NFB Collection
La descente
197510 min 38 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Giles WalkerPaul Cowan
Production: Tom DalyDesmond DewColin Low
Co-produced by the NFB and the Canadian Department of External Affairs.
Descent is a film about David Murray, a member of Canada's National Ski Team. It shows the less glamorous aspects of training for the World Cup Downhill race, the tension prior to the event, and Murray's mixed feelings when it is all over. The camera records a spectacular slow-motion fall, and speeds that would not appeal to your average highway patrol. Murray comes across as a skillful, courageous and dedicated athlete, and a very likeable guy at that. Sound film without commentary. Film without words.
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Subject categories
- Sports and Leisure - Winter Sports > Alpine SkiingCompetitionsPortraitsWinter Games
- Foreign Countries > Europe
Credits
- director
- Giles Walker
- Paul Cowan
- producer
- Tom Daly
- Desmond Dew
- executive producer
- Colin Low
- camera
- Paul Cowan
- John Dyer
- editing
- John Laing
Awards
- Best Film of the FestivalBanff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival
- Best Film Produced by a CanadianBanff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival