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- Banff Mountain Film Festival Films Online for Free
- List curated by Lianne Caron
- RJ Ripper
- (2018, 20 min)
- Kids and bikes; wherever you are in the world, they go together. The chaotic streets of
- Kathmandu may not seem like a typical breeding ground for world-class mountain bikers, but
- then again nothing is typical about Rajesh (RJ) Magar. Since learning to ride on a beat-up
- clunker, to becoming the four-time National Champion at age 21, RJ’s story is one of boundless
- childhood dreaming and unstoppable determination, forged from junkyard scraps and tested
- on the rugged trails of the mighty Himalaya.
- https://vimeo.com/275506930
- BAWLI BOOCH - Downhill Biking India
- (2017, 5 min)
- 4Play is India’s first adventure film company. A fun short film with a catchy song that will make
- you smile. Downhill Mountain Biking in Manali (India), Himalayan cultural nuances and a
- catchy Bollywood song that will make your foot tap and keep your eyes glued to the screen.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvExzRrB9Fg
- Speak To Me Softly
- (2019, 6 min)
- Experience fear and emotion alongside climber Jenny Abegg as she ascends Moonlight
- Buttress while fighting the self-criticism and doubt from that little voice we all have in the back
- of our heads.
- https://rockandice.com/videos/climbing/speak-to-me-softly/?cn-reloaded=1
- Life of Pie | Pizza and Bikes Can Fix Anything
- (2019, 11 min)
- In 2002, mountain bikers and entrepreneurs Jen Zeuner and Anne Keller moved to Fruita,
- Colorado, in search of cheap rent, world-class single track, and free time to ride. Over 15 years
- later, the two unconventional women have helped reshape one of the state’s most
- conservative towns, uniting the community through advocacy, inclusivity, and damn good
- pizza.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7yg2PO07u8
- Loved By All: The Story of Apa Sherpa
- (2018, 14 min)
- Every spring the summit of Mount Everest drews people from around the world. But in its
- shadow live the Sherpa, a resilient, religious people, who, despite the riches surrounding the
- highest peak on earth, are still quite poor and uneducated. A child of the Khumbu, Apa Sherpa
- climbed Everest 21 times. Pulled away at the age of 12 to work as a high altitude porter, like so
- many others, he would leave his family for months, risking his life on the mountain. Through
- his work at the Apa Sherpa Foundation, he aims to create a different future for his people.
- https://vimeo.com/270499256
- Curated by Lianne Caron
- Shepherdess of The Glaciers
- (2016, 74 min)
- A beautiful cultural film that will sweep you away to an exotic far away location. Way up in
- Ladakh—at 16,500 feet, somewhere in the Gya-Miru Valley—lives a shepherdess with a flock of
- 250 sheep and pashmina goats on a huge deserted rock-strewn mountain. They are her only
- companions, except for the troubling presence of wolves and a snow leopard; her only link
- with the outside world is a little transistor...
- https://vimeo.com/channels/lesfilmsdeladecouverte/147091400
- Artifishal | The Fight to Save Wild Salmon
- (2019, 80 min)
- Artifishal is a film about people, rivers, and the fight for the future of wild fish and the
- environment that supports them. It explores wild salmon’s slide toward extinction, threats
- posed by fish hatcheries and fish farms, and our continued loss of faith in nature.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdNJ0JAwT7I
- The Last Honey Hunter
- (2017, 36 min)
- In the steep mountain jungles of Nepal’s Hongu river valley, members of the isolated Kulung
- culture have risked their lives for generations scaling dangerous cliffs to collect wild and
- toxic honey. Deep and dark, the film glides through a misty world of forest spirits, dreams,
- and woodsmoke to share the story of the leader of the harvest and his final journey.
- https://vimeo.com/201695311
- The Frozen Road
- (2018, 25 min)
- Self-shot and edited whilst cycling around the world, this short film charts my winter journey
- into the Canadian Arctic as I completed my bike ride up the American continent. Compelled by
- Jack London’s assertion, that ‘any man who is a man can travel alone’, I sought an adventure of
- perfect solitude. Yet, as I came to realise, the harsh truths of travelling in such a formidable
- environment were a long way from the romantic images I’d held of this land. The Frozen Road
- is an honest reflection on my solo trip; of the wonder, terror and frustration I experienced when
- riding through the unforgiving emptiness of one of the world's 'last great wildernesses'.
