September 18, 2014

Vote and win in the Whistler Blackcomb Coldfront Online Film Festival

It is no small feat to produce a snowboarding film. To those who have, you know the vision required from the initial concept, the actual filming, then

words: Jens Heig

It is no small feat to produce a snowboarding film. To those who have, you know the vision required from the initial concept, the actual filming, then piecing everything together during the long and tedious editing process. The Whistler Blackcomb Coldfront Online Film Festival is a competition to discover who has that vision to orchestrate a stunning cinematography experience but it is not decided before a panel of judges; you get to determine who takes home the coveted $10,000 purse.

But the filmmakers are not the only winning parties. Just for placing a vote in Coldfront, you are immediately put in the running to win “Gear for a Year.” So what does that mean? It means getting fully kitted with board, boots, bindings, GORE-TEX® outwear from Arc’teryx, a GoPro setup, Icebreaker Merino wool base layers, a gift card worth 500 big ones, a Whistler Blackcomb season pass and bragging rights that you got to take home over $5000 in spoils.

There are six teams competing for the Coldfront title, each from different walks of life and influences. From Canada, to Australia, to Japan, their roots have brought them together in Whistler Blackcomb for a chance of film glory. Over a span of four weeks you have the opportunity to move the needle in favor of the production you deem worthy of the ultimate prize.

Voting begins September 29th on the official Whistler Blackcomb Coldfront website. Get stoked.

Below you will find the brief biographies of each contender in the Coldfront competition, the trailer, and bracket breakdown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yulZ4Jvg9wE

Olliepop Films — Jeremy Richardson

  • Area of focus: Snowboarding
  • Country of origin: Australia
  • Inspiration: Mack Dawg Productions’ Follow Me Around, Robot Food’s Afterlame, DC Mtn Lab 1.5
  • Recent work: The “When in Whistler” web series

Heart Films — Keiji Tajima

  • Area of focus: Snowboarding
  • Country of origin: Japan
  • Inspiration: Anything by Robot Food
  • Recent work: Akifumi Hiraoka full part

Ryan Kenny & Benjamin Webb

  • Area of focus: Snowboarding
  • Country of origin: Canada
  • Inspiration: Robot Food’s Afterbang, Standard Films’ TB10 Optigrab
  • Recent work: Showdown Over the City

Geoff Hewat

  • Area of focus: Skiing
  • Country of origin: Canada
  • Inspiration: X10, Teddybear Crisis, All I Can
  • Recent work: Westward Episode 3

Nuulife Cinema —John Swystun & David Craig

  • Area of focus: Snowboarding
  • Country of origin: Canada
  • Inspiration: Simple Pleasures, Decade, The Resistance, Back in Black, Afterlame, Lame
  • Recent work: The “WILDLIFE” series

Graeme Meiklejohn

  • Area of focus: Skiing
  • Country of origin: Canada
  • Inspiration: Teddybear Crisis
  • Recent work: Eira Family Vacation

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