Adventure Film Festival Movie Review
With the success of its first year in Chamonix, the 2nd annual Adventure Film Festival will be taking place again this year on August 20 & 21st at Le Majestic, Centre de Congres, Chamonix-Mont Blanc.
Dedicated to independent films featuring adventure and an environmental conscientiousness, the theme is MAKE YOUR OWN LEGENDS. Embracing the unknown, taking risks, making sacrifices, appreciating nature and the power of the human spirit, the Adventure Film Festival has found an ideal home in Chamonix – the birthplace of Alpinism, a winter sports Mecca, and the international playground for extreme sport.
In support of cinema in Chamonix, each week leading up to the festival in August, Chamonet.com will post a short summary and trailer of a film that will be in the programme this year. For tickets, schedules and further details of films and events, please contact Zoe Hart at zoe@adventurefilm.org
This week's short film trailer is...
GUM FOR MY BOAT - a story about a Bangladesh Surf Club whose focus is on the creation of a community through surfing and its power to change lives by providing hope and companionship. The Club consists of more than 70 boys and girls, many of them street kids or from very poor families, living on an ocean once deemed off-limits due to fear and a conservative Islamic culture, and now a source of fun, escape, and a potential income.
