The Nahanni Whisperer
Four young climbers dream of climbing the Lotus Flower Tower, a legendary big wall, somewhere in the Cirque of the Unclimbables in the furthest outreaches of Northern Canada.
For 800 m of climbing, they will have to face 550 km of dangerous Nahanni river over a whole month of total independence.
Given that they have only limited experience in this type of adventure, they persuade Dom, a seasoned traveller 33 years their senior, to help them get this expedition off the ground.
Whereas Dom will be fulfilling his teenage dream of riding the Nahanni rapids, he is also about to realise that the Lotus Flower will be his last ‘Big Wall’ climb.
A poetic and fun adventure of passing the baton between generations, a point where the dream becomes reality.
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Dominique SnyersDirector
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Philippe Sellier (triangle7.com)Producer
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Sabine HubeauxVideo Edition
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Pierre Bruyns, Blue Nuit StudioSound Edition
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Stephan HigelinColor Grading
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Stabat Mater composed by Marco RosanoMusic(Courtesy of Marco Rosano)
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Loss Of Life composed by Paul EnglishbyMusic(Published by Chappel Recordeded Music Library Ltd)
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Project Title (Original Language):Le passeur de la Nahanni
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Project Type:Documentary
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Genres:Sport, adventure, Climbing, Packrafting, Wilderness Exploration
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Runtime:53 minutes 2 seconds
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Completion Date:September 17, 2017
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Production Budget:30,000 EUR
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Country of Origin:Belgium
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Country of Filming:Canada
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Language:English, French
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
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2018 Best Foreign Film Award, Mountain Film Festival, Mammoth Lakes, CA, USAMammoth
United States
http://mountainfilmfestival.com/2018-winners
Best Foreign Film -
Finalist, Vancouver International Mountain Film FestivalVancouver
Canada
February 12, 2018
North America Premiere -
2017 Grand Public Choice Award, Brussels International Travel and Adventure Film FestivalBrussels
Belgium
December 9, 2017
Grand Public Choice Award -
International Adventure Fill Festival in La Rochelle, FranceLa Rochelle
France
November 18, 2017 -
Festival gorniškega filmaDomžale
Slovenia
March 27, 2018 -
Killarney Mountain FestivalKillarney
Ireland
March 10, 2018
Official Selection -
Festival Ecrans de l'Aventures, Dijon, FranceDijon
France
October 5, 2017 -
9ème Rencontres Ciné Montagne in Grenoble, FranceGrenoble
France
November 9, 2017 -
Festival Quai du Départ, Lyon, FranceLyon
France
November 25, 2017 -
Irish Adventure Film ClubWestport
Ireland
April 11, 2018
Official Selection -
EPFL's Mountain film Festival, Lausanne, SwitzerlandLausanne
Switzerland
November 28, 2017 -
Rendez-vous de l’Aventure, Lons-le-Saunier, FranceLons-le-Saunier
France
March 15, 2018
Dom studied engineering at UC Leuven in Belgium and Stanford University in California. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Caen, France.
A former university professor and founder of various digital start-ups, Dominique also founded the Cap Expé association, a community of adventurers formed to encourage them to live their boldest dreams in total autonomy. He has accompanied many young people in their discovery of the great horizontal and vertical wilderness.
More recently, he has begun making films about these adventures, as another extension of his passion for teaching and sharing. His first three films, The Nahanni Whisperer, Altaitude and Loic and the Floloppys, have received several awards and have been screened in many international adventure film festivals.
We live in an increasingly virtual world, in which everything has to happen faster and faster. I am convinced that adventure sports can act as an antidote. By inventing an adventure for ourselves, we can take control of the reins of our lives again, providing we keep to certain rules.
My greatest joy is to help very younger people to get over the stage of doing crazy stuff with their friends, or the sporting challenges that they set themselves, and for them to open up to the silence and the rhythm of walking, to the paddling or the glide of the skis in these wide open spaces. That is where they discover their own inner music, and who they really are. That is where they take their masks off, and this triggers a different and more exciting way of relating to others.
At the same time, what I like most of all is to transfer knowledge, and to make these young adventurers, female and male, independent in risk management, which is necessary on these types of adventures.
Making movies is for me a way of sharing this vision with a larger public.
For other films see www. altaitude.com and flolopapys.com