X-Dance 13 Winners and Nominees
X-dance 13 ended last night with an awards ceremony honoring the world's best action sports films this year. In his acceptance speech for Best Film at X-Dance 13, Steve Fisher briefly described the process of getting his film "Congo: The Grand Inga Project" produced. The film is about navigating the world's most dangerous rapids on the Congo River in Africa - a feat which had never been done before without loss of life. He related that he had been working for several years on getting the Congo expedition funded but was told that he must first prove himself as a filmmaker by winning a festival award. With the same determination used to organize and complete expeditions, he threw himself into filmmaking and completed "The Halo Effect" which won Best Adventure Film at X-Dance in 2011. The next day he got a call from Red Bull saying the Congo expedition was a go. After accepting the Best film award he thanked both X-Dance and Red Bull for their part in making the film possible.Here is the official list of winners and outstanding nominees:
Winner for Best Editing: Write Side of Wrong
Sponsored by Long Hair Don't Care and presented by brothers Casey & Kenny Murdock.Nominees:
Strength in Numbers
Congo: The Grand Inga Project
The Africa Project
Wright Side of Wrong
Winner for Best Original Score: Children of the Wind
Sponsored by Black Rapid and presented by Brad Laina and Ron Henry.Nominees:
Birdmen: The Original Dream of Flight
Where the Trail Ends
Children of the Wind
Tempting Fear
Ready to Fly
Best Soundtrack: Burton 13
Sponsored by Skullcandy and presented by Steve Bell,Nominees:
Where the Trail Ends
Dream Factory
13
Resonance
Sunny
GoPro Video of the Year: The Man Who Lived on His Bike
Presented by Chris Jameson from GoProTop Two Picks:
The Man Who Lived on His Bike
Apocalypse Now Surf Later
Other Nominees:
Slippery When Wet
Dia #11 - Bowl Ciudad del Rio
Squash Falconer: Climbing and Flying Grand Paradiso
Hellion First Ramp
Waterlust
Best Short Film: Write Side of Wrong
Presented by Scott Schmidt - pioneer of extreme skiing and one of Warren Miller's original camera menNominees:
Rewarded
Camplibs
Why We Jump
The Disappearance
Wright Side of Wrong
Best Cinematography: Where The Trail Ends
Presented by Nathalie D'haucourt rep for Xsories who hails from FranceNominees:
Slipping: Skate's Impact on Egypt
Strength in Numbers
The Africa Project
Tempting Fear
Where the Trail Ends
Best Core Film: Sunny
Presented by Schaeffer Warnock, member of the Discrete team, a company started by pro skier Julian CarrNominees:
Where the Trail Ends
Sunny
Resonance
13
Best Adventure Film: Birdmen: The Original Dream of Flight
Presented by Scott Beck, President and CEO of Visit Salt LakeNominees:
Honnold 3.0
Congo: The Grand Inga Project
Birdmen: The Original Dream of Flight
Best Story: Tempting Fear
Sponsored by Ford Escape and Presented by Aaron Bittner, pro snowboarderNominees:
Ready to Fly
Tempting Fear
Rewarded
Congo: The Grand Inga Project
Slipping: Skate's Impact on Egypt
A Moment of Silence for the Passing of fellow athletes: Donald Yakayama and Tom Sims
Best Documentary: Children of the Wind
Presented by Jeremy Jones, athlete in Burton's 13Nominees:
Children of the Wind
Birdmen: The Original Dream of Flight
Ready to Fly
Slipping: Skate's Impact on Egypt
Athlete of the Year: Steve Fisher
Presented by Pat ParnellBest Biography: Ready to Fly
Presented by Ed Lewis founder of SnocruNominees:
Honnold 3.0
Ready to Fly
Rewarded
Ambassador of Green: Jeremy Jones' Further Produced By Teton Gravity Research
Presented by Mark Frank Montoya, founder of FMFEmerging Filmmaker Award: Daphne Schmon from Children of the Wind
Presented by Chandler Scott, habidasher and rep of spyder and Fjall RavenNominees:
Brendon Hall with Camplibs
Daphne Schmon with Children of the Wind
Hero Award: Sarah Burke
Presented by Erin Comstock, pro snowboarderBest Director: Jeremy Grant of "Where the Trail Ends"
Presented by Brian Wimmer, X-Dance Founder and Film Festival DirectorNominees:
Bill Kerig with Ready to Fly
Brett Wiese Saunders with Slipping: Skate's Impact on Egypt
Steve Fisher with Congo: The Grand Inga Project
Peter Hamblin with Wright Side of Wrong
Jeremy Grant with Where the Trail Ends
Best Film: Congo: The Grand Inga Project
Presented by The X-Dance TeamNominees:
Immersion the Movie
Children of the Wind
Jeremy Jones' Further
Where the Trail Ends
Congo: The Grand Inga Project
Birdmen: The Original Dream of Flight
About X-Dance
X-Dance is the premier Action Sports Film Festival in the World held yearly in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the "Academy Awards" of action sports.
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