Facing Darkness

Gray's reef ocean festival

2007-07-17T17:42:00.000-07:00

Facing Darkness a été sélectionné pour un autre festival.

Facing Darkness has been selected to an other festival, in the USA this time.

DIVER MAGAZINE UK

2007-04-22T05:39:00.000-07:00

Appeared in Diver April 2007

Facing Darkness AN UNUSUAL FILM dealing with a subject too often seriously misrepresented, the Floridian diving DVD Facing Darkness should be compulsory viewing for anyone interested in cave-diving, especially those contemplating a trip to the USA or Mexico.
So often we are presented with sensational feats of daring or box-office horror stories with scant regard to fact, but this superb treatment draws on the long and highly respected experience of personalities such as Lamar Hires, Bill Rennaker, John Orlowski and Jim Bowden.
This is essentially a training film in which relative newcomers to the sport can share these divers' perspectives. Accident analysis is a major element. Well over 400 divers have perished in North American caves since 1960, and I was impressed that this is conveyed in a balanced, undramatic way.
The formative role and major contributions of divers such as Sheck Exley are acknowledged throughout.
Watching this DVD twice made me appreciate how smoothly and informatively it moves from one topic to another. The producer is brilliant at steering clear of the political minefields rife in this area of diving.
The "rules" of safe practice are all here - the importance of training, maintaining a continuous guideline to the surface, "thirds", a 40m depth limit and carrying at least three lights. And it was refreshing not to have the "do it our way" approach thrust down my throat.
It's only a pity that other cave-diving areas of the world are not acknowledged, as the essential learning points apply wherever you are.
No treatment of cave-diving can sidestep the question of risk. But as Jim Bowden concludes: "If I have achieved anything in my life, it is because I have stood upon the shoulders of giants. If it's important enough to you, it's worth the risk." All you need to know about cave-diving in Florida is here. Congratulations to all those responsible.
Martyn Farr

Antwerp dive show

2007-04-06T10:31:00.000-07:00

Facing Darkness was present at the last Antwerp dive show.
Our distributor in Netherland Gerard Been ( DiveNow )took the film to this event.

Wet Web Magazine

2007-04-06T07:42:00.000-07:00

Wet Web Magazine April.
This magazine from Netherlands enjoyed Facing Darkness.
You can download the magazine directly on its website.

Plongeurs internationnal numéro 84

2007-04-06T07:36:00.000-07:00

Section multimédia de l'édition avril - mai 2007 a comme sujet Facing Darkness.

Qui Fait Quoi 5 avril 2007

2007-04-06T07:21:00.000-07:00

Nathalie Lasselin s’illustre à l’étranger
Qui Fait Quoi 5 avril 2007

Alors que son documentaire «Facing Darkness» a pris le chemin des clubs vidéo en février dernier, la réalisatrice et directrice photo Nathalie Lasselin s’est méritée la 2e place dans la catégorie Film professionnel au 3e Festival du film sous-marin à Chypre, où «Facing Darkness» était présenté en clôture.

Produit par Pixnat, le documentaire sur la plongée spéléo a été complété grâce à des fonds privés et avec le support du FAP, Amphibico, Tekdiv et Premium Sound. «Facing Darkness» est distribué en DVD dans neuf pays et fut présenté dans quatre festivals.

Nathalie Lasselin a contribué dernièrement comme directrice photo à «l’Art du nu» de Bernar Hébert sur ARTV et au long métrage «Les Échangistes» de Simon Boisvert, qui a pris l’affiche la semaine dernière à Montréal.

Second Place best professional film

2007-04-04T12:13:00.000-07:00

Facing Darkness fut le film de cloture et a remporté la deuxième place au 3eme EMU festival à Chypre.

Facing darkness won second place in the professional film category at the 3rd EMU festival in Cyprus.

Underwater journal

2007-03-06T08:17:00.000-08:00

Underwater journal
Check the next issue of Underwater Journal.
An other article about Facing Darkness is this second issue.
A interrresting webzine from Walt Stearns

Chercheurs d'eau

2007-03-01T05:57:00.000-08:00

An other great mag in France Chercheurs d'eau featured Facing Darkness in its number 12 issue.

DAN

2007-02-26T14:33:00.000-08:00

As featured in
Divers Alert Network

X Ray Mag 15

2007-02-01T18:44:00.000-08:00

http://www.xray-mag.com/article/295/_X-Ray_#15
X-Ray Mag, a great magazine on the web talks about cave diving and announce Facing darkness.
This magazine is full of great articles concerning adventure, equipment, news and it is free.

Check it out!

2007-01-26T09:50:00.000-08:00

Diable des mers
Ce fut un plaisir de partager avec les membres du Club Les diables des mers. Il s'agit du plus vieux club de plongée au Québec et il fait preuve d'une organisation hors pair.
Une plongée avec eux dans le fameux lac Memphré Magog s'impose.

2007-01-25T14:14:00.000-08:00

Cave into darkness
Review by Robert Sterner

“Facing Darkness” is a 45-minute DVD documentary from Pixnat that’s a visual appetizer for any diver interested in penetrating caves. Filmmaker Nathalie Lasselin has assembled interviews with many of today’s top cave explorers, including Lamar Hires, Jim Bowden, John Orlowsky, John Jones, Bill Rennaker, Jerry Murphy and Hugh Dickson. They tell what draws them to the sport that has logged more than 300 deaths, and of advances in training and gear that have vastly improved safety today. Explorers narrate while the video progresses through passages of Florida’s limestone caves, providing glimpses of the unique marine life, fossils and formations carved by millions of years of geologic activity. Beauty of the widescreen presentation may even tempt adamant open water divers to consider cave training.

