Adventure means different things to different people and, after audiences have seen films about experiences such as opening a heli-ski business in the war-torn ranges of Kashmir, India, and sand skiing in 40degC heat, a film festival organiser hopes they have been encouraged to seek out their own adventure.
''The main thing we are trying to encourage through the festival is healthy and active lifestyles, whether it's a walk to the park or a mountain climb,'' New Zealand Mountain Film Festival director Mark Sedon said.
The festival opened on July 5 in Wanaka and included two days at the Queenstown Memorial Centre on July 13 and 14.
The festival has recently become a charity and Mr Sedon said some of the money it earned would help disabled people get sporting equipment and do adventure courses.
''In a few months, we are taking applications and we are going to divvy up the money.''
He said the films and guest-speaker nights had been well attended - the Wanaka shows were the busiest in the event's 11-year history.
The festival's charity status meant the funding ''allows us to keep the tickets cheap'', he said.
''We try to allow all socio-economic groups to attend.''
Now that the festival has ''quite a following'', planning has started for next year's event.