- https://vimeo.com/252863313
- Blood Road
- (2017, 92 min)
- Rebecca Rusch’s search for connection. In this award-winning film, Rebecca Rusche cycles
- 1,930km along the Ho Chi Minh Trail through the jungles of Vietnam. The goal is to reach the
- site where her father, a US Air Force pilot, was shot down in Laos more than 40 years ago.
- https://www.redbull.com/int-en/films/blood-road
- Curated by Lianne Caron
- Billder
- (2018, 6 min)
- Bill McLane is a trail builder. What started as a hobby between forest firefighting seasons
- became a career which has helped shape the mountain bike scene on Vancouver Island. Billder
- takes a closer look at the craft and dedication behind the trails we sometimes take for granted.
- It shows that when people pursue their passion, we're all better for it
- https://vimeo.com/378218839
- Up To Speed
- (2018, 20 min)
- Some climbers perceive speed climbing as a fringe activity, but its inclusion in the 2020
- Olympics means it’s now being taken seriously. Film-maker Zachary Barr takes an in-depth
- look into the sport.
- https://www.redbull.com/int-en/episodes/up-to-speed-reel-rock-s05-e01
- Okpilik - Inuit Nunangat Taimaannganit
- (2019, 4 min)
- Mary Kudlak talks about fishing in Okpilik lake near Ulukhaktok as part of the Inuit
- Nunangat Taimannganit video project.
- https://www.itk.ca/inuit-nunangat-taimannganit/video_archive/okpilik/
- Dark Peak Fell Runners
- (2019, 17 min)
- The Dark Peak Fell Runners base themselves in Sheffield, but their playground is the Peak
- District National Park where they weave tracks through the fields, peat bogs and rocky
- outcrops to create a tapestry of eccentricity, endeavour and endurance.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwTp28jbTP8
- Chasing a Trace
- (2019, 21 min)
- This is a love story between a badass woman scientist and one of the most elusive wild
- animals on earth set in the snowy high mountains of Western Canada.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQN16cJ4mLk
- Climb Your Dreams
- (2019, 2 min)
- The rush of life in the city inspires a dream for an escape. The nature of reality is questioned
- by the contrast of what we do for a living.
- https://vimeo.com/362028659
- Curated by Lianne Caron
- Full Moon
- (2019, 6 min)
- Closing lifts and the setting sun mark the end of the action for most skiers. But not for Max
- Kronech and Jochen Mesle. While ski towns fall asleep they head into the mountains to
- see them in a new light.
- https://vimeo.com/362028659
- Good Morning
- (2018, 4 min)
- Every day, skier Richard Permin falls into his mundane morning routine. Right after getting out
- of bed, he clicks on his skis and rides down the snow covered rooftops of Avoriaz.
- https://vimeo.com/305915054
- The Imaginary Line
- (2019, 10 min)
- In an act of political solidarity, a team from Mexico and the U.S.A assemble with the sole
- purpose of establishing a slackline that crosses the border between them. In a world that is
- constantly tearing us apart, they come together to cross an imaginary line and tell a
- different story.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkG7koiNiq4
- Age of Ondra
- (2018, 47 min)
- On the heels of a historic 5.15d ascent, we follow climber Adam Ondra from his home in the
- Czech Republic, across Europe to North America, as he innovates new training methods,
- establishes upper echelon first ascents, and attempts to be the first person to send 5.15 on
- the first try.
- Part one: https://www.redbull.com/int-en/episodes/age-of-ondra-part-1-reel-rock-s5-e2
- Part two: https://www.redbull.com/int-en/episodes/age-of-ondra-part-2-reel-rock-s5-e3
- Part three: https://www.redbull.com/int-en/episodes/age-of-ondra-part-3
- Thabang
- (2019, 13 min)
- Thabang Madiba somehow found his way into the world of trail running and in the last few
- years has become everyone’s favourite in the South African trail scene.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0NR4Qqje4A
- The Redstone Pack
- (2018, 5 min)
- What began as an impromptu leap into the world of dog sledding, Aaron Natoniewski’s
- methodical approach to the sport and understanding of his dogs has inspired a team of
- sled hounds unlike any other.
- https://vimeo.com/293860988
- Curated by Lianne Caron
- We Are Abel
- (2018, 8 min)
- We Are Abel features the story of a Gwich’in father who is standing against reckless plans
- to industrialize the Arctic Refuge and not only fight for his culture’s existence, but also for
- his son’s ability to know that culture fully.
