An emotional journey, both physically and mentally – Nigel Kingston

Really uplifting and emotional. Am inspired to tackle the mountain myself – Tracey

An incredible tale of compassion and beautiful cinematography but more importantly for me, was to show how something better can come from the obstacles in life – David Miller

Inspiring, wonderful photography - Graham Deverill, Enham

Well done to all the people involved in the making of the film…. it takes a lot of time and effort to put on such a wonderful film – Maria Moseley

It was really neat to watch the emotion and then the climb as it got longer or throughout the film cause you sort of fall in love with the characters and you wanted to cry with them and laugh with them at the same time – Rosalyn Seaton

To combine the film challenge with the Kilimanjaro challenge – that’s just amazing (and possibly a bit mad!) – Sally Payne, Dyspraxia Foundation

It was a superb film and amazing to see just what people can do when they set their minds to it.  Wonderful music and photography; it almost made you feel that you had made it to the top too! – Lucy Till, St Bride’s Strategic Advisers

I thought it was really really a powerful film, heart warming and amazing. The hardships that they had to deal with was very inspirational – Cynthia Northridge

A very moving and inspiring film. As a side issue, I particularly liked the photography showing just how hard and “unromantic” the terrain actually was – Anthony Shelton

It’s a delightful film and will I hope open people’s eyes to the power of collaborative challenges, particularly outdoor endeavours like climbing a mountain, to give people a new lease of life – Miriam Davies

Help for Special Olympics

THE LOCAL Special Olympics program received a $850.75 boost from a two-night showing of “The Mountain Within”.  It documents seven disabled individuals’ trek up Mount Kilimanjaro in summer 2008.

More than 155 people came out to the two showings of the film Sept. 4 and all the proceeds were donated to the local special olympics here.  Gregory Rinaldi of Brag Productions says the film will be released to theatres in the UK soon.  Rinaldi plans to bring the film back to North America next summer,

Meanwhile, the film will be entered in as many film festivals as possible.

By MARGARET SPEIRS of the Terrace Standard

http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_north/terracestandard/community/Help_for_Special_Olympics.html

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.

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Tickets can be purchased in advance at Mr. Mikes or at Misty River Books in Terrace.

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.

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