Program — Cradle Mountain Film Festival

CMFF cancelled April 3-5 2020

Hi Adventure Lovers,

We put a lot of effort into making an exciting program in 2020 with lots of great films and wellness events across the weekend, but in order to manage risks over the next three weeks we called it off. You can always find the One Year in Tasmania Adventure Film playlists on our youtube channel: Cradle Mountain Film Festival.

We hope to be back for a healthy, happy festival in 2021!

Yours in adventure,

Anna and Anthony
Cradle Mountain Canyons/Cradle Mountain Film Festival

Here’s what we had planned for you in 2020:

Friday April 3 2020

6:30-10:00PM | Bright Blue Gorilla: Concert, Film + Q&A | Cradle Mountain Hotel
Bright Blue Gorilla (aka Robyn Rosenkrantz and Michael Glover) are travelling troubadours and filmmakers from Los Angeles who've been touring the world for the past 30 years.
Join them for an unplugged concert, followed by a screening of their latest spy/Kung Fu comedy film: 36 Husbands, and a Q&A with the filmmakers. Expect quirky, expect laughter, expect folk tunes, expect the unexpected!

5:00-6:45PM | ROGUE WAVES: Film + Q&A CMFF20 Opening Night | Forest Yurt Cinema + Lounge
Join one of Tasmania’s original surfing pioneers in the Forest Yurts. Mick Lawrence is a 72 year old Tasmanian filmmaker, writer, wilderness guide, surfer & kayaker who has produced over 100 documentaries for national and international television. Mick has spent a decade exploring and filming the southwest wilderness by kayak, and four years as a guide at the Southwest Wilderness Camp, Port Davey. This film is a Tasmanian story of exploration, mateship, becoming unlost and dealing with the rogue waves of life. Followed by a Q&A. Included in Festival Pass.

7:00-8:00PM | Mongol Rally 19 (2020; 42 mins; Micah Landon-Lane) | Forest Yurt Cinema + Lounge
Meet two members of the Trans Asian Taxi Service, Micah Landon-Lane (TAS) and Salome Tobin (SWE), who drove a $600 Nissan Micra from Sweden to Mongolia to raise money for Cool Earth. Their film is a fantastic adventure, with plenty of challenges and fun times (and soooo many cable ties)!

Followed by a Q&A.

Included in Festival Pass, use your code to reserve a place.

8:30-10:00PM | Magnetic (2019; 110mins; Thierry Donard) | Forest Yurt Cinema + Lounge
Magnetic: A True Adventure is produced by legendary French filmmakers Nuit de la Glisse. Featuring all the good glisse (glide) sports: snowboarding, skiing, kite surfing, big wave surfing and more, you'll be wrapt by this insight into the life of those men and women who chase the power unleashed by the elements, including Australian big-wave surfer, Ross Clarke-Jones, as he tackles the epic break, Nazare, in Portugal.

Filmed in remote locations from New Zealand to Pakistan and the Tahitian islands, and bringing together the best athletes in their disciplines, Magnetic is a must-see celebration of the human spirit.

Included in Festival Pass, use your code to reserve a place.

Saturday April 4 2020

9:00AM-2:00PM | Adventure Storytelling | Forest Yurt Cinema + Lounge
Sit down face-to-face with a series of local and not-so-local adventurers and filmmakers sharing tales of joy, blood, sweat, tears, cold and hours of editing! With a full line up to be released in March, you're guaranteed a good yarn in an amazing setting.

FREE ENTRY but please register your interest. Included in Festival Pass.

9:00-10:30AM | Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable | Cradle Mountain Hotel
The story of surfer Bethany Hamilton, who at age 13 was out surfing when she was attacked by a 15-foot tiger shark, a run-in that cost Hamilton her left arm. Not only did Hamilton survive the attack, she was back on the competitive surfing circuit less than a year later. More than a decade later, Hamilton, now a mother, undertakes her greatest challenge: chasing a toddler and the biggest wave of her career.
Included in Festival Pass.

9:15-11:15AM | Bright Blue Gorilla: Creative Workshop | Cradle Mountain Hotel
Producer Robyn Rosenkrantz and Director Michael Glover have been charming audiences around the world since 1990 when they quit their L.A. jobs, sold everything they had (except their guitars) and bought one-way tickets to Europe. They’ve been performing & traveling ever since and are still going strong! As well as playing folk tunes and making films, they love to get everyone's creative juices flowing. In this 2 hour workshop, spend some time to discover what your creative dreams are and how to pursue them.