- https://vimeo.com/341401643
- The River’s Call
- (2019, 8 min)
- The River’s Call follows seven kayakers through the deep canyons and challenging whitewater
- of the Rio Apurimac the farthest source of the Amazon in the heart of the Andes.
- https://vimeo.com/325319778
- The Ladakh Project
- (2019, 13 min)
- Seven days, three rivers, one woman. This is the story of Nouria Newman’s solo kayak
- adventure in the Indian Himalaya.
- https://www.redbull.com/int-en/ladakh-project-nouria-newman-kayaks-india-rivers-interactive-s
- t ory
- The Flip
- (2019, 3 min)
- French skydiver Remi Angeli must face his fears in order to explore new expressions of
- movement while BASE jumping in Mexico. On the other side of his fear he discovers life in
- its purest form.
- https://vimeo.com/390490875
- Kai Jones - Far Out
- (2018, 6 min)
- Eleven-year-old Kai Jones isn’t old enough to go to the movies alone or order a sandwich at the
- pub, but in the mountains age doesn’t matter. He is following in his family’s ski tracks...right
- into backflips and tricks off of cliffs.
- https://www.tetongravity.com/video/ski/11-year-old-skis-jackson-holes-gnarliest-terrain
- Every Mystery I’ve Lived
- (2019, 24 min)
- At the end of 2017, rookie slopestyle MTB rider Emil Johansson was on top of the world. In his
- first full season, he was crowned FMB World Tour champion as a teenager only for his world
- to crumble around him with a mystery illness.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnicW-F52n4
- Eclipse
- (2015, 32 min)
- Photographer Reuben Krabbe is someone captivated by the solar eclipse, and so in March 2015
- he set out to take a photo of a skier during this infrequent occurrence in the northern
- Curated by Lianne Caron
- archipelago of Svalbard, Norway. The story of this demanding expedition was documented by
- Salomon in partnership with Switchback Entertainment and won Best Film: Snow Sports at the
- Banff Mountain Film Festival.
- http://tv.salomon.com/story/eclipse#overlay
- Charge
- (2019, 5 min)
- Four top freeskiers and a world champion drone pilot are dropped at Chatter Creek, BC for
- one week. Their instructions: charge as hard as you can every day.
- http://tv.salomon.com/story/charge#overlay
- Liv Along the Way
- (2018, 23 min)
- Since she first summited Mont Blanc as a teen, Liv Sansoz knew she would make her life in the
- mountains. She was twice crowned World Champion in sport climbing, and eventually
- expanded her professional horizons to mixed climbing, ski mountaineering, and base jumping.
- In 2017, at 40 years old, Liv set out from her base in Chamonix, France to attempt to climb all
- 82 4000m peaks in the European Alps in a single year. As she’s learned several times
- throughout her life, things don’t always go as planned.
- http://tv.salomon.com/channel/hiking-mountaineering#overlay/livalongtheway
- Frozen Mind
- (2018, 33 min)
- Together with his old friend Pierre Hourticq, snowboarder Victor de le Rue tries to write a new
- story in the iconic mountains near Chamonix. Frozen Mind is not just a freeride film, it is a
- story of friendship and a journey of discovery as the two men take unique paths in order to
- conquer the same objectives.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axNnKy-jfWw
- The 7 Stages of Blank
- (2019, 42 min)
- Blank Collective films takes you on a journey through The 7 Stages of Blank, a lighthearted
- look into the bond that develops around the sport of skiing.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSK-f5ES0i4
- Circle of the Sun
- (2019, 5 min)
- Steep mountains, the ocean, the sun, and the aurora borealis. One rotation of the sun high in
- the Arctic on skis equals one day of magic.
- https://vimeo.com/344890300
- Curated by Lianne Caron
- Safe Haven
- (2018, 8 min)
- Founded on the belief that everyone is welcome, Memphis Rox opened a climbing gym to be
- at the center of the city's revitalization. Watch and if you are interested to learn more about
- Memphis Rox.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYjVzoxIkdI
- Camel Finds Water
- (2019, 8 min)
- Trevor found the hull of an abandoned fishing boat in a field. He brought it home and built it
- back to a sea-worthy state over the course of a summer. Then, he took it on its maiden voyage
- to British Columbia in search of waves.
- https://vimeo.com/328771728
- This Land
- (2019, 10 min)
- Runner and advocate Faith E. Briggs used to run through the streets of Brooklyn every morning.
