Dean Potter Interview at the Film Festival in St. Anton, Austria

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Dean Potter was a guest at the 15th Mountain Film Festival in St. Anton, Arlberg, Austria on August 25-29, 2009. In this 8:33 minute video he talks about his childhood dreams of flying, wingsuit piloting, free soling, BASE jumping and his most recent film project THE AERIALIST by Brad Lynch that was shown during the festival. Also check out interviews with Beat Kammerlander and Bernd Zangerl who were also in attendence at the Filmfest. For more information about the St. Anton Film Festival visit: filmfest-stanton.at and filmfeststanton.twoday.net

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