FILM ARCHIVE

For over a decade, the Lookout Wild Film Festival has brought Chattanooga the best in outdoor adventure and environmental filmmaking from around the world. Looking for a film from a past festival? Browse the years below to revisit everything we’ve had the privilege to share.

2026 Films

Thursday Evening

2 Legs Is 2 Easy

Steve Karczewski was born with bone cancer in his left leg, leaving it amputated above the knee. He has never known what it’s like to have two legs, and that hasn’t prevented him from doing anything he’s ever wanted as an athlete. Steve can be seen now on the slopes of Snowmass Mountain, skiing in the winter and biking in the summer.

Roll With It

An inspiring documentary following Lindsey Runkel, a passionate mountain biker whose life changed forever after a nearly fatal crash left her paraplegic. Refusing to let her injury define her, Lindsey fights through adversity, adapts to a new way of riding, and rediscovers the freedom and joy of moving through nature.

Patso

Patso is a celebration of what is possible when we embrace the river community around us.

Keep Going

What’s the secret to discovering gems hidden in plain sight? Join climbers Josh Levin, Sierra Knott, and Ryan Lieberman as they explore the Upper Red Springs area of Red Rocks in search of first ascents.

Above the Mountain Majesties

Among the majestic mountains of North Carolina’s High Country, an experienced paraglider guides a determined newcomer through her first steps toward flight and the transformative nature of pursuing one’s dreams.

The Ice Builders

In the Himalayas, in the remote mountain valley of Zanskar, the local population has always depended on glaciers to provide the necessary quantity of water for cultivation and life. Today, in an uneven battle against climate change, the Ladakhi people are constructing artificial glaciers to counteract water scarcity in the Spring.

Samuel Volery: The Slackline Legend

Since 2010, when slacklining became more popular as a mountain sport, Samuel Volery has been pushing the field of possibilities with highlining. Slackliners see him as the legend, the greatest slackliner of all time.

A Life Outside: American Mountain Guides

This film weaves the story of a modern climb gone wrong with the remarkable life of the man who started it all — a pioneer who scaled K2, set records on the Matterhorn, trained soldiers to fight nazis in the Alps, and defined adventure itself. Yet his greatest legacy was the founding of mountain guiding in America and an outdoor school.

Friday Matinee

Jaunt

In a stark warehouse office, Justice is weighed down by mounting deadlines and an endless to-do list. But every day, he finds escape in a one-hour ritual that reignites his spirit.

The Marks We Leave

The Marks We Leave follows Bozeman-based artist, Hailey Hosken, as she creates a painting inspired by her experience climbing in the Gallatin Canyon. The film explores the deep connection between her art and the landscape around her, showing how her time outdoors shapes the way she approaches her paintings.

Beyond Beliefs

A young woman from Cleveland, Ohio, earns a scholarship to attend a 4-day river trip through the wild Green River’s Gates of Lodore Canyon. The only catch ... she doesn’t know how to swim and is terrified of water.

Project Freeride

Project Freeride is a film that follows snowboarder Luke as he journeys into fatherhood, looking back at his past and own relationship to parenthood. We follow Luke through a year learning how to snowboard, and how to heal from grief through his relationships to the outdoors, to winter, and to his partner and new baby prior to her arrival.

Changing the Narrative: McEwen Family

This film profiles Bill and John McEwen and their deep connection to Tennessee’s Duck River. They explore its importance as a unique habitat and vital water source for communities, now all threatened by rapid regional development.

Fly Chicks

Fly Chicks explores the practice of fly fishing through a feminist lens. The film follows three fly fisherwomen and their relationship with the river and its inhabitants, the sport, and their identities.

The Human Side of Plastic: Abby Barrows

On one of the world’s most productive lobster ports, warm water and invisible microplastic pollution threaten a centuries-old way of life. As a lobsterman and his daughter reckon with the possible end of their family’s tradition, a neighbor and microplastics researcher offers a vision for a more sustainable future through plastic-free aquaculture.

The Rewilders

The Rewilders is an intimate, visually spectacular short documentary that tells the tale of pioneering conservationists on three continents, working tirelessly as they galvanize the global movement of rewilding the planet, one animal and landscape at a time.

Valley Under Fire

When climber and National Park Service employee Nate Vince was fired under controversial circumstances, he staged a protest by hanging an upside-down American flag off Yosemite’s iconic El Capitan, an act that captured national attention.

The Color of Conservation

A Mississippi painter discovers her inner conservationist as she harnesses the power of community to save the threatened swamp that inspires her art.

Mandala

Set in a remote region of Nepal, Mandala follows Killian Bron and his mountain bike team as their journey unfolds along dizzying ridgelines and through isolated villages seemingly frozen in time. A raw and authentic adventure, shaped by the unknown, by risk, and by discovery.

Friday Evening

Five Dot Fun

Chad is a climber in the Shawangunk Mountains with a mission of sharing his love of climbing and contributing to a positive and safe climbing community. Sometimes it’s not just about the difficulty of your climb, but about the people you share it with.

Bhutan - Trails of Happiness

Austrian world-class mountain biker Tom Öhler travels to the remote kingdom of Bhutan to explore its hidden trails. Joined by Tandin Wang, a pioneer of Bhutan’s mountain biking scene, their adventure combines challenging rides with cultural discoveries.

Gauley Guide

The Upper Gauley River is legendary in the whitewater world. The path to becoming a Gauley Guide is not quick or easy. It takes years of flips, swims, early mornings, late nights, swift water training and guide ejections to get to where smooth lines through class V rapids is the norm.

If I Disappear

Acclaimed author Jedidiah Jenkins retreats to a remote mountain cabin for two months to see if he can reclaim his creative process.

The Magnus Way

Magnus Manson was the most promising up-and-coming downhill racer in Canada. Then his friends at the races began to notice his absence and slipping results. After an initial Rheumatoid Arthritis diagnosis, he is diagnosed with Cancer, but the treatments don’t seem to be slowing his riding down.

Winter Kooks

Winter Kooks dives into the lives of two land-locked surfers battling winter depression through the raw intensity of cold-water surfing. Set on the frigid glacier-fed rivers of Alberta, the film follows their journey as they seek solace, adrenaline, and connection in one of the most unlikely surf spots on Earth.

Continuum

Continuum is an immersive outdoor adventure film about Doug Evans, a skier who has pursued his passion every month for over 282 months straight. But this isn’t a story about a streak—it’s about a way of life.

The Life We Have

For over three years, Rob Shaver, 48, has run at least a mile every single day. Through rain, pain, and the weight of a terminal cancer diagnosis, his daily streak has become more than a habit — it’s an act of resilience, a step-by-step refusal to surrender to his disease.

Jamrock: Birth of Jamaican Rock Climbing

Jamrock follows the remarkable journey of Kai Lightner, a 12-time national climbing champion and the visionary founder of “Climb for Change.” Against the backdrop of Jamaica, renowned for its vibrant culture but not traditionally associated with rock climbing, Kai embarks on a transformative mission.

Mountain of Mystery

Mountain of Mystery is a journey into the untamed heart of British Columbia, where skiing, whitewater kayaking, and surfing become pathways to explore the bond between people and the natural world.

Freeland - A Black Water Story

Freeland dives into the history of the Blackwater River in the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia. The film reviews the early history of steep creeking and the impact social media plays on the next generation of whitewater kayakers.

Friday Evening (7:00–10:30 PM)

AdrenaZen

AdrenaZen follows world-class freestyle highliner, Davis Hermes, as he balances hundreds of feet above the desert. Through meditative narration, the film explores Davis’s emotional battle with fear, focus, and the untamed environment his sport demands – a story of finding calm in the face of chaos.

Saturday Matinee

Us & The Trees

Aparna and Jayaram are raising their kids to live a life outside. Bike touring, camping, and sleeping under the stars are part of how they build the moral compass for their children’s world.

Changing the Narrative: Zac Fox

Brewer Zac Fox, whose product is 95% water, depends on the Duck River—the most biodiverse river in the U.S.—for his Columbia, Tenn., brewery. Drawing on his family connection to wetland conservation, Fox emphasizes the critical role wetlands play in sustaining clean water systems.

Re-Built

Cole’s journey can be summarized by his own words, “Nothing is possible until you do it.” His story is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit, from his days in motocross racing and competing in CrossFit, to a life-altering accident that broke his spine and ultimately led him to adaptive mountain biking.

Never Too Old

At one time Libby James held more running records than Flo-Jo and Usain Bolt combined, yet most people have never heard of her. She is considered the grandmother of women’s competitive running, despite not having started running until she was 35.

Clean Up Sayu

Chilly-Willy is an environmental vigilante, waterman, and grandfather fighting alongside environmentalists to maintain what his small Mexican surf town once was: clean.

Nisei

An exploration of the biracial experience of skier, Sierra Schlag. In Japan, she is seen as white and in America, she is seen as Japanese and never accepted as her full self. Through the lens of skiing, Schlag finds herself on a journey to self-discovery.

Monumental Moment

The teenage daughter of Havasupai advocate Carletta Tilousi speaks powerfully in support of the protection of the Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.

Made of Grit

An inspirational film capturing hikers just before they finish their 6-month long Appalachian Trail hike at Mt. Katahdin, Maine.

A Team Sport

Ultra-runner Courtney Dauwalter is one of the greatest athletes in the history of the sport. In 2023 she became the first person ever to win the Triple Crown of Ultra-running (winning three 100+mile races back-to-back in one Summer).

Represent: Breaking Barriers, Building Belonging

An organization in Maine works with adaptive athletes to bring sports and nature to a community craving adventure.

Miles Between Us Miles to Go

Author Jedidiah Jenkins takes his mother on a roadtrip through the Canadian Rockies. To ease the mother/son tension that often comes with family in prolonged proximity, she brings along her best friend. Laughter and discovery follow.

Shared Joy

A heart-warming documentary that marks the start of a father and son journey as a seasoned pilot introduces his 10-year-old boy to the wonder of flight.

Your Last Best

South Memphis is a historic neighborhood which has also historically struggled for basic resource. In 2018, a dedicated group got together to bring lasting change and hope to the community. This unlikely place is a climbing gym called Memphis Rox.

Trailblazing: The Matt Hadley Story

After a life-altering accident, elite athlete Matt Hadley faces the ultimate test of resilience. With his career and identity on the line, he embarks on an extraordinary journey to rebuild his life as an amputee and continue chasing adventure against all odds.

The End of the World

Maxime Chabloz is a Seafarer, a versatile athlete, and a lover of wind and watersport. Often surrounded by the ocean and other adventurers, he decides to set off on a solitary journey to the end of the world.

Saturday Evening

Remember How to Play

A group of friends relive the magic of childhood by going on a biking adventure.

The Land Remembers

In the face of environmental decline, Tarquin and Lippa Wood made the bold decision to rewild their family farmland and reimagine its future. What began as a personal vision grew into Collection in the Wild, lodges that serve as a sanctuary where wildlife could return, communities could thrive, and tourism could serve a deeper purpose.

One Inch From Flying

A young climber grapples with the complexity of modern life, and celebrates the sense of balance he gets from walking highlines while rigging and walking an alpine highline in Washington’s North Cascades.

Shut Up Legs, We Skiing Bama!

After five years of closure due to poor snow conditions, Cloudmont Ski Resort makes its long-awaited comeback. Join the three amigos Calvin, Zach, and Logan as they set out by bike from Chattanooga, Tenn., to see first-hand what ‘Ski Bama’ is all about.

Wind Lines

Wind Lines documents the dance lines performed by Janire Etxabe over the four years in the most emblematic mountains and forests of the Basque Country.

Tim

Tim Sackbauer is a skier hailing from Vail, Colorado, who was also born with Down syndrome. Introduced to the mountains by his family, a tight-knit bunch with skiing in their DNA, he learns to carve his own path and rise above expectations.

A Baffin Vacation, Love on Ice

Join adventurers Erik and Sarah on yet another epic Baffin Vacation as they kite ski north along the remote coastline of Baffin. Over their 69 day holiday they ski mountains, climb an epic big wall, and cross a glacier in search of new rivers to white water kayak.

Beyond the Gates

Beyond the Gates follows Addie, a teenage girl with intellectual disabilities, through her first season competing in the Special Olympics as an alpine skier. With her family and coaches by her side, Addie learns to ski independently, faces the stress of competition, and aims to discover joy and belonging on the mountain.

Robson

Two world-class ski mountaineers attempt a daring first descent of Mount Robson’s South Face, retracing the footsteps of alpine pioneers and the weight of a legacy that has challenged generations.

Best Day Ever

Best Day Ever follows adaptive mountain bikers, Greg Durso and Allie Bianchi, as they navigate the relentless challenges of their disabilities and embrace the tremendous support, friendship and joy they find in their rural Vermont riding community.

Sunday Matinee

Portrait of a Ranger: Connie

Constance Mwandaa became the first female ranger at the Kasigau Corridor after following her childhood passion in conservation. She has helped pave the way for more women, and is now one of ten females on a growing team of over 100 rangers. Together, they are transforming what it means to be a ranger.

In the Footsteps of Banryu

Inspired by Banryu, the monk who first summited Japan’s iconic Mount Yari and is revered as the father of Japanese alpinism, this film follows four runners on an ambitious fastpacking journey through the heart of the Japanese Alps.

Red Wolf in Time Out

The Red Wolf got tattled on for something it didn’t do and now it’s in time-out. Child narrated, step-dad animated.

Black Water

A poignant exploration of survival and resilience deep in the remote forest of the Congo Basin. The once bountiful Lake Mai Ndombe (Lake of ‘Black Water’) is on the verge of collapse due to mosquito netting being reused as fishing tools. A new project offers a lifeline to restore balance to the lake’s ecosystem.

Dancing on the Edge

Australian aerial silks artists hike through the Murchison River Gorge to try their hand at performing within the natural environment.

A Guide to Fighting for Wild Rivers

Immersing people in a river’s beauty and sharing its ecological significance fosters deep, personal connections that inspire long-term conservation.

Blu’s

Growing up in harmony with nature, witnessing her environment being swallowed up by industrialization, Blu decides to fight for the wildlife, meadows, rivers and trees before they disappear completely.

Beito

Beito’ follows three amateur skiers visiting a friend in Norway and explores friendship, human connection, and the sense of exploration that lives at the heart of every great outdoor adventure, no matter how big or small.

The Human Side of Plastic: Babacar Thiaw

Babacar Thiaw, a visionary Senegalese surfer, entrepreneur, and environmental activist, is on a mission to tackle his country’s escalating plastic pollution crisis and preserve its coastline for future generations.

Scraped Knees

Follow Christy Howard’s incredible journey to overcome epilepsy and climb Mount Kilimanjaro—an inspiring testament to grit, heart, and possibility.

Open Water

Nikki didn’t fit the conventional mold of what society considers an athlete to be. However, this did not stop her from excelling in the sport of Open Water Swimming. Through her challenging feats of swimming in icy lakes and immense ocean straits, she discovered the incredible strength and resilience of her mind and body.

Cycling Without Age

There is something about riding a bike that makes you feel like a kid again. All too often, we lose touch with that magic as we get older. Through the stories of pedal-powered rickshaw pilots and their elder passengers, Cycling Without Age explores the importance of feeling the wind in your hair at all stages of life’s journey.

Half Life

After delaying a routine screening, athlete and artist Kirk Keeler is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Refusing to retreat, he partners with pro climber Kevin Jorgeson to scale Yosemite’s Half Dome and raise awareness so others don’t repeat his mistake.

Sunday Evening

Dash

In this poetic micro documentary, shot on expired 16mm film, an aging snowboarder reflects on his relationship with the mountains.

Changing the Narrative: Kristen Cecala

Kristen Cecala discusses Tennessee wetlands, from small vernal pools to large floodplains. She stresses that even tiny ephemeral pools are critical for biodiversity, supporting food webs for salamanders and predators. Cecala warns that rapid development destroys these vital habitats.

Adapt(ive)

Adaptive athletes in the mountains of Northern Utah are building community, riding for healing and joy, and proving that mountain biking is more than a sport - it’s life-changing.

Let My People Go Skiing

Confronted with the frustration of false narratives and intergenerational trauma that surround her, Tlingit skier and scientist Ellen Bradley returns to her traditional homelands in Southeast Alaska. Here, she uses skiing as a tool to reclaim her connection to the land she belongs to.

Leaving a Legacy

Leaving a Legacy takes you inside the first-ever women’s category at Red Bull Rampage, where Chelsea Kimball and seven other riders reshape what freeride mountain biking can be.

Return of the Great Bear

For decades, coastal First Nations and conservation activists have been fighting to protect grizzly bears from trophy hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest and beyond in Canada. In 2017 bear advocates won a monumental victory, but in many ways the battle has just begun.

Mollo - The Art of Holding On

Mollo is an introspective story about a climber who pursues a dream imagined during a psychiatric hospitalization. As she confronts the physical and emotional toll of her ambition, the film explores mental health, recovery, and what happens when the thing that once saved you nearly breaks you.

About Damn Time

A boatman’s tale about the women who row the iconic dories in the Grand Canyon, their struggles to break into the current, and the passing of the oars to the next generation.

Peruvian Ascents

As mountaineers Cam and Vinny battle crumbly ice, deadly avalanches, altitude coughs and sketchy rappels in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca mountain range, the nagging question “Is this worth it?” echoes ever louder, while also struggling with knowing that, “The most dangerous thing you can do in life is play it safe.”

What the River Knows

A lost eden drowned under Lake Powell re-emerges, revealing the follies of the past and a new way forward for the Colorado River.

2025 Films

Friday Matinee

The Smoke That Thunders

Aiming to paddle the fabled Minus rapids at the base of Victoria Falls on the Zambezi river, Ben Marr’s biggest challenge is to get to them by trekking upstream. A total assault on the senses awaits as the force of the river speaks for itself.

Aldo’s Bug Extravaganza

Join 5-year-old Aldo and his dad on a backyard safari filled with tiny wonders and big laughs. Aldo embarks on a bug-hunting escapade, narrating his discoveries with adorable wit and charm.

Dancing Warrior

On the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where native youth face high teen suicide rates, many find hope in the traditional sport of Indian Relay. This film follows the Dancing Warrior team as they navigate life’s challenges, drawing strength from their heritage and the bonds of competition.

Mama’s Sundry

Enter Mama’s Sundry, a collaborative movement fostering wellness and sustainability through education, service initiatives and a neighborhood garden that produces fresh fruit and vegetables within a community that’s long been designated a food desert.

The Dance Card

A father and daughter reunite after six years to compete in the Ride and Tie World Championship, a unique race combining horseback riding and running. Together with their horse, Coda, they aim to set records while deepening their unbreakable bond.

Freea Ferrata

Two climbers, inspired by Telluride’s rich climbing history, attempt the first free ascent of its iconic via ferrata. Freea Ferrata tells a story of vision and discovering adventure in unexpected places.

Bitter Water

In southern Baja, the Lucero family’s fishing heritage has shifted from subsistence to a thriving pesca-tourism industry centered on saltwater fly fishing. Bitter Water explores the intertwining threads of tradition, necessity, and passion shaping their story.

Running Up For Air

Running Up For Air is a film about the ultra-running community coming together to organize an endurance race that aims to raise awareness for air quality issues.

River Mamma

River Mamma follows raft guide Elisha McArthur and her goth teenage daughter, Charlotte, who has no interest in rivers. This heartfelt film explores their unique family dynamic, teenage angst, and how nature helps bridge the gap between them.

Thetta Reddast

The passion and enthusiasm of the Icelandic mountain biking community is truly contagious. This film explores the challenges riders and trail builders face as they tirelessly work to create more mountain biking opportunities in their country.

Redside

Professional outdoor guides share their mental and physical struggles while celebrating the guiding profession. They reflect on how The Redside Foundation fosters connection and support within their community.

It Will Be Different for You

Lea Davison, a two-time Olympian and one of America’s most decorated mountain bikers, sees her journey in the sport as one of self-discovery and love beyond competition. Her evolution unlocked a passion to challenge barriers and inequities, inspiring her to create a better future for the next generation of female riders.

Designed by Disaster

Designed by Disaster tells the story of Danny, a climber whose near-fatal ordeal in the Dolomites inspired him to create a groundbreaking crampon, revolutionizing mountain safety. Decades later, his return to the Dolomites with his invention symbolizes resilience, self-discovery, and a full-circle moment.

Friday Evening

Canafornia

Welcome to Canafornia, a surreal world of big hits and unpredictable weather, accessible only by a psychic elevator and the right gear for any conditions. Join Eddie Reynolds as he tackles dust, loam, air, and, unexpectedly, Lego.

Rhythm

This visually stunning film celebrates the beauty and wonder of water, following its natural rhythms in an inspiring cycle of life.

Sliding

A female athlete skips the crowded ski slopes to traverse the Swiss Alps on her sled... headfirst.

Unseen Peaks

After enduring discrimination and trauma due to her blindness, Addie seeks freedom through skiing, ice climbing, and rock climbing, facing both the challenges of these activities and the need for acceptance within the outdoor community as a disabled person.

Don’t Doubt the Trout

Bernard and Rebecca of Par Avion combine their passion for surf rock, fly fishing, and conservation as advocates for California’s endangered Steelhead trout. Working with CalTrout, they document the health of Southern California’s waterways, including efforts to remove Malibu’s Rindge Dam, slated for demolition between 2028 and 2035.

Party in the Pueblo

Party in the Pueblo showcases 24 hours in the Old Pueblo, a lively mountain bike race in Southern Arizona where a pop-up town hosts 24 hours of fun and competition. Riders tackle a 16-mile loop, completing as many laps as possible in a celebration of endurance and community.

The Hagens

Professional freeride skiers Stian Hagen and Andrea Binning balance their adventurous lifestyle with raising their two children, Camila and Aksel. This film explores how their parenting choices have shaped a family where outdoor sports and adventure remain at the heart of their lives.

Trash Panda

Trash Panda captures the journey of aging climber Mike Adair as he restores a forgotten boulder field while reclaiming his climbing prowess. Set in Sand Rock, Alabama, it’s a snapshot of his life, passion, and determination to set the hardest routes once again.

Girls Riding High

Set in Alaska’s stunning Kenai Mountain Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area, Girls Riding High follows 19-year-old mountain biker Lucy Hankins as she leads young girls on a transformative 25-mile overnight bike trip. Against the backdrop of a youth addiction and mental health crisis, this inspiring documentary highlights how Lucy’s program uses adventure and nature to build confidence, resilience, and a brighter future for Alaska’s youth.

Dropping Molly

Dropping Molly follows trad climber Molly Mitchell on her multi-year quest to achieve a daring all-gear ascent of the perilous Crank-it (5.13+ R/X) in Boulder Canyon. Directed by Cedar Wright, this gripping film explores Molly’s physical injuries, mental health struggles, and bold spirit in a journey that is as intense as it is inspiring.

Climbing Never Die

Climbing journalist Matt Groom journeys deep into war-torn Ukraine to discover a community held together by climbing and patriotism, but indelibly changed by war.

Saturday Matinee

Neither Here, Nor There

Set on the picturesque Isle of Mull, this film captures moments of exploration, conversation, and local life, featuring Joe, the deputy harbour master in Tobermory. A short poem, written during the visit and read by a local woman, adds a heartfelt touch to this intimate portrayal of the island’s charm.

Surfing in Rivers Before They Disappear

As a landlocked surfer, river surfing has become a perfect way to catch endless waves in the mountains. However, with these unique waves at risk of disappearing forever, this film follows the quest to ride them while they still break.

109 Below

109 Below tells the gripping story of elite rescue volunteers braving Mount Washington’s extreme conditions in 1982 to save two climbers. This harrowing event not only reshaped the lives of those involved but also revolutionized the future of prosthetics.

Two Point Four

This is no ordinary family holiday, as Leo Houlding, his wife Jess, and their young children Freya (9) and Jackson (5) take on Norway’s national mountain. Together, they scale a 2000-foot big wall, redefining adventure as a family.

The Magic of Freedom

Join five paragliding pilots in Pakistan’s Karakoram mountains as they use mystical air currents to ski, climb, and explore some of the world’s most stunning landscapes. Alongside local pilots, they embrace the freedom of the skies while pushing their limits higher than ever before.

Keep Up

Ryan Kinder, known for his soulful voice and masterful guitar skills in Nashville’s music scene, is also an avid triathlete. While training for Chattanooga’s Ironman World Championship, he balances intense physical preparation with recording his second full-length country rock album.

Climb Malawi

Climb Malawi tells the inspiring story of a passionate climbing community in Malawi working to turn their country into a premier climbing destination while ensuring the sport benefits locals. With mentorship from the Global Climbing Initiative, they develop the skills and leadership needed to build a sustainable, inclusive climbing culture for future generations.

Climbing Into Life

Dierdre Wolownick, the oldest woman to climb El Capitan, began running and climbing in her 60s, inspired by curiosity and mentored by her son, Alex Honnold of Free Solo. Her journey proves it’s never too late to embrace new challenges and redefine possibilities.

Saturday Evening

Bandit Hill

In a world that feels so heavy, it’s hard to find things that lighten the mood, bring joy, and make you smile. But, if you look hard enough, try hard enough, and tap deep into your imagination, places of magic still exist. Places like Bandit Hill.

Whitney

A brief chance to climb the highest peak in the lower 48 becomes a personal test for someone seeking to challenge themselves. This is a story about the pursuit of difficulty for its own sake and the growth found in the attempt.

Oasis

Oasis is an exploration into the spirit of freeride mountain biking. We follow Reed Boggs as he discovers, builds, and rides a top to bottom Red Bull Rampage style line in the remote southern Utah desert.

Ian

IAN is an inspiring short film about 72-year-old Australian rock climber Ian Elliott, who defies age by achieving incredible climbing feats, including a grade 28 (7c/5.12d) just before turning 70. His journey celebrates the resilience of the human spirit, proving it’s never too late to push boundaries and pursue passions.

