Wings of Kilimanjaro
The World's Most Exciting Charity Event. In 2016, an international group of adventure philanthropists climbed to the roof of Africa with the goal of being the first people ever to fly from the true summit of Mount Kilimanjaro’s Uhuru Peak. 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.
Wetterstein Ridge
Professional mountaineer Michi Wohlleben faces seventy kilometers and 7000 meters altitude difference of exposed and brittle ridge climbing if he is to cross the entire Wetterstein Ridge without a break. In addition to strength and endurance, mental stamina and concentration are especially important in order to be able to move through this demanding alpine terrain over such a long period of time. For months before the project start, the German undergoes a hard, structured training schedule, learning to stay focused and agile, even when his body is screaming with exhaustion because that is what the Wetterstein Ridge demands of him.
Paul's Boots
M’Lynn’s husband, Paul, passed away in July 2015. He left behind polished hiking boots and a backpack for his dream hike: the 2,189-mile Appalachian Trail. “How good would it be,” M'Lynn asked, “for his boots to make the journey even if Paul couldn't?” Her plea launched an incredible journey. Paul’s Boots follows the boots and the people who carried them.
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 on wilderness trips. In sharing Perry’s story, and hearing from the other TVOP 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.
Tools of Empowerment
The weeks, months, and sometimes even years required to heal after severe trauma can send even the most hardened humans into a spiral of depression. Yet from pain can come strength, not only to survive but to live life to its very fullest again. After BMX Hall of Famer Eddy King suffered a devastating crash at Big Bear Bike Park in 2013, he spent years fighting his way back to anything resembling normalcy in his life.
The Weight We Carry
Four men working their way out of poverty and homelessness embark on a multi-day trek along British Columbia’s rugged trails.
The Trilogy
On July 12, 2018, professional climber Sasha DiGiulian set out to become the first woman and second person in history to complete “Rocky Mountain Trilogy,” a compilation of three of the hardest 5.14 big walls in the Canadian Rockies. The imposing climbs will take Sasha two months of continued effort with the ultimate goal of ascending each sheer wall in a single day push, with zero falls—a combined average of over 9,000 vertical feet of climbing at a lung-busting average elevation of 7,000 feet. Pushing through the ever-increasing obstacles and riding the ups and downs of life, DiGiulian drives herself through mounting fatigue, and a closing weather window to strive for her historical goal.
The River's Call
Leaving the comforts of society behind in search of adventure. Some would call it the "modern man paradox" but the We Are Hungry crew refers to it as "the art of putting yourself in crappy situations to feel alive." The River's Call follows seven kayakers through the deep canyons and challenging whitewater of the Rio Apurimac the farthest source of the Amazon in the heart of the Andes.
The Redstone Pack
What began as an impromptu leap into the world of dog sledding, Aaron Natoniewski’s methodical approach to the sport and understanding of his dogs has inspired a team of sled hounds unlike any other.
SLACKER
Slacklining to many is a mystery, a line where impossible and possible collide. For Terry Acomb it’s simply a way of life. This Fruita based geologist has pioneered the sport in North America and is doing everything it takes to spread the passion nationwide. “Slacker” takes you inside Terry’s life uncovering his fundamental role in the slackline community and the work he’s put into the progression and accessibility of this sport.
The Motivator
Filmmaker Aaron Hitchins turns his camera on the person who has motivated him to lead a life connected to the outdoors: his mother, Maureen. He wishes he were half as active as she is, and her commitment to rediscovering herself is inspirational.
Pedal to Peaks 2
A small team of skiers strapped an obnoxious amount of gear to bicycles and rode through arctic Norway. Connecting craggy islands by underwater tunnels, they climbed and skied mountains along the length of the Lofoten archipelago. Gear failed, partners bailed, and spirits wavered. But after camping on snow-covered beaches, what they found at the end of the peninsula made them look deeper inside themselves and their motives.
The Moon Dogs
Follow Fernando and Dana as they explain their past with these beautiful rescue dogs. Dogs of all shapes and sizes learn how to love again through these kind-hearted people. Gear up as they take on the adventure of their lives!
Wisdom of the Mountains
The Pamiri people of Afghanistan and Tajikistan are among the most isolated communities in the world. They live according to centuries-old traditions. Slowly but surely Western influences enter this remote mountain region. In this documentary film we travel through the Pamir Mountains with Frederik van Oudenhoven. He is the author of ‘With our own hands’, a book about the traditional dishes and the food and farming culture of the Pamiri people. It is the first written source about their culture that is accessible in their own language. Frederik brings his book back to its source. He speaks with farmers about the struggles they are facing: can the Pamiri people stay true to their old traditions while adapting to a new world?
The Mighty Finn
“Finn has every reason to hate the body he’s been given, but instead he’s one of the most joyful people I’ve ever met,” say Ethan Sheets of his eldest son Finn. Born without half his brain, Finn lives with cerebral palsy and will never walk or talk without assistance. After his diagnosis, Ethan and his wife Kasey let go of the future they had envisioned for Finn, but in its place, a new reality, both difficult and beautiful, emerged as their parents witnessed a change in Finn when they took him hiking. Even as they grapple with what the future holds, the Sheets family finds their form of happiness in their backyard, realizing that hard roads can be happy.
The Long River Home
Combat veterans Aaron Howell and Russell Davies, injured in war, come together for another mission as they guide blind Navy veteran Lonnie Bedwell on his third trip through the Grand Canyon. Over a 14-day river trip, they battle more than 80 powerful rapids, screaming directions to Lonnie the whole way. Throughout the journey they remember their past experiences and learn that negotiating the rapids of life is as simple as forming a team, kicking out in the current, and finding a line through the chaos.
The Imaginary Line
In February 2019, the United States government declared a ‘national state of emergency’ on the southern border. In an act of solidarity, a team from Mexico and a team from the U.S.A assembled with the sole purpose of establishing a slackline that crossed the border between the countries, coming together to cross the imaginary lines that keep people part in order to say that where you may come from, we are all humans here.
The Flip
What drives us to step beyond the bounds of what we know even when the stakes are high, possibly fatal? French Skydiver Remi Angeli must face his fears in order to explore new expressions of movement while BASE jumping in Mexico. On the other side of his fear, he discovers life in its purist form.
The Endless Wave
Landlocked mountain towns aren’t always known for their water culture. But for San Diego native and Montana transplant Jack Christiansen, the waterways of the Rockies present the perfect opportunity to reimagine the sport he grew up learning to love: surfing. From ocean break to river wave, Jack's spirit and passion for surfing creates brand new possibilities for play in the mountains.
Under an Arctic Sky
A group of surfers along with photographer Chris Burkard, journey to Iceland's north coast in search of perfect waves during the largest storm to make landfall in 25 years.
The Adventure Itinerary
Katherine is dedicating her life to harnessing adventure as a means of protecting and conserving the marine environment, to inspiring everyone to step beyond their doorstep through adventure to fall in love with the beauty and wonder of nature and through this love, to be inspired to take action to protect our wonderful planet.
Surf Cuba
Inside the communist country of Cuba exists a small but passionate community of surfers who, due to a lack of economic opportunity and governmental support for the sport, number no more than 150. This film colorfully documents the Cuban surf community's struggles and how they overcome them in order to pursue their passion, showing that Cubans don't think about the problem; they think about the solution.
Standing Man
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A to B Rollerski
“A to B Rollerski” is a feature documentary film that tells the story of Raimonds Dombrovskis' epic rollerski journey from Arctic to Baja back in 1988, covering 4200 miles in 90 days. Raimonds is a Latvia-born US Olympic biathlete whose sudden life-threatening health condition forces him out of the 1988 Winter Olympic Games. Instead of giving up on his dreams, Raimonds recovers and embarks on a 90-day rollerski trip from Inuvik, Canada, to Baja, Mexico. Fast forward 26 years, and Raimonds, now an experienced adventure traveler in his 50's, is back to Inuvik to relive the trip, try find the same people, and reflect on how his life turned out after A to B.
Spirit
When Saraswati arrives as the first educated daughter-in-law in a Himalayan village, she wonders how she will ever feel at home. Faced with the skepticism of an older generation of women, she is determined to succeed. An intimate story of longing and belonging in India’s sacred mountains, Spirit explores what it takes to make a home in a remote community in the thralls of change.
