IF3 International Freeski Film Festival
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| Location | Montreal, Canada |
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| Founded | 2007 |
| Language | French English |
| Website | http://www.if3.ca/ |
The International Freeski Film Festival (IF3) is a Film Festival dedicated to freeskiing movies.The IF3 was created in 2007 by JF DuRocher, Felix Rioux and Doug Bishop and is held annually in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [1] As its world premiere every major ski movies, IF3 is considered the Cannes film festival of Ski Movies. [2] [3] In addition to IF3 Montreal, the International Freeskiing Film Festival goes intercontinental this year with its announced expansion to Europe. IF3 Europe will be held from September 30th to October 2nd in Annecy, France. [4]
History
Festival’s origin
IF3’s mission comes from the growing need to gather all elements that compose freeski culture in one place, including cinematography, music and photography. IF3 is the biggest gathering of independent producers and directors in skiing, with people coming from over 10 countries and participation growing every year, proving what a fast growing discipline freeskiing is in sliding sports.
"IF3 and its long list of powerhouse sponsors are reflections of a sport that is the fastest rising in skiing.” – Montreal Gazette
The festival gives the opportunity to the freeskiing community to share and exchange their passion for the sport by attending film screenings and other activities. It is also an event which promotes directors and athletes alongside the general public. There is no equivalent event in the world. [5]
IF3 Team
The birth of IF3 came from a common idea shared by Félix Rioux, JF DuRocher and Doug Bishop in March of 2007. Thanks to the brands, producers and athletes from the ski industry, the first edition of IF3 took place in September of 2007. In 2009, after the third edition of the festival, Bishop left the team to concentrate on Newschoolers.com and other projects.
Nowadays, Félix and JF work together, with Rioux as the President of the festival, in charge of administration, programming and branding, while DuRocher is in charge of sales, marketing and social networking. The website and graphics are done by Cresus Design. The company runs year round in order to make the festival grow. Four months before the event, additional staff members are brought on to the project, including Charles Boileau, Philippe Benjamin, Jason Woolf, Charles Mercier, LP Sansfaçon and Jeff Schmuck.
First edition [6]
The first edition of IF3 took place on September 14th and 15th 2007 in Montreal, with the premieres of 11 professional and five amateur films at Cinema L’Imperial in Montreal. The event focused on the cream of the crop of the freeskiing film industry, but also on the strong presence of amateur filmmakers. The audience gave a warm welcome to the first edition [7].
Evolution
Every year the festival grows [8] and develops new concepts such as free outdoor screenings. The number of screenings and activities at the festival began to take more and more importance and time over the years, and as a result, the length of the festival was extended. New film categories have also been added in recent years to adapt with the development of the freeskiing world, social networks and the web. This mainly refers to the Webisode category, which first appeared at the 2010 edition of the festival, which was prompted by the success of various web edits posted by athletes and producers online. This award for Best Webisode was determined by the public after they voted for their favorite webisode series on www.newschoolers.com [9].
The success of IF3 Montreal contributed to its evolution in 2010 when Annecy, France welcomed the European version of the event. This first edition of Europe IF3 (which took place on September 30th to October 3rd, 2010) was a great success [10] and will see its second and third edition take place in 2011 and 2012.
