INKAFEST Mountain Film


		2nd INKAFEST Mountain Film - Summary 2006 Huaraz -South America’s mountaineering capital - hosted August 10-12 the second Inkafest International Mountain and Adventure Sports Film Festival, Tour 2006, during three spectacular days. The festival took place at the Monttrek auditorium where 25 mountaineering, sports and documentary films from all over the world were shown on a spectacular huge screen with outstanding sound equipment facilities to thrilled audiences. The three day festival featured a competition among 20 selected films that were judged by a jury of film directors and mountaineers. FESTIVAL. National Institute of Culture director Benjamin Morales Arnao opened the festival and welcomed attendants from around the world, mostly mountaineers. Ivan Canturin, the festival’s director, introduced the members of the jury. - Jorge Vignati, a renowned documentary film maker - Pedro Noguchi, a documentary maker and mountaineer - Agusto Ortega, the first Peruvian ever to climb to the top of the world’s highest mountain, Mount Everest." Aritza Monasterio, an international mountaineer renowned for its Alpine climbing style consisting of carrying basic supplies for round trip climbs, said the opening keynote speech. He also presented the Chacraraju West The Lord of Towers feature. The Chacraraju rises above 6,112 masl in Peru´s White Range. The climb also included mountaineers Marjan Kovac and Pavle Kozjek from Slovenia. . On the second day the audiences enjoyed a range of mountaineering, mountain bicycle, extreme sports and travel films showing areas of extreme sports interest in Peru, trekking, and hang gliding. Huaraz was among the locations of choice for its spectacular world renowned geography and environment and its long dated mountaineering culture. The third day was award day. In addition to announcing the Inkafest 2006 winners, several out of competition films were shown including the first Alpamayo climb, via Ferrari 1975, a world classic originally filmed in VHS format that was digitalized and repaired for the showing.. Another film, Following Americo Tordoya, showed a much loved local climber. Shot in the streets and mountains of Huaraz, the film showed audiences the city´s streets and surroundings before and after the 1970 earthquake - First Huascaran ski descent, 1978. A festival highlight was the showing of “The dark glow of the mountain”, directed by renowned film director Werner Herzog, http://www.wernerherzog.com/main/index.htm thanks to the kind cooperation of the film´s producer who ceded the film’s exhibition rights for the festival. The film was presented by Herzog’s friend Jorge Vignati who in 1984 met the film making team during a climb in the Himalayas, in mountains GI and GII. The film’s leading part is played by Reinhold Messner. During the three days of Inkafest audiences totaled some 800 persons who watched their favorite movies in the free showings. Foreign audiences were the most numerous, reaching about 40% of all filmgoers. The bigger crowds gathered in the third and last day of the Festival when they also thronged the books, publications, crafts and adventure and culture tourism commercial exhibition stands. .. Tour 2006 Festival tour in Lima, Arequipa and Cuzco. The Festival Tour promotes a mountaineering culture and mountain and extreme sports in Peru. The 2006 Festival our took the exhibit to Lima (24-26 August), Arequipa (7-9 September) and Cuzco (18-20 September). Huaraz – Festival Opening Auditorium: Monttrek auditorium. Attendance: Total of approximately 800 persons during the 3-day Festival Entrance: Free Days: 10, 11 and 12 August Opening hours: 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Other activities: Mountain book and journal exhibit and sale. INKAFEST souvenirs. -Lima: Auditorium: Los Reyes Rojos Schools - Barranco Attendance: 300 Days: 24, 25 and 26 August Opening hours: 6: 00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Activities: Adventure and mountain sports fair -Arequipa: Auditorium: American Binational Center Attendance: 250 Days: 7, 8 and 9 September Opening hours: 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Activities: Travel books, journals and guides . -Cuzco: Auditorium: Casa Garcilaso auditorium Attendance: 300 Days: 18, 19 and 20 September Horario : 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.