Valhalla_(2013_film)

<i>Valhalla</i> (2013 film)

Valhalla (2013 film)

2013 film


Valhalla is a 2013 American/Canadian skiing and snowboarding adventure film directed by Ben Sturgulewski and Nick Waggoner of Sweetgrass Productions. It stars Cody Barnhill and Austin Ross; Kasey Ryne Mazak is the narrator.

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Plot

Conrad is driving north in a state of personal crisis when his Volkswagen breaks down and he discovers a hippie ski camp called Valhalla. There he rediscovers the pleasures of playing in the snow.[1][2]

Cast

  • Cody Barnhill as Conrad
  • Austin Ross as Skier
  • Sierra Quitiquit
  • Kasey Ryne Mazak as Japanese Narrator
  • Billynaire Cruz as Bar Patron

Production

Valhalla was filmed over two years in Nelson, British Columbia, to combine artistically filmed extreme skiing and snowboarding with the plot.[3] Instead of using helicopters, production involved hiking up to the shooting locations and overnight camping; many local skiers and snowboarders appear,[1] and there is a naked skiing and snowboarding scene.[1][4][5] The final scene, in a rainforest, was shot at Mount Baker in Washington state, with snow trucked in.[2]

The film premiered at the Paramount Theatre in Denver, Colorado, on September 13, 2013.[1]


References

  1. Jason Blevins (April 29, 2016) [September 11, 2013]. "Ski film 'Valhalla' takes tired adventure genre to new heights". The Denver Post.
  2. David Sax (December 13, 2013). "Skiing Films Now Have Stories to Match the Stunts". The New York Times.
  3. Mary Anne Potts (August 14, 2013). "VALHALLA: Nick Waggoner on the Ski Film Everyone is Talking About". National Geographic Adventure (blog). National Geographic. Archived from the original on August 17, 2013.



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