NOT 2 BAD
Anthill Films—the crew that brought you unReal and NotBad—and the Trek C3 Project have joined forces yet again, this time in Spain, to bring you more shenanigans & unbelievable bicycle riding than ever before. And of course, more unbelievable riding and bicycle mastery you’d come to expect from the Trek C3 Project. What’s better than one of something? Two of something. One is less than two. Therefore, logic dictates that two must be better than one. Faced with these indisputable facts, we realized that we needed to make a sequel
Sons Gonna Rise
Like father, like son. Inspired by special moments from the film Seasons, Son’s Gonna Rise is a piece celebrating the special relationship between fathers and sons everywhere. The short film highlights the especially unique relationship between CLIF Athlete Andrew Shandro and his son, Ethan Shandro that revolves around many things, most notably, their shared love for mountain biking as well as the challenges and successes you experience as a professional athlete.
Poverty of Perception
In 2011, Norwegian Model Aleksandra Orbek-Nilssen was living in New York City full-time when she began to strongly desire a life with more substance and purpose. With the turn of a globe she sought adventure in Namibia, Africa. Throughout her two week trip, she was exposed to new cultures, environments, wildlife and what she described as poverty. Instead of returning home to continue her career, she extended her stay with the hope to learn more about an indigenous tribe called the Ju/'Hoan San and see how she can help them out of their impoverished life. It didn't take long for Aleks to gain the knowledge that these people were not living in poverty, but that it was her own poverty of perception that needed help.
Solstice
A tribute to the shortest and coolest days of the year when the sun arcs low over the horizon and ice crystals linger in the air—the days skiers love more than any other.
Shelter
Somewhere in the wild expanse of the Alps Mountains, our group of five friends, with boards and climbing skins underfoot, marvels at the vast untracked mountain faces and the majesty of the surrounding peaks. Featuring Jeremy Jones, Mat Schaer, Levi Luggen, Léo Taillefer, and Thomas Delfino, our group of snowboarders is willing to travel and ride the mountains in a more environmentally-responsible way, always with the objective in mind to reduce their carbon footprint.
SHARED VISION
Red Szell, suffering from a degenerative eye condition, is now blind, but after traveling to Scotland and becoming the first blind climber to reach the top of the iconic sea stacks of the Old Man of Hoy and Old Man of Stoer, only Am Buachaille remains in the trilogy for him to climb. Just reaching the base will involve a triathlon of sorts, with a mountain bike ride, a steep scramble down the mainland cliff, and a swim across the tidal flow to reach the start of the climb. He then has four hours to get up and get off before the tide races in.
3000 Cups of Tea
This is the story of bringing education and peace to a corner of the world largely without either. It is also the story of Greg Mortenson (author, 'Three Cups of Tea') and of the difference his work is making in some of the most remote and dangerous parts of the world, his meteoric rise, and the scandal that brought him to his knees and nearly destroyed his mission.
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. Watch how it unites the community, challenges stereotypes, and provides a safe place for kids like Micheal to challenge themselves to grow and become who they are supposed to be.
Rusty's Ascent
Growing up in Zimbabwe, Robert “Rusty” Bailey knew he would one day climb Mount Everest and accordingly spent years climbing, working with the BBC on climbing documentaries and getting his doctorate in Outdoor education. In 1982, when Everest had only been summit by fewer than 30 people, Rusty jumped at the opportunity to join the first Canadian team to attempt the peak. Rusty left for the expedition with the support of his wife and two daughters, but as when three Sherpas were killed in an avalanche that also buried Rusty, almost killing him, and another team member died two days later, Rusty began to reconsider the cost that he is asking himself and his young family to pay: Was it worth it to risk his life for the potential glory that could await him at the summit, or was Mount Everest just another lump of snow?
Adventure Not War
Adventure Not War is the story of three U.S. veterans traveling back into the mountains of Iraq on a mission to heal wounds and experience the country and its culture without the shadow of war.
The River's Call
Leaving the comforts of society behind in search of adventure. Some would call it the "modern man paradox" but the We Are Hungry crew refers to it as "the art of putting yourself in crappy situations to feel alive." The River's Call follows seven kayakers through the deep canyons and challenging whitewater of the Rio Apurimac the farthest source of the Amazon in the heart of the Andes.
Blood Road
Blood Road follows the journey of ultra endurance mountain bike athlete Rebecca Rusch and her Vietnamese riding partner, Huyen Nguyen, as they pedal 1,200 arduous miles along the infamous Ho Chi Minh Trail through the dense jungles of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Their Goal: to reach the newly discovered crash site and final resting place of Rebecca’s father, a U.S. Air Force pilot shot down over Laos some 40 years earlier. Along the way, both women push their bodies to the limit while learning more about each other’s culture, the historic ‘Blood Road’ they’re pedaling, how the Vietnam War shaped each of their lives in different ways, and, ultimately, discovering more about themselves.
Rise of the Bird Men
Perhaps flying has always signified escape; we dream of soaring among the clouds, of running our fingers through colored beams of light. These are the impossible dreams of humanity. But for the bird men, the pioneers of wingsuiting, Daedalus’ dream became a reality as they bought raw, un-powered human flight out of the dream realm and made it accessible to everyone.
Return to Earth
Time is either spent wisely or it is just spent. This cinematic journey immerses you on a bike, letting you fly through the lush coastal jungles of Oahu, feel the dust from Utah’s otherworldly landscapes, and lose yourself in the untouched mountains of Patagonia. Return to Earth proves that when we lose track of time, we can make the most of it.
Return of the Desert Bighorn
After all native desert bighorn sheep were eliminated from Texas by the 1960s, conservationists began the long fight for their return. 'Return of the Texas Bighorn' follows wildlife biologists as they capture, collar, and relocate desert bighorn to restore a healthy population in West Texas.
Love Of Place
When an invasive species plant threatens to take over a beautiful desert river, an obsessive park ranger sets out to kill it.
Reset
An Iraq combat veteran and Purple Heart recipient shares his story of getting out of the U.S. Army after 10 years, and re-finding his purpose and drive in life through the pursuit of fly-fishing and fly-tying.
Queen Without Land
This is a true story on the meeting between Frost, a beautiful polar bear mother, and Asgeir Helgestad, a Norwegian wildlife filmmaker over the course of four years. Rising temperatures are responsible for dramatic changes in Frost’s ecosystem on Svalbard, as the ice is melting at record speed, causing fjords that were once full of ice and seals to be abandoned, pushing Frost further away. Asgeir is determined to find her and document all that is being lost, but his task is far from easy.
Ride of the Dead
Ride of the Dead takes us into the world of the Mexican mountain bike culture during the famous annual celebration known as Dia De Los Muertos. This film follows Oaxacan, born and raised rider and trail builder Yefra Ram through some of Mexico’s best mountain bike trails as he honors the passing of loved ones and competes in the first annual Transierra Norte 3 day endure race.
Portal
Filmed in March 2019 during an expedition to the island of Olkhon, the purpose of which was the suspension and the passage of the slackline over the Lake Baikal with a length of 62 meters at an altitude of about 100 meters. Since ancient times, Lake Baikal has been considered a sacred place and a place of power for Siberian shamans. This short film tells how the state of mind of a tightrope walker walking on a tight rope and a shaman in a state of ritual trance are connected.
Peak Obsession
Cody Townsend has set out on an audacious goal, a never-been-done-before feat: to climb and ski all 50 lines chronicled in the book "The Fifty Classic Ski Descents of North America". Peak Obsession dives into the depths of the mindset behind the project told through the story of two of the most challenging lines in the book. Joined by legendary snowboarder Jeremy Jones and cameraman Bjarne Salen, Cody set out on an adventure rife with challenge, exhaustion and mental battles.
Paradise
An unlikely environmentalist, Bryan Wells finds himself standing between Yellowstone National Park and an industrial-scale gold mine. The proposed mine sits just above his home, and not only threatens America’s most iconic national park but his community's way of life.
Originate
With little change to the landscape of Alaska since her first trip 10 years ago, big mountain skier Michelle Parker returns to Haines to test her skillset in the mountains. As she revisits some of the steepest, most unforgiving lines of her career, we discover that her metric for success isn't measured by competition, Alaskan spines or blower pow, but found within.
Captain of Utopia
François Bernard, knows as “Ben”, has explored the most remote places of the world for more than 30 years: the North Pole and the South Pole, Mount Everest, etc… One day, he realized that he was tired of being alone, he wanted to be able to share all the emotions he experienced overtime, with others. So he invested all his life savings in a polar sailboat.That is the starting point of his ambitious project: Atka. He dreamt of bringing as many people as possible to discover the beauties and the lights of the Arctic. For 17 months, the boat travelled on the west coast of Greenland, carrying on board, in turn, personalities from all horizons: base jumpers, circus artists, teenagers, sick women and children to discover the icecap.
