Hard Grit
| Hard Grit | |
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| Directed by | Richard Heap |
| Produced by | Mark Turnbull |
| Starring | Ben Moon, Jerry Moffatt, Seb Grieve (see Featured Climbers) |
Release dates | 1998 (UK) |
Running time | 53 min. |
| Language | English |
Hard Grit (1998) is a climbing film produced by Slackjaw Film, featuring climbing on gritstone in the North of England.[1] It has won ten international film festival awards[2] .
Featured climbers
- Neil Bentley
- John Dunne
- Johnny Dawes
- Richard Ekehed
- Seb Grieve
- Leo Houlding
- Jerry Moffatt
- Ben Moon
- Jean-Minh Trin-Thieu
- Sam Whittaker
Featured routes
- End of the Affair (E8 6c), Curbar
- Fat Slapper (E7 6c), Eastwood Rocks
- Gaia (E8 6c), Black Rocks
- Kaluza Klein (E7 6c), Robin Hood's Stride
- Marbellous (E8 7a), Stanage
- Master’s Edge (E7 6c), Millstone
- Meshuga (E9 6c), Black Rocks
- Paralogism (E7 6c), Roches upper tier
- Parthian Shot (E9 7a), Burbage
- Piece of Mind (E6 6b), Roches lower tier
- Renegade Master (E8 7a), Froggatt
- Samson (E9 7b), Burbage
- The New Statesman (E8 7a), Ilkley
Awards
- IOC Award Poprad Int. Mountain Film Festival, Slovakia 1998
- Kamera Alpin in Gold Int. Mountain & Adventure Film Festival Graz, Austria 1998
- Katherine A. Rae Award 1999 [3]
- Italian Olympic Committee Award 47th Trento Int. Film Festival, Italy 1999
- Best Film in 'Vertical' category, G-Fest, Colorado, USA 1999
- Best 'Mountain Sport Film' Teplice International Film Fest, Czech Republic 1999
- Best 'Rock Climbing' film Kendal Mountain Film Fest, UK 1999 [4]
- 'Silver Conch'at 3rd International Sport Film Festival, Santander, Spain 2000
- Special mention of Jury, Torello Festival, Spain 2000
- Special mention of Jury, Premio Alp Cervino festival, Italy 2000
External links
- Slackjaw Film page for Hard Grit
- PlanetFear Series: Hard Grit - Where are they now? (Part 1) ft. climbers Sam Whittaker, Jerry Moffatt, and Neil Bentley
- PlanetFear Series: Hard Grit - Where are they now? (Part 2) ft. producer Mark Turnbull
- PlanetFear Series: Hard Grit - Where are they now? (Part 3) ft. director Rich Heap and presenter / researcher of the film's history of gritstone climbing Niall Grimes
- PlanetFear Series: Hard Grit - Where are they now? (Part 4) ft. climbers Ben Moon and Dave Jones
- PlanetFear Series: Hard Grit - Where are they now? (Part 5) ft. climber John Dunne
- PlanetFear Series: Hard Grit - Where are they now? (Part 6) ft. climber Seb Grieve