- Now, she’s running 150 miles through three U.S. National Monuments that lay in the thick of the
- controversy around public lands.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3dxCJK5BaQ&list=RDCMUC4qZJvaF8JKHFJzC_6lXWbg
- & start_radio=1&t=5
- Beneath the Ice
- (2019, 16 min)
- Canadian Will Gadd uses his unparalleled ice climbing skills and knowledge to lead a
- scientific exploration into uncharted territory inside of the Greenland ice sheet.
- https://www.redbull.com/ca-en/films/beneath-the-ice
- Aziza
- (2018, 6 min)
- Set in the streets of Bou Tharar and the wide, craggy valleys of the lower Atlas mountains,
- Aziza is the story of a young woman who has thrived in the world of ultra-running and how she
- has become a role model for other up-and-coming athletes in Morocco.
- https://vimeo.com/286846186
- Standing Man
- (2019, 13 min)
- Cyclist Payson McElveen attempts to break the current fastest known time on the grueling
- 160 km White Rim Road in Canyonlands National Park.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La8-Qqio0rU
- Curated by Lianne Caron
- Eli
- (2019, 5 min)
- As a rancher growing up in the rugged northeast corner of the Navajo Nation with no electricity
- or running water, Eli Neztsosie learned through years of work what it meant to rely on
- discipline and endurance. Now he relies on these same skills, running long distances— striving
- every day, in his words, to be better than he was the day before.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l16tuTE99vA
- A Nordic Skater
- (2018, 5 min)
- A Nordic Skater is the very first film about this little known sport. It features Per Sollerman, a
- photographer who has been skating on frozen lakes and fjords for the past 10 years. During 6
- captivating minutes, the viewer is transported to the region of Oslo to have a peek at a story of
- a man who uses every sense he has to travel on thin ice.
- https://vimeo.com/297673643
- Out on a Limb
- (2019, 21 min)
- Engineer Kai Lin teams up with climber Craig DeMartino to design a badass prosthetic foot,
- which if they succeed won’t just level the playing field, but will dish up, if not superpowers, then
- a real sense of empowerment, which is almost the same thing.
- https://mojagear.com/videos/2019/08/16/limb-prosthetic-climbing-craig-demartino/
- Spirit
- (2019, 20 min)
- An intimate story of longing and belonging in India’s sacred mountains. Spirit explores what
- it takes to make a home in a remote community in the thralls of change.
- https://vimeo.com/369505425
- Solstice
- (2019, 4 min)
- A skier’s tribute to the shortest day of the year when the sun arcs low over the horizon and
- the ice crystals linger in the air. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTPovRc6OoM
- Narics
- (2019, 19 min)
- In the midst of Kosovo, an area that’s been haunted by war and ethical conflicts, Elias Elhardt
- discovers the small ski resort Brezovica.Snowboard enthusiast Hamdi is one of the locals
- that now wants to breathe new life into this special place. He guides Elias through this
- forgotten world and reflects on the question, how a future can be built if the past still weighs
- so heavily.
- https://vimeo.com/383514704
- Curated by Lianne Caron
- Valley of the Moon
- (2018, 21 min)
- Valley of the Moon explores the importance of climbing as a way to cross cultural barriers,
- build friendship and chase adventure in one of the most breathtaking regions of the earth.
- https://vimeo.com/299057800
- The Legend of Rafael
- (2019, 7 min)
- A beautiful story about the power of two wheels and a community built through bicycling. After
- a devastating breakup, Rafael finds solitude and restoration on the open road, pedaling his way
- to emotional health from Mexico City to northern Colorado. With just $500 to his name, he
- spearheads a revolution to help the underprivileged members of his new neighborhood the best
- way he knows how—repairing their bicycles. https://vimeo.com/333580941
- Over Time - Sammy C
- (2019, 7 min)
- Filmed purley in the heart of the BC backcountry, Over Time - Sammy C features the best
- shots from a full winter with pro skier Sammy Carlson.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVXJ2E41_xE
- Wallmapu
- (2018, 6 min)
- The Pehuenche people of present-day Chile speak Mapudungun: ‘the language of the land.’
- This land, their universe, is known as Wallmapu. Two skiers enter, into a breathtaking creation
- of ancient Araucaria trees, looming volcanoes, and windblown snow.
