On the Trail of Genghis Khan to show in Kimberley

Saturday, Feb 18,2012 at 7pm
On the big screen at McKim Theatre, Kimberley
Doors open at 6pm - Beer & wine on sale
Tickets - $12 in advance/ $15 at door if available
Tickets at Blackbear Books & Video(noon-9pm) & Snowdrift Cafe in Kimberley and High Country Sports in Cranbrook
Proceeds to Wildsight Kimberley/Cranbrook's local projects.

About the Film

Awards

- Peoples Choice Award at 2011 Banff Mountain Film Fest
- Winner, Graz Mountain Film Festival 2010 (Austria), 'prize of the jury'
- Czech International fest of Outdoor films 2010 'Best Adventure Documentary'
- Internat. mountain film fextival Teplice, Czech republic -Best Adventure Film
- Bansko Mountain Film Festival, (Bulgaria) 'Prize of the Jury'

Watch the trailer and find out more about the film and filmmaker at

www.timcopejourneys.com/page/journeys/on-the-trail-of-ghengis-khan/

Running time- 180 minutes

Film Background

For young Australian adventurer Tim Cope, this was the journey of a lifetime - travelling 10,000kms alone on horseback across the Eurasian steppe through Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine and Hungary.

From the former Mongol capital Karakorum to the Danube, Tim retraced the path of the first nomads and followed the route taken by legendary Genghis Khan as he forged his great empire. Over three and a half gruelling years, and guided by an old Kazakh wisdom - “to understand the wolf, you must put on the skin of a wolf and look through its eyes” - Tim lived just as the ancient nomads did.

When he set out with his fearless dog Tigon as a companion there was no certainty - no backup from a camera crew, no escape route - and he could barely ride a horse. Ahead lay plateaux with their native wolf populations, the glaciated Altai Mountains, minus fifty degree temperatures on the ‘starving steppe’, scorching heat in the Kazakh desert, violent clashes between sedentary and nomadic societies and the deep forests and treacherous peals of the Carpathians. He would also suffer the greatest tragedy of his life. To cope he would have to draw on everything he learnt from the nomads.

The extreme challenges gave Tim empathy and insight into the nomadic way of life, and as a young man growing up; the journey became a personal rite of passage. Along the way, just as the nomads did, Tim sought refuge with local families, who welcomed him with open arms, traditional nomad hospitality and taught him the ways of the steppe.

At the end of his journey, Tim arrived on the Danube having achieved the first crossing of the steppe in modern times.

Need more information- kimcran@wildsight.ca or 250 427-2535