9:30-11:00AM | Cold Water Therapy - Intro to the Wim Hof Method | Cradle Mt Ranger Station/Interpretation Centre
Join local accredited Wim Hof practitioner, Piet Blokker, for this 1.5 hour introduction to the benefits and techniques of the Wim Hof Method. Developed by the Dutch Iceman himself, there are loads of health benefits from learning how to safely and gently expose yourself to cold water...and where better to do it than the Cradle Mountain Film Festival?
The workshop includes instruction on gentle breathing, meditation and plenty of time for questions in a small group, then an opportunity to practice the techniques in the tannin-stained river.

Tickets $50. Discount for Festival Pass holders, use your Unique Code for $20 off.

Tickets for Cold Water Therapy

10:45-12:15 | Like Harvey Like Son | Cradle Mountain Hotel
On May 30th 2018, Ultra-runner and Cincinnati-based high school teacher Harvey Lewis III set out to attempt the Fastest Known Time on the Appalachian Trail. There are two ways to approach this feat: supported or unsupported. The moment Harvey’s father (Jr.) offered to be his son’s crew chief, he KNEW this challenge would mean more to him than just putting in the miles.
Included in Festival Pass.

9:00-10:00AM | WELLNESS AcroYoga - Foundations of Flight | Forest Yurt Lounge
AcroYoga combines the connection and presence of yoga with the balance and playfulness of acrobatics. Every step of the way will be explained so that you will confidently and safely learn how to base, fly, and spot. Come laugh, learn and play with Scott Cashins.

Included in Festival Pass.

11:30AM -12:30PM | WELLNESS Nia Dance | Cradle Mt Hotel
Nia is a graceful, mindful, cardio movement practice that blends the dance arts, healing arts and martial arts. Powerful and flowing movements to upliting music - Nia is grounding, energising, fun and deeply soothing. A mind, body, spirit conditioning that will leave you feeling radiant, strong and connected. Nia is for everybody and all levels of fitness.
Included in Festival Pass.

1:00-2:00PM | WELLNESS - Nature Movement | Forest Yurt Lounge
Nature Movement - Come and explore human movement in nature with Scott Cashins. Inspired by nature, this movement practice combines nature, flow, and some creative ways in which we can move through it and nourish our joints, bones, muscles, spirit and soul.
Included in Festival Pass.

12:30-1:30PM | Kids’ Films from Mountainfilm on Tour | Cradle Mountain Hotel
Kids will love this hour of family-friendly films from Mountainfilm on Tour. Perfect for 2-10 year olds, but fun for everyone. Featuring a mix of thought-provoking and educational animations and short film, this is so much better than mind-numbing screen time! Children five and under FREE. All other tickets $10.
Included in Festival Pass

1:45-3:30PM | The Mountain Life (Full Feature Length) | Cradle Mountain Hotel
Martina Halik and her 60-year-old mother Tania embark on a six-month ski trek through the treacherous Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. This journey has only been completed once before, and never by a female duo. Their adventure is interspersed with beautifully crafted portraits of high-altitude human endurance and passion - an avalanche survivor, a snowshoe artist, a snowbound convent - that are by turns captivating and inspiring. A favourite at Banff Mountain Film Festival and others all over the world! Included in Festival Pass.

3:30-4:30PM | Talking Dirty: Outdoor Events in Tasmania (FILM + PANEL) | Cradle Mountain Hotel
Have you ever competed in one of Tasmania's iconic outdoor sports events (Gone Nuts, Triple Tops, Cradle Mountain Race, Bruny Ultra, Freycinet Challenge, Wildside MTB, etc)? Turning up and competing is one thing, with all the training regimes, preparation, mental strain and memory-making that goes along with a big race. But what about the event managers behind those events? They all have stories about the planning, the stress, the risks, the volunteers, the logistics, the ups and downs, the joys and challenges! Join us for a screening of Behind the Scenes: The Berghaus Dragon's Back Race (Australian Premiere), followed by a panel of Tassie event managers talking dirty about their events, including Endorfun (Bruny Ultra and others), Gone Nuts and takayna/Tarkine Ultra organisers plus others. Included in Festival Pass.

4:30-6:00PM | One Year in Tasmania Adventure Film competition screening | Cradle Mountain Hotel
We're screening the judges' shortlist of the top entries in the One Year in Tasmania Adventure Film competition. Check out the breadth of adventures to be had on this cracking island of ours in one year - from 1 March 2019 to 1 March 2020.
Ticket includes a Welcome Drink generously provided by Cradle Mountain Hotel to get your party started!

