Interlaken Basks In the Limelight As the Nissan Outdoor Games Reaches Its Climax
May 31st, 2009 by admin
Note: This Is A Press Release by NISSAN Outdoor Games
A sports film competition attracting world-class sportsmen, athletes turned film-makers and actors in a race against the clock – they have one week. This is the original concept of the NISSAN OUTDOOR GAMES at Interlaken.
This “Extreme Games” is the only event of its kind and brings together the best kayakers, climbers, mountain bikers, paragliders and BASE jumpers in the world for a show that can be watched by the public on the big screen in the centre of town on Saturday 30th May.
The NISSAN OUTDOOR GAMES event will be held at the foot of the mythic mountains of the Eiger, the Mönch and the Jungfrau in the Bernese Oberland, an area full of natural treasures. It’s no coincidence that the amazing destination of Interlaken will welcome the best outdoor sports athletes in the world for the 5th consecutive year!
Five teams competiting against each other, have one week to direct, edit and deliver a killer five-minute movie.
They are free to come up with their own script; the only constraint being that they need to include the the following five sports: Kayaking, mountain biking, climbing, paragliding, hang-gliding and BASE jumping with or without wingsuit.
The action is condensed and each day is filled with achievemnets. Besides making a short film within the time allowed, the sportsmen and women undertake unusual feats They are there to demonstrate their talents in front of the camera, far from the stopwatches and competition vests, judges and other pressures that they are faced with in the traditional sense of their sport. At the Nissan Outdoor Games they will be judged against: beauty, creativity, commitment and team spirit.
The athletes and the film crew get together at the end of each day in the impressive building of the Mattenhof Resort to share the accomplishments of each day which might include sporting ‘firsts’ of death defying jumps or turns that have never been filmed before.
The atmosphere in Interlaken is electric with the athletes challenging themselves each day to exceed even their own expectations. The athletes are happy doing what they do best and the timer is still ticking. The show will be open to the public on Saturday evening. The day will begin with BASE Jumpers and acrobatic paragliders giving aerial demonstrations over the town. Then the music kicks off with a live concert “The Blue Van” group followed by official projections of the team’s films in the competition from 10:15pm.
To end the evening, the lucky winners of the “Best Film 2009”, the “Special Judge’s Prize”, the “Best sequence” and the “Best Photograph” will be announced at the prize-giving ceremony. The prize money is 70,000 Swiss Francs and will be shared amongst the winning team making this event the biggest of its kind in Europe.
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Introduction of the official jury for the film and photo competition:
The organisers of the event have selected a jury of professionals to judge and make an official selection of the short films. After viewing the films they give their verdict on Saturday 30th May after the public projection.
The jury 2009 comprises of:
- Glen Plake (USA) – President of the jury, professional skier and actor
- Serge-Alain Simasotchi (SUI) – Film-maker and TV producer, former high-level athlete
- Eric Themel (AUT) – Professional snowboarder
- Simon Hirter (SUI) – Professional kayaker
- Cyril Neri (SUI) – Professional snowboarder, worked on the mountain film festival in les Diablerets
- Tero repo (FIN) –Professional photographer, outdoor sports specialist
- Christophe Margot (FIN) – Professional photographer, outdoor sports specialist
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