Above Sinai

This film follows Sarah Sadek, an Egyptian professional kiteboarder breaking barriers on the Sinai Peninsula, where women are rarely seen in athletic roles or on the water. Growing up in Cairo, Sarah discovered kiteboarding in Dahab’s lagoons, overcoming cultural pushback to become a top global competitor and an inspiration for her local community, redefining what’s possible with grace and grit.

Svalbard

Elite kayaker Aniol Serrasolses journeys deep into the Arctic to pursue his dream of kayaking over the world’s largest ice waterfall. In Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, he and his team navigate treacherous glacial cliffs and icy landscapes to access the fleeting glacial rivers that cascade from immense heights into the sea.

Canyon Chorus

Set in Utah’s Desolation Canyon, this film follows Mikah Meyer, a world-record traveler and LGBTQ+ advocate, as he reflects on the power of mentorship with three friends and his mentor, Larry Edwards. Through heartfelt conversations and shared joy on the river, they explore the impact of their friendship, Larry’s fight for openness within the queer community, and his reflections on finding peace in life’s final chapter.

The Puzzle

Harrington tackles an unfinished project on the remote and towering Chinese Puzzle Wall, honoring the memory of her former partner, Marc-André LeClerc.

Drop the Mic

Eliot Jackson is a trailblazer in mountain biking, celebrated for his exceptional riding, engaging event commentary, and meaningful advocacy work. On and off the bike, he inspires and uplifts the sport, leaving a lasting impact.

Still Alive

Klaas Willems, a rock climber with Cystic Fibrosis, overcame incredible odds after being told he wouldn’t live past 25, dedicating himself to climbing in clean-air locations like Sardinia. Following a battle with cancer and depression, he drew strength from his sister’s positivity and returned to Sardinia to complete “Still Alive (5.14b),” a testament to resilience and the power of the human spirit.

Crossing Dreams

World Champion François Ragolski embarks on a remarkable 60-day solo paragliding journey across Tajikistan, Pakistan, India, and Nepal, soaring over some of the planet’s most remote and breathtaking landscapes. Facing constant challenges with an incredible attitude, François experiences unforgettable highs and lows in this extraordinary adventure.

A Little Bit Different

A Little Bit Different follows Afghan refugees and U.S. teens on a transformative rafting expedition through Idaho’s Main Salmon River, where they navigate challenges and form deep connections. With stunning visuals and heartfelt storytelling, the film explores community, identity, and belonging, showcasing the unifying power of nature and shared human experiences.

Sunday Matinee

My First Triathlon

Triathlons don’t have to be intimidating, as shown by Maximus (5) and Miles (8) in their first triathlon adventure. This heartwarming film captures the joy of the journey, complete with beach play and popsicles, proving that fun is the ultimate finish line.

Girls Who Wanna Surf

Girls Who Wanna Surf is a heartwarming documentary short that captures a group of women taking on their first waves, as well as the community who rallied behind them.

Usugilix Awakun

In the waters near Unalaska, Alaska, toxic algal blooms threaten shellfish, a vital cultural food, prompting Unanga scientist Shayla to lead her tribe’s research into the blooms’ causes and solutions. Usugilix Awakun highlights the deep bond between the Unanga people and their environment, showcasing their resilience in confronting these urgent ecological challenges.

Taras

Former snowboarder Taras Bihus traded competition for service, volunteering for the Ukrainian military. After months on the front lines, an old injury brought him home, where he now seeks solace in nature as he navigates the challenges of reintegration and the uncertainty of being called back to war.

Nature Always Finds a Way

The story of five women who boldly embark on a ten day trek with total strangers to conquer the iconic Tour du Mont Blanc. Their goal? To heal their past traumas, together. An uplifting tale of reliance, female friendship and the incredible power of using nature and community to heal and forge a brighter future.

Saving Seagrass

This film dives into the hidden world of seagrass in Mobile Bay, a crucial habitat brimming with life. The film underscores the importance of preserving this ecosystem for the health of the bay and the communities and industries that depend on it.

Meta, Female Pioneers in Mountaineering

In 1870, Meta Brevoort defied societal norms by nearly summiting La Meije, a feat many deemed impossible, despite falling just short of the true peak due to an impassable ridge. Modern climber Maria Granberg retraces Brevoort’s steps, celebrating her groundbreaking achievements and uncovering the legacy of a pioneering woman in alpinism.

Beyond the Finish Line

Beyond the Finish Line follows Marisa Pasnick as she trains for the grueling Bigfoot 200 while confronting the challenges of an eating disorder. Her story highlights resilience, the ongoing nature of recovery, and the importance of community support in destigmatizing eating disorders.

Undammed

Undammed follows Yurok tribal attorney Amy Bowers Cordalis as she fights to restore her ancestral Klamath River, devastated by generations of dam destruction. From testifying before Congress to sharing fishing traditions with her children, Amy’s journey embodies hope as the dams come down and her tribe’s future brightens.

The Grand Salmon

The Grand Salmon documents the 1,000-mile journey of three women paddling to recreate the migration of wild salmon to the Pacific Ocean. Along the route’s eight dams, they witness the challenges salmon face and explore urgent solutions to restore these vital populations.

Sunday Evening

Shadows in the Understory

Shadows in the Understory follows Dillon Butcher’s fluid and masterful riding through a local jump spot, capturing the seamless transition of seasons in a single, artfully filmed ride. The film celebrates his skill and the beauty of the ever-changing natural world.

The Careist

The Careist is an ode to Max Hutchison, a naturalist and lifelong advocate for the endangered wetlands between the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, designated as the United States’ 15th International Wetland of Importance. This film honors his dedication and highlights the urgent need to preserve these disappearing ecosystems.

The River Cowboy

Since 1996, a dedicated man in Eastern Kentucky has worked to remove tires from the wild and scenic Red River. Nearly three decades later, his efforts have inspired friends, environmental groups, and community members to join annual cleanups and prevent trash from polluting the river.

The Old Men of the Mountain

The Old Men of the Mountain follows the oldest running team in the U.S., led by 103-year-old George Etzweiler, as they compete in a 50-mile relay in Pennsylvania. Comprised of runners aged 65 and up, the team proves that age is just a number as they focus on moving forward together, both physically and as friends.

Moving Mountains

A young Black man from Tulsa, Oklahoma, discovers peace on a remote Hawaiian island through nature and big wave surfing. What once seemed like a futile pursuit becomes his lifeline, grounding him amidst life’s challenges.

Feel It All

Feel It All follows professional skier Drew Petersen’s journey from battling suicidal depression to finding strength through running and skiing the peaks of the Leadville Trail 100 ultramarathon. The film aims to change the conversation around mental health and break the stigma surrounding suicide.

North Chickamauga Creek Conservancy

NCCC invites you to explore the beauty of the pristine gorge only twenty minutes from downtown Chattanooga. This film showcases the juxtaposition between the chaotic urban environment and the tranquil serenity that the North Chickamauga Creek Gorge provides.

Meeting With the Clouds

Meeting with the Clouds follows a group of slackliners in Leysin, Switzerland, as they traverse highlines between the iconic Tour d’Aï and Tour de Mayen. Amidst stunning views of Lake Geneva, the film highlights their camaraderie, dedication, and resilience in overcoming challenges like weather and logistics to savor the thrill of bridging mountains.

Beyond Normal

Beyond Normal chronicles professional surfer Becca Speak’s journey of resilience as she returns to the water after a traumatic brain injury. This intimate film offers a raw and inspiring look at self-discovery and the profound impact of overcoming such a life-altering challenge.

Chasing Time

Chasing Time reflects on the 15-year Extreme Ice Survey, during which photographer James Balog and his team captured over a million images documenting glacier melt as evidence of climate change. This meditative short film chronicles the project’s conclusion while exploring themes of time, mortality, and the intergenerational effort to inspire hope and action for a sustainable future.

2024 Films

Thursday Evening

Roots Will Remain

Inspired by the events which are tragically still ongoing in Ukraine, this film tells the story of a determined sunflower making its journey toward the light.

Cold Night, First Light

Tim Howell and Ewa Kalisiewicz are husband-and-wife alpinists, climbers, skiers and BASE jumpers. A partnership built in the cold forge of alpine nights and first lights. A story of trust, honesty, resilience and fellowship.

Pass It On - Michelle LeBlanc

Three locals spread their love of Squamish climbing into the fabric of the broader community. In this episode we get silly with Michelle LeBlanc, route developer of the late 70s and 80s.

Rosalie Fish

For Rosalie Fish, Indigenous student-athlete and activist, running isn’t just a sport, it’s how she represents the strength and resilience of indigenous women within her tribe and beyond.

Changing the Flow

A story spanning nearly a decade, Changing the Flow shows the world what can happen when women defy strict societal norms to find and create a life of their own. In Nepal, women are expected to do a lot of things: stay home to look after their husband, children and in-laws, work the fields, cook, clean and do the washing. What they aren’t expected to do? Raft Guide. In 2018, Sita and three other female paddlers, Anu, Radha and Kamala, started their own company: The Himalayan Adventure Girls, the first all-female rafting company in Nepal. This is their story.

The Debora Effect

After suffering a life-altering brain injury 7 years ago, mountain bike enthusiast Debora DeNapoli’s life would never be the same again. Finding profound healing in the one place she was warned never to return to, the trails, she demonstrates the true essence of mountain biking: pure, unadulterated joy.

El Gavilain

Rising out of the arid Mexican Desert lies a 900 ft. ship’s prow of elegant limestone, sporting a 9-pitch 5.13 established in the 90s by Jeff Jackson. A cutting-edge Big Wall free climb at the time, this climb shut down hard men for years. Shrouded in mysticism, the bolts rusted and the holds collected dust, until a couple of gals from Canada decided to give it a try.

Return to Sender

Suspended in the air hundreds of feet above the Crooked River in Central Oregon, a group of highliners attempt to set the record for the longest highline in United States history, nearly a mile in length.

Whatever Floats Your Goat

A fun film about Nico Castellano and her critters motivating people to do better. She hopes to inspire conservation, sustainability and mindfulness by meeting people in the outdoor places they love.

I Am Because You Are

The journey of six women of colour as they embark on their first mountaineering trip in the beautiful and rugged Bugaboos.

A Couple of Screws Loose

Adventure bike-packers Matt Schweiker and Luke Swab decide to take on three of the hardest gravel bike rides in the southeast in three consecutive days. These light-hearted and hilarious friends will almost make you forget how difficult these routes are.

Flowing Air

Lane Lamoreaux was seriously injured in a paragliding accident and over a five year period he struggles to get his old life back again. As he’s thrust deeper into the world of the disabled, Lane’s escape from his crumbling world is the same sport that nearly took his life. Eventually he’s forced to come face to face with his situation and the biggest decision of his life; to amputate his injured leg or to keep it.

Friday Evening

Lunch Break: Leave Your Screen Behind

It’s easy to fall victim to the daily, and sedentary, routine. This film aims to motivate you to do more with your lunch break. Plan a Lunch Break with your friends in your neck of the woods, and we guarantee you’ll want to go back for seconds.

Glue Up

If you’re a climber, you’ll find things to climb, even in the city. Look long enough and you might even find a bit of rock stuck to a smooth concrete wall. Who put it there? And more importantly, can I climb on it? Before the climbing gym, there was the glue-up. Brian Payst brings us from soaring North Carolina granite walls to the Chapel Hill underground.

Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop

There’s magic in realizing you can do something you didn’t think was possible. The Richmond Cycling Corps is using bikes to tap into this magic by helping kids to see that if they can get better at cycling, they can get better at anything they put their mind to.

Soundscape

Sharing the sightless experience of climbing a mountain via echo location, touch, and imagination.

Trailbound Alaska

On a mission to rediscover trails in his Alaskan backyard, dyslexic filmmaker and painter Max Romey explores a historic trail, and its wild history. With a sketchbook and a pair of shoes, he makes the first likely attempt in decades to connect the once well-traveled trails of the Southern Trek of the Historic Iditarod route from Seward back home to Anchorage

Filmmaker: Max Romey

Earthside

In the spring of 2022, four athletes on The North Face team, Emily Harrington, Brette Harrington, Christina Lusti and Hilaree Nelson embarked on the trip of a lifetime. Their expedition to climb and ski epic first descents on Baffin Island, Canada became a celebration of their accomplishments, of their friendship, and of their lives.

Canopy Climbers

A group of friends in the Costa Rican jungle are spearheading the exciting new sport of tree climbing by using traditional rock climbing techniques to scale giant strangler fig trees. As climbers living in the jungle without rocks around, they began climbing the trees.

Mecca in the Making

Chattanooga’s remarkable rebirth: from a polluted industrial city to a vibrant mountain bike hub, all thanks to the tireless efforts of dedicated volunteers. A story of urban renewal through collective action.

Yamnuska: The Ragged Edge

Yamnuska, akin to Canada’s Yosemite, has been witness to countless tales of triumph, struggle, and unwavering determination. Sitting at the eastern edge of the Canadian Rockies, the iconic big wall stands as a testament to the indomitable spirit of adventure.

Saturday Matinee

Georgia Astle: Flip the Switch

If you don’t have role models to look up to, it’s harder to progress as a rider. Georgia Astle grew up chasing her older brother. If he could do it, she could do it.

Serengeti

Serengeti, one of the last great biodiversity oases on the planet. A place where nature still reigns supreme. But how long will this idyllic image last?

Pass It On - Sandy Ward

Three locals who spread their love of Squamish climbing into the fabric of the broader community.

Flowing - My Dream of More Freedom

The river itself speaks to us about its dream of flowing wilder and freer again, thereby providing a home (again) to a diversity of species.

Jack’s Solar Garden

Agrivoltaics is the combination of solar and agriculture. By utilizing the land while capturing solar energy, this model offers land developers and farmers a win-win scenario.

Ascension - Hamish Frost

One of Europe’s leading adventure photographers, Hamish Frost lives twin lives. A story of confidence and connection and a reminder of the importance of diversity in the great outdoors.

Paddle Tribal Waters

In 2024, the largest dam removal project in history will be completed on the Klamath River (Oregon/California). It will be a monumental victory for indigenous communities. A group of native youth plan to lead the first descent of the restored river.

Light Beams for Helena

Helena Bourdillon has pushed her limits in the freediving world, using a single breath to dive to depths that would kill most human beings.

Paatuwaqatsi Water is Life

A short film about the Hopi people’s ancient relationship with the Grand Canyon and Little Colorado River.

Forward

Anjelica Avella turned to the outdoors in her mid-twenties to improve her mental health. Despite feeling the benefits of time spent outside for her well-being, the lack of other plus-size women of color she was encountering on trail was noticeable.

Ascend

This documentary follows the inspiring story of a group of young women from Afghanistan who pursued their passion for climbing and mountaineering despite facing grave risks.

Reclaim Your Water: Natasha Smith

Natasha Smith shares her personal experiences and the importance of organizations like Ebony Beach Club, that encourage Black people to reconnect with the water.

Winter’s Eve

Renowned violinist, Kishi Bashi, traveled with filmmaker Max Lowe to the Northernmost point of the continent where the pair performed and recorded Kishi’s new single, Winter’s Eve

Filmmaker: Max Lowe

No Lost Shoes

Our shoes go lots of places, across vast distances, and over many miles. But eventually our shoes break down and usually get thrown away.

The Summit Within

A group of international wounded, injured and sick military veterans attempt to climb a 4000+m mountain peak in Colorado, using nature as a tool for healing from the physical, mental, and emotional challenges faced by veterans and service personnel.

Aligned - Between the Sea and the Sky

Aligned is a visually stunning and emotionally charged documentary that takes the audience on an awe-inspiring ski touring adventure in the majestic Lyngen Alps, high above the Arctic Circle.

Saturday Evening

Biking Engadin

Watch Oli Dorn shred unreal sceneries in Engadin, Switzerland, together with his famous dog Balu and a sweet little surprise guest.

Near the River

In the tourism town of Livingstone, Zambia, a group of local men who make their living portering kayaks aspire to become safety kayakers on the Zambezi River. The proposed Batoka Gorge Hydroelectric Scheme threatens to flood the famous rapids of the Zambezi, and eliminate river related jobs.

The Right to Joy

As a trans-masculine cyclist and policy scholar, Izzy Sederbaum was searching for community and acceptance within the sport. After surviving a rare cougar attack on a ride in early 2018, Izzy was hospitalized with severe facial trauma while hateful anti-trans rhetoric filled comment sections of news articles that he had little to no control over. In the years since, he has struggled to overcome his anxiety of being alone in the woods and the self-doubt brought on by strangers after the attack. Despite these challenges, Izzy found solace and support in the Seattle cycling community, which reignited his passion for the sport.

Fifth Tide

Winter swells, thundering waves, sharp reefs, paddling larger waves with guns, and the struggle and joy that comes with all of that. Fifth Tide shows the life of two women during the rough Portuguese winter season. It shows their connection to the ocean, waves, and nature, and how they found sisterhood through all of this.

The Balkans Mirage

Four friends set out bikepacking journey through the Balkans. A land of culture and breathtaking vistas that beckoned to be explored on two wheels.

If It’s Easy, It’s Not Fun

This film follows the adventures of the three friends on the cliffs of Wadi-Rum. With them, we are amazed by the magnificence of the desert, we feel the touch of the red sandstone under the fingers of the climbers and the adrenaline of the paragliding flights, we enjoy meeting the Bedouins, and we discover the secrets of such a shooting. Combining action and culture, “If it’s easy, it’s not fun” is an ode to adventure and friendship.

Full Circle

Faced with a traumatic injury that renders you permanently disabled, how would you reinvent yourself? In 2014, Trevor Kennison’s life was forever altered by a broken back, for worse and for better, in equal measures.

Sunday Matinee

The Conservation Kid

At age seven, Cash “The Conservation Kid” Daniels began leading cleanups along the Tennessee River in his hometown, Chattanooga. Six years later, Cash continues to make a significant impact on the river’s health by collecting fishing waste and inspiring his peers across the world to protect the environment.

Bears Ears: Echoes of Time

Stunning, sacred, and threatened: embark on a visual journey through the vibrant deserts, rich forests, and ancient ruins of the region of southeastern Utah known as Bears Ears, while the battle for conservation and indigenous sovereignty continues on.

Ascension - Morag Skelton

Morag Skelton believes that nothing should come between anyone and getting out there in nature. As a deaf climber constantly pushing the limits of possible, she lives that belief.

Pass It On - Tami Knight

Three locals spread their love of Squamish climbing into the fabric of the broader community. In this episode we get silly with Tami Knight, route developer of the late 70s and 80s.

Remembering Sudan

Zacharia, the head rhino caregiver at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in northern Kenya, was caring for the last remaining northern white rhinos on the planet. His friend Sudan was the last male rhino of this species.

Finding the Line

Alexandra “Chachi” Riesco has been shaped by rivers. From slicing through rapids in a whitewater kayak to carving into a plate in her printmaking studio, Chachi draws lines between the geologic forces she’s studied and her work and play, but following her own line hasn’t always been easy.

Yuba Is in the Heart

Posed as a love letter to the river and the community that surrounds it, Yuba is in the Heart considers what it means to love and be loved by a river.

Borne of Water

The American West suffers through one of the most intense droughts in recorded human history. As water levels plummet and life as we know it is threatened by this existential crisis, we look back in time to a story about a Hopi boy named Tiyo, and a journey he made along the Colorado River under similar circumstances.

Walls of Faith

Exploring various aspects of climbing while drawing parallels to the Christian faith. The film chronicles the journey of Zach LeClerc, an outdoor enthusiast, as he scales some of Chattanooga’s most breathtaking sites.

Backyard Bikepacking

Not all adventures need to be epic multi-day excursions halfway around the world. Human Powered Movement Founder and Head Enabler, Adam Bratton, had his own action packed expedition traversing his neighborhood and backyard with his two boys for their first ever bikepacking trip.

Solo

Follow one woman’s mission to run solo and unsupported across mountain ranges on six continents overcoming obstacles, conquering fears and finding the joy in achieving her goals absolutely alone.

Clear Day Thunder: Rescuing the American Chestnut

At the turn of the 20th century, a deadly blight accidentally imported into the U.S. from Asia devastated the American Chestnut. Within a span of only two generations, the tree was nearly extinct. The film tells the story of passionate citizen scientists and researchers working to restore this ecologically and economically important species, during this pivotal moment.

Sunday Evening

A Story Like Mine

Most people have an opinion about e-bikes and often it fails to consider the bigger picture. Sometimes you just need to hear A story like Steve Winter and his opportunity to rediscover something thought to be lost. E-bike access to trails is a highly debated topic for many reasons.

Driving Sweep

Few river guides ever get the chance to drive Idaho’s iconic sweep boat. Driving Sweep follows Katie Veteto as she learns how to “drive sweep” down the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. She’s learned the rapids and the river. Now she learns to drive a 4,000 lb. sweep down steep rocky rapids.

Study Abroad

Spring break is known as a time for college kids to let loose and get wild during their week of freedom from classes. But for a select group of students, they want to have their fun while also making a positive impact on the environment.

Father Nature

The Turner family has guided the Snake River in Grand Teton National Park for over a 100 years. Like all of us who go to the river and mountains with fly rod in hand, it’s hard to come back the same person. Wild places forever change us, imbedding a deep and spiritual reverence for things greater than ourselves. This western idea was the underpinnings to one of America’s best inventions, the National Park System. This is their story, a family’s blessing to work, live, and share one of the most beautiful river corridors anywhere in the world. A gift that has instilled an even greater passion to protect things “wild” for many generations to come.

22 Hours – Arctic Dreamlines

A ski touring adventure in Norway, that goes against the elements to chase the lines of this crew’s wildest dreams.

A Bitch of a Race

Cyclist Anna Lena Kempen gave life to the idea for The Frigid Bitch Race over nine years ago because there wasn’t a space for her in the male-dominated cycling field. She wanted to create an inclusive space for women. The race would be harder, longer, colder and more terrible and awesome than other races, and it would be just for us.

Embracing the Grim

After conquering massive alpine walls together, Fay and Line head north to the ephemeral Scottish land of mixed climbing. The objectives are ambitious and the weather is fickle, testing the all women team’s perseverance.

One for All

Tony Drees actually considers himself to have good fortune, despite being born into an abusive household, surviving the deadliest bombing of the Gulf War, beating cancer, and having his leg amputated up to his hip. After it all, and through his newly found passion for skiing, Tony sets an ambitious goal for this season.

Above the Noise

Athlete Maja Kuczynska uses her sport to escape the chaos of the modern world.

Legacy on the Muir

Tom Herbert revisits his father’s historic first ascent on the Muir Wall of El Capitan in attempt to set a speed record on the original route.

Subterranean

In a remarkable year, two gritty teams of hobbyist cavers are poised to break records for the longest and deepest caves in Canada.

2023 Films

Thursday Evening

To Become Known

The frantic pace of modern life can be overwhelming - endless streams of hedonistic noise, echo chambers for a digital society. In an increasingly chaotic world, defining our own voice can seem like an important task. To Become Known reflects on stepping away from these pressures of modern life, and into the quiet spaces of the mountains.

Matt Hunter: This Is Home

For many people, mountain biking is a migratory sport. Once you get a taste for the trails, moving closer to ride every day is a no brainer for those who choose the lifestyle. For Matt Hunter, migration was never necessary. He grew up in Kamloops, where the surrounding landscape was an ever-present inspiration for his own riding. A child of the BC outdoors, Matt’s idea of a good day is any day he gets to ride his bikes. It’s never been about being the best, but rather standing shoulder to shoulder with his peers, never apart and never above. Matt has always just wanted the sport to look as good as it feels when he stomps his butter-smooth lines and gargantuan airs. In his hometown of Kamloops, Matt never needed to journey far to escape the distractions of everyday life. Now with kids of his own, however, those precious moments are all the more enriched by the people around him. Chill rides with the fam or power trains on The Farm, This is Home.

Ignite Your Spirit - A Disabled Ski Bum Story

Kevin Wilson, 31 years after a paralyzing car crash, is now living his dream as a ski bum despite a long and difficult path to get to where he is now. After his car wreck, he struggled with mental health, alcoholism and obesity but wanted to make a positive change in his life - so he started skiing again. Now, he's sharing his love of the mountains with others by running a non-profit dedicated to providing winter sport opportunities for individuals affected by a disability.

The Fastest Girl in the Village

As a girl growing up in Lesotho, Khothalang Leuta never imagined she could become a bike racer – until a pump track was built in her neighborhood and a dream was born. Watch as she discovers a love for biking and earns the chance to represent her country at the Pump Track World Championships in Portugal this October. Leuta, who refers to herself as the “mother of the pump track,” taught herself how to ride. Her strong determination was fostered by her late father, who inspired her always to keep pushing. “That’s one of the things that makes me want to be on top – just to make him proud,” she says. Not owning a bike of her own, Leuta has to walk to the pump track and borrow the local club bikes to practice. She enjoys handing out the bikes to the other kids who show up to ride, saying, “I always want to inspire youngsters, I feel happy that they support me… I want to do more for them to set a good example.” Now she’s inspiring members of the next generation as they see the opportunities that biking have opened up. “Khothalang teaches the younger community that life for a girl can be more than going to school, being married and raising a family,” says community leader Tumelo Makhetha, who's witnessed the impact that Leuta’s success has had on other young women in the area. On October 15, 2021, Khothalang Leuta will compete at Red Bull Pump Track World Championship Finals in Lisbon, Portugal. She may be the first woman from her village to take on this adventure, but she hopes she won’t be the last.

Life with Bats

Life with Bats follows three wildlife carers in different aspects of their jobs. From rescuing orphaned pups, to rehabilitating and caring for them. We learn about the importance that this species plays in our ecosystem as well as ways we can ensure the survival of their population. All while seeing fascinating footage of this adorable and loving species, including rescues of orphaned pups and the rehabilitation process.

