While attending the BANFF film festival launch in Beijing at the end of May 2017, I did a round of media interviews including this one that was published in the China Daily 《中国日报》 newspaper that is the widest print circulation of any English-language newspaper in China (over 200,000 copies per issue). Although […]
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MIRA – Nepali version of full film is now available online
The Nepali version of MIRA has been showing across Nepal through the mobile cinema screenings that have been funded by the Vimeo sales of the film that is available in English, French & Chinese. We have now made the full Nepali film available for viewing on Youtube. Thank you to […]
Read MoreMIRA wins Grand Prize at Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival 2017
February 19th 2017 What an honour. This evening in Vancouver, MIRA was awarded the Grand Prize at the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival. Thank you to everyone who believed in the value of this film before we had anything to show for this. It was 2 years ago today that I was packing […]
Read MoreNat Geo Commission & Mira Award
A milestone & huge honour for me was when I was contacted by National Geographic & asked to produce a short video story based on the film MIRA that I made. Suffice to say that I was honoured by such a request & sums up the incredible adventure that this […]
Read MoreNepal New Year Adventures
Images from 10 days of adventure over the New Year holidays with Mira & my family in Nepal with mobile cinema screenings of ‘MIRA’ in Balthali, Bhojpur & in Mira’s home village in the Bhojpur mountains. Images by my daughter Anya & myself. All shot on a Sony A7rii
Read MoreKathmandu Chronicles: Films, Ultras & Finding Soni
I have just returned from Kathmandu & still in a tired stupour that goes with the territory of budget red eye flights & ambitions of packing as much as I can possibly do into 5 days in Kathmandu. So here goes a summary with an unapologetic over reliance on images […]
Read MoreBack to Nepal
Chuffed to say that I’ll be heading back to Nepal to work with Action Asia Events in shooting their 3 day ultra race from October 29-31 2016. I have a lot of good memories working in Nepal from filming ‘Mira‘, solo trekking in the Himalayas & working with Trail Running […]
Read MoreUnbranded – The Story Behind Mira
“Chances are like leaves on a river, you have to grab them as they may never come again” May 4th 2016 And so the opening words to ‘Mira’ go. Just as Mira grabbed a life opportunity that came her way in the form of running, I grabbed a leaf that […]
Read MoreFamily Pride – Mira Rai Film Update
News about the release date of ‘Mira Rai’ is included below but first, an insight into a special chapter in the making of this film. This short clip provides a glimpse into a very special moment as Mira returned home to her mountain village after moving to Kathmandu & tells […]
Read MoreHimalayan Adventure
“For the stone from the top for geologists, the knowledge of the limits of endurance for the doctors, but above all for the spirit of adventure to keep alive the soul of man.” George Mallory I meant to post this when I returned from Nepal in May but like so […]
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