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San Sebastian Film Festival 2017

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Mountain Mountain
Mountain and Paradigm Lost
Mountain (Country: Australia; Year: 2017; Director: Jennifer Peedom; Writer: Robert Macfarlane, Jennifer Peedom; Stars: Willem Dafoe)
Documentary about the world's highest peaks.
Full Review See: Interview with Jennifer Peedom about Mountain
Paradigm Lost (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: John Descesare)
Documentary about surfer Kenny Lai.
Secrets Of Desert Point (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Ira Opper)
Story of a secret wave discovered by surfers in the Eighties.
Take Every Wave (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Rory Kennedy)
This is the remarkable story of an American icon who changed the sport of big wave surfing forever. Transcending the surf genre, this in-depth portrait of a hard-charging athlete explores the fear, courage and ambition that push a man to greatness — and the cost that comes with it.
To The Top (Tout là-haut) (Country: France; Year: 2017; Director: Serge Hazanavicius; Stars: Kev Adams, Bérénice Bejo, William Hope, Mélanie Bernier, Vincent Elbaz, Martijn Lakemeier, Salla Lintonen)
Documentary about a snowboarder who dreams of riding the ultimate descent on Mount Everest.
Take Every Wave Take Every Wave
Take Every Wave and Secrets Of Desert Point
Under An Arctic Sky (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Chris Burkard; Writer: Chris Burkard, Ben Weiland; Stars: Chris Burkard, Sam Hammer, Steve Hawk, Sigurdur Jonsson, Heidar Logi, Elli Thor Magnusson, Ingo Olsen, Justin Quintal, Mark Renneker, Timmy Reyes)
Six surfers seek a remote swell in Iceland.
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