June 25, 2003 (Fernie, BC) – Fernie Alpine Resort is pleased to announce that the award-winning adventure filmmaker Peter “Peru” Chrzanowski has chosen the resort as one of the locations for his Extreme Film Course from December 8 to 14, 2003.

Peter Peru's Extreme Film and Expedition School is the world's finest and only program to teach filmmaking of this kind. In its second year, the one-week intensive course takes students through all aspects of making an extreme film or video, including conception, fundraising/sponsorship, production, post-production and marketing. The course, which will be held on location at Fernie Alpine Resort, is open to international as well as local students interested in this field. The course fee includes accommodation, lift passes (if required), meals and instruction.

Chrzanowski is an adventurer specializing in high adrenaline action/adventure documentary films, dramas and photojournalism. As a veteran filmmaker of 25 years, Chrzanowski has international experience on a variety of productions and expeditions. A graduate of Simon Fraser University in Film and Communications and a member of the Director's Guild of Canada, His films and documentaries have won awards around the globe including the Yorkton International Film Festival, Sea to Sky Festival in British Columbia, and Festival of Maritime and Exploration Films, in Toulon, France.

“I'm especially excited about the great snow and photogenic terrain which I have always experienced here in the past,” says Peter Peru. “I look forward to exploring more ridges and bowls with participants and their cameras at Fernie!”

For more information about the film course, log on to www.explorex.net. For information on Fernie Alpine Resort visit www.skifernie.com.