Homemade Mountain Movies Award

Mountain Movies Comp - Vote for this month's winner!

By Simon Ingram

Outdoor headlines

30 June 2009 14:08

With a full 3 months to go before the deadline for entries (October 9) Trail Magazine and LFTO's Homemade Mountain Movie Awards have already started to hot up.

Now it's time to pick the first winner of the monthly HMMA prize!

This will be awarded to one film-maker each month who will walk away with a top quality rucksack from manufacturers Osprey, and a year's YHA membership.

We've selected the three contenders for this month: Now it's up to you to pick the winner!

The winners of the monthly awards may or may not go through to the Grand Final - where a Trail assignment to the top of Mount Toubkal in Africa is up for grabs - that's up to the HMMA judges.

They will look at all the clips together after the final deadline.

But the monthly awards are a great showcase for innovative and promising films which have been entered which we feel deserve recognition.

And remember, there's still time to enter - all you need is a well-thought out 3 minute film about a hill-walking theme and you're in. So dust off your camera and head for the hills.

Here are this month's finalists! Vote on the panel below...

Skye Road Trip

A funky movie which is a brilliant example of how a clever, amusing film can be made with lo-tech gear (and use it to its advantage) and still hit all the right buttons. An ingenious narrative device, a good structure and a stunning location all feature in this, as well as good use of music and well-thought-out editing.

Sicilian Heights

A unique film by last year's HMMA finalist Tom Reader, which has captured an unusual location - the active volcano Mount Etna on Sicily - with striking use of colour, time-lapse footage and great camera technique. Occasional narrative keeps the story rolling in what is a very competent, original and beautiful film.  

Cnicht, from Gelli-lago

Beatifully shot and reflective film describing a route up the 'Welsh Matterhorn' - Cnicht - in Snowdonia. The dual-location technique the filmmaker has used by having on-the-hill footage mixed with an interview of what the climber enjoyed about this quiet route up the hill is a nice touch, and the undeniable appeal of Cnicht is the subject of this film make it an enjoyable and interesting watch.

VOTE NOW!

Note: You have until Wednesday, July 8 to cast your vote