Opposite Poles
Entering his thirties, Juan Andrés realizes the great impact his dad, Juan Miguel, has had on his path to leading the adventurous life. In order to rekindle his father’s dormant passions, he decides to invite his father on a new adventure, together, high up in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca. This father and son pair team up for a summit attempt in some of the highest mountains in South America and attempt to overcome the challenges of the past on their way up.
The Space Within
While exploring the tidepools of a deserted tropical beach, a young boy finds a mysterious treasure washed upon the rocks. The space within whispers of another world, holding magic unlike anything he has seen before.
On the Verge
In the mountains behind the sleepy coastal town of Powell River, British Columbia, a small group of rock climbers has spent decades quietly pioneering routes on some of the largest granite walls in Canada. As the last stands of old-growth trees harbored in these valleys come under threat of logging, the climbing community faces the uncertain future of a place that has come to define their lives and legacies. Confronted with the decision to fight for these last ancient trees and potentially lose access or look away as the valley is stripped for timber, On the Verge is a snapshot of outdoor culture in BC.
North Country
In the rugged White Mountains of northern-New Hampshire, Lahout’s, a ski shop run by a family of Lebanese immigrants, has remained open 365 days a year since 1920, beating the Great Depression, World War II, Dot Com Crash and Great Recession. Their centennial approaches during a vulnerable time, however, as the patriarch (Joe Lahout, Sr.), has begun to struggle with his health. His grandson (Anthony Lahout), who has returned home to help with his recovery, explores his grandfather's lineage as well as questions the source to the store's success. This timeless short story of the American dream and the family that put a community on skis will captivate a nation consumed with hashtags instead of history.
Nordurland
Nordurland is a film about going surfing in the harsh, cold waters of the North Atlantic. Three friends from the subtropical northern rivers of New South Wales, Australia, surfers Torren Martyn and Laurie Towner and need essential founder and designer Ryan Scanlon, travel to isolated, snow-covered coastlines in search of remote waves.
Dream Ride 2.0
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.
Nebula
On his quest to complete his three-part celestial ski photo series, pro photographer Reuben Krabbe ventures into the backcountry of British Columbia to attempt to shoot a deep space ski photo of the Orion Nebula with a skier in the foreground. Planned over two years and only achievable on a clear moonless winter night that happens a few times a year, the pressure is on Reuben to prove to himself that he can capture another impossible photograph.
My Midsummer Morning
In 1935 a young Englishman named Laurie Lee arrived in Spain, walking through the country, earning money for food by playing his violin in bars and plazas. Nearly a century later, the book Laurie Lee wrote – As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning – inspired Alastair Humphreys, who dreamed of retracing Laurie Lee’s footsteps, but could never get past the hurdle of being distinctly unmusical. Finally, he decided to go anyway, risking failure and humiliation every day.
Enock
For paraplegic Enock Glidden, having the strength to do 3,000 pull-ups was not enough to for him to fulfill his dream of climbing El Capitan; he needed the added power of a community of climbers dedicated to making his dream a reality.
Mountain Wool
Every spring, men and their teams of dogs head into the New Zealand high-country to muster up thousands upon thousands of sheep and bring them down-valley to shear them and take their wool to market. Generation upon generation have taken to the hills to complete the task at hand but the numbers are dwindling—both the sheep that are raised and the men that look after them. Mountain Wool tells the story of one high-country station (ranch), Lochaber, and the men that work the land.
Morning
Mornings are a sacred time of day. Kyle Smaine, an incredibly local athlete who is a world-class freeskier who can also ride a mountain bike like no one else, tears across favorite trails and sections of granite in the Lake Tahoe basin, trying to make mornings count.
Making Turns
Fritz Sperry is a renowned author, artist, and skier. He has dedicated his life to combining these three passions into something greater to share with the backcountry skiing community. Making Turns is a brief look into Fritz's life and what skiing means to him.
Life of Pie
When Jen Zeuner and Anne Keller moved to the tiny, conservative high desert town of Fruita, Colorado almost twenty years ago, it was not on the map as far as mountain biking was concerned. Jen and Anne, who weren’t shy about using their lesbian innuendos to sell pizza even when Fruita wasn’t ready for it, were at first on the fringe and even a bit ostracized in the community but are now at the very heart and soul of the community.
Follow Through
People have opinions about skier Caroline Gleich: Inspirational. Gumby. Social media star. Role model. Model masquerading as a mountaineer. At sixteen, she stumbled upon a copy of the cult classic guidebook The Chuting Gallery. Irreverent and wonderfully arbitrary, the guidebook lays out a set of 88 ski mountaineering lines across Utah’s Wasatch Mountains. They were difficult and dangerous. When she first said out loud she wanted to ski them, she was met with laughter. “Maybe it was because I was five feet tall, or I was a little blonde girl, but I remember that clearly — and it didn’t feel good” says Gleich. After a decade building her skills, Gleich set out to complete her vision and become the skier she dreamt of being. '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?
Insitu
A poetic depiction of a woman chasing the light across nature through her condition as a human being.
Horse Rich and Dirt Poor
Wild horses are caught between an incredibly polarized and emotionally charged debate aiming to write their future in the American West. While some wild horse activists largely want their numbers unbridled, others see wild horses as a resource that needs to be managed. Horse Rich and Dirt Poor follows ecologist Charles Post as he explores America’s pressing wild horse issue and the effects it has on the surrounding ecosystem.
Home
Between 2011 and 2015 UK adventurer Sarah Outen traversed the globe by bike, kayak, and rowing boat, traveling over 20,000 miles by human power alone. Traveling solo, the trip took its toll, and a violent storm on the Pacific took Sarah to the physical and mental brink. Woven out of hundreds of hours of footage, Home intimately and unflinchingly captures Sarah’s journey, telling a story of heart and soul, of struggle and joy, and one woman’s trek towards true emotional acceptance.
Gone Tomorrow
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.
Finding The Line
FINDING THE LINE is a film about fear, it’s paralyzing grip on humans and how it affects our decision-making. Olympian and X Games Slopestyle champion Anna Segal and her Freeride World Tour, big mountain skiing sister, Nat Segal, use their skiing to understand fear and how it manifests in the two siblings’ lives. Throughout their careers as professional skiers, Anna and Nat have both constantly been challenged by fear. Yet, despite being brought up under the same roof, they have learned to deal with it in almost contrasting ways, neither leading them to the success they dreamed of. A heartfelt journey on the knife’s edge of big mountains throughout Canada and France push them to their physical and emotional limits. The extreme skiing mecca of Alaska pushes them beyond. The Australian sisters soon realise that the most important lessons lie within each others' approach. Equipped with greater insight, they negotiate the fine balance between staying in their comfort zone and taking too much risk, learning that sometimes to move forward, you need to understand what is holding you back.
First Frost
From first snow to first chair, as skiers, there is an emotion and a feeling that resonates within all of us and can be defined by those seasonal moments.
Far Away
Far Away follows two female climbers who know when to take things seriously and when to enjoy the moments of an epic adventure, as they employ their niche offwidth climbing skill set to establish a first ascent in a remote mountain range in China. Far Away shows us how climbing is more than just the experience on the wall.
Elle Aime
Set in a surrealist mountain world, our main character—the snow-- pays homage to one of its favorite snowboarders: Marie France Roy. Through poetry, dream sequences, and animation, Marie's world-class riding is encapsulated by the feeling that we all seek in the mountains: pure joy.
Hunting Giants
A thrill-seeking explorer wants to find and climb the biggest tree in Canada outside a logging community on the brink of collapse. HUNTING GIANTS follows the struggles of a formerly prosperous town of Port Renfrew, British Columbia. This 24-min documentary is told through the point-of-view of the residents, the local indigenous community, and a group of big tree climbers. This cinematic adventure into the old-growth rainforests of British Columbia explores a question faced by resource communities around the world: extract profit until there’s nothing left or balance resource development with eco-tourism in pursuit of a more sustainable future?
Electric Greg
Record-breaking mountain endurance athlete Greg Hill has never shied away from a goal. Through his time spent in the mountains, he saw the effects of climate change first-hand and realized the way he was approaching the mountains was only making the problem worse. Two years ago he changed his approach and set out to climb 100 peaks without burning any fossil fuels while asking if it will make a difference.
In my father's footsteps
Summer 2016: the end of one journey, and the start of my own. Among the misty hills of Scotland I embark on climbing my first Munro with my father, who is climbing his final Munro. I take the opportunity to reflect on our experiences of hill walking, along with those of Nan Shepherd, the famous novelist, to discover the importance of reaching the summit. Notions of gender, history, and spirituality meet on the mountainside to accompany the adventure of a father and son.