Organisation
Medias
Winners
2010 IF3's NS Award results
- Web
Best Webisode : Traveling Circus
- AM
Best Editing : B4Apres Media's Azadi:Freedom
Best Cinematography - B4Apres Media's Azadi:Freedom
Best Film : Stept Productions' NetWork
- Open
Best Teaser : Level 1 Productions' Eye Trip
Most Innovative Visual Effect : PVS' Punch Line
Best Single Shot : Julien Regnier in Poor Boyz Productions' Revolver
Best Documentary : Inspired Media Concepts' Like A Lion
Best Jib Flick : Level 1 Productions' Eye Trip
Best Big Mountain Movie : Dendrite Studios' Out of the Shadows
Rookie of the Year : Parker White
People's Choice Award : Matchstick Productions' The Way I See It
- Pro
Best Soundtrack : Nimbus Independent's En Route Nomads
Best Editing : Matchstick Productions' The Way I See It
Best Cinematography : Level 1 Productions' Eye Trip
Best Female : Grete Eliassen in Say My Name
Best Male : Ahmet Dadali in Eye Trip
Best Film : Matchstick Productions' The Way I See It
2009 IF3's NS Award results
Best Film EDIAS - PBP
Best Cinematography Signatures - Sweet Grass
Best Editing Mad in France - SVP
Best Soundtrack EDIAS - PBP
Best Male Dane Tudor - PBP
Best Female Ingris Backstrom
Best Jib Flick Refresh - Level one
Best Big Mountain Movie In deep - MSP
Best AM Film: The Affiliates - ESK
Best AM Cinematography: Hands up - Second Hand
Best AM Editing: Brand New Day - NSF
Best AM Soundtrack: The Affiliates- ESK
Best Rider AM Performance: Alex Bellemarre
Coup de Coeur: Shane MC conkey
Most innovative visual effects: Mad in france - SVP
Best single shot: Can't Stop - Ride the Planets (paraglide flat 5 japan)
Best trick: Pep Fujas
2008 IF3's NS Award results
Best Film: Reasons by Poorboyz
Best Cinematography: Massive by Red Bull moving images/Tanner Hall
Best Soundtrack: Reasons by Poorboyz
Best Editing: Massive by Red Bull moving images/Tanner Hall
People’s choice: Broadcast by Mystic Land productions
Coup de Coeur: Get Lucky by Field production
Most innovative visual effect: UP in Snow by Ride the planet
Best single shot: Andreas and Jon Hatveit - Reasons by Poorboyz
Best Male: Tanner Hall - Red Bull Massive
Best Female: Jamie Burge – Rages Films
Best Trick: Simon Dumont - Poorboyz
Best AM Film: Slamina by 4bi9 productions
Best AM Cinematography: Hat trick by ESK
Best AM Soundtrack: Hat trick by ESK
Best AM Editing: Outdoor education by Voleurz
Best Male AM: Henrick Harlaut
2007 IF3's NS Award results
Best Film: Enjoy by Rage Films
Best Cinematography: Realtime by Level 1
Best Soundtrack: Stop Go Stop by Peak Performance
Best Editing: Believe by Tanner Hall
People’s choice: YEAH DUDE! by Poor Boyz production
Best Hand Job (followcam): Magic Moves by Field Productions
Best AM Film: Beaver Tale by Mystic lands production)
Most Professional AM: Chronological by Stept Productions
Best Male: Wiley Miller – Realtime by Level 1
Best Female: Grete Elliassen – YEAH DUDE! by Poorboyz
Best Trick: Pep Fujas - Underflip – IDEA by Eric Iberg
Jibber of the year: Ahmet Dadali – Enjoy by Rage films
Rookie of the year: Dylan Natale – Enjoy by Rage Films
Best Personality: Radio Ron – Meatheads films
Best Male AM: Thomas Wallisch
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ www.newschoolers.com
- ^ Lahure, Guillaume. "IF3 - International Freeski Film Festival". Skipass.
- ^ Symms, John. "IF3 4". ESPN.
- ^ Gagnant du meilleur événement sports d'actions du Québec | Gala Maestro 2010 | http://2010.galamaestro.com/news-les-maestros
- ^ Rogge, Mike. "IF3 Wrap Up". Freeskier, 15 septembre 2007.
- ^ Rogge, Mike. "IF3 day 1". Freeskier, 17 septembre 2007.
- ^ "Gala Maestro 2010".
- ^ vote sur Internet
- ^ "IF3 Bilan de la première édition".
External links
- IF3 – Official IF3 International Freeski Film Festival Webpage
- Newschoolers.com – Newschoolers, Official IF3 media sponsor
- SCB Skier – SBC Skier, Official IF3 media sponsor
- Skipass – Skipass, Official IF3 media sponsor