Hard Grit
Hard Grit is a 1998 climbing film produced by Slackjaw Film, featuring climbing on gritstone in the North of England. It has won ten international film festival awardsFeatured climbers
- Neil Bentley
- John Dunne
- Johnny Dawes
- Richard Ekehed
- Seb Grieve
- Leo Houlding
- Jerry Moffatt
- Ben Moon
- Jean-Minh Trin-Thieu
- Sam Whittaker
Featured routes
- End of the Affair, Curbar
- Fat Slapper, Eastwood Rocks
- Gaia, Black Rocks
- Kaluza Klein, Robin Hood's Stride
- Marbellous, Stanage
- Master’s Edge, Millstone
- Meshuga, Black Rocks
- Paralogism, Roches upper tier
- Parthian Shot, Burbage
- Piece of Mind, Roches lower tier
- Renegade Master, Froggatt
- Samson, Burbage
- The New Statesman, Ilkley
Awards
- IOC Award Poprad Int. Mountain Film Festival, Slovakia 1998
- Kamera Alpin in Gold Int. Mountain & Adventure Film Festival Graz, Austria 1998
- Katherine A. Rae Award 1999
- Italian Olympic Committee Award 47th Trento Int. Film Festival, Italy 1999
- Best Film in 'Vertical' category, G-Fest, Colorado, USA 1999
- Best 'Mountain Sport Film' Teplice International Film Fest, Czech Republic 1999
- Best 'Rock Climbing' film Kendal Mountain Film Fest, UK 1999
- 'Silver Conch'at 3rd International Sport Film Festival, Santander, Spain 2000
- Special mention of Jury, Torello Festival, Spain 2000
- Special mention of Jury, Premio Alp Cervino festival, Italy 2000