Driven
Having a compulsive or urgent quality. Determined to succeed. Highly energetic and motivated. Rob Pizem is the definition of Driven.
Dreamland
In his documentary, Stanisław Berbeka revives the memory of his father, Maciej Berbeka. Thanks to the accounts of expedition participants, the reminiscences of his family members and archival recordings (film and sound), we can gain a better insight into this eminent Polish mountaineer and traveller’s way of thinking. Among the stories about the family, the values embraced by Berbeka, and the most important expeditions, there is one related to the winter expedition to Broad Peak, where, on 5 March 2013, the protagonist made his dreams come true by reaching the summit, but died on his way down to the base.
Fall Impressions
Sarah, a freelance fine art and commercial artist, her work—and her play—all stems from flow. It’s why her mountain biking and her painting go hand in hand. Her goal is to share with other people whatever magic she sees in the world around her.
A Southern Quest
A winter expedition to the Antarctic island of South Georgia, led by Stephen Venables and Skip Novak, owner of the famous polar yacht, Pelagic Australis. Ferocious winds forced the team to abort initial plans at the far south end of the island. However, snatching victory from the jaws of defeat, they sailed further north and succeeded in making first ascents of the beautiful Trident peaks, which overlook the route taken Shackleton’s legendary traverse of 1916.
Detroit Hives
Detroit Hives follows Tim Paule and Nicole Lindsey, a young couple from East Detroit, as they work to bring diversity to the field of beekeeping and create opportunities for young Detroit natives to overcome adversity. Tim and Nicole have been purchasing vacant lots from among the over 90,000 empty housing lots in Detroit, 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.
Martin's Boat
Martin's Boat is a film that honors the legacy of Martin Litton and follows the newest boat in the Grand Canyon Dories fleet, the Marble Canyon, on its maiden voyage down the legendary Colorado River through the grandest canyon on Earth.
Deep Water
Deep Water is a captivating exploration of fear, mentorship, and deep water soloing in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam with psicobloc pioneer Tim Emmett and competition climber Kyra Condie. Watch as Kyra learns from the master, tackles the fear of climbing high above the water, and then succeeds on one of the hardest deep water solos in Vietnam, the “Lightning Crack.”
7 Stages of Blank
This season, Blank Collective Films searched for an explanation to their insanity. Seven stages—anticipation, inspiration, creativity, perseverance, experience, exploration, and satisfaction—are designed to postulate a progression of the emotional stages during a ski season. The Blank Collective takes you on a journey through the 7 Stages of Blank, a lighthearted look into the bond that develops around the sport of skiing.
A Line Across The Sky
The Fitz Roy Traverse is one of the most sought after achievements in modern Alpinism: A gnarly journey across seven jagged summits and 13,000 vertical feet of climbing. Join Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold for some fun.
SHIFT
"SHIFT" is a half-hour documentary about the indigenous youth from Carcross, Yukon who have spent the past 10 years transforming traditional trails around their community into a world-class mountain biking destination - and changing themselves along the way.
Crazy Baby
From the powder of Japan to the spine of Alaska, and almost everywhere else snowy around the world, Andy and Shannon Mahre have spent their career as professional skiers in search of adventure. As a cervical cancer survivor, Shannon was unsure if she would be able to have kids, so when their son Ryder was born, the couple found themselves on their greatest adventure of all; raising a son in the outdoors.
The Cottonwood Project
We are all a product of our environment, and for Sam Cohen, that environment was growing up shredding in one of the most iconic ski destinations in the world Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah.
Constant Thought
When the traditional methods of coping with trauma don’t work, what options do you have left? Outdoor therapy is a growing field that is helping people like Brandon Kuehn, an Iraq War veteran, who struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder. Constant Thought is an intimate portrayal of Brandon and his attempt to walk the 2,650 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail.
Breaking 60
In January 2017, 22 determined runners embraced the challenge of a single self supported effort over Hong Hong's grueling four ultra trails. A 298km battle with over 14,000m of elevation gain, Breaking 60 follows the hopes of 4 of these challengers with one goal in mind, to break 60 hours.
Common Ground
Common Ground brings viewers into the small communities of San Juan County, Utah where a fierce debate about public land is underway. As five tribes lead an Indigenous movement demanding respect for tribal sovereignty, locals advocating for less federal control over public land gain a voice. The story evolving in this remote part of Utah is a microcosm of the greater political and cultural divides seen across the country.
Colter
Inspired by the story of John Colter, who pioneered much of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem with a set of snowshoes, a rifle, and thirty pound pack, discovering ranges and natural phenomena, Sawyer Thomas and Riis Wilbrecht attempted the same route with their own unique perspective and style of adventure. With backgrounds in freestyle and endurance skiing, Thomas and Wilbrecht explore their mental and physical limits while exploring new terrain. Over the winters of 2018 and 2019 Sawyer and Riis accompanied by friends skinned to these remote ranges to ski rarely frequented peaks and show that there are still great adventures right out our backdoors.
Climb For Equality
Ski mountaineer and adventurer Caroline Gleich was out to change the face of mountaineering. Her Climb for Equality on Everest set out with the goal of inspiring more women to stand on top of the world's highest summits—until she had to contend with her greatest challenge yet.
Chasing the Sublime
Why do we put ourselves into the path of discomfort and risk? What drives us to get too cold and too tired, to battle with fear, in the name of adventure? Follow the originators of The Outdoor Swimming Society, ‘swim twins’ Kate Rew and Kari Furre, in this hauntingly beautiful look at the physicality of cold water swimming in the United Kingdom, as two friends set out to chase the sublime.
MOHON Adventure on a Bike
The Story of one man a bike and the Mongolian Steppe. In the spring of 2016 19 year old Jimmy Hyland boarded a plane to Mongolia. Having spent his life reading books, watching films and hearing stories of adventure he decided it was time to find his own. Drastically unprepared and armed with little more than a bike he had bough the week before for £50 and a few basic tools Jimmy set off into the steppe, but all did not go to plan. This is the story of Jimmy's first taste of travelling alone in a totally alien land. Continually battling wind, bitter cold temperatures, mechanical problems and solitude which pushed him to his limits, it wasn't until he discovered the incredible Mongolian hospitality that he got back on track.
Charge
Four top freeskiers and a World Champion drone pilot are dropped at Chatter Creek, British Columbia for one week. Their instructions: charge as hard as you can every day. Featuring Stan Rey, Cody Townsend, Chris Rubens, Alexi Godbout and Jordan Temkin.
Can't Ski Vegas
“On paper we’d come in search of the biggest ski lines of our lives. But the reality was that we simply had come to celebrate friendship--to withdraw into the wild, to remove distractions and cell service and emails, and to invest purposeful time into being together. I guess that’s the real meaning of a bachelor party."
POKE
Leonardo Martinez (37), a mountain sportsman who suffers a spinal cord injury reveals us deep reflections on life and the human soul, showing us that boundaries are an illusion, on an an epic trip through The Andes.
Bump Brothers
Clair and Darrell Glenn have been skiing Beaver Mountain in Northern Utah for 50 years. The brothers are known for trenching in the "Glen Canyon" under Harry's Dream lift, where they display their prowess in Moguls and in the air. The fountain of youth is apparently located in Logan Canyon, UT.
Building Bridges
Commissioned by the Germany Embassy as a tribute to German-American friendship, Building Bridges shows a lonely man finding courage through the acts of strangers as he looks to the sky. High above the sacred Navajo land of Monument Valley, two hot air balloons float, one carries the German flag, the other that of the United States. A closer look reveals that the balloons are not only tethered together, but that a person walks on this thin, connecting line.
Blood on the Crack
Climbers 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 crack pitches in the world: an unbelievably aesthetic, perfectly splitter, and excruciatingly painful fingertip crack called Blood on the Crack.
Billder
Billder tells the story of Bill McLane, a mountain bike trail builder. We'll find out what trails mean to him and how his work impacts his community.
Beyond Dreams
The film tells the life story of Roman Romancini, one of the most important Brazilian mountaineers, in his endeavor to reach his greatest dream—climbing Mount Everest—even after being hit by a car nearly put an end to his sport life. Directed by Rafael Duarte (Bambalaio Filmes) and produced by Leonardo Edde (URCA Filmes), Beyond Dreams shows how Roman dealt with the chance of never climbing again, how he fought a cancer and how he kept the Everest dream alive as a motivation to overcome the recovery process.