Epic for Everyone, Wilmot

Vail Resorts’ Epic for Everyone Youth Access Program, in partnership with community organizations such as Girls Inc. of Chicago, provides urban communities with an introduction and continued access to winter sports and careers in the outdoor industry.

Rural Runners

RURAL RUNNERS follows a progressive climate activist as she becomes the youngest representative elected to both the Maine House of Representatives and Senate, winning two consecutive campaigns in deep-red rural districts. The film follows Chloe Maxmin and her campaign manager, Canyon Woodward, as they throw away the traditional Democratic playbook (which lost roughly 90% of the vote to Trump in rural counties in the 2020 election) to unseat Republicans, one in a district that had never voted Democrat before. They reached across the aisle, knocked on 13,000 doors, and actually listened to people. Chloe and Canyon are gaining national attention as they shake up the Democratic Party and rehumanize our deeply divided political system. The film is an intimate portrait that offers hope, healing, and a path toward a healthier democracy.

This Is Beth

Rock climber Beth Rodden is one of the most prolific athletes in climbing history, with multiple free ascents of El Capitan and first ascents of cutting edge lines to her name. This Is Beth takes an intimate look beneath the forward facing success of her career, diving into Beth’s grapple with body image and cruel self-talk, and celebrating how she transformed this dynamic to rediscover the love of her sport.

Packing It Out

Do the royal squat. Drop a deuce. Make a deposit at the porcelain bank. Pinch a loaf. Squeeze the cheese. Unload some timber. However you want to say it, we all poop. If you have never stumbled upon a pile of poo or toilet paper flower at a climbing area, consider yourself lucky. As high-use areas grow even more popular, human waste management becomes a major access issue. The concept of using a WAGBag to pack out your poop is more common in the alpine or desert environments where the soil lacks the microorganisms to break down human waste. When I talk to folks about using WAGbags in the Southeast, I am often met with questions like “can’t I just dig a cat hole” or “waste decomposes so quickly here.” It’s true, relieving yourself in a properly dug cat hole is a totally acceptable LNT practice in densely forested areas. However, during peak climbing season, it is not uncommon to see a heavy concentration of cat holes near the trailhead or cliffline which creates a stinky situation. In circumstances where there are no permanent toilet facilities or a proper cat hole can not be dug (like within 200 feet of a water source), using a WAGBag is your best option.

Janwaar

Janwaar celebrates a rambunctious group of kids whose lives are transformed when a skatepark is built in their small village in India. Raw talent, creativity, and unadulterated childhood find a home on four wheels, and manage to break down generations of caste and gender barriers in the process.

Denizens of the Steep

As backcountry skiing grows in popularity—and more people are headed into the wilderness than ever before—we must become aware of our environment, understand our impact and take measures to recreate responsibly.

The Wintering Grounds

For most of the year, bands of world class freestyle kayakers roam the land in search of waves. But when the rivers freeze, everyone finds their way to a special spot on the Chattahoochee River on the Alabama-Georgia border. Squatting in an abandoned parking lot, they spend the winter training for the next world championships on North America’s best winter whitewater. Although called “certifiable lunatics” by the locals, this tight knit group is proof of the power of family and that indeed everything is more fun with friends.

House of the Gods

Edward James has been to the base of Mount Roraima more than most Indigenous Akawaio people who live in the Amazon rainforest. But like most porters on western expeditions, historically that was where his journey ended. The iconic prow of the mountain has been climbed before but it’s never been free climbed. Now, veteran expedition leader and world class rock climber Leo Houlding has assembled a team including up-and-coming Cumbrian climber Anna Taylor and jungle expert Waldo Etherington, to undertake a big wall expedition with new modern ethics. The Akawaio will support Leo through the jungle to the base of the wall and he will try to support them to reach the summit.

Friday Evening

Facing Goliath

Is this for you, or for the likes on your feed? Do you meet what comes with resolve and grace, or cry foul in public rage? In this savage arena, few are those who move calmly through the storm.

A Dog’s Tale

It all starts with the trail. The crunch of the dirt, the smell of a dewy morning ride, or the feeling of brushing away pebbles with a perfectly timed belly scrub. These are the happy memories of a trail dog’s life well lived. Raven is a 13-year-old retired trail dog from Squamish, British Columbia who’s spent countless days frolicking on loamy singletrack beneath towering spruces. Old age has slowed her down, and now Raven happily lies in the driveway, watching dog after dog, and their human, head for the hills. Celebrating the joys of mountain biking through the eyes of the trail dog, Raven takes us from her driveway memories in BC to the high deserts of Utah, to freshly cut South African trails and back again. We meet some of the feistiest, four-legged trail personalities along the way, who all enjoy the mountain bike world in their own way, just like us humans do, whether it’s hitting jump lines, lapping through the loam, or setting out to build new trail.

Letting Go

Julie Hwang loses hold of herself and love of rock climbing after a traumatic divorce, but after a seasonal change, she finds new purpose and success in her time outside.

Uncharted Waters

Uncharted Waters tells the life-changing story of 50 active and inactive gang members experiencing an overnight whitewater rafting trip for the first time.

Every Few Winters

When the days grow shorter, and skiers begin to dream of their favourite pistes and perfect powder days, it’s not often that they imagine the Scottish Highlands. Yet for those in the know, Scotland is an obsession. A foggy, dented gem, beautiful in its own way; not for its clarity or perfection, but for its obscurity and esoteric nature. From the misty peaks of Glen Shiel with seasoned steep skiers Pete Mackenzie, Dave Searle and Hamish Frost, to the Back Corries and scoured slopes of Aonach Mor with 4-year-old Murray, Every Few Winters explores the quirky, unique community of Scottish skiers who epitomise dedication to their sport and an unrivalled tenacity. The entry requirements? Patience and resilience in abundance.

Malik

From disparate backgrounds seemingly worlds apart, Malik Martin and Conrad Anker bridge whatever divide our society has erected between them through brotherhood and heartfelt connection. Martin says of their atypical commonalities, “Conrad lost all his homies in the mountains, and I’ve lost all my homies in the hood.” This film is a testament to the maxim that we can sometimes find the most meaning in the unlikeliest of friendships.

1440 Trees

A Tree a Minute: As there are 1440 minutes in a day, and I love planting trees, I decided to plant a tree a minute for 24 hours. It was hard. For my 40th birthday, my best mates gave me a self-flown joy flight in a light plane. When given the controls I headed for home. What was at first a wonderful sense of flying became a bizarre reality check, seeing so much green turning to brown in the summer heat. Most creek lines were bare, and the general lack of bushland within the giant quilt of farmland was shocking. You don’t see this contrast from the ground, always seeing a tree in the foreground, or a hedgerow in the middle distance. A single big gumtree can give the impression of health, yet the area I live in is a mostly deforested farmed zone exploited for its impressive topsoil. Having tapped into the potential of a 24 hour period of life, and since I love planting trees, I decided to plant a tree a minute on a friend's dairy farm by reforesting a creekline. Low and behold, planting that many mixed trees on muddy terrain, slipping on my arse every other minute, is one of the hardest, most rewarding single days of my life.

Resilience

Costa Rica's highest mountain witnesses the inspiring journey of a woman overcoming cancer.

Do A Wheelie

In the summer of 2021 Danny MacAskill put out a call to action to his 3.5 million social media fans asking them to #WheelieWithDanny. Riders and fans applied from around the world to feature alongside Danny in his latest project. Join Danny MacAskill and a host of friends as he pushes the boundaries of the humble wheelie and learns a thing or two from friends old and new. Mountain biking has become more popular by the day and participation is currently at an all-time high for this amazing sport. However, you do not need a mountain or a bike park to get out and enjoy your bike. The wheelie is, for many, the first thing they will ever learn on a bike, but it can open the doors to an entire new world. Joining forces, adidas Five Ten and Danny MacAskill want to share their passion for cycling. In this latest collaboration they showcase how the humble wheelie has brought riders together from around the world in their love of bikes.

Well Worn Life

Well Worn Life is a short documentary film series by Arkansas-based outdoor company Livsn Designs. Well Worn Life reveals the recipes of outdoor-minded individuals who love life deeply - and live it to the fullest extent - as their brand name, livsnjutare suggests. In their newest film, meet Dani Reyes-Acosta: a mountain athlete, land cultivator, and storyteller whose path consistently seeks the limits of her possibility. Ticking off climbs and ski lines across South America, cultivating her role as a legacy Coloradoan, and setting the course for the future of outdoor access in remote communities, Dani is a visceral example of how self-care and self-determination can harmonize via the outdoors.

Chinatown Runners

In a time of increased tension for the Asian American and Pacific Islander community, Victoria Lo turned her own fear and anxiety into a call to action. The founder of Chinatown Runners creates monthly celebrations of place, space and culture, one mile at a time. Vics connects runners to Asian cultures, promoting safety, and running in solidarity with AAPI communities by running in Chinatowns across the country. We follow Victoria as she taps into her love of running to build empathy, celebrate differences, dismantle Asian stereotypes, and take a stand.

High Road

High Road celebrates the unbreakable bond between Paralympian Meg Fisher and Jack Berry, a young para-athlete whose cycling career is just beginning to unfold. Together, the two navigate life's obstacles with grace and integrity, creating space for the next generation of para cyclists.

The Mirage

Ultra runner, Timothy Olson, aims to break the fastest known time on the Pacific Crest Trail. Braving record high temperatures and impending wildfires, he must outrun nature and reach the finish line before the birth of his daughter. Supported by his wife and kids, Olson has to average over 50 miles a day for 50 consecutive days.

Saturday Matinee

The Making of Walden's Ridge Park

Thanks to the efforts of the North Chickamauga Creek Conservancy, Land Trust for Tennessee, SORBA Chattanooga, Southeastern Climbers Coalition, Hamilton County Parks, and the City of Chattanooga, Walden's Ridge Park is set to come online in early 2023. Situated on a steep slope of Signal Mountain, Walden's Ridge contains 10 miles of multi-use trails with an emphasis on intermediate/advanced gravity, bike-only trails. Alongside the SCC, the team also identified over 30 bouldering opportunities throughout the park and wove hiking trails into the design specifically for climbers to enjoy.

Protecting the Monarch Butterfly

Monarch butterflies have one of the longest migrations of any insects, and they depend on critical habitat for their survival during their journey. Organizations like the Pollinator Conservation Association are committed to protecting and restoring habitat to help save this iconic species. Emergent Productions is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization on a mission to inspire environmental awareness through the production of compelling media while also helping dedicated organizations tell their story.

Epic for Everyone, Hunter

The Epic for Everyone Youth Access Program, in partnership with community organizations such as Good Shepherd Services, provides urban communities with an introduction and continued access to winter sports and careers in the outdoor industry.

Inseparable: Myia

As one of only 30 fluent Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) language speakers left in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation), Myia Antone teaches as a way to preserve her language for generations to come. Seeking to learn more about her culture and language, Myia uses her mountain bike as a needle weaving through her ancestral lands and language. While biking with other Indigenous women, Myia utilizes the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh language to point out geographical features and native plants on rides. Weaving complex conversations through nuanced layers of generational trauma, Inseparable ultimately paints Indigenous joy and community as vital elements for a path forward.

Craig, America

A story of transition and renewal in the rural west, Craig, America shares the many perspectives that encompass a community upheld by coal but looks towards a future without it. It brings to life the unique story of Craig, Colorado, and how its people, economy, and community are both resilient and adaptive.

All Bodies on Bikes

Kailey Kornhauser and Marley Blonsky are on a mission - a mission to change the idea that people in larger bodies can't ride bikes. The duo aims to make cycling more inclusive, beyond just inviting people of all sizes to ride bikes, but by changing the entire idea of what it means to be a cyclist, not just on screens, but on trails and in people’s minds.

Wood Hood

DeVaughn is a 15-year-old kid from New York City who loves skateboarding and craves a quiet place to escape the chaos of his home, the city, and kids that steal from him. The film follows DeVaughn on a weekend-long group camping trip with Camping To Connect, a BIPOC-led mentorship program that teaches leadership, brotherhood, and inclusion in the outdoors. One leader states, these kinds of conversations are rare for men that look like us, and as the film weaves between the city and the woods, a place that is unfamiliar and historically inaccessible to these kids, we witness the joy and growth that is possible when kids have an opportunity to find that quiet place.

Mum's Gone Climbing

Nell became pregnant in her mid twenties, and took a break from climbing. Her son was born with a rare genetic syndrome, and motherhood became a series of specialist appointments, therapy sessions, and WTF moments. Five years, and another baby later, Nell stuffed her mama feet back into climbing shoes. It was a pivotal moment. Climbing seemed like a wonder drug for the challenges of motherhood, and Nell went on a mission to find other climb mama’s. What she found was a tribe of amazing women. Each with their own story, struggles, limitations, fears, and every single one had been empowered by climbing. Join a group of mothers as they adventure through some of Australia’s most stunning natural landscapes. Infused with the light hearted stoke, dizzying heights, and childish hilarity. These adventure women explore the realities, challenges, and whys of being a mum gone climbing.

Stop Pebble Mine

A short documentary about the Pebble Mine project in Bristol Bay Alaska with interviews from the World Wildlife Fund, United Tribes of Bristol Bay and Trout Unlimited.

Lower Sharpnose - Winter Coast

The South West of England is perhaps the most underrated of climbing areas in the UK. A huge variety of styles and rock types, host to a myriad of classic routes on granite and limestone, and home to one of the more acquired and esoteric of tastes: Culm. Lower Sharpnose Point is a staggering crag. Hidden away below the watchful eyes of GCHQ Bude, many South West Coast Path walkers will miss the astonishing sight of the improbable fins of Culm rock that jut out into the Atlantic. So thin, they don’t look strong enough to withstand a stiff breeze, nevermind the incessant pounding of ocean swells twice a day every day. The climbing is mostly hard, HVS/E1 is an entry level really, but for a generation brought up at indoor walls, there are enough classic test-pieces here to more than fill the hours between high tides. Epic stories abound of wet feet and worse, when climbers have greedily tried to squeeze one last route in before high tide. The rock itself is the star here though: Culm is a sort of soft, sooty coal (in parts shale, sandstone, slate), and at Sharpnose it is lined with quartz en échelon veins and flecked with fools gold (iron pyrite). South West residents Tom Newberry and Roz Frugtniet make the short journey here from their home in order to keep their trad season going all year round; and what they show us is a world class crag, climbable in winter due to the more temperate Cornish climate.

Space to Live

A journey of discovery that builds toward the ultimate conclusion of what is the driving force behind habitat loss and all environmental destruction. I travel to Kenya to see for myself how my own consumption could potentially harm animals and cause habitat loss worldwide. I want to take you on this journey.

Elevated

Effective communication is a challenge every climber faces. It’s a sport that requires intense focus, dedication, and overcoming fear. For Deaf climber Sonya Wilson, communication and community is of vital importance. Elevated is a non-verbal film sharing Sonya’s experience as a Deaf woman and outdoor advocate working to bridge the gap between the Deaf community and the outdoor industry, one crag at a time.

New Story Run

Stories underpin our societies and our relationship to our environment. Frustrated with their impact from behind a desk, Rosie Watson and Mike Elm are running and cycling from the U.K. to Mongolia to tell the stories of people living the changes we need to make in a time of climate crisis, and to try to shape a new story of our place in the natural world.

Sheri

Sheri showcases the beautiful story of how one woman and her family revolutionized the outdoor gear industry. Sheri Tingey defied the odds and expectations of those around her by starting a company at age 50 that revolutionized the outdoor industry and changed the way paddle sports in the backcountry are viewed around the world. Sheri is an incredible story about Sheri's life, the hurdles she overcame to launch her company, and the brilliance and commitment she brings to the world. It is the story of her son, Thor Tingey, who built the company alongside his mother, but has only recently begun to fully grasp her level of dedication and what she has created not just for him, but for adventurers around the world. Sheri’s story will warm hearts while also challenge the audience to grapple with presumptions about who belongs.

Saturday Evening

Continuum

Miiar

In scaling rocks by the hardest routes, boulderers seek to escape gravity in an endless quest to achieve weightlessness and momentarily leave the world behind. MIIAR is a metaphysical bouldering film starring the UK's best all-round climber, Jim Pope. Filmed in iconic Lake District locations and set to a pumping techno soundtrack.

Soul Hunger

Andrew Cotton shares his big-wave story, overcoming fears and injury, his relationship with Nazaré, and finding happiness through his connection with the ocean.

Walking On Clouds

This short film shows the highline crossing between two air balloons, performed at the end of 2021, in the city of Praia Grande, Santa Catarina, Brazil, by athlete Rafael Bridi, achieving the highest highline record in the world by the Guinness Book.

If You Give a Beach a Bottle

Inspired by a picture book, Max Romey heads to a remote beach on Alaska's coastline in search of marine debris. What he finds is a different story altogether.

Chains of Habit

When you see a beautiful picture of a person standing on top of a big mountain, it's easy to assume their life, one of adventure, must be bliss. It's simple, right? No screens, no deadlines, just the awe of nature and moving your body in places most of us only dream of. You’re at the top of the world, you should feel it, right? But the reality is: When you live with depression, it doesn't care where you are, how high you've climbed, or how many peaks you've bagged. Chains of Habit brings to light Ted Hesser's struggle with depression, in hopes of destigmatizing the conversation around mental health and encouraging everyone to get outside and get well.

The Truth and Dignity Project

On July 24th, Erick Cedeno, aka Bicycle Nomad, crossed into St. Louis, Missouri, after spending 41 days in the saddle: The 1900-mile journey born of a commitment to bring truth and dignity to an oft-forgotten part of history. Erick’s ride serves as not only an invitation to learn the story, but also a means of paying homage to the Buffalo Soldiers’ 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps by reliving their history.

Lil Buddha

We joined Lo Phong La Kiatoukaysy also known by his trail name Lil’ Buddha on the Continental Divide Trail for a few days this fall to capture this film for Outside TV's Outsiders of the Year series. Lo Phong was just crossing the Colorado / New Mexico border, heading southbound when we met up with him. Coordinating with a thru-hiker for film production takes adaptability on either side of the camera, but we did our best to keep up with him for over 42 miles in 2 days. Lo Phong has hiked over 48,000 miles since age 19. He attributes his motivation and drive to his Hmong lineage, a family of survivors who’ve historically persevered and celebrated their freedom since their removal from SouthEast Asia by the US military in 1976. Lo Phong’s story chronicles the journey of a refugee on a quest for freedom and a sense of home. Lo Phong finds redemption from generations of trauma through his relationship with the natural world, shared connection with others and his advocacy work for inclusion and diversity in the outdoors.

Miles to Go

In 2022 alone there have been over 300 anti LGBTQ+ bills proposed in various states across the country. Refusing to sit idly by, trans trail runner Perry Cohen formed a team of fellow runners who identify as trans men with an aim to compete in races in states proposing and passing hateful legislation. Miles to Go follows their journey into the world of trail running and the freedom to be themselves on the trail.

Airplane Mode

Trail building doc from Vancouver BC.

The Illness

This adventure documentary follows a blue-collar crew of Appalachian adventure seekers deep into the mountains as they climb, talk shit, fish for their dinner, and try to use their single-pitch skills to summit a 1,300ft rock face. Their main objective is to free an old aid route first established over 30 years ago, but will they succeed? Will they be strong enough? Will they be struck by lightning? One thing is for sure, they've been infected with the illness.

Dreams

Floating over the open air, this group of inspiring women overcome some of the challenges of the seemingly impossible. Highlining is no easy task, but with the support and love for each other, anything seems doable. This was shot in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah over the course of two days.

Beinn Eighe - Winter Snow

Scottish Winter mountaineering is the full test. Not only whether you can cope with the physical challenges; a heavier pack, a more arduous walk in, trickier navigation, time constraints, staying warm while belaying in dark gullies, keeping your ropes tidy, calf pump, arms and shoulders on fire, getting off the top in the gloaming; but also whether you can accept and maybe even relish the emotional ingredients of the day. Getting a buffeting from the wind, route reading on terrain that might not be, and often isn’t, in guidebook conditions, being cold, being frightened, but still questing upwards. If these characteristics of the day can be not only tolerated but embraced, then winter climbing in Scotland, which can be a hard won joy, is the full package. Jack and Ella take us up Beinn Eighe’s Far East Wall, giving us a flavour of the acquired taste of what oft-fickle Scottish winter climbing can be like. They show their home mountains are every bit the equal as proving grounds to those found on longer journeys.

On the Edge

Five women set out on an eight day, 65-mile packrafting journey deep in the wilderness of Montana. Stunning scenery, challenging terrain, heavy packs, and extreme remoteness brings the group to their physical edge. A trip inspired by self growth, adventure, and world class westslope cutthroat trout fishing quickly evolves into a deeper exploration of how we are on the edge of a new climate era, leading them to question what the future of conservation and ethical wilderness recreation will look like in a rapidly changing climate.

A Baffin Vacation

Erik Boomer and Sarah McNair-Landry set off on a bold multi-sport 45 day expedition traveling through the remote landscape of Baffin Island in search of stunning cliffs to climb and unexplored rivers to whitewater kayak.

Crux

Sunny Yang, a devoted rock climber from Kentucky's Red River Gorge majorly shifted his perspective on life, after a near fatal car accident. After being almost fully paralyzed, and hearing from doctors that he would likely never climb again, Sunny’s will to live dwindled. After internal deliberation his passion for life was rekindled by the love of his family. Now, he has defied the odds. Sunny not only climbs, but competes for the US Paraclimbing National Team, and most importantly is there to teach, support and love his two children.

Not Alone

Alpine guide and professional athlete Sarah Hueniken has dedicated her life to the mountains, but when an avalanche takes the life of her close friend during a guided ice climbing camp, her life and career as she knows it is shattered. In her journey towards healing, Sarah takes on a huge winter climbing goal in the Canadian Rockies, but finds that moving forward is about a lot more than just climbing. This film explores trauma, loss, grief, mental health, and our universal human capacity for healing.

Sunday Matinee

The Next Headland

Utilizing sailing as a vehicle for delivery to distant frontiers, Jeff Allen sets out to explore the intricacies of coastlines the world over by sea kayak. He lives and breathes the ocean, the water, that life afloat, but also adventure and escaping the stresses of our modern society and a world where everything is wrapped up in cotton wool. The Next Headland gives a glimpse into Jeff's life and shows his intimacy with the coastline, and his passion for exploring headland after headland.

Risk Is Reward

Risk versus reward, the idea that an endeavor with greater uncertainty garners greater payoff, is a principle used in fields as diverse as economics, athletics and even relationships. For Vancouver resident Steve Vanderhoek, the saying reflects nearly every aspect of his life. As a firefighter and professional mountain bike freerider, saving a life at work before risking his own on a boundary-pushing stunt often occurs within the same day. Vanderhoek thrives under pressure, and in doing so is redefining what it means to truly live on the edge.

Dream Carriers

On a final ride through her neighborhood, a college-bound Chicana reflects on past generations of women through the telling of the migration of monarch butterflies.

Hydrotherapy

Hydrotherapy is a story of adaptation, strength and rewilding set in the raw and beautiful landscapes of Snowdonia National park. Laura has not only overcome a life changing illness through wild swimming, but has also found a greater connection to the natural world. This has ignited her mission to make a stand for the natural environment, and protect wild waters and wild spaces across the UK.

The Farmer

Meet The Farmer, Dave Van Dame, a staple of Alta for the past 48 years. Sweetgrass Productions and Alta Ski Area teamed up to tell the visual story of Alta's most famous snow farmer. Through years of simple living, David Van Dame spent over 35 years of his life dedicated to chasing turns in the Cottonwood Canyon and harvesting powder.

The Trails Before Us

The Trails Before Us follows 17-year-old Nigel James, a Diné mountain biker, as he hosts the first Enduro race in the Navajo Nation. Through revitalizing old sheep and livestock trails on his grandparents’ land, Nigel and a new generation of riders honor the connection to their land, community, and culture.

Journey to Jagdula

With The Pinnacle Club celebrating their centenary, this film celebrates the success of a group of their earlier members who took part in an expedition in the 1960's to a remote part of Nepal and became the first ever people to summit and map a region of peaks in the Kanjiroba Himal. A place they called Jagdula. 6 women took part in the journey with some driving overland from the UK to India, before hiking through the foothills of the Himalayas to their destination. The two sole survivors of the group recount their tale from their homes in north Wales. A sweet film that celebrates women's climbing and shows what's possible with little more than a dream. Featuring original archive material from the expedition.

The Boundary Waters Traverse

The Running for the Boundary Waters project is designed to highlight the issue of potential sulfide-ore copper mining proposals in the watershed of, and directly adjacent to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to the running community. Trail runners and environmental advocate Alex Falconer ran the Border Route and Kekekabic trail, creating the boundary waters traverse, a 110 mile run, in 38 hrs 15 mins and 3 seconds. This shows his journey.

Thorns & Roses: Inspiration for a Lifetime

No matter your age, backpacking the Sierra can be a life changing experience. The inspirational journey traverses some of the most remote, least-traveled regions of the Sierra before culminating with an ascent on Mt. Whitney, the highest point in the lower 48 states.

North Shore Betty

After nearly 30 years on the harrowing and hallowed trails of British Columbia’s North Shore Mountains, Betty Birrell still thinks life is one big playground, and that you’re never too old to send.

Greybeard

Dale "GREYBEARD" Sanders challenges himself to set another world record at 87 years old. This time he is trying to reclaim his title as the oldest person to paddle the full source to sea on the Mississippi River.

Sunday Evening

We Are the Tennessee River Gorge Trust

We are the Tennessee River Gorge Trust and so are you. TRGT has been working for over 40 years to protect the Gorge and connect our community with this special place.

