29/11/2020
4:00 pm

Western Faces Filmmaker Intro

Western Faces brings an eclectic mix of characters to explore some of Australia’s steepest -backcountry terrain…including legendary mountaineer Tim Macartney-Snape, freeskier Anna Segal and FWT rookie Micaheala Davis-Meehan. Thrown into the mix are their kiwi counterparts freeskiers Fraser McDougall and Hank Bilious. Lachlan and Rob have selected 10 photos to help explain their motivation to make the film and some of the behind the scenes stories before we hit play on the film

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Lachlan Humphreys and Rob Norman

Western Faces is a film by Australian film-makers Lachlan Humphreys (right), Clean Line Productions and Rob Norman (left), Knack Studios.

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