Return From Desolation
Return from Desolation is the story of Garrett Eaton, an Afghan war vet, oilman, and river guide who has fought his way back from addiction and certain death through the wild serpentine rivers of the American Southwest. While this is a story of renewal, forgiveness and healing, Return from Desolation is also a bridge between what we think we know and the nuance of what it means to be human in a complex society. Through Garrett's experience, we see the importance of wild, public landscapes to help us all find our way home.
Bekoji 100
Bekoji 100 explores the stories of Desta and Zabu, two adolescent female runners from Bekoji, Ethiopia who are supported by the Girls Gotta Run Foundation (GGRF). As they embark on completing the first-ever 100-mile ultra relay race across Ethiopia alongside international runners and their GGRF teammates, they share their athletic ambitions and the trials they face as young women in their society.
Bayandalai: Lord of the Taiga
From inside his yurt deep within the heart of the Taiga, Bayandalai‒an elder of the Dukhas tribe‒muses about the significance of life and death in the largest forest on Earth. He is the last of the great reindeer herders of the Taiga.
Bare Existence
Bare Existence gives a behind the scenes look into the plight of the polar bear and the biologists on the front lines of protecting these species as they battle against the effects of climate change threatening their existence. This film presents a drastic cry for immediate attention and instills our viewer with hope, illuminating present-day efforts for a brighter future.
Banking on Bailey
Banks, Idaho is home to seventeen hearty residents, including Ryan Bailey, a white-water kayaker, former wildland firefighter, and the unofficial mayor of the town. Situated at the confluence of the North and South Fork of the Payette River, Banks means something if you’re a kayaker. Growing up the river terrified Ryan, but it kept calling him.
AZIZA
In the foothills of the Atlas Mountains, the call to prayer sound five times a day, and people from all across Moroccan valleys—people who are proud of their traditions and who work hard to make a living and maintain their families—pause to pray. This is no different for Aziza Raji; it’s just that despite the daily tasks that are expected of her, she manages to find time to train to be one of the rising stars of Moroccan ultra-running.
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.
ATTLA
Spanning his fifty-year dogsled racing career, Attla explores the life and persona of George Attla, from his childhood as a tuberculosis survivor in the Alaskan interior, to his rise as ten-time world champion and mythical state hero, to a village elder resolutely training his grandnephew to race his team one last time.
Aniakchak
Newlyweds Graham Zimmerman and Shannon McDowell, both professional athletes in different sports, find joy and common ground in a new, fledgling activity: PACKRAFTING, a sport that will take on a harrowing adventure to Alaska’s Aniakchak National Monument, the most remote and least visited part of the National Park System.
Adaptive
On Christmas Day in 2014, Jim Ewing, a veteran rock climber and senior rope engineer at a prominent rock climbing rope company, fell over 50 feet to the ground in a climbing accident, a near-death experience that led to the subsequent below-the-knee amputation of his left leg. Before walking on a prosthetic, Jim was already climbing again, and in 2018, he invited a climber missing her left hand, Maureen Beck, to accompany him in attempting the first all-adaptive ascent of the über classic and deeply remote Lotus Flower Tower in Canada's Cirque of the Unclimbables. In Adaptive, Jim and Maureen hope to demonstrate that "disabled" climbers are just differently––and equally––abled.
A Walk Through The Land of A Thousand Hills
Claver Ntoyinkima, a native park ranger, shares the secrets of Nyungwe National Park in Rwanda as he guides us through the forest, one of the most biodiverse places in the world. Twenty-five years after the devastation of the Rwandan Civil War, the park is now one of the best-conserved montane rainforests in Central Africa. As Claver walks through the forest we uncover the origins of his conservation values and the history of an ecosystem that survived one of Rwanda's darkest periods.
A Social Backcountry
As the population of Southwest, British Columbia booms and interest in backcountry travel is at an all-time high, tensions in the outdoor community are inevitable. What does it take to still find adventure?
83° SKI THE NORTH
Two adventures seeking the most beautiful and remote places on planet earth set out to ski the most northern slopes in the world, the Arctic Cordillera on Ellesmere Island, less than 800 kilometers away from the North Pole. Simply getting there is an adventure, as the north of Ellesmere Island isn’t only one of the most remote places on earth but also one of the coldest and is home to polar bears and arctic wolves. On their journey up north the two adventurers don’t only face major athletic challenges but also have to accept that they won’t be taking on the role of the alpha leader on this trip.
Sammy C Project
Sammy's newfound focus landed in the backcountry, where his drive and creativity could max out far beyond the limits of preset slopestyle courses. The Sammy C Project documents mastery of a new direction for skiing.
Call of the Wild
Climb trees, climb rocks, and feel the wind, rain and the sun and follow those dreams and goals that everyone sets and for one reason or another never follows through.
Humble Pie
Failure is always present amongst professional athletes but few like to talk about it. Mayan Smith-Gobat and Niels Tietze are setting their sights on freeing "Free Rider."
Walk the Ridge
While exploring new mountain spots, Mathieu Le Lay's camera followed Benjamin Dowie to make a short portrait of the Australian filmmaker inspired by the mountain environment.
Without an Image
National Geographic Explorer Mike Libecki goes alone to Afghanistan to feed his addiction of first ascents, but instead finds brotherhood and politics that lead him to share the message of the beautiful Afghan people.
Zabardast
The intimate travel diary of an incredible freeride expedition into the heart of the Karakoram range. The search for one of the most beautiful mountains on the planet, standing at 5880 meters, to ski. A meeting point of Freeriding and Mountaineering. A true adventure.
The Beaver Believers
The Beaver Believers shares the urgent yet whimsical story of an unlikely cadre of activists—a biologist, a hydrologist, a botanist, an ecologist, a psychologist, and a hairdresser –who share a common goal: restoring the North American Beaver, that most industrious, ingenious, furry little bucktoothed engineer, to the watersheds of the American West. The Beaver Believers encourage us to embrace a new paradigm for managing our western lands, one that seeks to partner with the natural world rather than overpower it. Shot in 8 western US states, Mexico, and Canada, through desert drought, raging wild fires, spring floods, and the peaceful calm of wetlands, this film will change the way you think about climate change and inspire you to take a bite out of the challenges we face, one stick at a time.
Focus
“Focus” documents Steve Bate’s life since being with Retinitis Pigmentosa, a severe form of tunnel vision that is slowly robbing him of his sight. The knowledge that his sight could disappear entirely at any moment has manifested into an almost obsessive drive to achieve his ambitious dreams, from attempting to solo El Capitan to cycling in the 2016 Paralympic Games. The film follows Steve as he participates in the Rovaniemi 150, a grueling self-supported fat bike race through the Arctic tundra of Finnish Lapland, where temperatures can drop below -35°C and 80 percent of participants don't make it to the finish line.
Feel of Vision
Lonnie Bedwell, a former Navy Petty Officer turned extreme adventure athlete, became the first blind person to ever whitewater kayak the entire length of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon in a solo kayak. After losing his eyesight in a hunting accident in 1997, Lonnie described his blindness as a wall that prevented him from living a full life. Kayaking acted as a door in the wall that opened up to the whole world, leading Lonnie to spend his time engaging fellow blind paddlers in the spray and white foam of the Ohioplye and Yellowstone wilderness and helping them to find the doorway so that they too can create their own vision of the life ahead of them.
Far Out
Far Out embodies the imagination as much as it does a physical space. It is the quest to seek out undiscovered realms and inspire new waves of creativity, enlightenment, and progression. It is the quest to be blown away.
Safety to Nome
Twenty-six ultra-endurance athletes embark on a 1000-mile human-powered race across Alaska on the Iditarod Trail, where being prepared for anything is the only way to guarantee your safety—or your survival.
Surface
“Surface” follows award-winning photographer Ben Thouard as he works to capture a new perspective of the underwater world. In a photographic niche defined by familiar angles, Ben was driven by his desire to create something original in surf photography. After countless hours he discovered the through the wave photo, but quickly realized it was not a simple matter of arriving at the location and pointing his camera.
Evolution of Dreams
What happens when the passion for your dreams fades? Do you just stop, or do you search for what’s missing and uncover new goals and dreams? Eva and Jackie’s journeys have taken them from regulated ski courses to big mountain skiing, which brought more freedom and the discovery of ski mountaineering. In this new discipline, they have to tackle new challenges and conquer new fears.