Busy in the Battery

New York City doesn't usually bring farms to mind. However, within The Battery, a New York City park, an urban farm is bustling with staff and volunteers who tend to the land and harvest its crops. But there's another hidden helper buzzing around, bees. The neighboring BeeVillage helps to pollinate the urban farm, reflecting in a higher yield of crops. This produce is then donated for food relief in the community, a mission that only grew in demand with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fighting Fire with Fire

The Nature Conservancy uses prescribed burning to help the forests of western Montana.

Inseparable: Ava

The ocean has been a source of spiritual connection, traditional knowledge and cultural practices for the Makah people for generations. After learning to surf through a local non-profit nearly half a decade ago, 13-year-old Ava now uses her sport as a way to connect with the land, ocean, and her elders. Alongside her five siblings and her mother, Ava surfs the well known swell of Neah Bay on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, one of the most ecologically diverse areas of the United States. Ava’s story highlights the critical role Indigenous youth play in the preservation of language, culture, and knowledge.

Little Stream, Big Magic

In Franklin, West Virginia, something magical is happening in the local streams. A native trout species pushed to the brink of extinction is making a remarkable comeback. Working with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's Partners for Fish & Wildlife, local farmers, ranchers and the community at large are uniting behind this incredible restoration effort. The short film Little Stream, Big Magic captures the beauty of West Virginia's famous fly-fishing rivers in stunning detail and delivers a heartwarming story of people's resilience and dedication to conservation. This beautiful and uplifting film shows audiences what's possible for grassroots conservation nationally.

Going Home

To celebrate the adventurous life of her late Uncle Clive, she takes a leap of faith and learns to fly. A decade after his death, Ashley takes off on an emotional journey of reconnection. Following in her Uncle’s larger-than-life footsteps, she wants to do one of the things he loved most, fly like a bird. Can his memory instil Ashley with the courage she needs to reignite her zest for life, and understand him?

Bridging Fragments

Urbanization and deforestation are fracturing the wildlife corridors that preserve biodiversity in tropical rainforests, putting many species at risk, including the slowest mammal, the sloth. Bridging Fragments explores these stressors in a tropical rainforest community off the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, where the Sloth Conservation Foundation is helping the local wildlife navigate a disconnected world.

Made in Yangshuo

There is no place on Earth like Yangshuo. Nestled below the towering karst pinnacles of Southern China, the town itself is the birth of Chinese rock climbing, and remains its soul. Much has changed for Yangshuo, and the sport climbing scene has skyrocketed, with the unique towers and arches now internationally recognized for their aesthetic and ergonomic climbing quality. But at the heart of the Chinese climbing scene is its people, and the story of how a lesser known village surrounded by rice paddies became the Chamonix of Asia, albeit with bolts instead of ice screws. From the limestone of White Mountain, the sun soaked home of some of the hardest routes that the country has to offer, to an unclimbed face rising straight out of the Li river accessible only by bamboo raft, Made in Yangshuo offers a glimpse into the lives of some of the lifers that have made Yangshuo their home. With the number of visiting climbers increasing year on year, the local scene is thriving.

Last Tracks

After shedding a lifetime of belongings, moving to an assisted living facility with his ailing sweetheart, and now coping with losing his mind, former world-class athlete Alan Jackson, 87, embraces his last tracks, and what remains despite the losses.

Outlaw Origins

Born From Junk traces the outlaw roots of mountain biking back to its raw beginnings in Crested Butte, where a crew of unlikely pioneers in pursuit of wild times in the mountains blossomed into a global phenomenon.

Glyderau - Winter Run

Almost as many visitors come to Cwm Idwal and the Glyderau as those who swarm Snowdon’s top. From geography field trippers to adventurous day hikers, in summer conditions these mountains are a scramblers paradise. The plateau of the high Glyderau is a jenga-rubble of upturned spikes, complex and varied rock types formed while protruding from ice-sheets and weather blasted by an Arctic climate for aeons. Castell y Gwynt, the Castle of the Winds, caps this area as a crown of thorns, but smaller rock-porcupines proliferate. It’s iconic isn’t it? You know you’re up there. It’s like very few places. It has this looming oppressiveness, so you really feel quite small. Running here in winter is an acquired taste, a sensory challenge not to be underestimated for the risks of a fall on icy rock. Even though Sarah Ridgway regards these mountains as home ground, she accepts this is not the time or the place for a spill, it wouldn’t do to be static here for very long. But the otherworldly atmosphere of this moonscape remains such a lure that she runs the journey direct from her home even in the depths of winter.

Resilient

Life flourishes when you can learn to push down barriers and challenges that can be thrown at you out of nowhere. Jerad Fischer, Lindsey Runkel, and Dan Soller are the living proof of how you can keep shredding and attacking life with a positive and tenacious attitude after a life-changing injury. From Colorado local dirt jumps, to Highland Mountain, to the Adaptive MTB World Champs, Resilient will prove that we are all capable of what we put our minds to.

Finding Hetch Hetchy

Finding Hetch Hetchy: Yosemite Valley is well-known as the epicenter of American climbing. Its sister valley to the north, has long been left in the shadows of Yosemite’s reputation. The Hetch Hetchy Valley, similarly home to towering granite walls and the majestic beauty for which the Sierra is known, stays well out of the limelight despite being part of Yosemite National Park. This is in part because of the controversy surrounding The Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and it being the source of San Francisco’s water supply. Follow veteran Yosemite climber Timmy O’Neill, as he discovers the beauty and conflict of Hetch Hetchy.

A Dream of Flying

The story of Lookout Mountain Flight Park, told through the voices of the pilots who fly there.

2022 Films

Friday Evening

Our Theory of Human Motivation

What gets you up in the morning? There are the fundamentals: water, air, food. But from there it gets deeper. If you’re like us, it’s a need to thrive, grow, to become the person we dream of being. We wake up to close the gaps between the supposed to do’s and the want to do’s. #DreamsAreNeeds.

Homeland - Undiscovered Trails Of The Kackar Mountains

An adventure film project showcasing the unique riding locations of the Kaçkar Mountains in northeast Turkey. Created in collaboration with leading international mountain biking companies, the film highlights the region’s terrain and riding culture.

Camp Yoshi

After moving to Oregon and discovering how easily he could explore the outdoors with his wife and two kids, Rashad Frazier felt called to extend that invitation to others. Inspired by his own experiences, his background as a chef, and his love of food and connection, he created Camp Yoshi, which curates custom outdoor adventures centered around shared meals and shared experiences. Camp Yoshi’s trips aim to create a space where Black people and allies can unplug and reconnect with the wilderness, transforming historically segregated spaces into safe havens for community, conversation, and nourishment

Director/Filmmaker: Faith E. Briggs

Kyra: An Olympic Story

At the Tokyo Olympics, Kyra Condie was one of four Americans to compete in the first-ever Sport Climbing event. Kyra’s journey to the Olympic Games is remarkable. At age 11 she was diagnosed with severe idiopathic scoliosis and told that she would never climb again. She underwent spinal surgery at age 13 and, defying expectations, rose to the top of the sport. She finished 11th.

The Wanderlust Women

There was a time when Amira Patel had never hiked, and on her first 3 km hike up Rivington Pike with her mother, Aysha, she struggled. A few years later, Amira had built an outdoors community of more than 1,000 Muslim women through a social hiking group called The Wanderlust Women. This is Amira and Aysha’s story of struggle, discovery, and their efforts to diversify the outdoors as Muslim women.

LATITUDE

A poetic short documentary following four daring young women to the 79th parallel, fewer than 700 miles from the North Pole, as they set out to rediscover themselves in the Arctic.

The Outlaw Sport

This film tells the story of Vancouver’s iconic North Shore mountain bike trails. It traces how a group of colorful rogues helped kickstart the sport and built a trail network that became world famous.

Spirit of the Peaks

Caught between athletic passion and cultural obligation, a Hunkpapa Lakota skier learns to be a better relative to the mountains where he skis and to the people who once called them home.

Katie

When the filmmakers made DamNation with Patagonia in 2014, they crossed paths with Katie Lee, a passionate and uncompromising force of nature. After her death in 2017, archival material was assembled into this tribute to her life and legacy.

The River Runner

A special festival screening noted in the file as the only showing outside Mountainfilm before its Netflix release.

Saturday Matinee

Revelation

A short visual poem from Sébastien Montaz-Rosset, framed as an invitation to ask a simple question: are you following your own path?

Director/Filmmaker: Sébastien Montaz-Rosset

The Running Pastor

Sverri Steinholm grew up chasing sheep across the rugged slopes of the Faroe Islands. Today he is both a pastor in the Lutheran Church and a compulsive runner who finds solace and spiritual refuge on the trails and roads of his homeland. His reflections resonate with anyone who has found peace in nature.

Shred & Flow

Robin Vieira and Sarah “Eddie” Edwards are very different people, but on mountain bikes they complement each other perfectly. Together they push their limits while building confidence and community.

Down with Adventure

A family-centered film involving a child with Down syndrome.

Heritage

Produced in partnership with REI and Fjällräven, and starring Derek and Tahja Henderson. Writer/

Director: Tim Kressin

A Trail For Everyone

A short film from Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship highlighting the Connected Communities Project and Lost Sierra Route vision, centered on a future where communities, trails, and public lands are linked through inclusive outdoor access.

Chasing Ghosts

Deep in remote Florida swamps, a team of researchers and photographers makes a discovery that upends what scientists thought they knew about the ghost orchid and how it reproduces. In a quest to identify its pollinator for the first time, the team spends three summers in alligator- and snake-filled wetlands, mosquito-heavy air, and dizzying heights. Their work leads to surprising revelations that may help conserve both the endangered orchid and its shrinking habitat.

Trail Floof Rescue Dogs In North Vancouver Canada

Five dogs rescued from shelters tell the stories of their new lives after being adopted by mountain bikers in North Vancouver. The film celebrates trail dogs, rescue stories, and the bonds between riders and their adopted companions.

The Last Last Hike

At 83 years old, Nimblewill Nomad is about to become the oldest person to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail. But he didn’t begin at Springer Mountain, Georgia. His trek started on Flagg Mountain in Alabama, the true southern terminus of the Appalachian Mountain Range. Along the way he meets fellow hikers and shares the magic of Flagg Mountain, where he has served as caretaker. With more than 50,000 miles of hiking behind him, he sets out to prove whether this really will be his last last hike.

My Last Day Of Summer

On the last day of summer, Julia visits her local bike shop hoping her bike can be fixed. While waiting, she is drawn into a comic book world that stylizes the sights and sounds she experiences on the trails, leading her into a ride unlike any other

Director/Filmmaker: Kristina Wayte

Dead Last

Born without the lower part of her left arm, 26-year-old Kaitlin Heatherly had never considered the possibility that she could become a world champion rock climber. After attending a SheLift retreat for women with physical differences in Moab and receiving support from paraclimbing mentors, she discovered both her talent and passion for climbing. Within five months of training, she entered the national paraclimbing competition and earned a place in the world championships. The film follows her journey and the transformative impact of community and recreation on self-esteem.

Shaba

After poachers kill her mother, a traumatized young elephant named Shaba is rescued to northern Kenya, where caregivers work to rehabilitate her for a return to the wild. Public descriptions also emphasize how Shaba helps transform the lives of the women and caretakers around her.

Saturday Evening

Stoke Your Fire

A short branded mountain film created for Marmot

Director: Dutch Simpson

The Titans

The Faroe Islands, shaped by ancient volcanic eruptions and millions of years of erosion, rise steeply from the North Atlantic. From these dramatic cliffs, friends Øssur Debes Eiriksfoss and Jóni Christiansen do what they believe any reasonable person should want to do: jump off.

Write Your Line

As a kid, Ben dreams of reaching the level of his favorite athletes, who have now become legends. During a ski descent, he imagines sharing his ride with the greatest, in a run that will go viral and inspire future generations.

Switzerland Paradise

A compact action short associated with Kilian Bron and set around alpine riding imagery. The public material tied to the title is thin, but it is clearly presented as a fast, location-driven bike film.

PATHFINDER - Life Beyond Fear

A film about the human spirit, following six world-class highliners deep into the Norwegian mountains as they attempt something never before seen: walking a thin line suspended between colossal cliffs under the northern lights. Through extreme conditions and constant setbacks, the film explores the urge to test the limits of humankind.

Big Speed

Experience the world of Toto and Stef in an epic trip through the French Alps and Italy, where they fly through steep mountains over crevasses and cliffs.

A Grand Journey

Born and raised in Jackson, Wyoming, Kira has built a life around hiking, skiing, biking, and teaching yoga. Born with a rare birth defect and fitted with a prosthetic leg as a child, she has never let that define her limits. The film offers an intimate look at her attempt to climb the Grand Teton, a lifelong dream and a goal she may not yet fully believe is possible.

Kwanza

Kwanza follows an expedition journeying from the highlands of Zambia through the deserts of Namibia and into Angola in search of the Kwanza River.

The Alpinist

Marc-André Leclerc climbs alone, far from the spotlight, making some of the boldest solo ascents in modern alpinism. The documentary follows the free-spirited Canadian climber’s remote alpine pursuits and his reluctance to let cameras into a life built around pure climbing. Directed by: Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen

Cascada

A short adventure film built around a trip into the remote Mexican rainforest, where elite kayakers and climbers search for spectacular waterfalls.

Danny Day Care

Danny MacAskill tackles childcare the only way he knows how: by hitching up a child trailer and turning a simple outing into a wildly inventive bike ride across Scotland

Director(s): Stu Thomson, Andy Ashworth

Dodo’s Delight Surprise

A tiny sailboat called Dodo’s Delight punches through Arctic seas and icebergs as a scrappy team of climbers, including Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll and the Favresse brothers, sails from Greenland to Baffin Island in search of unclimbed big walls.

Sunday Matinee

Maneuvers

An experimental ski short by Sämi Ortlieb that blends creative animation, playful movement, and DIY energy into a compact ode to skiing and its relationship with nature

Director/Filmmaker: Sämi Ortlieb

The Wauhatchie School

Color Outside

After seeing a lack of representation on the trails in Utah, Nailah Blades-Wylie, a marketing director and mother of two, created Color Outside, a safe space for women of color to explore together.

The Greenhouse

Bhutan’s constitution mandates that 60% of its land remain forested. Although the country has preserved much of its biodiversity, economic growth and rapid reductions in poverty have put that natural legacy under pressure. The film follows a man committed to preserving his land, both as a personal mission and as a lesson for his son.

The Palisades Project

As opposition grows to the protections of the Wilderness Act of 1964, this film uses a little-known landscape in northwest Wyoming to expose the conflict between conservation and motorized or mechanized recreation, while urging opposing sides toward a solution.

Escaladora

It’s easy to say the outdoors doesn’t discriminate if you’ve never faced discrimination yourself. For Monserrat Alvarez Matehuala, bringing her full identity as a woman of color to rock climbing has been both difficult and healing. She builds women-of-color-led climbing experiences designed to empower others in the outdoors

Director: Chris Cresci

From My Window

From her bedroom window, Melissa Simpson looks out at Colorado’s highest peaks. Despite being physically close, the mountains have always felt far away because she was born with cerebral palsy. With guidance from her friend and mentor, blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer, Melissa sets out to conquer something far greater than a summit. Through humility and grace, she shows that what is within us is stronger than what stands in our way.

Naretoi

Naretoi, meaning “women empowering women” in KiMaasai, follows Maasai and American women on a self-supported expedition to the summit of Mount Kenya while also confronting the harsh realities of Maasai women’s lives in a patriarchal, polygamous culture.

Uncarved Block

Climbers Ronnie Dickson and Tony DiSanto explore the potentials of man and machine in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Bayandalai (listed elsewhere as Bayanihan)

Bayandalai is an elder of the Dukha tribe, a reindeer herder living nomadically in northern Mongolia within the Taiga, the largest forest on Earth. Through his relationship with the reindeer and the land, he has access to spiritual truths and a higher consciousness that he may not be able to pass on before the pull of modern city life draws younger generations away.

Sweet Home Kamchatka

The film follows 19-year-old Ekaterina Osichkina, a junior world champion in ski mountaineering, as she searches for her own path in Kamchatka’s rugged mountains.

Out of the Blue

A mysterious character recruits street artists and mountain alpinists for an unthinkable project high in the Oberland summits of Switzerland.

The Wauhatchie School

A short documentary highlighting the Wauhatchie Forest School in Chattanooga. Dr. Jean Lomino, founder of Wauhatchie School and the Forest School Teacher Institute, shares her belief that children need regular experiences in nature. The film explores how forest school education offers children freedom, wonder, silence, and direct connection with the natural world, supporting children’s development and encouraging stewardship, peacemaking, and lifelong care for the Earth.

Sunday Evening

Madman Trails Of Bhutan

Join Wyn Masters, Cody Kelley, and Florent Poilane as they explore Bhutan by bike

Director/Cinematographer/Editor: Scott Secco

The Black Stonefly

Gian Lawrence is a fly fisherman and outdoorsman with a remarkable story. Growing up in Puyallup and Tacoma’s Hilltop, he was drawn into crime, violence, and destitution until a near-death experience opened his life to the outdoors and to fly fishing, a sport often inaccessible to young Black men like himself.

We Are Like Waves

An intimate look at how surfing changes Sanu’s life in Sri Lanka. Along the south coast, surfing is everywhere, but the lineups are filled mostly by foreigners and local men. Surfing is not viewed as a sport for girls, and Sanu grows up believing it is not for her. Through SeaSisters, a weekly swim and surf program for Sri Lankan girls, she begins to imagine a different future and must decide whether to follow traditional expectations or carve her own path as a surfer.

ASCND: Reframing Disability in the Outdoors

Vasu is not interested in being inspirational in a shallow way. His story is about action and confronting the “isms” that fail to support disabled communities, communities of color, and others for whom access has not been treated as a right. Through skiing, an attempted descent of “The Skillet” on Mt. Moran, and more than 40,000 “dips to Nirvana,” the film asks what solidarity could really look like

Director/Filmmaker: Faith E. Briggs

The Fish & The Flame

When a supposedly extinct fish resurfaces in the path of an oncoming wildfire, a Colorado biologist braves the flames on a daring rescue mission.

Metanoia

Before travel restrictions and lockdowns dominated the news in March 2020, the Mountain Tribe Crew set out on a ski touring trip in the Ötztal Alps, staying in an old customs hut on the Timmelsjoch High Alpine Road. As the pandemic worsened, the group’s cheerful atmosphere gave way to tension and urgent discussions about how to get home from a quarantined valley. The film evolved from a friendship story into an authentic record of uncertainty, confinement, and changing plans at the very start of the global pandemic

Director/Filmmaker: Flo Gassner, Paul Schweller

Desire Lines

Girls Gotta Eat Dirt

The story of three best friends, roommates, and riding partners with a taste for the finer things—and plenty of dirt on their jorts.

Lock Down, Rock Up

Jerome Mowat reflects on the challenges he faced as a front-line paramedic during the global pandemic and how rock climbing became an outlet and escape.

Obsession

Ice climber David Roetzel became the first person to free solo every major ice formation in Colorado’s East Vail, climbing more than 1,000 feet of ice in a single day without fall protection. The film explores not fame or public recognition, but the mental discipline, planning, and calm required to manage extreme risk. Directed by: Bud Force, Scott Hardesty

Mothered By Mountains

Pasang Lhamu grew up hearing that a man’s place is on the mountain and a woman’s place is in the home, but she refused to accept it. Her defiant spirit led her to become Nepal’s first mountaineering instructor and a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. What begins as a film about women’s empowerment becomes something more layered as Pasang and Sareena, an unlikely climbing partner, attempt a first ascent together. Directed by: Renan Ozturk, Ben Ayers

The White Waters

Also identified in the source file by its French title, Les Eaux Blanches, this kayaking documentary follows five French paddlers on a three-week expedition through Iceland’s volcanic landscapes, shaped by steep rivers, cold water, and life on the move.

2020 Films

Thursday Evening

Mother Earth

Mother Earth is a short film featuring British Columbia’s First Nations and the local mountain biking community. Narrated by Daniel Wells, a member of Lil’wat First Nation, the film reveals the deep connection both groups have with nature and the necessity to listen and protect their environment. Discover stunning landscapes through the riding of professional rider William Robert.

Where the Wild Things Keep Playing

An ode to the athlete who relishes in getting dirty, who chuckles after a long day in the mountains, effortlessly glides through the crystal clear waves and most importantly, is unapologetic in pursuing their love of getting rowdy in adventures. Director Krystle Wright brings this next instalment since the wild things never stopped playing.

Lhotse

It’s not always what we achieve that defines us, rather it is why we achieve such things that creates clarity in our existence. 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.

Wild Toddler Chronicles: Legacy

Armed with an endless supply of fruit snacks, plenty of extra underwear and a pile of old photographs, two parents set out to retrace the route of an old adventure, this time with a two-year-old in tow, hoping to inspire the next generation to care about wild places.

Project Y

Nobody can say with certainty why humans—Subject Athletes—are compelled to push their Physical, Mental, Spiritual and Emotional limits without causation. Until now.

Night Runners

Scenic City Trail Runners in Chattanooga share their love of trails even after dark.

A Letter to Congress

A homage to Wallace Stegner and the enduring words he wrote in his famous ‘Wilderness Letter’ to Congress in 1960. In this current political climate his words began to take on new meaning. We need to stand together to protect America’s wild lands from being sold off to the highest bidder. We must preserve wilderness as a “means of reassuring ourselves of our sanity as creatures, a part of the geography of hope.”

The Reef

The Maldives Whale Shark Research Programme carries out marine wildlife research and fosters community focused conservation initiatives. The field team of the MWSRP monitors the demographics and movement of different species such as whale sharks. This is their story.

Sacred Strides

Bears Ears National Monument is one of the most talked-about public lands under threat. In March 2018, a group of tribes put their differences aside to send a message of unity. The Sacred Strides for Healing Prayer Run wove 800 miles from tribal homelands across the Southwest to Bears Ears.

Reset

An Iraq combat veteran and purple heart recipient shares his story of getting out of the U.S. Army after 10 years, and refinding his purpose and drive in life through the pursuit of fly-fishing and fly-tying.

The Patagonia Triple Crown

A group of kayakers find themselves in the difficult mission of running the three less explored and most dangerous rivers of the south of the world. The Pascua River, Bravo and Baker. They will overcome the difficult tests that the Patagonia will put on them, in addition they will learn about of the complicated environmental situation that Chile is suffering in its fight for fresh water.

Friday Evening

Morning

Make the first hours of the day count.

Beyond Khardung La

On August 18, 2018, a group of 17 cyclists (cancer survivors, amputees, blind, visually impaired and able-bodied) from all over the world between the age of 15 to 65 started from Manali with one mission — to cycle in order to push their physical and mental barriers while making the world more inclusive and empathetic. Over the course of 10 days, these cyclists peddled together to the highest all-weather motorable road in the world — Khardung La, braving five mountain passes, extreme weather conditions, high altitudes over 18,000 feet, low oxygen conditions, and most of all, the limitations the world had put on them.

Burro

In a typical Pack Burro Race, a runner and a burro travel a prescribed course together, with the runner leading the burro on a rope. Trail Runners, Max King and Ryan Sandes, decided to travel to Colorado and enter the 69th Annual Burro Days 30 Mile World Championship Pack Burro Race. After all… how hard can it be?

Capture the North

From the small lonely islands of Lofoten to the dancing northern lights in Senja, David Jervidal travelled with his father Tommy Jervidal for 10 days in the northern part of Norway — with the aim to capture just a fraction of the untamed wilderness.

Point of No Return

Amber Forte is going to do her first wingsuit-base jump ever. We had the opportunity to capture her mental challenge before the exit - her Point Of No Return.

Welcome to Gwichyaa Zhee

A short film that explores the commonalities and differences between the Gwich’in people who are fighting to protect the lands and caribou from oil and gas development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the indigenous groups in southeastern Utah who are doing much the same, seeking to defend their homeland and cultural heritage from energy and mining exploitation in Bears Ears National Monument.

Music for Free

Paying tribute to the 20th anniversary of the Continental Divide Trail, musician Ben Weaver bikes the trail from Banff, Canada to the border of Mexico supporting himself with small prearranged concerts along the way.

The Mapmaker

Follow Joey and a community of rock climbers as they climb, document, and preserve the boulders around Boone, North Carolina.

Rusty’s Ascent

Rusty’s Ascent is the culmination of a number of conversations that filmmaker Jordan Halland had with Rusty over the years. It is a meditation on the adventurers remorse, the guilt anyone who makes a career in risking their life feels when they pursue their dream at the expense of their family.

Notes From the Wall

Expedition diary, through which a young climber questions himself about the importance of ego in a team performance while climbing the first free ascent of “El Regalo de Mwono” on Torres del Paine, Patagonia.

On Her Terms

Follow Manon Carpenter and Monet Adams as they explore the breathtaking terrain of Iceland and dig a little deeper into what makes the country so unique.

The Crown

Will “Akuna” Robinson relives his first steps of the PCT and talks about completing the Triple Crown of Hiking.

Cholita Climbers

“Cholitas” are Bolivian women with indigenous heritage known for their colorful attire, round top hats and ornate earrings. In the world’s highest capital city of La Paz, Bolivia, 11 Cholitas are on a mission to overcome sexism and discriminatory attitudes and climb mountains in their traditional garb.

Gone Tomorrow: Kentucky Ice Climbing

Ice climbing in Kentucky?! This adventure documentary takes the audience for a bourbon-fueled ride deep into the bushy hollers of Appalachia with a crew of harmless misfits as they race to search out and climb new ice routes before they’re gone, with a few surprises along the way.

