Get radical with film tour

ADVENTURE lovers can get their adrenaline pumping when the Radical Reels Film Tour comes to Brunswick Heads on October 16.

Seven films ranging from three to 41 minutes long feature in the tour, which is an offshoot of the Banff Mountain Film Festival.

They cover everything from free climbing in the Mexican desert to one of the longest wilderness expeditions ever documented – a 2000 -kilometre journey across Nunavut and the Northwest Territories in Canada – and an expedition trailing the ancient Silk Roads in the Tian Shan mountain range, on the border of Kyrgyzstan and China.

There is also one Australian film in this year’s tour, Ian, which follows the story of 72-year-old Sunshine Coast climber Ian Elliott as he tackles challenging routes.

Radical Reels Australian tour director Jemima Robinson said Brunswick Picture House was one of her favourite stops on the tour.

“It’s such a unique venue with a lot of soul,” she said.

“The Northern Rivers is such a beautiful part of our country that it makes sense that those who choose to live there have a strong connection to nature.

“The community we see at the Brunswick Heads screenings are nature lovers, seekers of adventures, but most of all dreamers.

“The films in the Radical Reels Tour speak to all three.

“One minute you’ll be skiing unexplored slopes in Kyrgyzstan with a soundtrack of remixed traditional music and the next you are climbing on the Sunshine Coast with a 72-year-old powerhouse.”

Radical Reels screens at Brunswick Picture House on Thursday, October 16 from 7pm to 10pm.

For more information and tickets, visit radicalreels.com.au