Arc’tyrx Film Tour Gets Us in the Mood for Winter

31st October 2024

It’s only in its second year, but to us at PlanetSKI it already feels like one of the autumn events that means only one thing. Winter is around the corner. NEW

Date: Wednesday 30th October 2024.

Location: BFI IMAX, 1 Charlie Chaplin Walk, South Bank, London, SE1 8XR.

Arc’terx Winter Film Tour. Image © PlanetSKI

There were four films on offer:

Weazy
Every Island has a name
Ephemere
Going East

On arrival I looked forward to them all.

Arc’terx Winter Film Tour. Image © PlanetSKI

As did everyone else.

Arc’terx Winter Film Tour. Image © PlanetSKI

Pre-viewing, the ski vibe kicked off as the season of 2024/25 approaches.

Arc’terx Winter Film Tour. Image © PlanetSKI

And then the films.

On viewing I knew exactly which my favourite one was within an instant and for multiple PlanetSKI reasons.

Step forward, Going East.

Here’s the PR blurb.

“Follow along as a group of skier’s embark on a public transit fueled journey through diverse landscapes and cultures as the long rides blur their sense of time and place.”

Here’s the trailer:

Here’s my view:

“It was a travel film as the riders went east from the Alps on public transport via Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey.

“It wasn’t full of the rather self-indulgent powder ski shots with a cliched story line, but rather told the adventure as it was.”

Often the snow was way below par.

“You got all the stuff here except powder and this couloir is really shite,” said one of the riders in zero visibility on hard pack ice on a steep couloir.

He then linked a series of jump turns to get down the very steep couloir.

It was impressive skiing.

“The journey to a ski resort is as important as the skiing itself,” said one rider as they finished their journey in central Turkey.

I could only think of my trip to ski in Turkey last winter:

PlanetSKI is skiing and site seeing in Turkey

Skiing in Turkey. Image © PlanetSKI

City & Ski, Turkey. Image © PlanetSKI

And the numerous rail trips I have taken to reach remote ski areas whether in the Alps, or deep inside the Arctic Circle.

PlanetSKI reports from the Arctic Circle

And RV trips in Canada:

The road to Revelstoke and beyond

Or random ski road trips in Idaho:

Our Idaho road trip moves on

So, what about the other films which many others would have preferred over my personal choice?

Weazy:

Craig Murray’s skiing might jump off the screen, but it’s the character behind the stunts, jumps, flips, and spins that keeps us watching.

Follow along on a season with Murray as he chases snow, evolves his skiing and makes lasting connections with the community that supports him.

“It was a biopic of the New Zealand freerider Craig Murry, with some epic fooatge both in New Zealand and then as he competed as 19-year old rookie on the Freeride World Tour on Verbier’s Bec des Rosses.

After the screening he said “I heave a clear connection with nature and that is where I am at my happiest.”

Every Island Has A Name:

Visage is about what we love about snowboarding and its community: Fun, camaraderie and going where it takes us.

This project emphasizes the sheer enjoyment of exploring, riding, and spending quality time with a group of friends who share a deep passion.

This was a a treat for the eyes balls with superb cinematography that kept the audience in the IMAX entranced and spell-bound.

Ephemere:

It is the long reflection of a shy child who has a special relationship with nature and snow, of an adolescent who survives by a miracle and loses his best friend, of a young adult lost in discovering a society that he finds difficult to understand.

Again the riders and director were on hand to be interviewed and take questions.