Fire on the Mountain

This short film from the mind of Chris Benchetler finds a cast of some of the world’s best athletes on a spontaneous journey of skiing, snowboarding, surfing, and music, complete with a soundtrack comprised of only Grateful Dead music.

Saturday Matinee

Bawli Booch

It’s a good day to bike in Manali, India!

Shoestring Bridges

Follow the Steel City Slackers, a close knit group of Pittsburgh highliners. By exploring the passion this group has for this outdoor sport, Shoestring Bridges explores the meaning of group identity, relentless pursuit of improvement, and being a part of a community.

Detroit Hives

Detroit Hives follows Tim Paule and Nicole Lindsey, a young couple from East Detroit, who are working hard to bring diversity to the field of beekeeping and create opportunities for young Detroit natives to overcome adversity. It is estimated that Detroit has with well over 90,000 empty housing lots to date. In an effort to address this issue, Tim and Nicole have been purchasing vacant lots and converting them into bee farms. Detroit Hives explores the importance of bringing diversity to beekeeping and rebuilding inner-city communities one hive at a time.

Land Trust for Tennessee

The story behind The Land Trust for Tennessee and the importance of saving open spaces for future generations to enjoy.

Finding Common Ground: Wheeler X Biker

Multi-use trails are just that, multi-use. Watch how Renee, a mountain biker, and Val, a wheeler, learn how each other use the trails in our public lands and how we all need to protect them.

Tepuyeras

Despite the worst economic and political crisis in their country’s history, seven women from different backgrounds strive to make history as the first all-women expedition to climb a Tepui, a flat-topped mountain made out of the oldest sedimentary rock in the planet.

Something About Little River

There’s only one river in North America that flows entirely on top of a mountain — the Little River in Northeast Alabama. For over 100 years, the Little River Canyon has attracted visitors with its geology, biodiversity, and breathtaking beauty. This film celebrates the Little River and explores how Wild & Scenic designation would benefit the communities along the river. Community members, citizens, artists, business owners, local storytellers, musicians and water protectors in the film all agree this beautiful area deserves protection and the special recognition that comes with it.

SheLift Goes Rappelling

Four young women from around the country came together to overcome self-limiting beliefs through adventure in Moab with Sarah Herron and SheLift.

High Passes

High Passes takes us from the beautiful Himalayan mountains of India, to the busy metropolis of Kuala Lumpur while we follow India’s first women’s ice hockey team as they compete for international glory.

Banking on Bailey

Banks, Idaho is home to 17 hearty residents; including Ryan Bailey, a white-water kayaker, former wildland fire fighter, and the unofficial Mayor of the town. Growing up, the river terrified Ryan, but it kept calling him. Twenty-one years after his first competition in Banks he continues to live his life unapologetically as he’s not concerned about ‘what’s next’, but rather ‘what’s right now’.

Nigerians Fight to Protect the World’s Most Trafficked Mammal

Pangolins are believed to be the most trafficked mammals in the world. As the four Asian species of pangolins have dwindled, poachers are increasingly turning to the African species to supply the trade. In this short film, meet the bold Nigerians who are fighting to protect this gentle and vulnerable creature.

Hors Piste

Only one goal: SAVE THE WORLD!

Metrophobia

A team of French/Swiss mountaineers open up the Metrophobia route in only seven days with very little equipment and in fantastic conditions. They then set off home aboard their kayaks and head towards the climax of their adventure …

Into the Canyon

In 2016 filmmaker/photographer Pete McBride and writer Kevin Fedarko set out on a 750-mile journey on foot through the entire length of the Grand Canyon.

Saturday Evening

Danny Day Care

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!

Frozen Ceiling

Nothing brings you back to the present more so than some ice cold water and a little frost bite.

Love, Trails, & Dinosaurs

Meet the first person with autism to hike every trail of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Lowest to Highest

“Who hasn’t dreamed of doing something extraordinary? Being disabled does not mean you are unable. Everyone needs help sometimes and by helping each other on the ride, we will show that with a little help, everyone - disabled or not, is capable of extraordinary things.” (Paul Pritchard)

Life of Pie

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.

Slaydies

La Sportiva climbing athletes Margo Hayes, Paige Claassen and Emily Harrington take a trip to Spain, to explore the abundant sport climbing and deep water soloing that Mallorca offers. Each woman is a “slady” (i.e., lady who slays) in her own rite; each has contributed to the progression of the sport, while continuing to support her fellow slaydies.

Zabardast

The intimate travel diary of an incredible freeride expedition into the heart of the Karakoram range.

Sunday Matinee

Dean Goes Surfing

Dean is a teenage boy who loves breakfast, Rihanna, and finding freedom in a wave.

Mend

For 16 year-old Joey Maxim, the way back to life after a near fatal car accident started with a fly rod in his hand.

Bob & Marion

“It’s the agony and the ecstasy,” reflect Marion (78) and Bob Luker (81). An intimate portrait of a lifetime’s marathon running, set against Dartmoor’s epic landscape.

The Great Route

An incredible SUP trip along the west coast of Greenland to show the effects of global warming in the high north. Stand up paddler Michael Walther, photographer Daniell Bohnhof and filmmaker Maximilian Stolarow were on the trail of the inuit ancestors, following “The Great Route” from Aasiaat to Ilulissat to find out more about the life on the rough island in the past and in the present.

RJ Ripper

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.

Finding Common Ground: Kayaker X Angler

We’re not that different in the outdoors. Leland, a fly fisher, and Tyler, a whitewater kayaker, learn how even though they use rivers in totally different ways, they can come together to protect public lands.

Blue Habits: Baja

A lifelong poacher is given a second chance thanks to sustainable tourism in Baja California, Mexico.

One Wing in the Fire

Hiking the nearly 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail is a mammoth undertaking. Those up to the task could use a little help from this benevolent, chain-smoking Trail Angel who drives the only white van you want to accept candy from.

Mountain in the Hallway

When Tate MacDowell and Brian McDonnell were diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2016, they came face to face with life’s challenges. Never ones to back down, they vowed to make the absolute most of it and set their sights high: to beat cancer and embrace life by climbing the Grand Teton.

March of the Newts

Follow one of the forest’s funkiest creatures into a gangly gathering of amphibious affection... and learn how you can help protect these sensitive animals from an emerging disease.

Run the Line

Overgrown, farmed, pushed out, sold off and only half there, Beau sets off with shovel in hand, dressed like a 50’s train driver, to re-trace an old train-line.

Building Bridges

Extreme athlete Niklas Winter makes a symbolic slackline crossing over Monument Valley.

Dirt Magic

“Dirt Magic” documents Downieville, California’s journey from a dying mining town to mountain-bike mecca.

The Bee Rescuer

Bees are some of the hardest working creatures on the planet, and because of their laborious work ethic, we owe many thanks to this amazing yet often underappreciated insect. Amit Godse, popularly known as Bee Man has been relentlessly saving honey bees in urban India since 2013. He is the founder of a social enterprise ‘Bee Basket’ which works towards conserving bees, training people in beekeeping and raw honey distribution.

Brotherhood of Skiing

Since, 1973, the National Brotherhood of Skiers has overcome barriers by bringing soul, smiles and a party to the mountain. Today, the Brotherhood hosts the largest gathering of black skiers in the United States and represents 53 ski clubs in four regions across the country and 3,000 members.

Last Women Standing

In 2019, breast cancer survivor Nicky Spinks attempted to become the first-ever woman to complete The Barkley Marathons — the world’s toughest ultra-running race located in Tennessee. This film tells the story of Nicky, and her fellow female runners, as they battle treacherous terrain, wild weather and the twisted mind of Barkley Marathons organizer, Lazarus Lake.

Four Mountain Goat Trail Stories

The Mountain Goat Trail is reconnecting communities along the historic Mountain Goat Railroad.

Filling the Void

Filling the Void is Steep South’s first short film focusing on Chattanooga climbing and land acquisitions with original footage of Denny Cove. When Denny Cove opened in 2016, it was one of the biggest Access Fund climbing acquisitions in North America. The film’s intent is to educate viewers about the need to preserve land for continued climbing access. The fall film tour raised over $9,500 for the Denny Cove land loan.

2021 Films

Miller Park Friday Night (15 weeks)

A Fisherman’s Right to Know

All Year All Weather: Early Outdoor Education

Jess Wiegandt’s short film documents the unique learning atmosphere of early outdoor education

Director: Jess Wiegandt

Aniackchak

Becoming Ruby

Brooklyn Bell, a Black rider, skier, and artist from Bellingham, Washington, creates the avatar Ruby J. and uses her to shape her identity and sense of belonging in outdoor sports

Director: Dave Mayers. Featured: Brooklyn Bell

Beevangelist

Charlie Koenen combines the teachings of Redeemer Lutheran Church with a love and respect for bees. In downtown Milwaukee, the Beevangelists spread the word about the importance of bees and other pollinators through conservation and protection work

Director: Joe Brown. Featured: Charlie Koenen

Bigger Than Me

Wrenna Delgado’s dream of becoming a big-wave surfer proves more demanding than she expected, as she tries to balance the discipline of the sport with the realities of supporting herself

Director: Claire Gorman. Featured: Wrenna Delgado

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

Director: Heather Mosher. Featured: Kevin Jorgeson, Jacob Cook

Broken

Camel Finds Water

Trevor Gordon restores a wrecked boat and heads for the British Columbia coast with first mate Tosh Clements in search of remote surf breaks, in a whimsical film about building your own dream if you cannot buy it

Director: Ian Durkin. Featured: Trevor Gordon, Tosh Clements

Can’t Ski Vegas

A bachelor-party trip becomes a remote Alaskan river-and-ski mission full of avy-debris turns, pond skims, card games, and the realization that simply being together matters more than Las Vegas-style spectacle

Directors: Thomas Woodson, Ben Page, Joey Schusler

Chasing the Wind

Connection

Conservation Legacy

Conservation Legacy: Women’s Conservation Corps

Dawn to Dusk

Throughout the Southwest, legends surf the pavement at speeds nearing 80mph. In search of mountain passes, desert highways, and hairpin turns - embrace the spirit of Dre Nubine and Jonah Strait as they explore Colorado and Utah.

Directed and filmed by Scott Hardesty

Dear Pippa

Throughout her life, the woods have provided Els Van Woert with inspiration and balance. It is why she loves trail running. Today, many of her adventures on the trail are spent in the Vermont woods with her 5-year-old daughter, Pippa. In a letter to Pippa, Els describes this relationship with the outdoors. But through her words, she also explores all that motherhood has taught her about being a woman, uncovering past scars, confronting fear, discovering vulnerability, and evolving her definition of bravery.

Directed, filmed, edited by Simon Perkins

Delta of Spirit

Ultralite director Scott Hardesty is a filmmaker based out of Denver, Colorado, who focuses on adventure and active lifestyle stories for brands and advertising agencies around the world.

Director: Nicholas Kapanke

Drawn From Here

Eric Pollard reflects on skiing, art, and ski design, then on the devastating leg injury he suffered in Russia in 2013 and the long recovery that followed

Director: Eric Pollard. Featured: Eric Pollard

Dreamjob

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.

Earn Your Turn

Julien “Pica” Herry, born in Chamonix, shares a life built around steep snowboarding, mountaineering, guiding, humility, and respect for the mountains

Director: Arthur Ghilini. Featured: Julien “Pica” Herry, Sam Favret, Vivian Bruchez, Jérémy Jones

The Drive

Peter Holcombe and his family of Nomadic adventure travelers have discovered the meaning of life while on the road in their Winnebago RV; embodying what it truly means to live freely. Once they let go of the external pressures to "get ahead", they found themselves with and abundance of time and freedom to pursue the projects and adventures and ultimately allowed the Holcombes to sculpt a lifestyle beyond their wildest dreams.

Fastwood

Richard Permin returns with an immersive high-speed run through wooded slopes, built around speed, tension, and rhythm

Directors: Maxime Moulin and Richard Permin. Featured: Richard Permin

Free as Can Be

Young climber Jordan Cannon teams up with Yosemite legend Mark Hudon around a shared El Capitan dream, one chasing a one-day free ascent and the other trying to become the oldest person to free the route

Director: Samuel Crossley. Featured: Jordan Cannon, Mark Hudon, Alex Honnold, Emily Harrington, Cedar Wright

Freeride at Home: Confinement 2

Just before the current health situation locked us in, I was about to go Freeriding with my family. It was supposed to be the big adventure of the year, the one I had been eagerly awaiting for a year. Therefore, the lockdown had me thinking about skiing the whole time, so I started to think how I could ski without leaving my living room.

From the Mountains to the Ocean: Turtles of Alabama

Alabama’s extraordinary turtle diversity, from alligator snapping turtles to flattened musk turtles, is explored through the scientists and advocates working to protect these species

Director: Joe Fairbanks

Here We Stand

Save the Redwoods League and Teresa Baker imagine a form of conservation that includes people who have historically been pushed to the margins, rather than keeping them out of protected places

Director: Chris Cresci. Producers: Greg Balkin, Davis Goslin. Featured: Teresa Baker

High Hope

Two friends climb their way through life’s challenges. Battling lung cancer and the complex feelings of losing a friend in the mountains they embark on a journey to climb Mongolia’s highest peak, Mount Khuiten, two years after an expedition to Nepal which resulted both in success and failure.

I Am Vital

A short film by Florian Ledoux centered on the intricate balance of water and the fragile power of polar regions, filmed across Greenland, Antarctica, Nunavut, Svalbard, and Iceland over three years

Director: Florian Ledoux

In Due Time

In Situ

An ORIGINAL IDEA from MARION HAERTY

WRITTEN and DIRECTED by MATHILDE FIET & VINCENT RICCI

In Situ 2

Double world champion snowboard Freeride.

It Is the People: A Pacific Crest Trail Film

Elina Osborne sets out from the Mexican border on her first Pacific Crest Trail thru-hike with the goal of reaching Canada, only to discover that the trail’s deeper meaning lies in the people she meets along the way

Director: Elina Osborne

Just a Climber (for Bears Ears)

Just A Climber (For Bears Ears) is the result of 20 years of thinking and recreating in Indian Creek. When the new protections are threatened by the Trump administration Luke Mehall sharpens his tools from his rucksack of poetry, and prepares for the battle to save Bears Ears.

Just Be

"Just Be" is a short movie about the art of living wide rather than living long.

The Ladakh Project

Nouria Newman undertakes a solo kayaking journey through Ladakh, descending Himalayan rivers in remote northern India with a heavily loaded boat and no support crew

Featured: Nouria Newman

Last Weekend

A door to door adventure in Carbondale, Colorado.

Filmed and edited by Carl Zoch

Life Lakota

Bike from town, hike up a mountain, float the river home. Enjoy life!

Liv Along the Way

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.

Made in Voyage

Cody Cirillo and Kellyn Wilson hit pause on ordinary life and head from Utah to British Columbia in search of snow, freedom, and a simpler rhythm of living

Directors: Joey Schusler, Wiley Kaupas. Featured: Cody Cirillo, Kellyn Wilson, Thomas Delfino, Micah Evangelista, Ian Hamilton

Mount Logan

They climbed Mount Logan and skied the East Ridge, a 3,800m-high shoulder on the highest peak in Canada and the second-highest peak in North America. To reach the top, Hélias, Alexandre, Thomas, and Gregory made a long journey. They started from the ocean to finish at the ocean, climbing Mount Logan, and did the whole trip in total autonomy

Director: Alexandre Marchesseau. Cast: Alexandre Marchesseau, Thomas Delfino, Hélias, Gregory Douillard

Mystery

In the 1990s, squirt boating was a quirky kayaking subculture built around tiny custom boats and the elusive “mystery move.” This film asks what happened after that sparkly niche nearly disappeared

Directors: Tommy Penick, Forest Woodward

Nubivagant

In the summer of 2018, an American climbing team completed a free ascent of the Pico Cão Grande tower in São Tomé & Principe. The trip was documented through photos and video.

Filmed and Directed by: Jacob Kupferman

Ode to Desolation

Jim Henterly mans the historic fire tower on Desolation Peak, preserving not just a lookout but the human legacy of a nearly vanished profession

Director: Lindsey Hagen

Opening the Earth: The Potato King

Julio Hancco, a guardian of biodiversity high in the Andes of Peru, embodies an agricultural culture and knowledge system increasingly threatened by modernization

Directors: Eric Ebner and Aaron Ebner. Featured: Julio Hancco

Our Theory of Motivation

What gets you up in the morning? There are the fundamentals: water, air, food. But from there it gets deeper. If you’re like us, it’s a need to thrive, grow, to become the person we dream of being. We wake up to close the gaps between the supposed to do’s and the want to do’s.

Out on a Limb

Empathy, efficiency, and a willingness to adapt – Kai Lin’s KLIPPA prosthetic foot is inspired by mountain goats and a desire to help people. Kai’s story explores his unlikely alliance with Arc’teryx athlete, Craig DeMartino, from which the pair serve up a holy grail for adaptive rock climbers – a badass prosthetic foot, that 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.

Directed by: Jordan Manley

Paradice

In winter, the Alps turn into a paradise for top alpine sport. Huge waterfalls freeze to ice and leave unique formations. Paradice shows three of the most beautiful Swiss ice climbing tours from an unusual perspective. A film about risk, responsibility and the beauty of nature.

Pathfinder: Life Beyond Fear

Six world-class slackliners travel deep into the Norwegian mountains to attempt a never-before-seen aurora-lit line between colossal cliffs, in a film about exploration and human limits

Directors: Dan Lior and Adam Rubin

Paws & Wheels

Oli and I have been working on a couple projects together and one day he said: " Hej, let's do a traildog video with my dog Balu!"

Film by: Susanna Kosa

Pendulum - Current

High octane athlete Rob Pizem lives by a code of ethics that ensures his time is spent wisely and his goals obtained. This includes raising a family, maintaining his status as a professional athlete, and mentoring his at risk high school students

People of Water

Rob Prechtl and fellow rafters move from whitewater toward outrigger canoeing, exploring an older, rhythmic, spiritual relationship to water and travel

Director: Forest Woodward. Featured: Rob Prechtl

Portal

Kindar and Guy grew up climbing everything in sight – the walls, the roof, the monkey bars, you name it. Their parents took them to a climbing gym when they were 9 years old and they instantly fell in love with the sport. The brothers started competing at the age of 11 and they’ve been on the rise ever since. Now, with intensity and focus beyond their age of sixteen, working with coach JC Reinosa, they are excelling, capturing climbing titles in North America and all over the world.

Precision and Focus

Precision and Focus: Guy & Kindar McNamee follows the daily lives, rigorous training, and competitive rise of 16-year-old twin brothers Guy and Kindar McNamee, two of Canada’s top-tier sport climbing prodigies

A Reason to Fish

Miami angler Dan Diez fishes beneath bridges and in marshes, but his obsession is tied as much to Cuban family history, freedom, and identity as to the fish themselves

Directors: Henry Miles and Simon Perkins. Featured: Dan Diez

Reconnecting Wild

This highly regarded 12-minute film documents the Nevada Department of Transportation's decade-long effort to construct wildlife overpasses over US-93 and I-80 in rural Elko County. These overpasses reconnected a historic mule deer migration path, allowing the animals to safely access over 1.5 million acres of habitat while significantly reducing collisions for drivers.

River Looters

Three Deschutes River surfers and free-divers recover sunglasses, jewelry, phones, and other lost items from rapids while also diving for trash

Director: Rebecca Hynes

Shepherds Song

Growing up in San Francisco, Jenya saw the world around her changing and after the death of both her parents, she became desperate to find a sense of belonging and connection. The film explores her journey as she embarks on a new path restoring ecosystems with the help of her flock of sheep. Through her journey, the film invites us to think about our ability to participate meaningfully and intentionally with the natural world, and to see that by healing land there an opportunity to heal ourselves

Siblings

For all you Brothers and Sisters out there... this ones for you.

Skidville

There's a reason we all love bikes. Because bikes are awesome.

Directed by: Scotty Carlson & Mike Hopkins

Slack Sisters

This project came to life with the help of a lot of friends. A lot of friends friends and kids of friends. Thank you to everyone that busted their ass and helped share their love of bikes. We really couldn't have done it without you.

Directors: Jefe Greenheart and Kelly Greenheart

Song for the Nomad

Childhood was like one giant experiment and, being the younger sibling, my fate as human guinea pig was sealed from the get-go. But like Dad always said, "Every scar is one part story, and one part wisdom," and by the age of 10 us kids could have opened our own library. Over the years, we gained a lot of “wisdom” together, trying to best each other and take on the world. Through it all, bikes have fueled our adventures, sparked our imaginations, led us through a few battles, and continually reminded us of what’s most important: we’re all family.

Spirit of Adventure

Man rides down road. The end. Almost. Then Adventure stepped in.

Director / Scotty Carlson

Surfer Dan

Beyond the waves; the ocean, the sand, and the sun are a few elements that come to mind when you think of surfing. But for Dan, he finds all that he needs in the icy waves of Lake Superior, Michigan in the dead of winter. To most, it's quite possibly the most unattractive surfing destination in the entire world - but for Dan it’s all about how you perceive it.

Director: Tim Kemple. Featured: Dan Schetter

The New Kid

What if your first Expedition was to Antarctica?? Enjoy this new never before seen film from the 2017 The North Face Antarctica Expedition as viewed through the eyes of "The New Kid," Savannah Cummins, as she is mentored by a group of seasoned alpinists and climbers including partner, Anna Pfaff and a motley and yet legendary team, including, Alex Honnold, Jimmy Chin, Conrad Anker, and Cedar Wright.

The Romsdalshorn Challenge

In a time of endless opportunity to travel, sometimes we forget that our own backyard has its own majesty, you just need to figure out how to look for it.

The Seashell

A lonely young girl finds a seashell and holds it to her ear, expecting to hear peaceful ocean waves. Instead, she hears Mother Nature's disappointing son, who's filling in for his busy mom.

The Shepherdess

A brutal drought gripping the Southwest is hitting New Mexico and the Navajo reservation especially hard, threatening traditional shepherds and a pastoral way of life going back generations.

The Titans Taking the Plunge

The result of ancient volcanic eruptions and millions of years of intense erosion, the Faroe Islands rise tall and steep out of the waters of the North Atlantic. Abrupt, rocky drop-offs plunge into huge ocean swells every day. It is from these cliffs that friends Øssur Debes Eiriksfoss and Jóni Christiansen do what they think any reasonable person should want to do: jump off.

The Curiosity of Edward Pratt

The Curiosity of Edward Pratt is a character study that asks what drives Edward Pratt, who unicycled 22,000 miles around the world. Film by Ed Pratt and Thomas Sandler

Director: Thomas Sandler. Featured: Edward Pratt

The Hutmaster

The Long Today

When filmmaker Niobe Thompson’s father turned 70, he found a “river” on a map, repaired one of his old wood canoes, and invited his family to help him celebrate the big day. Only a few of them turned up

Director: Niobe Thompson. Writer: Niobe Thompson. Star: Niobe Thompson

These Days Fly By

Colin Boyd and his wife Sofi are the parents of two young boys, Alfonso and Camilo. This is the story of a family who lives an ordinary life with jobs, mortgages, and bills but has decided to take to the road and live out of an old Mercedes 508 D van to challenge themselves as parents, teach their kids about the outdoors, and create meaningful markers in time they will look back on and never forget

Filmmaker: Jeremy Parmley

This Is Your Century

directed & edited by eric becker / weareshouting.com

This Wild Land

A Boundary Waters conservation short focused on the people carrying forward Sigurd Olson’s legacy and protecting one of the last places where meaningful human connection with wild land still thrives

Director: Brendan Harris. Key cast: Walter Mondale

Through the Breaks

Jason Cajune leads his family down the Upper Missouri through the American Prairie Reserve, turning a float trip into a story about family tradition, conservation, and landscape

Director: Tom Attwater. Featured: Jason, Vedra, Sophie, and Elsa Cajune

Transcending

Transending follows the journey of Erin Parisi as she comes into her own identity as a Transgender woman and trains for the Seven Summits to create awareness and visibility for the Trans community. This is a journey of extensive vulnerability, heartbreak and courage. Transending showcases the vulnerable journey into self discovery as experienced by Erin Parisi, the first Trans Woman to take on the 7 Summits.

Trash Artist

Early in 2019, we were searching for stories about interesting people in our area so that we could create some client-free creative profiles in our down time. Thanks to the infinite scroll of twitter, we were turned on to the work of this amazing artist named Thomas Deininger. It was actually a random tweet from the actor that plays Boba Fett in the Star Wars prequels that claimed Tom was one of the most inspiring creators he had come across lately. We were intrigued by the amazing artwork in the low quality GIF that he posted, and then, following the internet rabbit hole, we realized that he was from RI. His studio was less than an hour away...like everything in Rhode Island is, so our producer Kyle King made contact. Tom welcomed us into his world and shared his perspectives on some big themes and how his anxieties and fears about human consumption and plastic waste create the foundation of his medium for artistic expression.

United States of Joe’s

A band of climbers discover thousands of sandstone boulders, and launch the American bouldering revolution.

Vala North

In the far northern atolls of Papua New Guinea, scientist chieftain and visionary John Aini resurrects old secret ways and melds them with what he and his fellow chieftains and their people know of the coral reefs they rely on. Vala North is a story of a thin thread of hope in a changing world, hope for coral reefs around these islands, and hope for the communities that rely on them.

Director Biography - Stephani Gordon

Valley of the Moon

Set in the soaring sandstone monoliths of Jordan's Wadi Rum desert—traditionally known as the Valley of the Moon—the film follows two Israeli climbers who team up with a local Bedouin guide. Their goal is to establish an epic, 1,800-foot climbing route to attract international adventure tourism to the region. To conquer the massive rock formation, they recruit elite American climber Madaleine Sorkin. The documentary explores how a shared passion for wild rock can cross deep cultural barriers and spark unlikely friendships.