Derrick Pottle, Keeper of the Flame
The film is a look at the social and cultural impacts of thawing ice through the eyes of Derrick Pottle, an Inuit hunter, guide and carver from Nuntsiavut, Labrador. Having grown up on the land, he relies on his 60-year observations around the temporal, emotional, and cultural impacts of climate change. His description of the vast seasonal changes within his lifetime leaves the viewer to consider how climate change is impacting the social fabric and livelihoods of Arctic communities.
Brighter Night
Filmmaker Jordan Halland and his team hike deep into the frozen heart of Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier to capture ice climbing in a whole new light. Filmed entirely at night in sub-arctic temperatures, “Brighter Night” is the result of an idea filmmaker Jordan Halland hasn’t been able to shake since his first shoot on a glacier almost a decade ago. When his headlamp hit the glacier just right the whole ice field seemed to light up, and he knew one day he would be back to use the natural quality of the ice to his cinematic advantage.
CONNECTS
Without knowing each other, pro mountain biker Hannah Barnes from Scotland and Austrian freeskier Sandra Lahnsteiner set off to a trip to Iceland together, planning to explore the Troll Peninsula while doing both their sports. How will Hannah, only an average skier, feel following Sandra, a pro freeskier with steep skiing experience, into the backcountry? And when the tables turn, Sandra will have to chase the mountain bike girl on the challenging single trails in the vast country of Iceland. Will they be able to leave their comfort zone, and how can they support each other?
Children of the Columbia
Depicts a cultural ski journey up the historically charged waters of the Columbia River in Interior British Columbia.
Abandoned
A crew of backcountry skiers set out to explore Colorado’s lost ski areas in hopes to find adventure amongst the ruins. Instead, they discover the truth behind what made these areas close their doors for good and find what skiing used to be like before mega resorts and climate change wreaked havoc on independently owned ski areas. Through heart-wrenching interviews with former owners, ski patrol, and historians, Abandoned uncovers what it’s like to be a skier in Colorado's backcountry and what it means to go from lost to found.
Free Falling
Denver BASE jumper Danny Weiland confronts the emotional toll of his friends' deaths by gearing up to reclaim the World Record for most human-powered BASE jumps in a 24 hour period. Unassisted by machines or vehicles, Danny will jump off of the Perrine Bridge in Idaho over 60 times and then climb the 486 feet back out of the canyon all on his own, including over near-vertical sections of cliff where a wrong move could be fatal. The sheer number of jumps needed to break the record means that he must climb more vertical feet than the summit of Mount Everest, all in a single day. While it's a brutal test of skill, commitment and mental fortitude, Danny also sees the challenge as a way to overcome his crippling grief in the wake of his friends' deaths.
THE PASSAGE
In 1974, my 20-year-old parents and uncle Andy built their own canoes, launched them into the Pacific, and became some the first people in modern history to canoe from Washington to Alaska up the Inside Passage. That adventure became legend in our family—shaping who we’ve become, how we view our parents, and how our parents view themselves. In the summer of 2017, we renovated those canoes and with our aging parents completed their 1974 journey. The Passage is a story about the dreams of aging brothers, fathers and sons, and the wild places that define us.
Return to Mount Kennedy
In 1965, Jim Whittaker led Senator Robert Kennedy to the first ascent of a remote mountain in the Yukon named after the late president, JFK. Fifty years later, the sons of the original climbing team—a raucous band manager, a candidate for governor, and a young mountaineer—embark on an expedition to the mountain to celebrate the special bond that connects them all. Featuring unreleased instrumentals by Eddie Vedder and never before seen footage and photos of Robert Kennedy, the feature-length documentary sits at the intersection of politics, human rights, environmentalism, and adventure.
UNBOUNDED
An unaided crew of four young travelers encounter dense forests, snow-capped mountains, active volcanoes, and barren deserts, as they spend four months following the route of the Greater Patagonian Trail, the longest continual trail network in South America. As they immerse themselves in the history and culture of this extraordinary region, they discover the beauty, volatility, and fragility of the Patagonian landscapes.
The Weight of Water
A blind adventurer takes on an absurdly improbable challenge: kayaking the Grand Canyon. He desires the elusive state of being that so many of us seek, to be engaged in the present moment. "It's so hard to be fully in the moment because there's so much fear, there's so much anxiety, it's like a person looking through a window at an experience rather than being in the experience." -- Erik Weihenmayer.
The Wonder
This film follows the story of Ninian Lowis, a safari guide who has spent much of his life amongst the wilderness of Africa, surrounded by rich savannah, mountains, forests, deserts, and the extraordinary creatures that reside within these very landscapes. The story revolves around his reflections of how nature helped overcome a sense of purposelessness during his youth and how he came to realize that a sense of solitude and deep exposure to wild environments had the ability to awaken his senses.
Wild Utah: Americas Red Rock Wilderness
This short documentary is an advocacy film for Utah's last remaining wild places. The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) advocates for protecting over 9 million acres of federally managed public lands as Wilderness, areas of pristine natural beauty, unique and untrammeled ecosystems, and unfathomable cultural significance. This film walks the viewer through the diverse landscape and draws upon diverse voices to tell the story of why these lands are worth protecting, why corporate and political greed are risking the integrity of the landscape, and what can be done to ensure these public lands are protected for generations to come.
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.
Up to Speed
When climbing was announced as part of the 2020 Olympics, it was a monumental occasion for the sport. But many climbers were shocked to learn that one of three combined events required to compete for a medal is speed climbing. REEL ROCK correspondent Zachary Barr looks into this little-known and seldom practiced sub-discipline of the sport and the role it will play in shaping climbing’s future. Barr’s journey from the U.S. to France (the birthplace of modern speed climbing) to South Asia (it’s actually huge there) culminates at an international competition in Moscow, where speed demons race up a 15-meter wall in less than six seconds.
The Last Herd
The Henry Mountains bison represent the last genetically pure and brucellosis-free herd of wild bison that roams over a large area—over 385,000 acres without fences, culling, or roundups. Despite all this space, Henry Mountains Bison are caught within a complex web of public lands, grass, ranching, and government agencies. “The Last Herd,” an independent conservation film, documents this delicate balance and provides an example of how free-roaming bison and private interests can co-exist.
The Ride
Follow Ebbie Hansen, a Montana cowgirl, as she chases her third National Championship in skijoring, a sport that combines fast horses with daredevil skiing through a slalom course in small towns throughout the western United States.
The Sky Piercer
“Sky Piercer” sees World Champion athletes Xavier De le Rue, Nadine Wallner and local Sam Smoothy take on the iconic peak of Mt. Cook. With three weeks to prepare and scope the West face, Xavier and Nadine are confident that they will have the opportunity to tackle the mountain, but local Sam knows that weather in New Zealand is not so kind. As they wait for a weather window, the trio adventure around the south island, but the time is passing. When the team finally starts their ascent in a howling gale, after being told they will not reach the top, morale is low and they don't feel they will make the top, but with 24 hours left, they have to try.
The Lorax Project
Six friends embark on a determined quest to climb, and then BASE jump 'The Lorax', a formidable climb on Frenchman's Cap in remote western Tasmania. Surrounded by some of the most pristine wilderness in all of Australia, they contend with extreme weather and rugged terrain, relying on each other's skills and humour to reach their goal.
The Frenchy
Jacques “The Frenchy” Houot, an 82-year-old athlete who gets after it non-stop on skis, mountain bike, and the cyclocross race circuit, is a Colorado icon. He is a badass athlete, but the real story is how he inspires us with his contagious love of life, epic tales of survival, the ability to counter aging through laughter, and his impact on the community over decades.
The Art of Living
During a climbing trip in Turkey, on a routine day, professional climber Rannveig Aamodt made a small mistake that almost cost her her life. A quick lapse of judgment resulted in a fifty foot fall, straight down that left her with fractures to her back, pelvis, both ankles, and countless other injuries, both physical and emotional. According to the doctors, she would never properly walk again, and her future surely would not involve climbing. Armed with hope, determination, and a beautiful perspective on life, Rannveig redirected the trajectory of her story and proved that her reaction to her situation dictated the course of her future.
Strib Langsam
“Stirb Langsam” is a portrait about the young alpinist Michi Wohlleben. Michi’s ambition is hard to control; he has accomplished one outstanding performance after another and is fully committed to mountaineering—until one day when his body reveals his limits after a banal training session. From one moment to the next, his life turns upside down and whether or not he will be able to climb again seems questionable. The film deals with the effects of the mountain as a drug on a young, motivated person.
