“A FINE LINE”: EXTREME ADVENTURES IN PREMIERE AT “SPORT MOVIES & TV 2013”

Kilian Jornet Burgada, a Spanish ski mountaineer, long-distance runner, athlete of sky running (an extreme sport of mountain running above 2.000 metres), is the protagonist of “A fine line” film produced by Batabat (Spain) that will be presented in “Sport Movies & Tv 2013 – 31^st Milano International FICTS Fest”, Final of 14 Festivals of the Worldwide Championship of Cinema and Sport Television “World FICTS Challenge”, carried out in the 5 Continents held in Milan from 4 to 8 December at Palazzo Giureconsulti (Piazza Mercanti, 2). The event is organize by FICTS (Fédération international Cinéma Télévision Sportfis, 113 Countries Member, recognized by the International Olympic Committee – IOC), presided by Prof. Franco Ascani, Member of the IOC Commisison for Culture and Olympic Education.

On Sunday, October 13^th, Burgada will Fabio Fazio’s guest  to “Che tempo che fa” , broadcasted on RAI 3 while on Sunday, December 8^th will receive a “Special Award” in Milan during the “Award Ceremony” of the Festival “for its unique extreme achievments”. Through the exploits of a group of extraordinary athletes, “A fine line” takes us on a breathtaking journey through the spectacular snow-capped peaks of the Alps (for an invitation to the screening visit.

Kilian Jornet is an exceptional man of sport: an high-altitude and ultra-trail runner that , at the age of 25, became a collector of records and winner of  numerous world titles in ski mountaineering and altitude marathons. For him and for those like him born in the mountains, the challenges and the dangers of the environment are part of everyday life . Over the past 5 years, he represented the top movement and the philosophy of the athletes who practice this sport : going up and down from the mountain as fast as possible through your own resources and with minimal equipment. He won the “Skyrunner World Series” for three years in a row from 2007 to 2009.

He is currently involved in the project “Summits of my life” that led him – by 2015 – to reach the summit of the most famous mountains in the world (Mont Blanc, Elbrus, Matterhorn, McKinley, Aconcagua and Everest), true landmarks for the sport mountain and the mountaineering in record time.