Venture Out

Venture Out is a story of overcoming odds, the power of resilience, and ultimately, the ever-lasting effects of LGBTQ community building. The Venture Out Project, founded by Perry Cohen, is a nonprofit organization that brings LGBTQ folks together outdoors. In sharing Perry’s story, and hearing from the other Venture Out Project participants, we get a glimpse into the healing qualities of nature and life-saving community bonds that are being forged as a result of Perry’s work

Directors: Jamie DiNicola, Matt Mikkelsen, Palmer Morse

Voice Above Water

A 90-year-old Balinese fisherman, Wayan Nyo, can no longer fish because of plastic pollution, so he uses his boat and nets to pull trash from the sea in hopes that the waters might recover

Director: Dana Frankoff. Producers: Dana Frankoff, Eric Ebner, Omri Ben-Canaan. Featured: Wayan Nyo

We Are All Rangers

Since 2008, Game Rangers international has implemented a holistic conservation approach, working together with the department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW) to empower rangers as well as local communities to protect and conserve nature.

When the Snow Melts

Tucked away in the remote Scottish Highlands, Alan and Fiona Stewart have a very special way of life, running their sleddogs from the backdoor and into the mountains. However the winters are becoming warmer. How can they cope with the changing climate?

Where I Belong

A short film about feeling like an outsider in your own family who speaks a different language from you

Director: Rosie Benn. Cast listed in the available data includes Diane Ellis, Nadeem Islam, Pavan Deep Singh, Nomana Khwaja, and Jak Kelly. This is a probable match based on title and near-matchingRuntime

Why Do I Hike

Inspiring story of an avid hiker who hiked the Pacific Crest Trail and established the Croatian Long Distance Trail and now longs for a new adventure on which he wants to find the reasons he goes into the wilderness and hikes for long periods of time. On his quest he encounters other hikers and together with them creates a collage of answers and reasons why they hike

Director: Nikola Horvat. This is a probable match based on exact title but the publicRuntime I found is 23 minutes rather than 23:13

Words Have Power

Words Have Power tells the inspiring true story of 10-year-old Jaysa Mellers and her fight for environmental justice.

2019 Films

Thursday

Dreamride 3

In this short, Mike Hopkins rides through striking landscapes, taking us on a journey through places he likes to call “beautifully strange,” closing out the DreamRide trilogy.

Thursday Evening

I Am Here

Like many first-generation immigrants born in the Hood River Valley, Yesenia's first home was one-room orchard cabin. Despite growing up on a farm surrounded by mountains, Yesenia didn't know how to access or prepare for the outdoors until college.

Man on a Wheel

Imagine shredding down some of the world’s most dangerous peaks—all on one wheel. Lutz Eichholz is a professional mountain unicyclist taking the unicycle to places it’s never been.

Shots From Above

As much we admire the explorers traveling to the ends of the Earth on large scale expeditions, it’s the everyday men and women exploring their own backyards that often inspire the most. Chris DahlBredine — who built an experimental aircraft in his garage in order to bring a new perspective to his life — is one of those guys.

Chocolate Spokes

Gregory Crichlow, the bow-tied owner of Denver bike shop Chocolate Spokes, sees every bicycle not just as transportation but as a relationship. The film centers on how his shop in Five Points serves riders across the neighborhood, from day laborers to steel-frame enthusiasts, and how bikes can expand a person’s world.

Ski the World

Candide Thovex searches the globe for unlikely places to ski, showing that the sport’s imagination is not limited to snowy alpine terrain.

Laplanders

This film follows the people who live by the rivers of Lapland in northern Sweden and their pursuit of Baltic salmon. It presents their search for fish as part of a larger life devoted to documenting, protecting, and understanding salmon in the land of the midnight sun.

Wild Ice: Backcountry Skating Alaska

Filmed over two winters in south-central and southeast Alaska, this short follows members of the backcountry skating community as they search for wild ice on rivers, lakes, glacial lagoons, and in caves.

Takayna

In northwestern Tasmania, takayna / Tarkine remains one of the last great tracts of Gondwanan rainforest and one of the richest concentrations of Aboriginal archaeology in the hemisphere. The film follows activists, locals, Aboriginal communities, and trail-running doctor Kirsha Kaechele as it examines conservation, extraction, and the meaning of protecting one of the world’s remaining truly wild places.

Passing Moments

Life is short and but a fleeting moment. What could one do if she chose to live her life to the fullest? What would happen if she spent one day exploring and adventuring like there was no tomorrow?

Blue

Blue is a testament to the inherent creativity, innovation and strength forged in women of the north. It's a spectacle of winter innovation — the icy playground providing a visual journey as never seen before by bike.

Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey

This documentary looks back on the life of Fred Beckey, one of the most prolific and influential climbers of all time, following him late in life as he continues climbing, writing, and living by the uncompromising dirtbag ethic he helped define. The film presents him as brilliant, difficult, magnetic, and foundational to generations of climbers.

Blue

Fresh off training wheels, a four-year-old growing up in Valdez, Alaska begins to push her boundaries and explore what’s possible on her bike, her eyes naturally drifting to the mountains. The film enters her fantasy world and explores the mountains, glaciers, and rivers of Valdez by fat bike with boundary-pushing female athletes from Alaska and beyond.

Shots From Above

Sometimes the greatest risk is to not follow your passion. Part pilot and part artist, Chris Dahl-Bredine built an experimental aircraft in his garage to immerse himself in the landscapes he loves. Through his camera and ultralight trike, he brings back visions of Earth seldom seen by aircraft or helicopter.

Friday Evening

In Perpetual Motion

There is no singular shot that defines a photographers career as it is about the process of photography and the fine balance between passion and obsession. A short film that explores the work of Adventure Photographer Krystle Wright and the different tangents of fear that weaves between her life and her work.

Top Trails Chattanooga

From the Hoka One One Top Trails series, David Pharr and Randy Wharton share their running stories while highlighting Chattanooga's best trails.

What If You Fly

Hawaiian artist and muralist Sean Yoro traveled to the arctic waters of Baffin Island, Nunavut, to paint a portrait of a local Inuit woman on the sea ice. For Sean, the physical and creative risks are worth it for a chance at something new

Searching for Christmas Tree

A university teacher looking to break free from a life of routine and a mysterious frozen waterfall that no one knows the whereabouts, spins this story of seemingly futile quests and ultimately transcending climb.

A New View of the Moon

Wylie Overstreet takes a powerful telescope into Los Angeles streets so passersby can look at the moon up close. What begins as boredom turns into a shared public experience of awe and a reminder to keep looking up.

Ritchie Hollow

The Tennessee River Gorge Trust, along with Rock/Creek and prAna, have built the new Ritchie Hollow Trail to connect the Tennessee River with the Cumberland Trail system.

We Are the Rovers: Norway

We Are the Rovers Norway will take you on a fantastic human paramotoring adventure and make you discover the beauty of the untouched Norwegian scenery. A human adventure where laughs, discoveries and the unexpected make every moment unforgettable."

The Passage

From the cockpit of a falling airplane to the open ocean, Phil, a mysterious and childlike wanderer, moves through a surreal multicultural landscape while evading two bumbling pursuers, without speaking a word.

Your Rivers Need You

This short tells the story of Kentucky’s Red River through Joe Bowen, a local who once supported damming it and later came to see that the river’s survival was part of his own responsibility. The film uses his personal change of heart to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.

Loved by All: The Story of Apa Sherpa

Apa Sherpa, who summited Everest 21 times, reflects on the cost of life as a high-altitude porter and guide. The film contrasts his own childhood in Khumbu, where he had to leave school at 12, with his current work through the Apa Sherpa Foundation to create educational opportunities so younger generations will not face the same fate.

The World’s Best Belayer

Ray Verseau is recognized by many climbers as the world’s best belayer. For him, belaying is not just a technical role but a full way of life, a pure and focused art practiced with the same dedication others bring to climbing itself.

For the Love of Mary

George Etzweiler first ran the Mount Washington Road Race at 69 and continues competing deep into his late nineties, still carrying the memory of his late wife Mary with him. The film frames the race as an act of devotion as much as endurance.

Confluence

The Colorado River has shaped both the physical landscape and the lives of the people who depend on it. This documentary follows an indie folk band as they travel the endangered river system and turn what they encounter into original music.

Searching for Christmas Tree

A university teacher seeks to break free from routine by searching for a mysterious frozen waterfall in a rarely seen facet of China.

Saturday Matinee

A Nordic Skater

This short follows Per Sollerman, a photographer who has spent a decade skating on frozen lakes and fjords. Set around Oslo, it shows how Nordic skating, a little-known practice that depends on judgment, awareness, and all five senses, became central to his life.

Space Godzilla / Pigeon River Abstract

An experimental view of play boating and the flow between paddler, boat, and water.

Ed

A short documentary about Ed Zevely. At 68 Ed still chooses to ride out into the Colorado high country for two weeks at a time. And he does it alone.

In the Tallgrass

A short animated film about exploring the insect world hidden in an Iowa tallgrass prairie. Created as part of Herbert Hoover National Historic Site’s 2017 Artist-In-Residence program in West Branch, Iowa.

The Ario Dream

The film profiles the exploration of the deep caves of Ario in Spain’s Picos de Europa. It follows recent expeditions trying to complete the remaining connections that could make Ario the deepest cave system in Europe, with cave divers pushing into unknown flooded passages where rescue is not an option.

Sky Migrations

Twice each year, a river of raptors moves overhead between British Columbia and Argentina. The film follows ecologist Charles Post and the Hawkwatch International crews counting, banding, and studying these birds, arguing that raptor conservation depends on healthy landscapes across the entire Western Hemisphere.

Welcome to the Sinks

The history, the community, and the future of disc golf in Chattanooga.

Perception: The Mountain Within

Mont Rose at 4,634m in altitude, is the new dream of the bird woman — to snowboard down the longest couloir of the Alps and fly from the highest peak of Mont Rose. This film is a journey which takes the spectator on the tracks of this outstanding woman, the preparation, the ascent, the flight and the pleasure of gliding in the infinity

Sand in the Sky

Traveling with a baby is an interesting thing. Ollie was 8 months old when he traveled to Hawaii. Exactly one year later, his parents sat him down and "interviewed" him about his trip.

Boy Nomad

Boy Nomad follows a year in the life of nine-year-old Janibek, who lives with his family in Mongolia’s Altai Mountains. His first love is racing horses, but this winter, his father will bring him on the toughest journey in a nomad’s life: the winter migration.

Bears of Durango

This documentary follows wildlife biologists studying black bears in and around Durango, Colorado, with an emphasis on how expanding development changes bear behavior and increases conflict with humans. The film argues that coexistence with large carnivores depends on learning how humans and bears can share the same landscape.

Perception: The Mountain Within

Géraldine Fasnacht explores the psychological preparation and mental fortitude required for her dream of flying a wingsuit from the 4,634m Monte Rosa Alps.

Sand in the Sky

Traveling with a baby adds challenges to any trip, from long flights and strollers to nap schedules and car seats. The film asks whether the effort is worth it for a baby who may not remember the experience.

Saturday Evening

Home of Trails

Graubünden can proudly call itself the Home of Trails. In no other alpine region are there so many trails in such a small area. The region's reputation attracted cyclists Danny MacAskill and Claudio Caluori, who recorded their adventures.

Frontier of Firsts

Frontier of Firsts follows the experiences of a whitewater kayaker and an Alaskan bush pilot during a kayaking expedition in Southern Alaska. Similarities in their respective passions emerge as the two work together to explore three previously unrun rivers.

Building Bridges

With 200 miles of trail cleared and over 40 bridges built, the Cumberland Trail State Scenic Trail in Tennessee is steadily growing. Meet the folks who are making it happen, bridge by bridge.

Facing Sunrise

In moments of rawness and realness, we find our true selves. While dealing with one of the, darkest times of her life, processing family trauma and recovering from injury, Azzah becomes captivated by the question, “what do you want to do before you die?” Although she has never seen herself as much of an adventurer, she realizes she’s capable of more than she ever imagined

Dreamwalkers: The Faroes Project

This film follows four friends who set out to become the first to highline in the Faroe Islands, where sheer cliffs, violent winds, and uncertain rock create a project defined as much by planning and persistence as by movement across the line.

Plastico

Beach communities around the world suffer from an abundance of plastic that tragically ends up in the oceans at an alarming rate – over 8 million metric tons per year

How to Run 100 Miles

Brendan Leonard signs up for a 100-mile ultramarathon despite not being much of a runner because his friend Jayson Sime convinces him that almost anything is possible if you commit to the work and refuse to quit. The film turns their training and race into a story about friendship as much as endurance.

How to Make a Fishing Film

So you want to make a fishing film? These guys have you covered.

The Frenchy

Jacques Houot, an 82-year-old Carbondale-based French skier, mountain biker, cyclist, and inveterate flirt, has survived avalanches, cancer, car accidents, a heart attack, and even attempted murder. The film presents him as a living argument that joy, laughter, and appetite for life are a kind of fountain of youth.

5 Blind Veterans Kayak the Grand Canyon

Under the leadership of blind veteran Lonnie Bedwell, five visually impaired veterans kayak 226 miles of the Grand Canyon, including Class V whitewater, in a project designed not just to set a record but to inspire others to pursue what they once thought impossible.

Moonline

So you want to make a fishing film? These guys have you covered.

Looking Out

Pa (Philippa) Arding has suffered two life-threatening accidents in the last 11 years. Left with a permanent limp and a brain injury that makes speech and language incredibly difficult for her, she has defied the odds and gone on to overcome many obstacles, take part in great adventures and lead marine conservation initiatives.

Safe Haven

Founded on the belief that everyone is welcome, Memphis Rox opened a climbing gym to be at the center of the city's revitalization.

Wild Toddler Chronicles

With humor, emotion and general toddler craziness, this film offers a realistic look at one family's motivations for introducing their young daughter to adventure in wild places.

How Not to Capture the Grand Canyon

What a young (overconfident) videographer learned while trying to capture the Grand Canyon from a boat.

Queen Maud Land

A dream team of six elite climbers mount an expedition to one of the world's last great climbing frontiers: the remote frozen towers of Antarctica. Jimmy Chin and Conrad Anker tackle a new route on the 3,600-foot Ulvetanna; Savannah Cummins and Anna Pfaff summit the towering Holtanna; and Alex Honnold and Cedar Wright make a harrowing and hilarious blitz of 13 different spires spread across the ice field.

Facing Sunrise

While dealing with family trauma and recovering from injury, Azzah becomes captivated by the question, “what do you want to do before you die?” Although she has never seen herself as much of an adventurer, she realizes she is capable of more than she ever imagined.

Frontier of Firsts

This kayaking film follows a whitewater kayaker and an Alaskan bush pilot as they work together to explore three previously unridden rivers in southern Alaska, framing true wilderness as something still possible to find through genuinely new descents.

Sunday Matinee

Sliding Fire

Freeriders Sam Smoothy, Victor De Le Rue & Xavier De Le Rue take snowsports to new terrain in the South Pacific island of Vanuatu. Negotiating molten rock and dirt storms, active volcano Mount Yasur becomes home to their latest skiing adventure.

Women in Fire

This short focuses on women firefighters and the physical demands and risks of the job, emphasizing that there is nothing about firefighting that women cannot do and no reason to leave it off any girl’s list of future possibilities.

Intersection: Micayla Gatto

Mountain biker Micayla Gatto moves between painting and riding, using both as ways to enter the same flow state. The film blends her artwork and her riding so that athlete and artist meet inside one vivid visual world.

Look Up

Once a year, adventurous arborist and tree climbing instructor, Tim Kovar, takes a select few on a climb up one of the tallest trees in the world — a summit he says fewer people have attempted than Mt. Everest.

Disko

Olivier Huin builds his own wooden boat and heads north from Virginia toward Greenland’s Disko Bay, inviting eight crewmates to join him in one of the world’s harshest sailing environments. The film frames the voyage as both eccentric adventure and test of stubborn dream-driven seamanship.

Everywhere Unseen

Four photographers travel together across New Zealand’s South Island, but the project is built around how each one sees the same landscapes differently. The result is a collaborative travel film about place, vision, and contrasting ways of looking.

Running With the Belles

This short follows the Maroon Belles, a women’s trail-running group based in Carbondale, Colorado, showing how a supportive running community gives women the encouragement to go farther and attempt things they might not try alone.

One Week at a Time

Over the span of three decades, four good friends circumnavigated New England via sea kayak. We follow them on the last leg of their voyage down the Hudson to the foot of the Statue of Liberty.

First Descent: The Legend of Scott Swaney

If you could somehow combine legendary Yosemite climber Warren Harding with Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, you might be somewhat close to describing Scott Swaney. He has taught himself expert-level skills in almost every known adventure sport including his current passion: canyoneering in Death Valley.

Wild Crawfisherman

For Jody Meche, being a crawfisherman is a way of life. But he's worried future generations won't get that chance.

Bikes of Wrath

Five Australian friends cycle 2,600 kilometers from Oklahoma to California with little money and limited experience, retracing the westward migration route made famous by The Grapes of Wrath. Along the way, the film becomes not just a bicycle trip but a study of generosity, migration, inequality, and whether the American dream has really changed.

Timelapse

Another World

Colorado: A Living Landscape

Dreamers Prism

Glimpses of Ice

Greenland Timelapse

The Art of Night

The Night Sky

2018 Films

Thursday Evening

Max Your Days

On the summer solstice, Mother Nature is open late and looking to party. So go forth and get filthy, breathe heavy, and for the love of all that’s holy, squeeze the day ’til it pushes back. Max your days.

Camping With Loki the Wolf Dog

Everyone finds their own way to make camp feel like home. Watch how two best friends, Kelly Lund and Loki the Wolfdog, have learned to chase adventure together.

Silent Shredder

Armed with a wry smile and cunning skill on the bike, he is a man of few words. He prefers to let his riding do the talking. Richie Rude is the Silent Shredder.

Climbing the Scenic City

A local documentary about the history of climbing in the Chattanooga area and how the city and its surrounding boulders became a major climbing destination in the Southeast.

Mount Scott

Together with the Antarctic Heritage Trust, four young New Zealanders take on Antarctica’s Mt Scott. Their goal: share their passion for adventure and inspire the next generation of explorers.

Selah

Almost 50 years ago, fried chicken tycoon David Bamberger used his fortune to purchase 5,500 acres of overgrazed land in the Texas Hill Country. Planting grasses to soak in rains and fill hillside aquifers, Bamberger devoted the rest of his life to restoring the degraded landscape. Today, the land has been restored to its original habitat and boasts enormous biodiversity. Bamberger's model of land stewardship is now being replicated across the region and he is considered to be a visionary in land management and water conservation.

On Days Like These We Must Surf

A short documentary about Larry Cavero and the growing Great Lakes surf scene around Toronto, proving that people far from the ocean will still chase waves in freezing freshwater.

Faith in Transit

Faith In Transit focuses on the significance of faith in our lives, by exploring the challenges and difficulties of hiking 2,650 miles along a rigorous, mountainous trail, from the Mexican border to Canada. It is nothing shy of faith and determination that pushes two hikers to continue through the dangers of winter as they hike north towards the cascades.

Break on Through

In high-end modern rock climbing, 5.15 is the top of the difficulty scale, a grade achieved by only a few men and never by a woman. Margo Hayes, a little known 19-year-old from Boulder, Colorado, is determined to change that. To be closer to the world’s hardest routes, she has moved to Europe, where she trains and climbs with the goal of succeeding on two of the most iconic 5.15s in France and Spain. But pushing her body and mind to the absolute limit, she risks injury and failure in her quest to be the first.

Adventure in Real Life

With it's high price, complicated logistics, and language barriers, planning a trip to the distant Patagonia can feel extremely daunting. Many people put an eighteen day trip to the end of the world on their bucket list or Pinterest board and it haunts them for years as they wait for enough money or a free schedule. A group of social workers, marketing directors, nannies and construction workers set out to prove Patagonia’s awesomeness is accessible to anyone who wants it bad enough.

Dreamride 2

Step into a dream world were the trails never end. DreamRide 2 is the follow up sequel to last years award winning short film, DreamRide. Combining a Dr.Suess inspired narrative, mind blowing natural landscapes, and one dreamer on a mountain bike, this film will take you on an adventure like no other.

Coming to My Senses

After a 1999 motocross crash leaves Aaron Baker paralyzed from the neck down, the film follows his long recovery and his attempt to cross Death Valley on foot as a symbol of what he has regained.

Adventure in Real Life

With its high price, complicated logistics, and language barriers, planning a trip to distant Patagonia can feel daunting. A group of social workers, marketing directors, nannies, and construction workers set out to prove Patagonia's awesomeness is accessible to anyone who wants it bad enough.

Break on Through

In high-end modern rock climbing, 5.15 is the top of the difficulty scale, a grade achieved by only a few men and never by a woman. Margo Hayes, a little-known 19-year-old from Colorado, is determined to change that.

Camping With Loki the Wolf Dog

Everyone finds their own way to make camp feel like home. Watch how two best friends, Kelly Lund and Loki the Wolfdog, have learned to chase adventure together.

Dreamride 2

Step into a dream world where the trails never end. DreamRide 2 is the follow-up sequel to DreamRide, combining a Dr. Seuss-inspired narrative, natural landscapes, and one dreamer on a mountain bike.

Faith in Transit

Faith In Transit focuses on the significance of faith by exploring the challenges and difficulties of hiking 2,650 miles along a rigorous, mountainous trail from the Mexican border to Canada.

Max Your Days

A high-energy film by Sherpas Cinema following athletes attempting to fit as much adventure as possible into a single 24-hour period. On the summer solstice, Mother Nature is open late and looking to party, so go forth, get filthy, breathe heavy, and squeeze the day until it pushes back.

Mount Scott

Together with the Antarctic Heritage Trust, four young New Zealanders take on Antarctica's Mt Scott with the goal of sharing their passion for adventure and inspiring the next generation of explorers.

Selah

Almost 50 years ago, fried chicken tycoon David Bamberger used his fortune to purchase 5,500 acres of overgrazed land in the Texas Hill Country. By planting grasses to soak in rains and fill hillside aquifers, Bamberger devoted the rest of his life to restoring the degraded landscape.

Silent Shredder

Armed with a wry smile and cunning skill on the bike, Richie Rude is a man of few words. He prefers to let his riding do the talking.

Friday Evening

Imagination

We’ve all been that kid sitting in the back seat of our family car, wishing we were somewhere else. Through the boredom, the driveway snow piles, sidewalk handrails and stair sets start to tease our inner skier. Watch day dreams come to life as Tom Wallisch shreds the snowy streets of Nelson, British Columbia.

Fall Impressions

A short portrait of artist and rider Sarah Uhl, showing how her mountain biking and painting flow together as different expressions of the same creative life.

The Ultimate Running Machine

After a brutal mugging left him with traumatic brain injury, John Pierre decided to ‘suit up’ in a neon cape and lightning bolt socks, emerging as the New York running community’s very own superhero.

Brothers

Set in the Pacific Northwest, three brothers find refuge and redemption from a troubled home through their love of fly fishing for steelhead and the enduring relationships they forge on the river.

Lookout Mountain Conservancy

A story of Chattanooga pioneers leading a movement to bridge the racial divide through a renewed attention to land conservation and community development through a partnership of the Lookout Mountain Conservancy and Howard High School.

The Wild President

A short film about Jimmy Carter’s relationship to rivers, centered on his 1974 first descent of the Chattooga’s Bull Sluice Rapid and his later role in protecting the Chattooga and thousands of miles of Wild and Scenic rivers.

Bears Ears

A documentary about the sacred Bears Ears landscape and the push to protect it, centered on Indigenous voices, cultural heritage, and the conflict between preservation and extraction.

The Time Travelers

The Last Honey Hunter

In Nepal’s Hongu River valley, the Kulung people still practice an ancient and dangerous honey hunt on sheer cliffs. The film follows Mauli Dhan Rai, regarded as the last great honey hunter, as he prepares for a hazardous harvest of hallucinogenic “mad honey” from giant cliffside hives, revealing a tradition under pressure from modern change.

Why Not Now

At the age of 49 and afraid of water, Vivian Stancil dove in to save her life.

Life Coach

When conditions became unfavorable for a first ascent of Alaska’s Ruth Gorge, Alex Honnold turns the camera on Renan Ozturk for a strangely beautiful discussion about life’s big questions.

Stumped

Maureen Beck was born without her lower left arm, but the film follows her not as an inspirational symbol but as a fierce climber pushing hard routes, taking big falls, and refusing to be reduced to a label.

Fishpeople

A documentary about people whose lives are shaped by the ocean, from surfers and spearfishers to a long-distance swimmer, a former coal miner, and at-risk youth, and about how time in the sea transforms them.

Imagination

A young boy in the backseat of his parents’ car imagines professional urban skier Tom Wallisch turning an ordinary winter commute into a ski adventure of back flips, roof drops, and improbable rail slides.

The Ultimate Running Machine

After a brutal mugging left him with traumatic brain injury, John Pierre decided to suit up in a neon cape and lightning bolt socks, emerging as the New York running community’s very own superhero.

Saturday Matinee

Kai Lenny Crosses Hawaii

Maui waterman Kai Lenny raises awareness about micro plastic pollution by crossing the channels of the Hawaiian Islands using hydrofoil shortboards, kiteboards, and stand-up paddleboards.

Ghosts of the Arctic

A short polar-wildlife film following photographer Joshua Holko and crew into the frozen expanse of Svalbard in winter as they search for and document polar bears in brutal cold.

The Perfect Flight

As a kid growing up in Riverside, CA, Shawn Hayes began his life-long relationship with birds after finding and raising a young hawk in his neighborhood. Training and hunting with wild raptors ever since, he now travels the world sharing his expertise and techniques with others. This short film by Joshua Izenberg profiles Hayes and the close partnership he forms with his animals.

