Shangku Shelter

Calgary Based Filmmaker
PRODUCER: Putorana Films
ORIGIN: Canada
YEAR: 2018
DURATION: 54 min

Shangku Shelter is a story of two decades of adventure, friendship and social change, driven by a love of skiing. Zanskar is a remote kingdom in the northwest Indian Himalaya, where local people are snow-bound for six months of the year. About 10,000 Zanskaris live in the isolated valley. In winter, mountain passes are blocked, the summer Jeep road closes and buses stop.

AWARDS:
Nominated for Best Documentary - International Silk Road Festival, Dublin, Ireland
Official Selection - Outdoor Films Festival, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Official selection & WINNER of Best Feature - Maine Outdoor Film Festival, Maine, USA
WINNER: Environmental Spirit Award - Ottawa Adventure Festival, Ottawa, Canada

 

GET INVOLVED:
On this night we will be collecting gear for the first backcountry ski school in the Himalaya. Bring your goggles, sun-glasses, toques, gloves, mitts... to help local filmmakers Vera & Ben warm someone else's 10 fingers in the remote winters of the Zanskar valley in India.