Sacred Strides
Bears Ears National Monument is one of the most talked-about public lands under threat, though the dialogue often glosses over how sacred it is to many Native Americans. In March 2017, a group of tribes put their differences aside and came together to run 800 miles to Bears Ears––and to send a message of unity. The Sacred Strides for Healing Prayer Run wove from tribal homelands across the Southwest to Bears Ears. Meet the people who are participating in the public lands conversation with their feet and learn about why this land is so important to them.
RJ Ripper
Kids and bikes: wherever you are in the world, they go together. The chaotic streets of Kathmandu may not seem like a typical breeding ground for world-class mountain bikers, but then again nothing is typical about Rajesh (RJ) Magar. From learning to ride on a beat-up clunker to becoming the four-time National Champion at age 21, RJ’s story is one of boundless childhood dreaming and unstoppable determination, forged from junkyard scraps and tested on the rugged trails of the mighty Himalaya.
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, including one pitch that Honnold calls “the scariest I have ever led.” “Queen Maud Land,” named for this icy region, showcases a stunning, rarely visited wilderness, and the suffering and vision needed to climb at the bottom of the world.
Objectif Sauvage
The Chaplin Laguna, an expanse of fresh water in the heart of the Noel Kempff Mercado National Park in the Bolivian Amazon, is a veritable chimera for aboriginals and scientists. Described as inaccessible and magical, many expeditions have failed to unravel the secrets. Driven by their sole determination, Joshua, Cedrik and Martin, three Swiss adventurers, spent four years of their lives to bring back a documentary about their attempt to get to this forgotten place. As they slowly realize how fragile this environment could be, the protagonists express their feelings about environmental themes and embark on an adventure to discover the fauna and flora of one of its last strongholds.
Now or Never
Following the slogan "Now or never", Nadine Wallner, the two-time Freeride World Champion from Arlberg, takes us on a journey through her life. Growing up in the “cradle of alpine skiing,” impish, amusing, and progressive Nadine started early in exploring her own limits: skipping school on Blue Bird days and driving policemen crazy, all for the powder. Her passion for "white splendor" is still burning, especially as new opportunities are being opened up in her home mountains.
Nature Needs You
While industrial resource developments continue to put at risk our natural and cultural significance, people across Australia are standing their ground for nature. These everyday Australians take extraordinary steps toward working with their communities to minimize the impacts of climate change on these places by keeping oil, coal and gas in the ground.
Sky Migrations
While it takes a village to raise a child, it takes an entire hemisphere to raise a raptor. A landscape devoid of raptors is without ecological integrity, the barometer of our collective wellbeing. High atop these remote ridgelines above the Great Basin, a region of unforgiving deserts, mountain ranges and sagebrush steppes, is the frontline of raptor conservation. Our journey began and ended with the whisk of broad wings. The golden eagle took flight and floated skyward. We had joined the migration and followed golden eagles for thousands of miles—a fraction of their entire route—and just long enough to peek into their remarkable journey. We got to know and admire the biologists and passionate volunteers who briefly intercept a handful of them along the way, gathering information that will help generations of raptors to come. We drove, hiked, fished, and camped in the unforgiving landscapes that these wayward fliers have relied on for millennia. And perhaps most importantly, we experienced what stewardship and conservation can accomplish. Fifty years ago, golden eagles and their raptor allies hung on the edge of extinction. A collective decision was made to ensure that raptors must continue to flood autumn skies. And while the efforts of a few dozen biologists may seem insignificant, it’s the cumulative effort over decades that counts, and it shapes the future of our planet’s wild places and creatures.
My Mom Vala
For most of us, Greenland only exists as a story, a legend, a large white shape on a map. For Vala Árnadóttir, Greenland is very much real. Vala lives in Iceland but travels to Greenland for work and to immerse herself in a landscape that’s as beautiful and fertile as it is barren and unforgiving. But for her 10-year old daughter Mathilda, Greenland lives only in the stories that her mother tells and her own imagination. “My Mom Vala” introduces you to Vala and Mathilda and shows you Greenland through Mathilda’s fantasies and Vala’s eyes.
Mirnavator
Ultra-runners overcome obstacles on every trail. In this film, Mirna Valerio overcomes the negative voices that don’t believe she belongs in the sport.
Love Trails & Dinosaurs
Meet the first person with autism to hike every trail in the Smokies.
Lost & Found: Hidden Treasure in the Lost Sierra
In California’s Northern Sierra Nevada, between Downieville and Sierra City, the area’s mining history contributed to a network of trails that faded away with the Gold Rush. But now, recreation has begun their resurrection, contributing to the local small-town economies and preserving the area’s rich history—and showing that trails inevitably come and go, but rarely are they lost forever. Professional mountain biker Eric Porter and Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship’s trail whisperer Kurt Gensheimer spent a week in the Lost Sierra this past fall, riding forgotten trails and finding a different kind of wealth than the area is known for.
In Due Time
“In Due Time” is the story of two men who trekked 105 miles across Greenland’s Arctic Circle Trail in less than four days. The film showcases their journey—one that is physically challenging and emotionally eye-opening. As Mike Chambers and Jason Antin make their journey in the cold winter of 2018, they explore their thoughts on fatherhood, family, and adventure—and how the proper balance between these three is necessary for their happiness.
Ice & Palms
Freeskiiers Jochen Mesle and Max Kroneck bikepack across the Alps in an epic adventure traveling from their homeland of Germany across the Western Alps to the Mediterranean by bicycles, covering the whole distance without a motor. With their skis strapped on their bikes or the bikes strapped on the backpacks, they achieved a longtime dream: 1,800 km and about 35,000 vertical meters in 5 weeks.
Grizzly Country
After serving in the Vietnam War, author and eco-warrior Doug Peacock spent years alone in the Wyoming and Montana wilderness observing grizzly bears. This time in the wild changed the course of his life. With the protection of Yellowstone grizzlies now under threat, Peacock reflects on the importance of habitat and why he continues to fight for wild causes.
The Far Green Country
A young family, struggling to stay afloat amidst disappointment and heartache, sets out on the road in search of the hope of healing as a couple, connecting with their son and pursuing a more whole-hearted pace of life. This real-life tale tells of the comedy, the hardships, and the passion of living intentionally and adventurously in marriage and with children.
Dream Ride 3
DreamRide 3 is the third and final chapter in the award-winning series that has transported audiences to the wildest reaches of one’s imagination. Driven by a Dr.Suess inspired narrative, this mountain bike film is sure to take you places like no other.
Creek Sessions
Nature has a rhythm; it just takes one to tune into it. Jess Kilroy, musician, climber and conservationist, travels to wilderness areas around the West, creating music from the natural sounds she finds there with the goal of sparking people's love for these wild lands. “The Creek Sessions” follows Jess on a sensory journey to create music in Utah’s Indian Creek, wooing us with the splendor of the desert, and reminding us that wild places are worth protecting not simply for their landscapes but for their soundscapes, too.
Carried Away
“Carried Away” is a short film about the lives of the porters on the Inca Trail. To help tell their story, Irish-based adventurer Jarlath McHale actually became a porter for the entire trek, doing everything that they do and carrying everything they would carry. In doing so he became the first non-Peruvian porter to work on the Inca Trail.
Brotherhood Of Skiing
Since 1973, the National Brotherhood of Skiers has overcome barriers by bringing soul, smiles and a party to the mountain. Formed during the height of the civil rights movement, the organization is dedicated to creating a welcoming space for people of color on the slopes and supporting black youth in snow sports. 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.
Beyond Skiing Everest
The story of lifelong friends progressing in high-altitude skiing, from their first American ski descent of an 8,000 meter peak to being inducted to the USA National Ski Hall of Fame. The film covers nearly 30 years and arguably the most extensive skiing resume in the 5,000-meter to 8,000-meter peaks, including a pioneering effort to the ultimate: climbing and skiing in the Winter Himalaya.
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. We dive into the world of her fantasy and explore the mountains, glaciers and rivers of Valdez by fat bike with a crew of boundary-pushing female athletes hailing from Alaska and beyond. “Blue” is a fantastical journey into a young girl’s imagination and a testament to the inherent creativity, innovation, and strength forged in women of the north.
Big World
As parents, how do we teach our kids that there is a world beyond social media, standardized tests and soccer practice? In April 2018, Eddie Bauer athlete David Morton, who makes his living guiding some of the world’s most incredible peaks, wanted to deepen his seven-year-old son Thorne’s understanding of the world beyond their Seattle neighborhood. Knowing that engaging with this world helps us grow, David took Thorne on a week-long stand-up-paddleboard journey down the Karnali and Bheri Rivers in Western Nepal.