- https://vimeo.com/306295979
- Chasing the Sublime
- (2018, 6 min)
- Why do we put ourselves into the path of discomfort and risk? What drives us to get too cold
- and too tired, to battle with fear, in the name of adventure? Follow the originators of The
- Outdoor Swimming Society, ‘swim twins’ Kate Rew and Kari Furre, in this hauntingly beautiful
- glimpse at the physicality of UK cold water swimming, as two friends set out to chase the
- sublime. https://vimeo.com/292071219
- The Running Pastor
- (2019, 8 min)
- Sverri is a local Pastor and avid runner who uses his time on the trails to work through not
- only his own personal conflicts, but the conflicts of others he often is burdened with.
- https://vimeo.com/340472874
- Curated by Lianne Caron
- BMX Nigeria
- (2019, 13 min)
- BMX street is one of the most frequently evolving sports in the world and, in Nigeria, a group
- of local riders are reinventing riding at a grassroots level.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDZpsjtfYuY
- The Shepherdess
- (2018, 6 min)
- A brutal drought is gripping the Southwest and the Navajo reservation especially hard,
- threatening traditional shepherds and a way of life going back generations.
- https://www.katiefalkenberg.com/#/shepherdess/
- Silence
- (2018, 18 min)
- What does it take to climb the world’s first 9c? Let’s find out in Silence, a movie by Bernardo
- Giménez. It shows what preceded the afternoon of September 3, 2017 when Adam Ondra, a
- professional rock climber and currently one of the best climbers in the world, made a little piece
- of climbing history when he climbed his project in the spectacular Hanshelleren Cave in
- Norway. The route, later named Silence, received a new grade of 9c and became the hardest
- route in the world.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRTNHDd0gL8
- Ice & Palms
- (2018, 32 min)
- The documentary follows skiers Jochen Mesle and Max Kroneck on their most ambitious
- ski tour yet. A 100% self powered adventure from southern Germany all the way to the
- mediterranean sea.
- https://vimeo.com/319200353
- Sacred Strides
- (2018, 12 min)
- Bears Ears National Monument is a public land under threat. In 2018, a group of Native
- American tribes put their differences aside and ran 1280 km to Bears Ears to send a message
- of unity.
- https://vimeo.com/283490560
- Hourya
- (2018, 10 min)
- Fly Above the ancient sands of the Moroccan coastline. Let your spirit soar with lightness
- and the feeling of Hourya.
- https://vimeo.com/289029793
- Curated by Lianne Caron
- FAST HORSE
- (2018, 14 min)
- FAST HORSE follows the return of the Blackfoot bareback horse racing tradition in a new form:
- the Indian Relay. Siksika horseman Allison Red Crow struggles to build a team with
- second-hand horses and a new jockey, Cody Big Tobacco, to take on the best riders in the
- Blackfoot Confederacy at the Calgary Stampede.
- https://vimeo.com/358170802
- The Moment
- (2017, 74 min)
- In the backwoods of British Columbia, three small but dedicated crews of adventure
- seekers were quietly changing the course of a sport and carving their paths in history. The
- Moment captures the birth and success of the original freeride mountain bike movement.
- https://www.redbull.com/int-en/films/the-moment
- For the Love of Mary
- (2018, 6 min)
- When 97-year-old runner George Etzweiler dons his lucky ancient green running shorts, he’s
- not just running to the summit of Mt Washington, he carries something special with him: the
- memory of his late wife of 68 years.
- https://vimeo.com/273611679
- Break on Through
- (2017, 26 min)
- Margo Hayes, a little-known 19 year old from Boulder Colorado, has moved to Europe to train
- and climb with the goal of succeeding on two of the most iconic 5.15s in France and Spain. But
- by pushing her body and mind to the absolute limit, she risks injury and failure in her quest to
- be the first.
- https://www.redbull.com/int-en/episodes/break-on-through-reel-rock-s04-e01
- Life of Glide
- (2017, 16 min)
- Big Mountain rider Jeremy Jones dissects his lifelong passion for the simple sacred feeling
- he calls “The Glide.”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edYSL913rHI
- Brothers of Climbing
- (2017, 7 min)
- How can you be what you can’t see? Mikhail Martin, co-founder of Brothers of Climbing said, “I
- literally typed, ‘Are there black climbers?’ in Google ... someone said, ‘black people don’t
- climb.'”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LWq5s-s4pY
- Curated by Lianne Caron
- Ride of the Dead
- (2017, 12 min)
- Enter into the world of Oaxacan mountain bike culture during Mexico’s famous annual
- celebration known as Dia De Los Muertos.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLXR86vHUNU
- Holocene
- (2018, 12 min)
- Join two riders from Japan as they dive into the cultural history of the dolomites clattering
- up Via Ferratas and shredding down couloirs along the way.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Yqf9Mn_ZY
- Beautiful Idiot
- (2018, 15 min)
- Beautiful Idiot takes you on a ride through the mindset and motivations of those who feel
- driven to pursue greatness, how it can feel to fall short, and the consequences of reaching a
- lofty goal when the struggle to get there has defined you for so long. Featuring professional
- freeride mountain bike rider Brett Rheeder.