Bruhwiler Country

Few know the wilds and the waves of British Columbia like Canada’s first pro surfer, Raph Bruhwiler. Raised in the deep woods of Vancouver Island, Raph is using his deep understanding of the region to push the boundaries of surfing and inspiring a new generation to find adventures of their own.

Being Hear

Acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton has spent the past 35 years recording natural soundscapes. His work has taken him around the world and into some of the least densely populated places.

The Steward

Steward Spring, an amazing cave located in Fort Payne, Alabama, carries a unique story with it. After being vandalized in the late 1980's the cave's preserve manager went to extreme lengths to keep the cave beautiful and preserved for future generations.

Plastic Bottle Village

One man's trash is another man's condo. After collecting more than a million plastic bottles, Robert Bezeau made an unconventional decision — to build an entire village out of plastic bottles. One study has found that there could be more plastic than fish in the sea by 2050, so essentially anything else is preferable, no matter how out of the ordinary. For this one we traveled to the island of Bocas Del Toro in Panama to meet the young couple about to move into their first plastic bottle home.

Person of the Forest

In the vanishing lowland rainforests of Borneo, researchers and photographers document the cultural behaviors of wild orangutans, from making pillows to fashioning umbrellas, in hopes that understanding them may help save them before their habitat disappears.

Walk on the Mountain

Documentary short detailing the environmental and economic distress of the coal fields in West Virginia, as seen through the lens of anti-coal activist Junior Walk.

Johanna

Finnish freediver Johanna Nordblad holds the world record for a 50-meter dive under ice. She discovered her love for the sport through cold-water treatment while recovering from a downhill biking accident that almost took her leg. British director and photographer Ian Derry captures her taking a plunge under the Arctic ice. Shot in the wilderness of Finland at temperatures of minus 14 degrees.

Beauty of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail

Completed in 2006, the 740-mile Northern Forest Canoe Trail (NFCT) connects waterways from the New York state’s Adirondack Park to the Canadian border in northern Maine. Following traditional travel routes used by Native American, settlers and guides, the NFCT connects 22 rivers and streams, 58 lakes and ponds and 45 communities. It is the largest inland water trail in the nation.

The Bus and Us

A film about Tessa and Dillon, an Alaskan couple who quit their jobs, rebuilt a 1975 VW bus, and drove nearly 50,000 miles from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego and back.

Into the North

Panthalassa joined Oceana and its team of marine biologists on its first North Sea expedition. On board of the Neptune, they soon learned that the North Sea isn’t any longer the paradise for whales, plankton and seabirds it used to be.

Dear Betty Bee

Athlete Ingrid Backstrom’s letter to her one year old daughter, Betty Bee, is a look into one mountain mama’s adventure raising Betty in a life outdoors.

The Refuge

For hundreds of generations, the Gwich’in people of Alaska and northern Canada have depended on the caribou that migrate through the Arctic Refuge. With their traditional culture now threatened by oil extraction and climate change, two Gwich’in women are continuing a decades-long fight to protect their land and future.

A Walk in the Park

The surviving outside-source program fragment describes this as a film about a Teton triathlete tackling a grueling mountain route that combines a 23-mile bike ride, a 1.3-mile swim, and a 3-mile hike with roughly 6,000 feet of vertical gain, before reversing the entire route back out. The source frames it as one of the standout films in the 2018 Saturday afternoon matinee.

Denali’s Raven

A portrait of Leighan Falley, an Alaskan pilot, skier, alpinist, and mother who flies above the Alaska Range with her daughter strapped into the backseat of her de Havilland Beaver.

When the Dust Settles

Set in Chattanooga, this film shows how the struggles of wild horses mirror those of disadvantaged girls, resulting in an earned trust when they're given an opportunity to prove their worthiness to the world

Being Hear

For most of his life, Gordon Hempton has pursued nature’s soundscapes as an Emmy-winning acoustic ecologist. In Being Hear, he shares insights on the communications of nature, the extinction of places unaffected by human activity, the way quiet can open our eyes to the larger picture, and the benefits of paying attention to place.

Bruhwiler Country

Former pro surfer Raph Bruhwiler grew up among the woods and waves of Vancouver Island. Now he works as a rescue specialist, lives in Tofino with his wife and children, and tries to pass on to his family the same wild, self-reliant coastal life that shaped him.

Johanna

Finnish freediver Johanna Nordblad holds the world record for a 50-meter dive under ice. Her love for the sport came through cold-water treatment after recovering from a mountain biking accident.

Kai Lenny Crosses Hawaii

Kai Lenny completed a multi-island Hawaiian channel-crossing expedition using hydrofoils, shortboards, kiteboards, and stand-up paddleboards to raise awareness about plastic pollution and ocean health.

Saturday Evening

Where the Wild Things Play

An homage to all the adventurous ladies out there.

Ascend

A short that attempts to articulate why Jon Wilson mountain bikes. As a young adult, Jon lost his leg to cancer. Mountain biking has played a critical role in helping him sink his teeth back into life. I am one of many who are lucky to get to call Jon a friend, as he is someone who does three important things for me in my life: he inspires me; he gives me perspective; and he puts me in my place.

Brothers of Climbing

A short that attempts to articulate why Jon Wilson mountain bikes. As a young adult, Jon lost his leg to cancer. Mountain biking has played a critical role in helping him sink his teeth back into life. I am one of many who are lucky to get to call Jon a friend, as he is someone who does three important things for me in my life: he inspires me; he gives me perspective; and he puts me in my place.

Beauty for More to See

Slacker

Pushing limits is nothing new. That’s precisely how performance levels trend skyward. But what if we told you there was a place, deep in the deserts of Utah, where the lines of progressive sports blur while simultaneously apexing to new, unfathomable realities of what’s possible?

Unofficial History of the National Parks

National parks are hard.

70 Some Years

This short profiles Henry Bendinelli, an elderly skier who says he has been skiing for “70-some years” since starting at age 12. The film frames skiing not as nostalgia, but as the through-line of his life, something that carried him through war, work, age, and change. He credits lifelong passion, movement, and exhilaration with helping him stay mentally and physically alive, and the portrait presents him as someone still looking forward rather than back.

Northbound

Four skateboarders head north to the frozen Norwegian coast and use driftwood, ice, frozen sand, and a handmade miniramp as a new terrain for skating.

Follow Through

People have opinions about skier Caroline Gleich: Inspirational. Gumby. Social media star. Role model. Model masquerading as a mountaineer. “Follow Through” is a story of loss, belonging and desire for respect. In this age of hyperconnectivity, which voices do we choose to hear and which do we ignore?

Hard Ship

Three paralyzed men take up one of sailing’s most grueling challenges—a 750 mile race to Alaska through some of the most treacherous and remote waters on the planet. With no motors allowed and many miles from any help, the competition can be too dangerous for the world’s most fearless sailors. This team is out to prove they have what it takes to finish.

Ice Call

A short film set at the Mer de Glace in the heart of the Mont Blanc massif, inviting viewers to see the famous glacier from a new perspective.

Controlled Silence

Lithuanian ultrarunner Gediminas Grinius spent years battling PTSD from his time as an officer in Iraq and Afghanistan. Trail running offered him a way out and a new way of life.

High Altitude Lines

A Yeti Tribe adventure following a ten-day bikepacking and fly-fishing trip through the San Juan Mountains, moving from Telluride through alpine lakes, streams, and demanding high-country terrain.

Feel the Burn

A place that has a reputation for decadence and discomfort, a little known ultra marathon is attracting hundreds of runners to experience the one of a kind environment of art, music, and nature that is Burning Man.

Of Choss and Lions

Alex Honnold and Cedar Wright travel to Kenya’s Mt. Poi, where they dodge loose rock, wildlife, and mishaps while trying to establish big-wall routes on one of Africa’s largest unclimbed walls.

Into Twin Galaxies

Three National Geographic Adventurers of the Year haul whitewater kayaks more than a thousand kilometers across Greenland’s ice cap by kite skis in order to reach and descend an unexplored Arctic river to the ocean.

Ascend

A short that attempts to articulate why Jon Wilson mountain bikes. As a young adult, Jon lost his leg to cancer. Mountain biking has played a critical role in helping him sink his teeth back into life.

Beauty for More to See

Tennessee installed special lenses in scenic viewers so people with color blindness could experience the true colors of fall for the first time.

Controlled Silence

Lithuanian ultrarunner Gediminas Grinius spent years battling PTSD from his time as an officer in Iraq and Afghanistan. Trail running offered him a way out and a new way of life.

Feel the Burn

In a place known for decadence and discomfort, a little-known ultra marathon attracts hundreds of runners to experience the one-of-a-kind environment of art, music, and nature that is Burning Man.

Follow Through

People have opinions about skier Caroline Gleich. Inspirational. Gumby. Social media star. Role model. Model masquerading as a mountaineer. In this age of hyperconnectivity, which voices do we choose to hear and which do we ignore?

Hard Ship

Three paralyzed men take up one of sailing's most grueling challenges, a 750-mile race to Alaska through treacherous and remote waters, with no motors allowed and many miles from any help.

Slacker

In the deserts of Utah, the lines of progressive sports blur while simultaneously reaching new, unfathomable realities of what is possible.

Unofficial History of the National Parks

National parks are hard.

Where the Wild Things Play

An homage to all the adventurous ladies out there.

Sunday Evening

The Art of Living With Idle Theory Bus

A place that has a reputation for decadence and discomfort, a little known ultra marathon is attracting hundreds of runners to experience the one of a kind environment of art, music, and nature that is Burning Man.

A Trail Forward

A place that has a reputation for decadence and discomfort, a little known ultra marathon is attracting hundreds of runners to experience the one of a kind environment of art, music, and nature that is Burning Man.

Lions of West Texas

A short wildlife film following researchers as they capture and collar a wild mountain lion in West Texas to study prey, range, and the secretive survival of pumas in a place where they can still be shot without regulation.

Trail Angels

A group of Chicago friends and young conservationists ventured into the Great Smoky Mountains to experience the Appalachian Trail in one of the best ways possible: they rebuilt it.

Comes With Baggage

A lighthearted history of bicycle travel in the Americas, combining historical and modern footage with interviews from bike pioneers, makers, and historians to show where bicycles have taken people and where they still might.

Dale on the Trail

At the age of 82, Dale Sanders completed the entire Appalachian Trail in 2017. It took over 7 months to walk the 2100+ miles. Though none of the filming days had perfect weather except for the completion day, Adventureitus Productions was able to spend a few days with him throughout the trek to catch up with Sanders. This film combines the original three videos Dale on the Trail, Dale Still on the Trail, and Dale Finishes the Appalachian Trail.

Hobo Kings

Wizehop and Korey Garibaldi both slay their wanderlust on the rails. Just in completely different ways: Wizehop, a veteran hobo, illegally jumps trains in rural Ontario in search of a weekend thrill; Garibaldi, a University of Chicago doctoral student, rides Amtrack across the U.S. as part of its writers’ residency program, looking for a writerly backdrop that isn’t Starbucks. Each of them, however, slip into the rhythm of the tracks as North America passes by the windows and cracks of a train car. Irrepressible wanderers trying to make the most of the time they’re not tethered to their desks.

Whitewater Story

Whitewater began as an idea; to engage people of all ages and abilities in the active, outdoor lifestyle. Today, 1,300 acres later with almost 30 activities, over 35 miles of trail, and engaging programming from all around the world, the focus of the US National Whitewater Center in Charlotte remains the same.

The Smoke That Thunders

From the lip of Victoria Falls, world-class divers Orlando Duque and Jonathan Paredes prepare for the most challenging dive of their lives into the depths of the Zambezi below.

Wild and Wonderful

Whitewater began as an idea; to engage people of all ages and abilities in the active, outdoor lifestyle. Today, 1,300 acres later with almost 30 activities, over 35 miles of trail, and engaging programming from all around the world, the focus of the US National Whitewater Center in Charlotte remains the same.

Leave It Better

Two friends, 4,700 miles, 1 mission: Pick up trash! The short film, 'Leave It Better' documents Seth Orme and Abby Taylor’s bike ride across America. Their route took them from Georgia to Washington State, including a circuit of stops at National Forests, scenic areas, and campgrounds hosting trash cleanups and conservation-theme clinics along the way.

Tennessee Walking Men

Motivated to know more about their home state, three young men set out on foot across the hills and highways of Tennessee. Instead of adventure and discovery, these would-be explorers are confronted with questions about life, purpose and death.

Timelapse Film

Moonshadow

The great eclipse of 2017 has passed. Experience it one more time in this cinematic short filmed with multiple cameras directly in the path of totality in Eastern Oregon.

Vancouver, the City of Dreams

Vancouver is one of the most beautiful cities in Canada. Since the day I stepped foot there, the beautiful mix of the modern city with the breathtaking natural landscape, never seized to amaze me. The entire film was shot during a one year period while I was studying. I am hoping that in the future I will get the opportunity to explore this beautiful world and capture it with my camera.

Voyageurs

Vancouver is one of the most beautiful cities in Canada. Since the day I stepped foot there, the beautiful mix of the modern city with the breathtaking natural landscape, never seized to amaze me. The entire film was shot during a one year period while I was studying. I am hoping that in the future I will get the opportunity to explore this beautiful world and capture it with my camera.

2017 Films

Friday Evening

A Backcountry Recovery

Green Beret Veteran Ray Knell embarks on a 1,000 mile expedition along the Continental Divide with Mustang Sally and two mules to seek healing for his PTSD and inspire veterans to use wilderness.

Bright Spots

A poetic portrait of scientist Nick Holmes and his work preventing extinctions on islands. Part nature documentary, part fairy tale and chock full of blindingly beautiful, big-hearted science.

Bruna

"Bruna" is an inspiring story of humble beginnings for professional surfer Bruna Schmitz who was born and raised in the small fishing community of Matinhos, Brazil. At the age of 9, Bruna discovered a passion for the ocean and surfing, which lead to a future of travel and opportunities beyond the village borders.

China: A Skier’s Journey

Skiing as sport is in it’s infancy in China, a phenomenon of the country’s exploding middle class. As a means of survival, however, it is thousands of years old, a stone age hunter-gatherer technology born in the Altai mountains where China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Siberia merge.

Dale Sanders / Source to Sea

In 2015, Dale Sanders aka the Grey Beard Adventurer successfully became the oldest man to ever solo paddle the Mississippi River from it’s source at Lake Itasca in Minnesota to it’s confluence with the Gulf of Mexico.

Defined By The Line

Josh Ewing began visiting the Bears Ears region of southeastern Utah to climb at Indian Creek and explore the local archaeology. But when he moved to the town of Bluff, he saw degradation from oil drilling, looting, and careless visitors.

DreamRide

Enter a dream world where the trails never end. Where the promise of joy and freedom exist around each bend. Take a magical trip through beautiful landscapes and join us on this DreamRide.

Freefall

"Freefall" in the breathtaking landscape of Voss in Norway with multiple skydiving world champion Martin Kristensen.

Spitting Distance

An adventure that's also part scientific exploration, a group of climbers attempt to descend into an active volcano to get as close as possible to the spitting lava lake. They brave poison gasses and 2000°F (1093°C) heat climbing into the earth.

Stop, Look, Go

Wayne, Maine is a magical place. There is no TV, no internet, no emails, and no stress. It's a simple reminder of the simple life, and all that we should be grateful for.

The Fledglings

What happens when The North Face climbers Cedar Wright and Matt Segal become absolute bumbling beginners at an obscure and adventurous air sport called paragliding? The Answer: Hilarity ensues.

The Story of Lula Lake

Documentary about preserving natural and historic landscapes around Rock Creek and its tributaries through conservation, education, and low-impact recreation.

The Trail to Kazbegi

What happens when four like-minded adventurers head into one of the world’s wildest mountain ranges with nothing but their mountain bikes and enough food to survive for 10 days? A better question: What doesn’t happen? Terrifying lightning storms.

Trail Angel

A portrait of Appalachian Trail helper “Ponytail Paul,” whose trail-angel service gives him renewed purpose.

Wild Women: Faith Dickey

Faith Dickey is a soft-spoken Texan with a long list of achievements in the world of highlining. If there is anyone who proves how little gender matters in sport it's her. She holds all of the women's world records and an incredible list of achievements including being the first woman to pass the 100 meter mark on a slackline and being the only woman who regularly free solos highlines.

Saturday Matinee

Above and Below the Socorro

Socorro Island, Mexico. is one of the worldwide top dive destinations. In “Above and Below Socorro” Florian Fischer teams up with free diving champion Nik Linder. Together they get on board the Nautilus Belle Amie to explore the waters around the island.

End of Snow

Dr. Jane Zelikova is a tropical ecologist living in the mountains of Wyoming and Colorado. She dreams of snow in the summer and tropical forests in the dead of winter. But her snow-capped Fourteeners are changing – no longer bringing the deep winter snowpack once promised.

Expedition Alaska

Twenty teams brave the Alaskan wilderness for the competition of a lifetime. Racers will traverse over 350 miles in a non-stop seven-day race, carrying everything they will need to survive a course that pits themselves against Mother Nature and each other.

Off the Grid on a Homemade Island

Artists Catherine King and Wayne Adams live off-grid on a handmade floating island near Vancouver Island, using improvised infrastructure, greenhouses, and living spaces.

Raising a Wild Child

In Raising a Wild Child millennial parents turned social-media influencers use the very technologies that threaten to separate them from nature to connect with it—and each other—instead.

Role Reversal

Emily Harrington travels to Spain with her dad, Tim, to mentor him while he attempts to tick his first 5.12 at age 60. Tim and Emily learn from each other and relive the glory days in this heartfelt, family climbing epic.

Shift

A documentary by Kelly Milner about Indigenous youth in Carcross, Yukon, who spent 10 years transforming traditional trails around their community into a world-class mountain biking destination and reshaping futures.

The Pleasure and the Pain

Errol “The Rocket” Jones, a 65-year-old ultrarunner, reflects on pain, perseverance, and self-discovery on the Bay Area Ridge Trail.

The Sea and Me

Growing up on an isolated Norwegian island surrounded by water, the sea flows through your veins. To many that live there, the ocean is just their workplace. But to one woman, it is so much more. ‘The Sea and Me’ invites the viewer to meet Grethe Hillersoy as she reminisces about the challenges of growing up in a small island community.

Saturday Evening

Ace and The Desert Dog

Ace Kvale turned 60 last fall, and to celebrate, he planned a 60-day, off-trail backpacking trip around Utah's Canyon Country, leaving from his front door. He had a dozen friends join him for different sections of the trip, and one friend who joined him for the whole thing: his blue heeler, 10-year-old Genghis Khan aka 'Desert Dog'. Covering over 400 miles on their journey presented it's challenges but the special relationship between Ace and Genghis proved most powerful.

Chasing the Distance

Chasing the Distance is a personal look into the lives of ultra-running athletes and husband and wife team Rob Krar and Christina Bauer. They share their deep connection to each other and the area of the proposed Greater Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument in Arizona.

Dodo’s Delight

Pack your penny whistle and batten down the hatches for a madcap sailing adventure in the Arctic Circle aboard the good ship Dodo’s Delight. Join Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll, Ben Ditto, and brothers Nico and Olivier Favresse for a rollicking musical journey across open seas and up unclimbed big walls.

Ed Johnson Trailer

Ed Johnson Project, a Chattanooga remembrance and reconciliation effort centered on the 1906 lynching of Ed Johnson, the U.S. Supreme Court case that followed, and public memory in Chattanooga.

Edges

Yvonne Dowlen has been ice skating for as long as she can remember. At the ripe age of 90, she skates at least five days a week and still competes in figure skating competitions across the country. Yvonne has lived her life on the ice: traveling internationally as a famous performer in the Ice-Capades and then coaching for nearly fifty years in Denver.

Fight Like Nate

Chattanoogan Nathan Sexton is fighting grade 4 glioblastoma by running.

Haywire

Like any true adventure, things don’t go as planned. Cheyne Lempe provides a gripping story of risk, success, and failure, featuring incredible visuals that capture the raw beauty and power of this rarely-seen Baffin Island alpine wilderness.

Locked In

Ben Stookesberry and a group of professional kayakers journey to the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea to attempt a first descent of the Beriman River, a 40km beast lined with sheer limestone walls, with no way out but to ride it to the ocean.

Merely Observations

As friends begin getting married and having kids, we find new forms of inspiration. These are merely observations, of this new chapter in life.

Mile 19

Since the inception of the Los Angeles marathon in 1986, 178 runners have completed every race. They’re called “Legacy Runners.” Johnnie Jameson is a member of this special group, but he’s not an elite runner: He’s a working man, a postal employee. But what he lacks in speed, he makes up in creativity.

Paul’s Boots

We all have dreams. Paul’s dream was to hike the Appalachian Trail. Last year, Paul passed away before he could make his dream reality. But that’s not the end of this story – it’s the beginning.

Simon Beck, Snowartist

By creating mesmerizing designs in the snow just by walking in a pair of snowshoes the British artist Simon Beck takes hiking in the mountains to a whole other level.

Throw

Throw tells the story of an outsider from East Baltimore, an area challenged by gang violence and poverty. Often misunderstood, Coffin Nachtmahr found acceptance among a subculture of “throwers” and it turns out, he’s a virtuoso. He now helps others find a creative and social outlet by sharing the very toy that inspired him.

Walt

At 85 years old, organic raisin farmer and lifelong river advocate Walt Shubin is not slowing down. He has dedicated the last 65 years of his life to restoring California’s once-mighty San Joaquin River to the wild glory he remembers as a young boy.

When We Were Knights

How can you express everything that you want to somebody you love, knowing that if you don't, that might be the last opportunity that you have? That is a reality that we all face, but for BASE jumpers, the risk of death sometimes results in something amazing and unexpected - love.

Sunday Matinee

Being Here

Sometimes it takes a trip to a wild place to remember just how brave, connected, vulnerable and free we can be. Where is your wild place? Being Here is a visual poem about how important these places are.

In Search of Tzotz

Deep in the Mayan forest of southern Mexico live two species of large carnivorous bats. Join a world renowned biologist and a National Geographic photographer as they search for these rare and elusive creatures.

Muscle and Dreams

An engaging documentary following a keen group of enthusiasts as they transform an idea for a gold miners road from the 1800s into New Zealand’s longest continuous single-track.

Paddlesup Amazon

Charlie Head attempts to stand up paddle board the Rio Marañón, the Amazon river's main source, a feat that has never been done. It may be his only chance to try, however, as the river is set to be dammed soon. Failure is not an option.

Sea Gypsies

The vessel is Infinity, a 120ft hand-built sailing ketch that plies the Pacific Ocean on a never ending voyage of nomadic exploration. In early Feb 2014, during the iciest year on record in the Southern Ocean, Infinity and her crew of 16 left New Zealand on an 8,000 mile pacific crossing to Patagonia, with a stop in Antarctica.

Surviving The Fundy Footpath

Surviving the Fundy Footpath is an adventure doc that follows mega-novice Bruce Persaud, a city slicker from Toronto, with zero camping experience, as he attempts to complete one of Canada's toughest multi-day hikes, the treacherous Fundy Footpath.

The Big Three

Stone Fort. Rocktown. Horsepens 40. These three areas offer some of the finest sandstone bouldering the South has to offer. Take a tour of some select classics with the Anvil athletes and get psyched for your own visit.

Trail Dog

The African Attachment traveled to the small village of La Motte-d'Aveillans in the South East of France to meet and film with Gaëtan Ugnon-Fleury and his dogs, Pépite and Jolyn. Their time with them taught the crew some simple lessons often forgotten in the rush of life.

Sunday Evening

2 Fat 2 Furious

Geoff Gulevich, Wade Simmons, and Noah Brousseau got rad on fat bikes this winter.

Acrophobia

Acrophobia is about a BASE jumper that is afraid of heights. He has to overcome his deepest fear before every single jump.

Can We Save The Frog Prince

Amphibian chytrid fungus is a pathogen spreading around the world that is causing global amphibian declines and extinctions. Many species now face an uncertain future unless we help them battle this disease.

Chasing Niagara

When pro kayaker Rafa Ortiz decides to follow his dream to paddle over Niagara Falls, he sets in motion an incredible series of events that eventually takes on a life of its own.

CP and the PCT

A man with cerebral palsy defies the odds and hikes 2,660 miles from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail. This is his story.

Great Lakes, Bad Lines

Two Michigan-born adventurers journey fossil-free for 500 miles across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula along the route of Enbridge Line 5, a 63-year-old pipeline that threatens the Great Lakes, inland waters, and surrounding communities.

StrongWater

Short documentary about river surfing in Missoula, Montana, the inland-wave community that developed after the Clark Fork riverfront cleanup, and the surfers shaping that scene.

Wasfia

Wasfia Nazreen set out to show the world how far Bangladeshi women can go by becoming the first Bangladeshi to climb the highest peak on every continent in November 2015. She captured her journey on film, and "Wasfia," a mini-documentary

Directed by Sean Kusanagi

Timelapse

A Journey Through Patagonia

One girl. One camera. One tripod. One lens.

Alps In The Light

Over 20k shots, more than 30 sequences, 1TB of Raw Files. More than 20000m D+, 10 times in bivouacs, huts, and tents under million of stars to capture the mystique of night.

Asturias

Asturias, a personal voyage, is a timelapse that lasts 5 minutes through which we will be able to see the diversity of landscapes and cities of the Asturian geography.

Barcelona In Black

Few cities have undergone such a drastic and complete makeover in such short order while successfully retaining its enduring spirit and allure. “Barcelona in Black” captures the essence of this beautiful and multifarious city.

Niš Timelapse Video

Brief timelapse video, capturing the pulse of the city of Nis, Serbia.