DecomPresse

2007-01-20T12:13:00.000-08:00

Decompresse
Décompresse publie un article de Nathalie Lasselin sur le tournage de Facing darkness.

Distributeur en Suisse

2007-01-09T06:04:00.000-08:00

Facing est désormais distribué en Suisse.

Plongeurs international Magazine

2007-01-07T08:13:00.000-08:00

Plongeurs international suggère Facing Darkness dans son shopping Bulles... de Noel

Spirit of Adventure Jim Bowden

2007-01-07T07:08:00.000-08:00

Spirit of Adventure (L'esprit de l'Aventure)
A la tête du projet Mexico Profoundo, Jim Bowden est sans aucun doute l'un des grands explorateurs de notre temps. Connu avant tout pour le record du monde de plongée profonde qu'il avait établi en 1994, l'essentiel de son travail est pourtant bien l'exploration de grottes et systèmes souterrains cachés au fin fond de la jungle mexicaine. Cette conférence vous permettra de mieux connaître et comprendre la philosophie qui guide le personnage et son équipe : une occasion unique de découvrir à travers ses mots et ses images des paysages et des régions rarement dévoilées. Conférence en anglais traduite simultanément en français.

salon de la plongée sous-marine Paris
Dimanche 14 janvier
De 13h00 à 14h00 - Salle Asie Sud

Animée par Jim Bowden (traduction de l'anglais par Philippe Simha)

Jim Bowden in Europe

2007-01-05T16:18:00.000-08:00

Jim Bowden will give a conference at the salon de la plongée sous-marine à Paris and at the german show as well in january 2007.

Jim Bowden is known for his extraordinary dive on April 6, 1993 to 282m/925ft in cave named Zacaton in the state of Tamaulipas Mexico.

Jim is featured in the documentary Facing Darkness

Salon de la plongée Paris

2007-01-05T15:13:00.000-08:00

Manuel Lewin et Jim Bowden

PROTEKSEA amène Facing Darkness au salon de la plongée sous-marine de Paris du 12 au 15 janvier 2007.

9ème édition du 12 au 15 janvier 2007 - Hall 5 - Parc des Expositions - Porte de Versailles - Paris - France

Advanced Diver Magazine

2007-01-05T15:05:00.000-08:00

ADM

Facing Darkness is present on the ADM website.
To be reviewed soon

International Distribution

2007-01-04T16:00:00.000-08:00

Facing darkness is distributed in shops in:
France
Belgium
Canada
USA
Australia
UK
Netherland
Germany

Conférence

2007-01-04T15:47:00.001-08:00

Nathalie Lasselin donnera une conférence pour le club les diables des mers le 24 janvier 2007.

Elle abordera le tournage et montage du documentaire facing darkness.

toute l'info

Plongeesout mag

2007-01-04T15:47:00.000-08:00

Facing darkness fait parler de lui.

Un article, écrit par Frank Vasseur dans le magazine français Plongées out mag en janvier 2007
Plongées out

GOLDEN DOLPHIN FESTIVAL

2007-01-04T15:45:00.000-08:00

Facing darkness will be at the next Golden Dolphin festival in Moscow february 2007.

MOSFEST

New: Scuba Herald review

2007-01-04T15:42:00.000-08:00

Facing Darkness The film by Nathalie Lasselin

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:30:00
Joaquin Costa

The day that my wife had my first child, she wrote a list of “dangerous things” that I wasn’t supposed to do or try every again: Cave diving was one of them. I got a copy from Facing Darkness a few weeks ago and I have seen this Film over 5 times already...

to read it:
Scuba Herald

DVDs are on their way

2006-11-13T06:01:00.000-08:00

shop online
DVD's are all around the world. We shipped the movie to Canada, USA, France, Belgium, Swiss, UK and Australia as far as now.
boutique en ligne
Le DVD présent sur la planête. Nous avaons expédié des DVD au Canada, France, Belgique, Suisse, UK et Australie.

Lancement Montreal

2006-11-07T18:24:00.000-08:00

November 6th, 2006.
Montreal Premiere

Lancement du DVD et projection de Facing darkness.

After so long it was a pleasure to share this film with others. Among the audience (more than a hundred person) Technical divers and people from the film and tv industry shared their first impression. The film was receive extremely positively. We had a chance to have two of the charaters of the film Carole and Hugh. The composer Mathieu Lavoie was there too.
Thanks again to all of you who has contributed to that success.

En compétition à Belgrade

2006-10-31T09:10:00.000-08:00

10th International Underwater Film Festival
Klub podvodnih aktivnosti "BEOGRAD"

Facing Darkness sera en compétition au prochain festival de Belgrade en décembre prochain.

Un article sur Aquaweb

2006-10-31T05:54:00.000-08:00

http://www.aqua-web.net:80/joom/content/view/512/45

À la veille du lancement des DVD à Montréal (le 6 novembre 2006),
Facing Darkness entâme sa carrière internationale.

le premier article sur Aquaweb, un excellent site Français traitant de la plongée sous-marine.

Festival Antibes

2006-10-16T18:23:00.000-07:00

Facing darkness a été sélectionné et sera en compétition au festival mondial de l'image sous-marine de Antibes 2006.
Le film sera projeté le 27 octobre.

http://www.underwater-festival.com/

Facing darkness

2006-09-26T05:17:00.000-07:00

facing darkness

Après plus de 18 mois, le film est enfin terminé. Plus que quelques jours pour envoyer le DVD sous presse.
Le DVD qui sera pressé ( non gravé) sera disponible via le site www.facingdarkness.com

Bientôt dans les meilleurs festivals sous-marins

2006-07-22T19:52:00.000-07:00

La carrière de Facing darkness s'amorcera prochainement dans un festival