“I don’t want to die, I want to live. I’m pretty good at running away, and this is my escape!” This is how Karina Hollekim describes her dedication to BASE jumping. Documentary filmmaker Jens Hoffman first met the now 30-year-old Norwegian in 2002. He immediately started to film, accompanying her through many stages of her BASE-jumping career, until it comes to a sudden stop, changing all aspects of her life.
Overwhelming reactions after World Premiere of „20 Seconds of Joy" in Banff, Canada.
On Saturday, the 3rd of November, „20 Seconds of Joy“ was screened for the first time in public. The occasion could not have been a better one, as the movie being chosen as a finalist of the Banff Mountain Film Festival this year, one of the most prestigious and respected festivals of this genre worldwide. Even though rumors were around and expectations for the movies were high, the reaction of the audience towards “20 Seconds of Joy” was described asabsolutely unique in the past years of the festival by its staff members.
During the screening the director of the movie, Jens Hoffmann, was surprised by the sensitivity of the viewers, but as the last credit was disappearing from the silverscreen and the audio faded into mute, he was not the only one being confused by the silence in the big theatre. It took some seconds until the crowd exploded in applause and overwhelming cheers, like a wall of noise, and did not stop for a longtime. When the obviously touched presenter of the theatre came back on stage to guide the audience into the brake, applause rose again, giving „20 Seconds of Joy“ such a warm reaction, that it could not have been expected any bigger.
At the official award ceremony in the big Eric Harvie Theatre „20 Seconds of Joy“ was awarded as „BEST FILM ON MOUNTAINSPORTS“, the same award achieved by „Fatima’s Hand“ last year. It was also chosen for the „PEOPLE’S CHOICE“ as “BEST MOVIE OF THE FESTIVAL”, a highlycredited award not chosen by the jury but by the audience. The movie achieved two of the most prestigious awards on mountain and adventure films in its first appearance ever.