The Places We Explore

Visualize the complexity of such wonders

The Swiss Alps

A short timelapse recording the atmosphere, landscape and the starscape of Swiss Alps.

Zion

Zion is the culmination of nearly a month spent exploring Zion National Park during peak fall color. Exquisitely

2016 Films

Thursday Evening

Nature RX

A satirical prescription for “nature deficiency,” with recommended doses of outside time and fresh air.

The Mysteries

A contemplative short about water, submerged landscapes, and the quiet pull of hidden places.

Pull

A meditative short built around breath, movement, and inward focus.

The Wanderlust of Vanlife

A documentary on the #vanlife community and what life on the road means to its participants.

Martin’s Boat

A conservation film honoring Martin Litton, whitewater dories on the Colorado River, and the Grand Canyon.

Aina

A Hawaiʻi food and agriculture film about environmental and health crises on Kauai.

The Rocky Mountain Traverse

Will Gadd and Gavin McClurg take vol-biv paragliding to a new level with a 34-day, 800 km flight along the Rockies.

The Rider and the Wolf

The story of Mike Rust, one of the foundational figures in Colorado mountain biking, and his later disappearance.

Friday Evening

The Thousand Year Journey

Jedidiah quits a job he loves to bicycle from Oregon to the southern tip of South America.

55 Hours in Mexico

Joey Schusler and Karl Thompson test the limits of the weekend warrior.

Samaya

A meditative short linking human scale, time, and the planet.

Climbing Ice: The Iceland Trifecta

Tim Kemple and elite climbers tackle the frigid crags of Iceland.

Moving the Giants

Arborist David Milarch works to archive the genetics of the world’s largest trees and replant forests.

Denali

A farewell film about losing a beloved dog who helped his owner through dark times.

The Mont Rebei Project

International rope jumpers set a free-fall world record from Spain’s highest rock wall.

Appalachian Gold

A student documentary about the threats to North Carolina’s native ginseng population.

Underground Revealed

A Chattanooga underground-history film about the city’s buried past and hidden spaces.

Of Fells and Hills

Writer, photographer, and trail runner Rickey Gates travels to the U.K. to explore the history and culture of fell running.

BaloonSkiing

A freeski crew and Stephan Keck use a hot-air balloon to access powder lines.

The Important Places

Forest Woodward challenges his father to recreate a 1970 Grand Canyon trip inspired by a poem written at his birth.

The Fisherman’s Son

Big-wave surfer Ramón Navarro pursues a broader mission to protect the culture and environment of the Chilean coast.

Paddle for the North

Six friends paddle 1,500 km through deep North American backcountry from Canada to Alaska.

Saturday Matinee

In Current

Amber Shannon tries to earn a coveted dory seat in the Grand Canyon.

Horizons: Hazel and Steve Findlay

A short on climber Hazel Findlay and her father Steve, centered on the idea of living fully enough not to need a bucket list.

Joe

A personal portrait of National Geographic wildlife photographer Joe Riis.

Salween Spring

Travis Winn gives back to China’s rivers and communities through rafting on the threatened Salween.

Chasing Ghosts

Veteran Chad Brown uses fly fishing as medicine for PTSD and wants others to experience its healing power.

Unacceptable Risk

Colorado firefighters confront record-breaking wildfires and a transformed fire environment.

Canoes for Peru

A documentary about bringing canoeing to the Peruvian Amazon and paddling the Alta Madre de Dios.

Crystal Labyrinth

Brian Kakuk and Bret Hemphill try to connect Dan’s Cave and Ralph’s Cave on Abaco Island in the Bahamas.

Free the Snake

A salmon-conservation film arguing it is time to breach the Snake River dams.

Atchafalaya River

A meditative river journey with John Ruskey and crew.

The Great Alone

A feature documentary following champion dog-sled racer Lance Mackey, from childhood to cancer recovery and comeback.

Saturday Evening

Microadventures

Alastair Humphreys explains the concept of the microadventure, close to home, cheap, simple, short, and effective.

I Will Not Fear

Ed Rusk recounts an Ironman-distance crisis in Penticton and a turning point in faith.

Sharing the Secrets

A cave-conservation film about Alabama’s underground biodiversity and cave landscapes.

Cloudmont

The story of the Jones family and their struggle to keep Alabama’s only ski hill alive.

Shut Up and Paddle

A short on the Texas Water Safari, billed as the world’s toughest canoe race.

King of the Mountain

Samuel Mugisha dreams of joining Team Rwanda and discovers cycling means more than sport.

European Bike Stealing Championships 2015

A bait-bike experiment in Amsterdam, Rome, and Prague to see which city is worst for bike theft.

The 82 Year Old Sky Diver

Dylis, the world’s oldest female skydiver at 82, explains her mindset before each jump.

Ride On Scraper Bike

A story of Oakland’s scraper-bike movement and its impact on kids in violent East Oakland.

If Your Mountain Bike Could Talk

A mountain-bike film told from an unusual perspective.

The Water Tower

A travel, advocacy, and adventure film about Mt. Kenya, water, glaciers, and change.

Eclipse

The Salomon Freeski TV team and photographer Reuben Krabbe try to capture skiing during a total solar eclipse in the Arctic.

Sunday Matinee

Huayhash / Huayhuash

Three friends try to circumnavigate Peru’s Huayhuash range by bicycle during the rainy season.

Above All Else

Skydiver Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld overcomes a life-altering accident and returns to pursue his dreams.

Avaatara: The First Route Out

David Lama attempts to establish a route in Lebanon’s Baatara Gorge.

Reflections of an Underwater Cameraman

An Irish underwater filmmaker turns the camera on his own decade-long North Atlantic journey.

Mile for Mile

Krissy Moehl, Jeff Browning, and Luke Nelson run 106 miles through Patagonia Park in Chile to highlight rewilding and conservation.

We Belong To It

A film on the visual beauty of the boreal forest and Ray Mears’ reflections on bushcraft.

Flying at Fifteen

Ethan Thomason becomes one of the best young hang-gliding pilots on Lookout Mountain before he is even old enough to drive there.

Bringing Back the Brooks

A poetic film about restoring Southern Appalachian brook trout.

Juma of Itanda

Juma Via Kalikwani, now operations director for Nile River Explorers, rises from humble beginnings in Uganda’s rafting culture.

Frank and the Tower

A portrait of Devils Tower climber Frank Sanders, who has climbed it more than 2,000 times.

Frozen Falls

Will Gadd becomes the first person to climb the frozen sections of Niagara Falls.

RAAMED

Eight unlikely characters team up for the Race Across America, the world’s toughest endurance cycling event.

The Edge of Impossible

The High Fives Foundation helps Tony Schmiesing pursue a lifelong dream of powder skiing in Alaska.

Operation Moffat

Writer Claire Carter and filmmaker Jen Randall draw inspiration from the colorful climbing life of Gwen Moffat.

Unbranded

Four men ride 16 wild horses 3,000 miles from Mexico to Canada through the American West.

Timelapse Film

Dubrovnik: Pearl of the Adriatic

A timelapse portrait of Dubrovnik, shot over eight days and nights.

Eastern Skies

A search for true dark-sky landscapes in West Virginia and North Carolina.

Into the Nature

A timelapse short shot in Queensland, Northern Territory, Victoria, and New South Wales.

The Third Eye: A Blinding Moroccan Experience

A timelapse film about the energy, history, and landscapes of Morocco.

Seen by My Eyes

A timelapse portrait of Hong Kong’s natural scenery away from the city’s bustle.

Winter in Lofoten

A lyrical short about winter weather, cod fishing, and northern lights in Lofoten.

2015 Films

Friday Evening

Afterglow

Night-skiing short filmed in Alaska with LED-lit skiers

Directors: Nick Waggoner and Mike Brown. Production: Sweetgrass Productions

Between Snow and Stars

Between Snow and Stars shares stories and scenery from renowned mushers in the Arctic

Directors: Tom Vaillant and Charles H. Joslain

El Sendero Luminoso

On January 15, 2014, Alex Honnold free-soloed El Sendero Luminoso (The Shining Path) in El Portrero Chico, Mexico, in a little over 3 hours. The climb rises 2,500 feet to the summit of El Toro. It could be the most difficult rope-less climb in history.

Director: Renan Ozturk

Hanging Spear

Hidden amongst the Adirondack State Park and along the headwaters of the Hudson River, lie two of the highest peaks in New York State. Only accessible by hiking, the Opalescent Gorge holds one of the steepest runnable sections of whitewater in the state, including 65-foot-high ‘Hanging Spear’ Falls. The film is an exciting adventure taken by pro kayakers Steve Fisher and Pat Keller. A true adrenaline seeker that has taken on some of the wildest rapids in the world, Fisher brings his non-stop paddling skills to the backyard of one of the most famous cities in the world.

Horace and the Rought Stuff Felowship

This is the story of three men, one dream and 80 years of cycling in Iceland.

Mending the Line

The extraordinary story of Frank Moore, a 90-year old WWII veteran and fly-fishing legend, returning to Normandy to fish the rivers he saw as a soldier.

Directors: Steve Engman and John Waller

Nobody’s River

The journey planned is rarely the journey taken. The team learns just how true this is as they prepare to leave for a two-month expedition in Mongolia and Russia. The film documents four women and their journey along the Amur River, one of the few remaining free-flowing rivers of the world, and through the complexities of rock solid love and heart wrenching loss. From their hilarious antics to deeply human struggles, they shine a light on the soul of exploration.

Director: Skip Armstrong. Production: Wazee Motion Pictures

Slomo

Dr. John Kitchin quit a medical career to pursue his passion: skating along the boardwalk of San Diego’s Pacific Beach. He calls himself “Slomo.”

Director: Joshua Izenberg

Teton Hooping Contingency

In Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 26-year-old Ryan Mertaugh developed the art of extreme hula-hooping. The film follows his adventures hooping on summits through the Teton Mountain Range and Grand Teton National Park

Director: Madison Pope Bayles

The Bus

Some good friends doing what they do best; having fun, adventuring, and sending it on mountain bikes and kayaks. With the idea to run their bus to be more economical as well as environmentally friendly, the friends converted it to run off waste vegetable oil. The trip turns out to be nothing short of the trip of a lifetime.

The Coast

Borderlands. The bridge between two worlds. Where the known meets mystery. Powerful, unforgiving – and exactly what Hayden Peters was looking for. Trading the city for the daily sting of salt water on his skin, Hayden reveals how life on the coast brings him balance like no other place on earth could.

Directed by Skip Armstrong

The Questions We Ask

Documentary about Bruce Kirby stand-up paddling through the Inside Passage with his son

Director: Kalum Ko

Saturday Matinee

52 Peaks

The original 52 Peaks Challenge, documenting Matthew Dickinson’s year-long personal challenge of growth by running 52 mountain peaks across New Zealand within a calendar year.

Brilliant Darkness

Brilliant Darkness: Hotaru in the Night. Film about Japanese fireflies and the impact of artificial light at night

Directors: Emily V. Driscoll and James Karl Fischer. Production: BonSci Films

Every Moment Counts

Every Moment Counts is a short that follows Manny Vaughan, who has been fishing for 70 years, and features his journey of passion and drive through many years living and breathing on the open sea.

Into the Empty Quarter

Expedition documentary about Alastair Humphreys and Leon McCarron crossing the Arabian Empty Quarter while pulling homemade carts, inspired by Wilfred Thesiger.

Off-Wild Outlaw / Off-Widow Outlaw

Off-Width Outlaw. Pamela Shanti Pack seeks out North America's most challenging inverted and vertical cracks in the desert climbing mecca of Indian Creek

Director: Celin Serbo

Re-Cycling

Three engineers told him it couldn’t be done but using principles of Japa - nese origami Izhar Gafni hopes he’s proved them wrong. His recyclable cardboard bike weighs 9kg and costs just £5 to make.

Requiem of Ice

A visual odyssey of the Sandy Glacier Caves on Mt Hood, showing massive scale and dramatic melting

Directors: John Waller and Ben Canales

Sportlife Saga Water

Follows world champion free-diver Guillaume Néry deep beneath the sea as he transforms the sport of free-diving into an art, reaching depths of more than 100m.

Storm Chaser

Ruben Lenten is an extreme kiteboarder, always searching for the big - gest storms around the world. After a disappointing trip to Ireland, Ruben heads back to the homeland where one of the year’s fiercest storms is about to hit the coast of Holland.

Sun Dog

Short about skier Santiago Guzman and his dog Conga in Argentina

Director: Ben Sturgulewski. Production: DPS Cinematic

The Beauty of the Irrational

South African film starring Ryan Sandes

Director: Dean Leslie

The Chamber

Documentary about cavers reaching the Sarawak Chamber in Mulu National Park, Borneo

Production: Underworld Productions / Ananda Media

The Meaning of Wild

Documentary tied to the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, following wildlife cameraman Ben Hamilton in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest.

Tomorrow Somewhere New

Josh and Jessa Works load their son Jack into an Airstream and set off across America, not searching for one place to settle, but making a home tomorrow somewhere new.

Wheelin!

A brief story about a retired commander of an antique bicycle preserva - tion group and his mission to pass on bicycling heritage.

Saturday Evening

14C

Short climbing film about Kai Lightner confronting grade 14.C and the psychological and physical demands of elite climbing

Director: George Knowles; Guest: Kai Lightner & Deer Run Media

500 Miles to Nowhere

Paragliding adventure following Matt Beechinor, Nick Greece, Gavin McClurg, and Nate Scales on an unsupported vol-bivouac route from Washington toward Wyoming

Director: Michael Paul Jones

Back to the Cranberry Bog

Along with amazing wake skating imagery, the film shows how cranberries get harvested. No berries were destroyed while making this. Cranberries are tough as hell, there was zero waste of food. As far as sanitation goes, it’s an open body of water. A few dudes in wetsuits won’t hurt a thing.

Delta Dawn

A look at the 2014 Colorado River Pulse Flow, and the first crossing of the Colorado River Delta via watercraft in over two decades

Director: Pete McBride

Desert Ice

Documentary about Scott Adamson and Jesse Huey ice climbing in Zion National Park

Director: Keith Ladzinski

Dream

A daydream in an eddy transforms a purple-helmeted rookie into a whitewater Adonis. Join kayaker Ben Marr as he takes us to a world where a paddler’s wildest fantasies come true

Director: Skip Armstrong

Forest Man

Documentary about Jadav “Molai” Payeng, who spent decades planting a forest on Majuli Island in Assam

Director: William Douglas McMaster

How to Make a Sick Edit

The ultimate guide for riders and aspiring filmmakers who want to shoot their first mountain bike film, with tips on visuals, themes, and music

Directed by Matt Dennison and produced by Mahalo My Dude

I Am Red

The Colorado River runs 1,450 miles across seven states and two countries, supplying water for 36 million people. This video poem highlights the beauty and challenges of this national icon, American River’s Most Endangered River for 2013.

Director: Peter McBride

Ironman Jackson Wingfield

To become an Ironman one must complete a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride and a 26.2-mile run. Jackson Wingfield won a ticket through his job at Kenco 14 weeks from race day. Couch to Ironman in just three months?

Karsts of China

The Karsts of China. Climbing short featuring Cedar Wright, Emily Harrington, and Matt Segal

Director: Keith Ladzinski

Sufferfest 2

Less than a year after enchaining the fifteen tallest peaks in California, by bike, Alex Honnold and Cedar Wright have forgotten that it was their worst trip ever. So this time the guys want to climb 45 of the American Southwest’s most iconic Desert Towers, via their most difficult routes in an epic and scenic bike journey that takes them through Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona.

The Last Dragons

An intimate look at Appalachia’s eastern hellbender, North America’s largest salamander, its river habitat, behavior, and the conservation work needed to keep it from disappearing.

The Ridge

A film featuring Danny MacAskill

Director: Stu Thomson

Walk New Ground

A 2013 brand short for Ahnu featuring blind ultra-endurance hiker Trevor Thomas exploring the California redwoods

Directed by Seth Epstein

When Fear Meets the Line

Documentary exploring the terrifying experience of walking on a 1-inch slackline over a void and fighting through fear.

Sunday Matinee

Rules for the Black Birdwatcher

Clemson ecologist Drew Lanham lays out rules for African American birdwatchers.

And Then We Swam

Expedition documentary about James Adair and Ben Stenning attempting to row the Indian Ocean from Australia to Africa before disaster strikes near Mauritius

Director: Ben Finney

Barkley 100

Short documentary tied to the Barkley Marathons

Director: Brendan Young

Come to the Woods

A short film celebrating the human connection to nature through the words and philosophy of John Muir

Directed by Michael Coleman

Frozen Titans

With a team of three friends, Will Gadd heads to Canada’s ‘wildest ice cave’ at British Columbia’s Helmcken Falls in the heart of winter. His goal is to put up an extremely difficult seven-pitch mixed climbing route through more than 150 meters of sketchy rock, hazardous ice, and freezing cold mist during the dark, bitter days of winter 2014.

Forgotten Lines

Steph Davis BASE jumps off a cliff to the base of a long, hard, obscure Steve Hong crack climb in Mineral Canyon, Utah. Glad to be a Trad (5.13-) was first climbed by Hong in 1986.

Marshland Dreams

Documentary following Azzam Alwash as he takes on the challenge of restoring Iraq's Mesopotamian Marshes

Director: John Antonelli

Pure Imagination

A short film documenting elite climber Jonathan Siegrist as he attempts the first ascent of "Pure Imagination" (5.14c) in Kentucky’s Red River Gorge.

River Dreams

Documentary about paddling alone from Birmingham to the Gulf over 44 days.

Storyboard

Donald Brink makes functional art out of scraps; surfboards you could hang on a wall. He would rather see them ridden though.

The Last Dirtbag

James Lucas reflects on years spent living out of a Saturn wagon and later a cave in Yosemite, in a short Cedar Wright made about him and the decline of dirtbag life.

The Wiseman

An emotive story of Eddie Hunter’s personal connection with Banff National Park and Mt. Norquay, a mountain he has called home his entire life. Born in 1926, the same year Mt. Norquay was established, Eddie has been skiing Banff’s first ski resort for over 80 years.

Tracks

A brief ideological trip around the world.

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Twenty Eight Feet

Twenty Eight Feet: Life on a Little Wooden Boat. Short about David Welsford living aboard and traveling on a small wooden boat

Director: Kevin A. Fraser

Out on a Limb

Vasu Sojitra: Out on a Limb. Short about adaptive skier Vasu Sojitra.

The Frozen Titans

Will Gadd climbing the frozen Helmcken Falls, a 141m waterfall that can only be mastered at sub-zero temperatures

Directors: David Pearson and Bryan Smith

Wilderness Act 50th

Wilderness Act 50th Anniversary. Short tied to the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act

Director: Mark Decena

2014 Films

Friday Evening

Landlocked

Mike Rogers, a nurse and craftsman, reflects on Hawaii, surfing, and changing priorities while making a custom paddle.

North of the Sun

Inge Wegge and Jørn Ranum spend nine winter months in an isolated Arctic bay in Norway, living off driftwood and expired food so they can surf.

Snorkeling the Smokies

A look at the hidden biodiversity in Southern Appalachian rivers and streams.

Strong

Backcountry skier Roger Strong survives an avalanche and wrestles with what the accident means for his future.

The Boy Who Flies

In Africa, a paraglider inspires a young man’s dangerous quest to take to the skies, while also confronting his own cultural and racial identity.

The Sea of Rock

Mountain biker Harald Philipp recruits Thomas Ohler to try to ride down Austria’s brutal Mont Simmerstein.

The Sufferfest

Alex Honnold and Cedar Wright attempt to summit all of California’s 14,000-foot peaks by human power and technical climbing routes.

The Way It Began

One woman’s story of her passion for fly fishing and the belief that she can have wilderness and cosmopolitan life.

We Are Rhino

Three very different people tackle one big question, how to save the rhino.

Saturday Matinee

Birdmen: The Original Dream of Flight

A documentary on the dream of human flight and the deadly, obsessive world of wingsuit BASE jumping.

Caves: The Social Underground

A short about the camaraderie and community that caving creates.

Gregg Treinish, A MoveShake Story

Gregg Treinish channels his love of adventure and wildlife biology into founding Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation.

Ice

A short about why ordinary people risk their lives to ice climb, and why one Colorado location is unique in the sport.

Ray: A Life Underwater

Ray Ives, a longtime diver, reflects on a life spent recovering treasure and artifacts from the seabed.

Stand

A film about the British Columbia coast and the people fighting the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline and tanker route.

The Light in the Everglades

Four Florida painters discuss the Everglades, Florida’s self-image, and how art can aid conservation.

The Mother

At age 67, Melody reflects on her life, hopes, failures, and dreams while traveling the waters and canyons of Utah.

Saturday Evening

35

Brendan Leonard delivers a birthday reflection on the joys of the climbing life.

A Deeper Creek

A short freshwater documentary that takes viewers on a virtual river-snorkeling dive through some of North America’s richest rivers, highlighting the biodiversity of Southern Appalachian streams and an innovative snorkeling program that has introduced thousands of citizen snorkelers to those waters.

bike lanes

A short film about a ticket received for riding a bicycle outside the bike lane.

Down the Line

Vancouver canyoneers bring a sport usually associated with Utah and the Alps into unexplored terrain around Vancouver.

Love in the Tetons

Juan Martinez, once an at-risk teenager from Los Angeles, reconnects urban youth with nature and finds love with park ranger Vanessa Torres.

Outdoor Chattanooga

Chattanooga’s transformation from one of America’s dirtiest cities into an outdoor-adventure hub.

The Joy of Air

A poetic piece about flight, ascent, motion, and gravity.

The Man Who Lived on His Bike

A day in the life of a Montreal man and his bicycle.

Unicycle Caving

Exactly what the title says, unicycle caving.

Who Owns Water?

A documentary from the front lines of the freshwater conflict in the American South, centered on Atlanta, Lake Lanier, and downstream users.

Sunday Matinee

Among Giants

An environmental activist tree-sits in an ancient redwood grove, blending verité filmmaking with personal reflection.

Arkansas in a Day

Cedar Wright arrives early for a conference and discovers Arkansas climbing is not to be missed.

Barkley Marathon

A segment from an upcoming documentary about the brutal 100-mile race at Frozen Head State Park.

Congo: The Grand Inga Project

Steve Fisher and an elite expedition team attempt to survive the vicious Inga Rapids.

Fighting for the Futaleufu

Chileans and paddlers fight to protect the Futaleufú River and its community.

Freestyle Kayaker

A portrait of Bryan Kirk and his enduring love of whitewater kayaking.

The Last Great Climb

Leo Houlding, Jason Pickles, and Sean Leary attempt the first ascent of the northeast ridge of Ulvetanna Peak in Antarctica.

The Last Sun

A Norwegian girl rides her dog sled to watch the last sunset before winter darkness takes over.

2013 Films

Friday Evening

Cascada

A jungle waterfall expedition in remote Mexico, chasing the perfect waterfall and the perfect shot.

A Leg to Fly on

Tip continues to pursue an extreme sport despite a handicap.

The Way Home

The Amazing Grace 50+ Club, a Los Angeles senior surf group, visits Yosemite to challenge the reality that few people of color visit national parks.

Peruvian Ice Maiden

Photographer Stephen Alvarez talks about losing sight in one eye during his first National Geographic assignment.

Kudzu Vine

A black-and-white CinemaScope ode to kudzu and the South, blending agricultural history, myth, and improvisation.

The Eighty-Six

A guerrilla-style ski film about a crew moving from ski resorts to cities and back to the mountains while filming through constant obstacles.

Waters of the Greenstone

Two Chattanooga friends spend four months exploring New Zealand’s South Island, fly-fishing, backpacking, and mountaineering.

Saturday Matinee

The Nomad

A portrait of National Geographic adventurer Erik Boomer traveling by foot, skis, and kayak from the Arctic to Baja to the Northwest.

Eagle’s Sky

The true story of one man’s passion for birds and a historic flight with a one-winged bald eagle.

Still Here

A man living alone in the woods in a self-imposed post-apocalyptic reality is forced to confront the truth when a hiker reaches out.

The Mystery of George Masa

The story of Japanese immigrant George Masa, whose hiking, exploration, and photography helped shape the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Appalachian Trail.

Wampler’s Ascent

Steve Wampler, who has a severe form of cerebral palsy, attempts El Capitan using only one limb in a story of terror and triumph.

Saturday Evening

What the Tree Remembers, the Axe Forgets

A meditation on the dual nature of wood as both life-giving and destructive.

The Shapeshifter

Legendary whitewater kayaker Ben Marr pushes into the upper reaches of Quebec.

Why We Climb

Southern California climbers describe climbing as nature connection, artistic outlet, and way of life.

Sand Rider

Marc Pastore climbs and rides the Great Sand Dunes in Colorado during the off-season from snowboarding.

Julio Solis: Move Shake

Former sea turtle poacher Julio Solis reflects on a life-changing mentor who shifted his relationship with the ocean.

The Majestic Plastic Bag

A plastic bag migrates from a grocery store parking lot to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

The Earth from Below

Stephen Alvarez shows off his worldwide caving project.

Cache Quest

Florida geocachers use the tools and tricks of the trade to explore creative caches.

Caving for Cure

Brian Bachmann, an assistant professor of chemistry at Vanderbilt, uses his interest in caving to search for novel drugs produced by cave microorganisms.

The Pacific Oceanscape

A film about the Pacific Islands Forum’s political commitment to understand, guard, and conserve the Pacific Ocean.

The Warrior

Christopher Peterson, after leaving Hawaii because of family tragedy, finds release surfing rivers in the American West.

Clinch Knot

Haley Waldrop climbs boulders at Hound Ears, North Carolina, and talks about teaching, learning, and the ties that bind.

23 Feet

Three women set out across the West in a 23-foot 1970 Airstream to find people living in buses, vans, and other small spaces in pursuit of outdoor passion.

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