Tom Randall

Tom Randall Instagram – So grateful and excited that Hope has been selected for @kendalmountainfestival this year! As a newbie filmmaker, having my work chosen for anything feels pretty surreal.

I (Anna) have recently been pushing really hard with both my climbing and my filmmaking; Hope was the beautiful moment where my passions merged 🥹

The film documents me and @tompaulrandall on our quest to climb Prinzip Hoffnung, a beautiful and notoriously run out slab trad test piece in Austria.

With my filmmaking, I’ve always felt it’s important to portray an authentic, vulnerable story, and this film was no exception. I recently did an interview where the questions prompted me to advocate for more adventure films featuring women, but for me, that’s just the tip of the iceberg. I would ALSO love to see more women— and BIPOC women— BEHIND the scenes, taking the videos, sharing their perspectives, sitting in the directors chair. Stories like Hope aren’t often told by someone who looks like me. My filmmaking journey started with a shitty little vlog video that I edited with the iMovie app on my phone 3 years ago, when I had the audacity to believe that my story was worth telling.

Thanks @tompaulrandall for joining me in Austria and entrusting me with this story 🐥 thank you @philippklein for gorgeous videography and photography, and @rab.equipment for believing I could do it all and sponsoring the project.

Additional thank you’s go to @roeschen3333 @lukas1309 @austreenc @emile166 @britrockfilms and @lauravrandall for belays, send footy, and editing advice.

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‘Hope’ is available to watch as part of the ‘Climb Blue’ film collection at this year’s Kendal Mountain Festival

🧗‍♀️ Friday 17th November at 12:00pm – Brewery Arts Centre.
🧗‍♀️ Saturday 18th November at 5:00pm – Brewery Arts Centre.

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