The 2014 Adventure Travel Film Festival
To be held in Bright from February 14-16, featuring some of the most dynamic travel adventure films -- including motorcycling -- in one action-packed weekendThe 2014 Adventure Travel Film Festival in Bright (Vic) from February 14-16 is for everyone who has ever known the highs of travelling the world and experiencing new cultures, people and places.
It is for like-minded, travel-addicts of all backgrounds and those seeking inspiration for that next great expedition. It is also a reminder that adventure travel can be undertaken on even the simplest of scales and lowest of budgets and open to anyone, anywhere.
In Bright, there’ll be screenings of some of the best adventure travel films ever made, including:
- ‘African Odyssey’, which has four teenagers from New Zealand ride motorcycles from Cape Town to London with no motorcycle experience and a borrowed camera;
- ‘Janapar; a travel yarn which interweaves a love story across continents and cultures;
- ‘Ocean Ambition’ and the tale of a young plucky Irishman’s attempt to row across the Atlantic Ocean from Morocco to Barbados;
- ‘White Silk Road’ a film about doing something that nobody has done before, as young snowboarders take to the untouched and dangerous parts of Afghanistan;
- ‘The Bus’ a celebration of the humble VW camper van as a symbol of free-spirited abandon and adventure;
- ‘Between Home’ the story of artist and amateur sailor Nick Jaffe who decided to take the long way home to Australia, negotiating the treacherous waters from the UK to Sydney in a two-year adventure; and
- A true classic ‘The Omidvar Brothers’ -- impossibly rare, yet superb collection of vintage colour Iranian travel documentaries by the original Persian DIY Adventure Showmen.
The festival will also host a huge range of speakers including some of the country’s most experienced adventurers and travellers:
- author, presenter and adventurer Paul Carter;
- super climber and kayaker Peter Treby;
- the best-selling travel author Brian Thacker;
- acclaimed travel photographer and outback adventurer pilot Richard Green;
- renowned travel photographer Cam Cope;
- 4WD adventurers Ron and Viv Moon on the return of their drive crossing the Arctic Circle to the North West Territories;
- Jacob French who attracted worldwide headlines when he trekked solo across the Nullarbor in a storm trooper outfit for charity; and
- Michael Dillon, a veteran film maker having completed everything from Sir Edmund Hillary’s Ganges jet boat expedition to Tim Macartney-Snape’s Everest Sea-to-Summit expedition.
The Adventure Travel Film Festival was founded by Brit adventurers Austin Vince and Lois Pryce three years ago. The pair wanted to create a three-day event packed with all things adventure – including inspirational adventure travel films, speakers, workshops and social events guaranteed to stir the soul of seasoned adventurers, armchair travellers and dreamers alike.
Founder Austin Vince said: “Over the last 10 years or so we have been sent tons of fantastic travel films from all over the world by largely unknown film-makers. They came from all over the globe and covered every form of transport — boats, bicycles, buses, motorcycles, 4x4s and even hitch-hiking and train-hopping.
“The ‘adventure travel’ shows we saw on television, although polished and professional, were nothing in comparison to the real-life dramas that were arriving in our letterbox. Once we started searching actively, films came to the surface that were absolutely mind-blowing. We were amazed, and excited, that adventures of this quality, old and new, were essentially unknown by the public. The festival provides a platform for the best independent travel films, and a reminder that anyone from anywhere can experience life-changing adventures and capture it on film to share with the world.”
Weekend (from $95) and day passes (from $65) are available in advance via the festival website at www.adventuretravelfilmfestival.com/australian-festival. There are local hotels, campsites and B&Bs aplenty, with all budgets catered for in the accommodation in Bright and surrounds.
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