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WOW...!!! The awards that I had in mind when I made my post above are highlighted below.

 

All.I.Can Awards:

"BEST FEATURE-LENGTH MOUNTAIN FILM" - Banff Mountain Film Festival 2011

"BEST DOCUMENTARY" - IF3 Film Festival Montreal 2011

"MOST INNOVATIVE VISUAL FX" - IF3 Film Festival Montreal 2011

"BEST SKI FILM" - Adventure Film Festival, Boulder 2011

"BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY" - ESPN Fan Favorites 2011

"PEOPLES CHOICE" and "BEST SKI FILM" - Fernie Film Festival, BC 2011

"BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY" - International Freeride Film Festival, France 2011

"BEST PICTURE" - International Freeride Film Festival, France 2011

"BEST FILM OF THE YEAR" - Adventure Film Festival, Copenhagen 2011

 

The skiing was awesome and fun, but what really did it for me was the truly great cinematography and stunning visual effects.

This film is definitely worthy of those awards. Glad that talent was recognized where it exists.

Wow...

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The skiing is great, but what sets it apart is the grubby smelter town environment - the smokestack, barking dog, dirty snow, gray skies...
Yes, that, but also the slo-mo scenes of the boy missing him with the snowball, the old man on the tri-wheeler, and the water dripping in close-up; the switching between the close-ups of the skis going backwards and then the long shot as he rotates to forward, and again the switching between close-ups of his boots at the bus stop and the long shot; the long shot of the aerials as he comes down the winding road, popping up repeatedly in the distance as he gets closer and closer, then the close-ups as he schusses through the yards and into a more urban environment, finally crossing streets in front of cars and bombing down narrow alleys between houses, his environment going from wide open to more and more constricted; the fact that you never really get a good look at his face, only a vague notion that he's a bearded guy; and lastly the viewer is left with the thought that as he waits for the bus, with the readerboard noting "UPHILL", he's getting on to go up and make another run. Now how cool is that? :)
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