- https://vimeo.com/282402702
- Perspectives | India
- (2018, 5 min)
- Professional mountain bike athlete and artist Micayla Gatto adventures to the Indian
- Himalayas to experience the culture with her unique artistic perception.
- https://freehubmag.com/videos/perspectives-india
- Inside the Indus - A Pakistani Odyssey
- (2017, 27 min)
- An international team of kayakers heads to Pakistan to attempt a descent of the fabled Rondu
- Gorge, on the Indus river. Hidden behind a wall of political and security factors meant it had
- been eight years since the last expedition had ventured into the gorge.
- https://www.facebook.com/twelveproductions/videos/inside-the-indus-a-pakistani-odyssey/22
- 4 8154562075004/
- Skier Vs Drone
- (2018, 4 min)
- 2018 Olympic Bronze Medalist skier racer, Victor Muffat-Jeandet, faces off against 2x World
- Drone Racing Champion, Jordan Temkin, in a dual GS race to see who is the fastest down
- the mountain.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn_Fx2MwCB0
- Curated by Lianne Caron
- The Faction Collective Presents: La Grave
- (2018, 17 min)
- Sam Anthamatten and Johnny Collinson travel to La Grave to push the limits of steep skiing
- and discover what makes La Grave so unique - a mythic freeride location where time stops.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkinG08IoKk
- Children of the Columbia: A Skier’s Odyssey
- (2018, 20 min)
- A cultural ski journey up the historically-charged waters of the Columbia River in interior
- British Columbia.
- https://vimeo.com/330851467
- The Sky Piercer
- (2018, 44 min)
- Snow athletes Sam Smoothy, Xavier De Le Rue, Nadine Wallner and Fraser McDougall take
- on the challenge of skiing down New Zealand’s highest mountain, the notorious Mount Cook
- (Aoraki). Will extreme weather and icy conditions defeat them?
- https://www.redbull.com/int-en/films/the-sky-piercer-2019-23-10
- The Lorax Project
- (2018, 35 min)
- Six friends embark on a determined quest to climb and then BASE jump ‘The Lorax’, a
- formidable climb in remote western Tasmania. Surrounded by some of the most pristine
- wilderness in all of Australia, they contend with extreme weather and rugged terrain, relying on
- each other’s skills and a bit of humour to reach their goal. https://vimeo.com/310331133
- Escape
- (2018, 8 min)
- JaBig, a Montreal-based DJ, buys a bike on a whim and decides to attempt to beat the record
- for the longest continuous bike ride in a single country. What’s more, he’ll ride a single-speed,
- fixed-gear bicycle and finish in the winter, approaching the Arctic Ocean by way of Canada’s
- northernmost continental hamlet, Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories.
- https://www.mec.ca/en/explore/mec-documentary-escape
- Facing Sunrise
- (2017, 8 min)
- While dealing with one of the darkest times of her life, processing family trauma and recovering
- from injury, Azzah overhears a conversation around the question, “what do you want to do
- before you die?” Inspired and energized, she rushes home and begins her bucket list. Although
- she has never seen herself as much of an adventurer, she realizes she’s capable of more than
- she ever imagined.
- https://www.mec.ca/en/explore/facing-sunrise
- Curated by Lianne Caron
- Ascending Afghanistan *warning graphic content
- (2016, 44 min)
- Follow the first female Afghan mountaineering team as they navigate their first expedition and
- fight for recognition as athletes amongst their country, culture, and families.
- https://video.vice.com/en_us/video/vice-impact-ascending-afghanistan-rising-women/587674b
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- Brotherhood of Skiing
- (2018, 10 min)
- Since 1973, the National Brotherhood of Skiers has overcome barriers by bringing soul,
- smiles and a party to the mountain.