Included in Festival Pass.

8:00-10:15PM | Mountainfilm on Tour 2019 | Cradle Mountain Hotel
The Tasmanian exclusive screening of Mountainfilm on Tour, all the way from Telluride, Colorado. One words sets Mountainfilm apart from other tours: HEART. Join us for a celebration of adventure, environment and the human spirit. This years' films feature an awesome mix of skiing, snowboarding, mountaineering, trail running, mountain biking, and cultural stories. Get inspired to take on the world and experience all it has to offer! Included in Festival Pass, use your code to reserve a seat.
*Look out for the Very Outdoorsy Person Experience for all-inclusive dinner and show tickets in the Forest Yurt Cinemas*

6:30-9:30PM | Mountainfilm on Tour Very Outdoorsy Person Exclusive Event | Forest Yurt Cinema + Lounge
Very Outdoorsy People get down and yurty for the Tasmanian exclusive screening of Mountainfilm on Tour, all the way from Telluride, Colorado. The $75 all-inclusive ticket gets you a quality dinner plus drinks, dessert, hot treats, and films in the Forest Yurts (choose from a set menu, vego/vegan/GF option). See an amazing program of films on the fringe of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, screening in the Forest Yurt Cinema + Lounge (off the Visitor Centre carpark). Included in the Festival Pass

10:00PM - 12:00AM | Night Adventures After Party | Forest Yurts
Come down to the Forest Yurts for some live tunes and dancing in the beautiful yurts, fireside yarns, mulled drinks and fresh local beers, and for your time to snuggle and critique the films.

With live music soon to be announced!

Bar open, fires cranked. FREE EVENT

Sunday March 31 2019

8:00AM - 2:00PM | Mountain Huts Film Trail | Self-guided trail around five mountain huts FREE
Register and collect a FREE trail map from the Cradle Mountain Canyons office next to the Visitor Centre, then choose your path around the mountain huts to see a specially curated program of short films throughout the day. Films are screened as you arrive, in group sizes of 1-12. Some of the huts are not usually open to the public, so you get extra-special access and will see 100% off-grid projection in these remote locations.

9:30-11:00AM | Cold Water Therapy - Intro to the Wim Hof Method | Cradle Mt Ranger Station/Interpretation Centre
Repeat of Saturday’s workshop (tickets via link above)
Join local accredited Wim Hof practitioner, Piet Blokker, for this 1.5 hour introduction to the benefits and techniques of the Wim Hof Method. The workshop includes instruction on gentle breathing, meditation and plenty of time for questions in a small group, then an opportunity to practice the techniques in the tannin-stained river. Festival Pass holders get a discounted workshop of $30 using your Unique Code.

1:30-2:30PM | Thai Massage | Cradle Mountain Hotel

Wind down after a big weekend with some self caring and sharing with instructor, Scott Cashins. Thai massage is a wonderful practice as many of the techniques are very accessible and feel amazing. Gain confidence in sharing some healing touch and enjoy the benefits of receiving as you close your eyes and release, just before the European Outdoor Film Tour, the final film event of CMFF20. Included in Festival Pass.

12:00-2:00PM | Reel ROCK14 19/20 | Cradle Mountain Hotel
The REEL ROCK Film Tour is one of climbing's greatest celebrations. In “The High Road”, the powerful and bold Nina Williams tests herself on some of the highest, most difficult boulder problems ever climbed. In “United States of Joe’s” climbers collide with a conservative coal mining community in rural Utah, to surprising results. In “The Nose Speed Record”, legends Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold battle Jim Reynolds and Brad Gobright (dec) in a high stakes race for greatness. Included in Festival Pass.

2:30-4:30PM | European Outdoor Film Tour | Cradle Mountain Hotel
To finish off the CMFF20 with a bang, here is European Outdoor Film Tour. Timed to give you a chance to relax and breathe after the Mountain Huts Film Trail and before you head home, E.O.F.T. is packed with inspiring short films from the great outdoors, breath-taking athletic feats and inspiring stories, in this special festival screening brought to you by Adventure Film Tours. E.O.F.T. is a premium film tour experience. Unlike other tours, every film is handpicked and specially edited and produced for the tour by a team of expert filmmakers in Germany. Included in Festival Pass.