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AT EQUILIBRIUM
AT EQUILIBRIUM
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Bulgaria 2010
32:09 min
HD720P25
OGV-Video
Download format: ZIP
Download size: 1,5 GB
Requirements: VLC Player, Unzip Software
Language: Bulgarian, English, Polish, Czech, German, French
Subtitles: English
FILM FESTIVALS
Boarding Film Festival Buenos Aires 2011, Argentina
Newport Beach Film Festival 2011, USA
Snow Film Festival New York City 2010, USA
The Summit Action Sports Film Festival 2010, USA
The Ski Channel Film Festival 2011, USA
Winter Is My Love Snowboard Film Festival 2010, Poland
VOICES
"The American invention of snowboarding has been exported to nearly every snowy locale around the globe. But unlike the odd pop can or recycled pop culture t-shirt, snowboarding is a lifestyle that comes with a much higher price tag. The gear, the lift access, and the snowboard parks that Westerners take for granted are in many places either unreachable commodities, or have only just now started trickling in.
Pre-1990, access to snowboarding in most former Communist countries didn't even formally exist: all you could get were black market decks, bindings and magazine scraps smuggled in from "free" European countries. Having visited Romania myself on a whirlwind snowboard tour in 2008, I can attest that the residue of economic and cultural isolation still lingers after generations of Communist rule. At the same time, the contemporary snowboard scene in Eastern Europe is strong. In many ways it's more real there than it was decades ago here in America. Snowboarding in Eastern Europe is not a counter-culture symbol like it is in the playgrounds of the affluent - it is about as robust an outlet of personal expression and freedom as you can get. They don't just "get it," they truly live it.
René Eckert of the German film and photo production company Blickinsfreie is quite familiar with this, having produced documentaries on Poland, Slovakia, Romania. His new film about the Bulgarian snowboard scene, "At Equilibrium" as about to be release, so ESPN.com caught up with Eckert to talk to him about his drive to document Eastern snowboarding, the love for the sport, and the future of European snowboarding..."
- Jesse Huffman, ESPN -
AT EQUILIBRIUM presented by RIPZONE EUROPE and BIGAIRBAG is the 4th episode of Blickinsfreie´s eastern European snowboard documentaries.
After "Poland – A snowboard documentary", "Slovaki A true movie about snowboarding" and last years highlight "From Romania with Love" this documentary deals with the passionate people developing snowboarding in Bulgaria. Each one of those movies has it's own direction, it's own heroes who may not necessarily be known to a larger audience but that all creates our common history.
The documentary makes clear that we are all one big family with every little part worth to get to know. Already the movie title says everything. The people representing the local scene are just unbelievable balanced and real which makes this movie undoubtful to the highlight of the series.
This years flick is featuring riders from more than 7 different countries including big names MARC SWOBODA, DAREK BERGMANN, GIGI RÜF, DANNY LARSEN or THOMAS FRANC. Merging that many different cultures, languages as well as riding levels has never been more interesting before.
Western PROFESSIONALSIM meets eastern PASSION – the perfect mixture for a UNIQUE STORY.
The WORLD-WIDE premiere tour became on of our BIGGEST so far. More than 10´000 PEOPLE watched the movie at more than 40 PREMIERES in 18 COUNTRIES.
Finally the movie is ready for you at home as HIGH DEFINITION DOWNLOAD. Donate 4,99 Euro towards the project via Paypal and receive your personal download link to get your own copy.
(Music: "Penumbrella" from the album "Penumbra" by "Play Fellow")
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