MountainFilm Festival in Weed March 14th
Films from Telluride’s MountainFilm Festival in Colorado will be showing March 14th at the College of the Siskiyous in Weed at the 8th annual Shasta Mountain Film Festival. Award-winning international films with stunning cinematography educate and inspire audiences about issues that matter, cultures worth exploring, environments worth protecting, and conversations worth sustaining. A MountainFilm presenter will bring the films to life by setting each in its proper context, weaving a narrative thread for additional fun. The event, sponsored by the Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center, will feature films with themes of adventure, mountaineering, remarkable personalities, and important environmental and social messages.
The feature of the evening is “Asiemut”,a film by a French Canadian couple who biked 8,000 km from Mongolia, through the deserts of China, across the mountains of Tibet and Nepal, all the way to the mouth of the Ganges River in India. Their film tells the tale of the journey – adversity and joy, discoveries of cultures, and love shared by the two young adventurers. “Losing the Elephants”, “Shikashika”, “Global Focus: Mexico”, “Via Bearzi”, “Red Gold” and “Carpa Diem” are among some of the films to be shown. For a description of these films visit the Telluride MountainFilm Festival website.
The Henry Ford Theater doors open at 5:30 p.m. for tasty refreshments, live music by harpist Anne Johnson, and an opportunity to view a variety of raffle items donated by local merchants. Films will begin at 6:30 p.m. and run through 10 p.m. with a bonus feature following for those who enjoy a late-night treat.
Tickets are $20 at the door; $16 in advance. Advance tickets can be purchased by cash or check at Village Books or Shasta Base Camp in Mount Shasta, The Brown Trout Gallery in Dunsmuir, COS Bookstore in Weed, and Nature’s Kitchen in Yreka. Advance tickets may also be purchased by credit card, by calling the Ecology Center at 926-5655.
