Accepting award
On 27th February, Morgan Roy – one of the buddy climbers from the film – accepted the award for Best Documentary from the Mountain Film Festival in California. It was great that Morgan was able to accept this award on behalf of everyone who has worked so hard to make The Mountain Within.
Follow this link to find all of the winners from the 2010 Mountain Film Festival
http://www.mammothfilm.com/Festival/2010FilmWinners/2010BestofCategoryWinners/tabid/390/Default.aspx
Best Documentary
We are delighted to announce that The Mountain Within has won the very prestigious award for Best Documentary in the Mountain Film Festival in the United States. The award will be presented to the film crew at a Gala dinner on the 26th February 2010.
This recognition is a tribute to everyone involved in the film and to all who have supported the The Mountain Within since its completion and release last year.
The Mountain Within is coming to Nottingham
Tickets are now available for the Nottingham screening at the Broadway Cinema in Nottingham on December 19th at 1:45pm. Below is a link to the Facebook page with more information on the screening. Please join the page and help us get a full house.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/event.php?eid=217823751336&ref=nf
Broadway Cinema, Nottingham
December 19th – 1:45pm
Book your tickets here: https://broadwaysales.clients.newmanonline.org.uk/book/add?what=6s94fo
For more information: http://www.broadway.org.uk/film_programme.php#mountain
Our director wins an award
The director of The Mountain Within – Kyle Portbury – has been awarded the ‘Most Enterprising Project of 2009′ award by ECCA (Enterprise Centre for the Creative Arts). We would like to congratulate Kyle on his achievement.
You can see the awards page here
http://www.ecca-london.org/events/entweek/enterpriseweek2009/creativeenterpriseawards/
The Mountain Within achieves festival recognition
We are delighted to report that The Mountain Within has been accepted for the Rossland Mountain Film Festival Showcase in Canada and will be screened on Saturday 21 November.
This is the second festival acceptance for the film after it was shown at the Avoca Beach Film Festival in Australia just last weekend. There is more to follow but in the meantime you can find out more about the festival here. http://www.rosslandfilmfest.com/
A successful screening in Terrace BC
The screenings in Terrace on 4th September turned out to be a great success. Both screenings were close to sold out and the audience reaction to the film was again fantastic. Cynthia Northridge said “I thought it was a really powerful film, heartwarming and absolutely amazing”. The city of Terrace really embraced the event and made it into something special by helping to raise over $850 for Special Olympics Terrace.
One of TMW producers Gregory Rinaldi with the help of his sister Joan Wiebe were able to arrange everything needed for the screenings in under a week. The banquet hall was donated by Best Western Terrace Inn, all of the audio/video equipment was provided by Sight & Sound and the posters, tickets and flyers were printed by Totem Press. With the building blocks in place, it wasn’t long before everyone started talking about the film, bolstered by the help of the local media – two articles in the Terrace Standard, a ticket giveaway all week on CFTK’s Ryan Boult followed by promotions in the lead up to the screenings, a TV interview on the local news station and a radio interview on CBC radio.
Our faith in the message of the film was amplified when, in the hour between the first and second screenings, the audience from the first screening proceeded to call friends and family to get down to the second one. The second screening ended up being even better attended than the first with extra chairs being brought in to accommodate the numbers. David Miller commented “It was an incredible tale of compassion and beautiful cinematography but most importantly for me was to show how something good can come from the obstacles in life”.
We will be starting our North America release next year and Terrace BC have shown us that we will be able to achieve our goals of raising both awareness and money for the charities involved.
The Mountain Within comes to Terrace BC Canada
On Friday 4 September The Mountain Within will be making its first stop in North America with two special screenings in Terrace. The screenings will be held at the Best Western Terrace Inn at 6pm and then at 8:30pm to meet demand. Tickets will be 5$ and all proceeds 
from the screenings will go to the local Special Olympics.
The response to these screenings has been amazing. Within one day of arriving in Terrace we were able to secure a banquet hall from Best Western Terrace Inn, an audio visual system from Sight and Sound and all of our printing – including posters, flyers and tickets – from Totem Press.
The local press have welcomed the film with open arms – the Terrace Standard have run a piece about the screenings http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_north/terracestandard/community/56682642.html and the local radio stations have been promoting the film all week. Local TV stations have already interviewed one of the film’s producers and there are several more interviews in the pipeline.
Terrace has really pulled out the stops to support the film and thereby raise money for such a great charity. We will be posting updates on these screenings throughout the week as well as post screening interviews.
Thank you
The Leicester screenings of The Mountain Within were made possible by the geneorisity and support of numerous organisations and individuals, notably Special Olympics GB, Showcase Cinema de Lux and Leicester City Council.
All of the staff at Showcase Cinema de Lux were incredibly supportive. Their professionalism, responsiveness and warmth – together with the amazing Showcase Cinema de Lux facilities – really enhanced both of the screenings. We are indebted to them.
Both Leicester City Council and Special Olympics GB gave up their time and resources to help us promote The Mountain Within despite the fact that they were also working day and night to make the Special Olympics GB National Games a success. Their support is very much appreciated.
Last but by no means least, a huge thank you to the Special Olympics GB athletes and their families and the people and businesses of Leicester all of whom were bombarded with flyers, our trailer and moreover ourselves more or less continuously over a period of three days.
The premiere
Last night’s premiere was a great success.
The film was extremely well received and judging by feedback the public are embracing the film and its message as passionately as we are. One of the stars of the film, James Smith, was in attendance and received an amazing reception from the audience. The press were also delighted to see both James and Pauline, another of the climbers, and took full advantage of the photo call opportunities.
Clips from our audience exit interviews will be posted shortly.
Our final Leicester screening is tonight at Showcase Cinema de Lux in the Highcross shopping centre in the heart of Leicester (4 Highcross Lane, Leicester LE1 4SD). Tickets are still available from the box office, online at www.cinemadelux.co.uk or by telephone on 0871 220 1000.
BBC Radio Leicester
BBC Radio Leicester - Chris Baxter
Gregory Rinaldi of BRAG Productions, the distributor of the film, arrived in Leicester on Friday to promote The Mountain Within, kicking off with an interview on BBC Radio Leicester. You can listen to the interview here (shortly after 1h 30m – this can only be accessed by those in the UK).
This followed a piece in the Leicester Mercury earlier in the week.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p003sds5/Chris_Baxter_24_07_2009/
