social part of the weekend too. Vegetarians are catered for.
Meals MUST be booked in advance by purchasing the appropriate ticket. They cannot be
purchased on spec during the festival.
There will be light lunches, snacks, tea and coffee available to buy during the day on a casual
basis. You do not need to book these in advance.
And most importantly, there is a bar open from lunchtime until late.
Sorry, day tickets are not available and the venue does not allow dogs.
www.adventuretravelfilmfestival.com | 43 THERE’S
A WHOLE world of
ADVENTURE
OUT THERE
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the all-new CRF1000L Africa Twin is back. Packing an innovative and
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this machine is as happy exploring continents as it is a town or city.
There’s no telling where the adventure will take you.
The all-new CRF1000L Africa Twin
A world of adventure starts just around the corner, at your local Dealer.
To find your nearest Dealer call 0845 200 8000 or visit honda.co.uk
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