CityROCK Film Festival - Cape Town's 1st dedicated rock climbing Film Festival

January 26 – February 1 2007 - featuring a world premiere.

Tea for Three. The latest climbing film by South Africa’s own Fresh Air Crew.
Three middle-aged men who refuse to age gracefully. They might not be world-class climbers, but they are world-class buddies. World Premiere. 44 Minutes.
Showtimes: Saturday 6:30 pm, Tuesday 8:30 pm.
Featuring: Tony Dick, Charles Edelstein, Tinie Versfeld, Andy de Klerk, Ed February, Jeremy Samson, Justin Hawkins, Gosia Lipinska, Tristan Firman.

Showtimes: Friday, January 26 @ 7 pm & Tuesday, January 30 @ 8:30 pm.

Specimen Film – the South African Premiere of the new Rocklands, Cederberg bouldering film. Featuring Daniel Woods, Lisa Rands, Andy Raether, Fred Nicole, Cedar Wright. A Film by Chuck Fryberger. 78 Minutes.

Showtimes: Saturday, January 27 @ 6:30 pm, Monday January 29 @ 8:30 pm.

Rocklands – by Hein de Vos.  The classic SA film on bouldering in the Cederberg. We managed to track down the director and get him to agree to let us show it as part of our festival.
Featuring Justin Hawkins, Fred Nicole, Mary Gabrieli, Scott Milton, Bernd Zangerl, Sandra Stude, Guillaume Boissard.

Showtimes: Thursday, February 1 @ 8:30 pm.

Dosage 4. The latest volume in Josh Lowell's Dosage series. Big UP's Dosage series is the definitive annual portrait of climbing's state-of-the-art. Volume IV follows the biggest names in sport climbing, traditional climbing, and bouldering as they make historic ascents at spectacular locations around the world. Highlights include: Tommy Caldwell's marathon El Capitan linkup, freeclimbing both The Nose (5.14a) and Freerider (5.12d) in under 24 hours; Chris Sharma's first ascent of Dreamcatcher (5.14d) in Squamish, BC; Dave Graham's first ascent of Coup De Grace (5.15a) in Ticino, Switzerland. Lisa Rands on first female ascents of scary grit routes in England's Peak District; Sharma and Graham opening a new level of hard bouldering in Hueco Tanks, Texas; And much more. South African Premiere. 100 Minutes.

Showtimes: Sunday January 28 6:30 pm, Wednesday January 30 @ 8:30 pm.

First Ascent. First Ascent, from Sender Films and director-producer Peter Mortimer, features today's top climbers as they lay siege to steep faces and soaring alpine walls in pursuit of climbing's pinnacle achievement to the First Ascent. The film focuses on climbing's modern day pioneers and their quests to make first ascents of the most astounding unclimbed rock formations and mountains in the world - taking you from the Himalaya's to deep-water soloing in Thailand, to the Black Canyon all the way to the buildings of Hollywood. 68 minutes.

Showtimes: Thursday February 1 @ 8:30 pm

Entrance: Free for CityROCK members. R25 for non-members.

For more information please contact:

Robert Breyer

CityROCK Indoor Climbing and Gear Shop

21 Anson Street, Observatory

021-447-1326; www.cityrock.co.za

Sponsored by Evolv Climbing Shoes, Bluewater Ropes and Trango Climbing Gear.