EUROPEAN OUTDOOR FILM TOUR 19/20
In October, Europe’s biggest outdoor film festival will start on a new journey: for 19 years, the European Outdoor Film Tour has been screening exceptional films and documentaries about travel and adventures in the outdoor world, which allows you to live through the big screen.
During every appointments E.O.F.T. offers to outdoor and adventure fans a reason to dream – extraordinary stories and protagonists of exceptional value who travel to the wildest corners of the planet. Alongside classic disciplines such as mountain biking, freeriding or alpine expeditions, the Tour is also interested in new disciplines and destinations in the outdoor world, far from the known terrain, to offer you moments of suspense and unexpected surprises.
This year the program includes exciting contrasts and many first visions. Seven/ten films will be shown for a total duration of about 120 minutes. The evenings will last between two and a half hours and three hours, including moderation and games. The invitation premiere will take place on October 9th in Munich. The E.O.F.T. then will leave for a tour that will see over 500 evenings in 20 different countries.
The tour will start in Italy on: 10/10/2019, Rome
More info about the program and every appointments here WWW.EOFT.EU
E.O.F.T. 19/20 will offer you a rich review of outdoor world scenarios and a brief escape from everyday life.
Let’s take a look at the first movies:
LE MINIMALISTE – AN HIMALAYAN ADVENTURE
The French adventurer Eliott Schonfeld crosses the Himalayas from west to east. Far off the beaten track, his path leads him through the wide valleys of Ladakh and over barren passes and glaciers to Nepal. Seven-thousand-meter peaks are always within view, but people and villages are a rare sighting. Eliott’s only companion on this lonely trek is his horse, Robert. While the snow-covered and icy passages become a serious challenge for his four-legged friend, Eliott himself acutely feels, during the bitterly cold nights, that he may have spared too much on his equipment. Still, the minimalist adventurer explores his limits along the way and eventually renounces the last amenities of civilization: tent, sleeping bag, and lighter. How little is just enough?
THE MOVEMENT
The Movement celebrates the oldest form of movement: running. This is what we are built for, not sitting or standing. A goal and a pair of shoes (optional) are all that’s needed to bring even the most diverse group of people together. No matter how old we are, what language we speak, or what skin color we have, running democratizes us and our surroundings. We can conquer new terrain and trails far into the backcountry and rediscover urban environments.
AFRICA RIDING: KARIM
Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, is not a hotspot for roller skaters—at least not yet. There are no halfpipes and no graffiti artists here, and because the sport is still completely unknown, roller skater Abdul Karim Habyarimana is also a very rare sight, especially during his acrobatic skates when he casually overtakes cars on the open road. Karim lives on eight wheels, an approach to life that he wants to bring to the next generation of skaters.
THE LONGEST HOLE
If you ask Adam Rolston and Ron Rutland, Mongolia is the most adventurous golf course on earth. Together the pair sets out to hit a golf ball across the Mongolian plains. What sounds like a modern version of Sisyphus, proves to be a real test for the two men, who could hardly be more different. But then they are joined by a stray dog – could he be the missing link between them?
ZEPPELIN SKIING
If you go freeriding via a Zeppelin, one thing you don’t have to worry about is traffic. You should, however, make sure that you don’t have a fear of heights! Luckily, Stefan Ager, Andreas Gumpenberger, and Fabian Lentsch do not because they have to abseil a good 50 meters down from the safety of the airship’s gondola onto a snowy summit. The three freeriders discover new routes, not just their first-ever approach but also on the descent they have been eagerly anticipating.