PRESS RELEASE: Mountains on Stage is back in April with a new 2018 Summer Edition 

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 UKC/UKH Gear 19 Mar 2018
Mountains on Stage thumb, 4 kbMountains on Stage is coming back in April in the UK. With nine cities in total, starting with Edinburgh on April 16, the festival will screen five films that are inspired by climbers and mountaineers. The films are all inspired by experienced in the mountains and range from 26 to 35 minutes in length. Tickets can be purchased at www.mountainsonstage.com

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 Phil Murray 27 Apr 2018
In reply to UKC/UKH Gear:

I went to the Bristol showing last night & found it ..... mixed (and VERY long - well over 3 hours). The first two films (Conrad Anker/David Lama in Nepal, & Margo Hayes doing 9a+ twice), were great, but then it seemed to descend into a series of over-long footage of basically, men getting as high as kites / off their nads on their own hyper-adrenaline & ego (and always then SHOUTING ABOUT IT whilst holding the iPhone in "selfie" mode)  - and we're supposed to admire & respect this self-serving behaviour ? Don't get me wrong, the footage of the Torre del Paine at the end was cutting edge trad & extreme Alpine - would have been better without the shoutiness though (.... but they did do brilliantly). 

This is what one of my female friends who also went wrote: "Last year, of the 5 films,there was one rather ridiculous film with a woman in it. She seconded several pitches of a mud tower in some jungle. Following a bloke. This time, the presenter of the films mentioned, in a bizarrely positive way, that they had only one film about a woman but that 50% of the audience were women. How is this a good thing for the women who have coughed up the money, only to sit through some utterly random tosh about men surfing on a high wire, men shitting in the wind on a big wall and men digging bits of quartz out of a hole in a mountain in Cham. You would think, in this year of change for women, this so-called film festival could have come up with a bit more balance."

What do others who saw it think?  I *did* win a rucksack, so not all bad  

 Kemics 27 Apr 2018
In reply to Phil Murray:

I though it was great. As a climber, I was obviously more interested in the climbing films, but the two french films (the crystal hunters and the flying frenchies) were entertaining enough ... just exceedingly french ... which I think some times comes across as arrogance ... but maybe was just pure ego/arrogance. 

I'm really surprised your friend thought the Patagonian big walling film was an "ego driven" film about men pooping in bags. I thought it was the best film, regardless of gender I think any climber would be inspired by what they did. It was cutting edge free climbing on a big wall in gnarly conditions...to me that's really interesting and inspirational. 

I guess I wouldn't blame the organisation for the gender split in films but the film makers (or lack thereof) as a curator they can only pick from what's available 

 Phil Murray 27 Apr 2018
In reply to Kemics:

Cheers .Yes I enjoyed it too, overall - and the big wall stuff was awesome, really impressive.  I was most interested & inspired by it (proper 'ard trad crack climbing in wildly exposed place).  It was just the shouty stuff the whole time with that film, that at least one of my companions objected to.  

Margo Hayes is just .... incredible. I found the crystal stuff interesting in a more laid-back manner; nice to see another side of the Alps that i wasn't aware of. 

I went to Banff festival last year & thought that was on balance better.  the flying Frenchies would have been fine had it been about half as long. IMO  


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