- https://vimeo.com/318824416
- How to Run 100 Miles
- (2018, 28 min)
- The odds were stacked against Jayson Sime early in life: poverty, homelessness, dyslexia,
- bullying. But he learned to fight. In 2017, he entered his first 100-mile mountain
- ultramarathon, betting on his lifelong resilience to carry him to the finish line.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC7Lh4opLsc
- Blue Heart
- (2018, 44 min)
- The Balkan Peninsula is home to the last wild rivers in Europe. However, a deluge of more
- than 3,000 proposed hydropower developments threaten to destroy the culture and ecology of
- this forgotten region. Blue Heart, now in its first digital release, documents the battle for the
- largest undammed river in Europe, Albania’s Vjosa, the effort to save the endangered Balkan
- lynx in Macedonia, and the women of Kruščica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, who are
- spearheading a months-long, 24/7 protest to protect their community’s only source of
- drinking water.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhmHByZ0Xd8
- Carving Landscapes
- (2018, 6 min)
- Through the inspiring legacy of Mary Vaux we will venture onto the Illecillewaet
- Glacier, reenacting her research and her mountain travel in the restriction of Victorian
- dresses. https://vimeo.com/299359466
- The Passage
- (2018, 25 min)
- In 1974, my 20-year-old parents and uncle Andy built their own canoes, launched them into the
- Pacific, and became some of the first people in modern history to canoe from Washington to
- Alaska up the Inside Passage. My brother and I grew up paddling those wooden canoes in the
- Virginia rivers and the 1974 adventure became a legend in our family - shaping who we’ve
- become, how we view our parents, and how our parents view themselves. In the summer of
- Curated by Lianne Caron
- 2017, we renovated those canoes and with our aging parents completed their 1974 journey. The
- Passage is a story about growing up, growing old, and the wild places that define us.
- https://vimeo.com/272632802
- Grizzly Country
- (2018, 12 min)
- After serving in the Vietnam War, author and eco-warrior Doug Peacock spent years alone in the
- Wyoming and Montana wilderness observing grizzly bears. This time in the wild changed the
- course of his life. With the protection of Yellowstone grizzlies now under threat, Peacock
- reflects on the importance of habitat and why he continues to fight for wild causes.
- https://vimeo.com/300829054
- The Botanist
- (2016, 20 min)
- After the fall of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan, a former Soviet Socialist Republic, plunged into a
- devastating civil war. A famine struck the mountainous region of the Pamir where Raïmberdi,
- a passionate and ingenious botanist, built his own hydroelectric station to help his family
- survive through the crisis.
- https://vimeo.com/267165412
- Surviving the Outback
- (2018, 57 min)
- Could you survive alone across hundreds of kilometers of remote outback for a whole
- month, trekking and sailing on a makeshift raft, with nothing but a time capsule of antique
- stuff from 1932? Mike wasn’t sure he could pull it off either!
- https://tubitv.com/movies/497254/surviving_the_outback
- The Mirnavator
- (2017, 11 min)
- Ultra-runners overcome obstacles on every trail. In this film, Force of Nature Mirna
- Valerio overcomes the negative voices that don’t believe she belongs in the sport.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5-CSQcYeXk
- Ski Photographer
- (2018, 9 min)
- Drawn to the mountains in search of the ski bum lifestyle, Oskar Enander had no intention of
- ever becoming a photographer. Is his affinity for cold stark places driven by his color
- blindness? Or is it place that has formed his aesthetic?
- https://vimeo.com/300544856
- Curated by Lianne Caron
- My Mom Vala
- (2017, 10 min)
- Life has a way of putting us where we need to be. For Vala, that’s in both Greenland – where
- she works at her family’s fishing lodge – and Reykjavík, where she teaches her daughter how to
- do it all on her own, too.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERjQ7hcVxus
- AMO
- (2017, 7 min)
- Amo; in the native Rapa Nui Language means, to carry on ones shoulders. Easter Island is a
- place known the world across in myth and legend, but the people who call it home and the
- unique culture that they embody is often overlooked as the most valuable piece of the islands
- estranged story. In this short film, Heu Rapa Haoa, native born Rapa Nui and one of 800
- remaining people left in the world who speak his native tongue fluently, tells his story of the
- island, the stone heads that brought Easter Island renowned, and in what he sees for his future
- and in that the future of his people the culture that defines them.
