TILT 2014 Film Festival
November 24 to November 30.
7 pm Daily at Event & Village Cinemas nationally
After the success of the inaugural TILT film festival last year, TILT 2014 is back and more action-packed than ever with the best 7 new films across 7 nights nationally from some of the world’s most renowned and acclaimed sports and adventure filmmakers including the highly anticipated modern follow-up to his father’s Academy Award nominated homage to the joy of motorcycles ON ANY SUNDAY – The Next Chapter by Dana Brown (Dust to Glory, Step into Liquid), snowboarder filmmaking icon Jeremy Jones’ HIGHER, Jon Freeman and Dana Nicholson’s CRUSTY DEMONS 20th ANNIVERSARY and fresh from its world premiere as Opening Night film at the 2014 Banff Mountain Film Festival the extraordinary CERRO TORRE, featuring mountaineering wunderkind David Lama.
Presented by Sony Action Cam and distributor Garage Entertainment (Bra Boys, Fighting Fear, The Crew) TILT 2014 will be thrilling audiences at Event & Village cinemas nationally from Monday 24 – Sunday 30 November at 7pm nightly (with an encore screening of On Any Sunday – Sunday Nov 30th at 3pm).
TILT 2014 Film Festival Director, Michael Lawrence says “TILT 2014 has been curated to not only keep thrill-seeking audiences on the edge of their seats, but give audiences stories that celebrate mateship, courage, self-belief, the strength of the human spirit whilst revering the incredible untamed power and raw beauty of our world’s most untouched far-flung locations”
7 nights + 7 films = 1 week of Adrenalin, Adventure & Inspiration.
Kicking off on Monday 24 November with the extraordinary Australian Martial Arts documentary 100 MAN FIGHT, by first time Australian filmmaker Anton Cavka, audiences and lovers of martial arts, MMA and UFC will be inspired and blown away by the incredible story our very own Aussie Karate Kid. As a teenager, Judd Reid was selected to go to Japan and train every day for 1000 days under Kyokushin Karate founder Masutatsu Oyama and at age 40 decided to undertake the 100 Man Kumite fight. An unbelievable story of courage, spirit, determination and sheer balls of steel.
This adrenalin-pumped week of films follows on Tuesday 25 November with CERRO TORRE – A Snowball’s Chance in Hell which set against the backdrop of breathtaking Patagonia charts the legendary climber David Lama on his perilous attempt to climb one of the most dangerous and difficult peaks in the world. Fresh from its opening night at the prestigious 2014 Banff Mountain Film Festival, this Australian premiere is sure to leave audiences in utter disbelief.
Surf fans will be mesmerized by the premiere of the psychedelic new surf film on Wednesday 26 November from the creative team behind Surf Audience Award Winners Year Zero and Secret Machine STRANGE RUMBLINGS in Shangri-la documenting 2 years in the enthralling adventurees of the Globe Surf team from Europe’s hot spots to remote beaches of Mozambique and every remote exotic locale in between, shot in Super 16mm and set to a sultry soundtrack.
Thursday 27 November brings snow-loving thrill-seekers the double bill Australian premiere screenings of the legendary maverick snowboarder Jeremy Jones’ (Deeper, Further) new film HIGHER, with POV footage shot entirely on Sony Action Cam. Ten-time Big Mountain Rider of the Year winner Jeremy Jones revolutionized backcountry snowboarding with Deeper and his 2012 sequel, Further, earned him 2013 National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, whilst his environmental advocacy work won him recognition as one of President Barack Obama’s 2013 Champions of Change. Now in the final instalment of the trilogy, Jones traces his snowboarding journey from hiking Cape Cod’s Jailhouse Hill as a child to accumulating several generations’ worth of wisdom and expertise about thriving and surviving in the winter wilderness. This double bill includes ALMOST ABLAZE Awarded “Film Of The Year” at the 2014 International Freeski Film Festival, a global odyssey combining state-of-the-art cinematography, the most progressive skiing, and a new level of sensory overload as each athlete is wired for sound, from deep in the Teton Range, to war-torn Winter Olympic venues of Sarajevo, the untapped terra of Sella Nevea in Italy ALMOST ABLAZE gives a rare experience and level of excitement where one missed step will result in total chaos.
The cultural phenomenon that is CRUSTY DEMONS will have its Australian premiere of Jon Freeman and Dana Nicholson’s 20th Anniversary film across Event & Village cinemas on Friday 28 November celebrating 2 decades of our favourite death defying heroes with never seen before jaw-dropping stunts, taking the thrills and spills to an unimaginable level. If you’re a Crusty fan this is definitely an unmissable cinematic event.
Dana Brown’s ON ANY SUNDAY – THE NEXT CHAPTER (Dust to Glory, Step into Liquid) will screen Saturday 29 November then close the festival in style with an ENCORE screening Sunday 30 November 3pm enthralling those who love the motorcycle in all its forms, from FMX to Café Racers. This highly anticipated follow up to his father, Bruce Brown’s 1971 Academy Award nominated film On Any Sunday, provides a modern day homage to the joy of riding and the appeal and allure of the motorcycle starring riders from all walks of life including MotoGP star Marc Marquez, to daredevil Robbie Maddison to actors Scott Caan, Mickey Rourke, Bo Derek and many more.
TILT 2014 is positively jam-packed with some of the world’s most daring and renowned Motocross riders, climbers, skiers, snowboarders, karate masters and athletes living life to the fullest and testing their inconceivable limits – including Robbie Maddison, Nate Adams, Jon Guetter, Travis Pastrana, Doug Henry, Roland Sands, Dani Pedrosa, Globe Surf Team riders Dion Agius, Taj Burrow, Snowboarding icon Jeremy Jones, mountaineering legend David Lama, Australia’s own Mr Miyage Judd Reid and many many more.
TILT 2014 FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAM
7 FILMS – 7 NIGHTS – 1 WEEK OF ADRENALIN, ADVENTURE & INSPIRATION
MARTIAL ARTS MON 24 NOV 2014 100 Man Fight
MOUNTAIN TUES 25 NOV 2014 Cerro Torre
SURF WED 26 NOV 2014 Strange Rumblings
SKI & SNOWBOARDING THUR 27 NOV 2014 Jeremy Jones’ Higher & Almost Ablaze
FMX FRI 28 NOV 2014 Crusty Demons – 20th Anniversary
MOTORCYCLES SAT 29 NOV 2014 On Any Sunday – The Next Chapter
MOTORCYCLES SUN 30 NOV 2014 (Encore) On Any Sunday – The Next Chapter