- https://vimeo.com/254442752
- Surface
- (2018, 7 min)
- In a photographic niche defined by familiar angles, Ben Thouard is driven by his desire to
- create something original in surf photography.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeONe9teVWw
- The Frenchy
- (2018, 14 min)
- Jacques is an 82-year-old badass athlete, but the real story is how he inspires us with his
- contagious love of life, epic tales of survival and his ability to counter aging through
- laughter.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhfipv8LXRg
- Dreamride 3
- (2018, 6 min)
- Inspired by a Dr. Seuss narrative, this mountain bike film is sure to take you places like no
- other. https://vimeo.com/266377015
- Treeline
- (2018, 40 min)
- Through a cinematic exploration of three extraordinary tree communities, Treeline brings forests
- alive on screen, illuminating the reciprocal bond between humanity and nature - a relationship
- we can’t survive without - and asks what responsibility we have to protect the exceptional
- forests that remain.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCEaYInJbos
- Curated by Lianne Caron
- The Wolf Pack
- (2018, 12 min)
- The Braford-Lefebrve family lives to run and runs to live. Without cell phones or any
- modern worry, the wolf pack roams the mountains around Silverton CO.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I83E6jSHBs4
- Danny Macaskill: Danny Daycare
- (2019, 4 min)
- In his latest film Danny Macaskill takes on some child care the only way he knows how... by
- taking them for a wee bike ride around Scotland!
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj0CmnxuTaQ#action=share
- Electric Greg
- (2019, 20 min)
- Record-breaking mountain endurance athlete Greg Hill has never shied away from a goal.
- Through his time spent in the mountains, he's seen the effects of climate change first-hand and
- came to realize the way he was approaching the mountains was only making the problem
- worse. Two years ago he changed his approach and set out to climb 100 peaks without burning
- any fossil fuels. But the question is: will it make a difference?
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTL5l4CcBdE&feature=youtu.be
- Defiance
- (2019, 13 min)
- The path of progression is paved with acts of defiance. Leanne Pelosi, Jake Blauvelt, and
- Victor de Le Rue take the stage in British Columbia in a showcase of shred.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUN-2fAgp0A&feature=youtu.be
- Par For The Course
- (2019, 4 min)
- Mirna Valerio takes on her first ever sky race at the 4th annual Broken Arrow Sky Race. Mirna
- navigated the rocky, exposed ridge lines, steep climbs and snow filled descents of Squaw
- Valley with an attitude unlike any other.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13kb8geCNNc&feature=youtu.be
- The Motivator
- (2018, 4 min)
- Filmmaker Aaron Hitchins turns his camera on the person who has motivated him to lead a life
- connected to the outdoors: his mother, Maureen. He wishes he were half as active as she is,
- and her commitment to rediscovering herself is inspirational.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpLt8ThtOFc&feature=youtu.be
- Curated by Lianne Caron
- Other Adventure Films not Banff Film Fest
- Free Flow - Hazel Findlay Hazel Findlay enjoys an epic day of mountain running and solo
- climbing in the Welsh mountains of Snowdonia. Stunning shots combine with a considered
- soundtrack and introspection from one of the worlds best rock climbers.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r93Sw768GxI&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop
- ROTPUNKT | Alex Megos Through failure and success, Alex Megos strives to be
- the best climber in the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbWvFjUIt5k
- Mother Earth Mother Earth, from filmmaker Damien Vergez, features mountain biker William
- Robertriding in British Columbia. The film is narrated and composed by members of Canada’s
- Lil’wat First Nation.
- https://www.outsideonline.com/2345876/mother-earth-beautiful-mtb-film?utm_source=facebo
- ok&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=facebookpost#close
- Dream Job Katie is tired of working behind a desk. She ventures out for a day in the life,
- with mountain professionals to find her calling in the ski industry.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=7s&v=MzMMIek3rsE&app=desktop
- Lhotse In 2018, Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison completed the first ski descent of the
- 27,940-foot Lhotse, the fourth-highest mountain in the world. This is their story.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPXSFVruIHI
- Blood on the Crack Kevin Jorgeson and Jacob Cook head to the Bugaboos to attempt the
- second ascent of the Tom Egan Memorial Route, which contains one of the hardest, most
- excruciating crack climbs in the world, renowned for reducing fingertips to shreds.
- https://www.redbull.com/ca-en/films/blood-on-the-crack
- Films I recommend buying or renting:
- Piano to Zanskar
- Holy Tour
- Into the Canyon
- Wild Love
- Hors Piste
- Queen Without Land
- Attla
- On the Verge
- Children of the Snow Land
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