Beautiful Idiot
Featuring professional slopestyle rider Brett Rheeder, “Beautiful Idiot” takes you on a wild ride through the mindset and motivations of those who feel driven to pursue greatness, how it can feel to fall short, and the consequences of reaching a lofty goal when the struggle to get there has defined you for so long.
A Time To Remember
Travel across the wild winter highlands of northern Scotland as one man recollects a youth spent exploring the hidden corners of his homeland.
AKUNA
After five years of service in Iraq Will Robinson was discharged from the U.S. Army, deemed unsuitable for service with injuries sustained to both knees, a fused wrist, and severe PTSD. What followed was twelve years of suffering, isolation, hopelessness, and desperation. That's when Will took up hiking, beginning on the Pacific Crest Trail in 2016. With thousands of miles on his road to recovery, he continues to walk and to heal and to promote healing and through hiking for anyone else who's suffered the effects of emotional and physical trauma.
Age of Ondra
Every so often an athlete comes along who redefines their sport. Adam Ondra, the 25-year-old Czech crusher, is exploring a new realm of human potential in climbing with feats such as establishing a benchmark for the sport—a 5.15d in Norway he dubbed Silence (as in, drop the mic). On the heels of this ascent, we follow Adam from his home in the Czech Republic, across Europe to North America, as he innovates new training methods, establishes upper echelon first ascents, and attempts to be the first person to send 5.15 on the first try. “Age of Ondra” is a rare, intimate journey with one of the greatest athletes at the peak of his powers.
A Grand Journey
Born and raised in Jackson, Wyoming, Kira has found a great love for the outdoors and enjoys hiking, skiing, biking, and a career as a yoga instructor—despite a rare birth defect and the amputation of her lower leg. Kira's fiery passion and athleticism drives her to achieve her goals and amaze those around her with her achievements. Climbing the iconic Grand Teton has been a childhood dream of Kira's. In “A Grand Journey,” we get an intimate look into Kira’s unique but incredibly relatable journey as she attempts to take on a goal she herself may not believe is possible.
A Sense of Wonder
A vast silence swallows the sound. A kingdom of mountains rise majestically toward the heavens. A call of the wild to a wandering soul. A Sense of Wonder is a cinematic visual poem featuring a lone adventurer who seeks for wonder in the Dolomite mountains.
3 Sons and a King
As a child, Sid Smith, afflicted with a genetic disease that left him unable to walk well, watched his dad and brothers go on epic outdoor adventures, including trips to King’s Peak, Utah’s tallest mountain. Years later, Sid, as a double-amputee that Sid is finally able to experience the joy of hiking. Using state-of-the-art walking prosthetics, his sights are set on completing the father and son experience he missed out on all those years ago. Joined by his dad and young son, Sid will be flanked by generations of those who love and support him while striving to achieve his goal and truly become kings of the mountain.
Length of Sweden
From an outside perspective long distance cycling may not be as spectacular as cyclocross or as glamorous as road racing, especially not along the endless, monotonously green spine of sparsely-populated Sweden. But, taking on the world’s longest randonée and its staggering distance of more than 2100 kilometers on a bike in less than seven days is an intense physical endeavor, but even more so an often underestimated but revealing emotional and mental journey, sometimes into an unknown inner self.
Drop Everything
Drop Everything is an unexpected, fun-filled adventure through the world of freeskiing.
The Ario Dream
Renowned filmmaker Paul Diffley has brought his technical skills to the caving world, with his new film The Ario Dream. The film profiles the exploration of the deep caves of Ario in the Picos de Europa mountains, Northern Spain. The film follows the latest 2016/17 expeditions as they try to make the last few connections that could result in the deepest cave system in Europe.
A River's Reckoning
This is a beautiful story of family, grit, and legacy. After suburbanization forced Art Bruchez to move his family from their historic ranch in Westminer, Colorado, and begin new operations in the high country, the 2002 – 2004 drought hit, heavily impacting the Colorado River and their fledgling ranch. Simultaneously, the patriarch of the family came down with cancer, forcing Art’s sons to step up in order to sustain their ranch at 10,000 feet.
Living With Wildlife
The Bow Valley is the busiest place in the world where people and grizzly bears still coexist. Living with Wildlife is the story of how communities in the Bow Valley of Alberta, Canada have come together over the past 20 years to live with grizzly bears and other wildlife.
Psycho Vertical
Based on his best-selling autobiography Psycho Vertical, this film of the same name is a raw and emotive portrait of the complex life and motivations of writer, funny-man and Britain’s unlikeliest hero-mountaineer, Andy Kirkpatrick, on his 18-day solo ascent of El Capitan, Yosemite.
Symphony on Skis
Thirty years ago, Gottlieb Braun-Elwert set out on an incredible expedition. He traversed the major glaciers of the Southern Alps, covering 40 kilometers and 4000 vertical meters from the heart of the South Island to the West Coast in just 18 hours. The route he called Symphony on Skis is a path of astonishing beauty, immense freedom, breathtaking vistas, and challenging, untamed wilderness. Now his daughters, Carla and Elke, and a small team of adventurers embark on the same journey. This film is an homage to their late father who found a love and home in New Zealand's Southern Alps.
Altai Frontier
Four western ski and snowboard athletes, invited into the restricted Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China to explore the untapped Altai Mountains, interact with a 2000 year old skiing culture, learn how to make ancient traditional skis and make first ascents as they discover what has been hiding in the back country of China's remote mountains.
The Salt of Sound
Salt Lake City isn't often talked about as a music destination. It's not Nashville. It's not Austin. It's not Seattle. But it's not trying to be anything else than what it is. It is its own thing. And most likely, Salt Lake City is a lot more than what you know it to be.
Dug Out
Ben and James took a two-month trip to the Ecuadorian Amazon, where they lived with the Huarorani, an indigenous community, learned from them how to build a dugout canoe, and then took that canoe on a journey through Ecuador's Yasuni region. This film captures the beauty of the landscape, the people and the wildlife, one of the most biodiverse areas of the world.
The Curve of Time
Due to climate change, by 2050 ski seasons will be markedly shorter. Lower elevations will receive significantly less snowfall. Two veteran professional skiers contemplate the impact their love for adventure has on the very environment that sustains and fulfills them. As they peer into the future, they realize there is a more sustainable path ahead, but it won't be easy.
Fountain Of Youth
Aging pro skier, Mike Douglas, heads to Japan to try and find the secrets to perpetual youth and longevity.
Follow the Wind
Jerrie van de Kop follows the wind cycle to kiteboard between the warm waters of the Indian Ocean and the snowy peaks of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, to raise awareness of ecological threats to the region.
The Indo Project
In 2017 a group of kayakers and climbers led an expedition to the island, with the support of Mama Aleta and the Mollo people, to explore ecotourism opportunities in the region. The team, including professional rock climber Sasha Digiulian, discovered a wealth of world-class rock climbing and watersports that have the potential to put Timor on the map as a premier ecotourism destination. This is the story of a people who stopped an environmental tragedy with peaceful protest, who stood firm through adversity, and of their efforts to create a sustainable future for their families and island environment.
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 inspire a new generation to find adventures of their own.
Over The Horizon
It is real life story of Alexander Zhuravlev, a blind photographer from Russia, who was able to take a step beyond the horizon of his own possibilities. The film aims to inspire ordinary people to push beyond their own comfort zone and understand that daily life has much more to offer than they expect.
Safety Third
Brad Gobright is beyond bold. From his runout and poorly protected trad climbs to his unimaginable free solos, watch as Gobright recovers from a back breaking fall and attempts some of the hardest ascents of his career.
Foodless Odyssey
The Foodless Odyssey has been a longtime dream of Pro mountain biker Matt Hunter. The idea is to bike-pack through hundreds of kilometers of wilderness on the remote Island of Haida Gwaii, living entirely off the land. The rules were simple, we would carry all the survival tools we needed to bike,fish,hunt and camp…. but absolutely no food. Everything we would consume for the week long journey would have to be harvested from the land
Stumped
"I don't want to be known as just a one-armed climber," says Maureen Beck, "I just want to be a good climber." Beck may have been born missing her lower left arm, but that hasn't stopped her from going hard. She takes whippers on 5.12 and crushes overhanging boulders while shot-gunning beers. But she's not here to be your inspiration. "People say, 'Look, a one-armed climber, now I have no excuses.' I'm like, dude you never had any excuses in the first place." Beck is here to crush the gnar- with one bloody stump helping her get to the top.
Wadi Rum
Set in the expansive landscape of Jordan’s distinctive national park, “Wadi Rum” documents the unlikely story of two Israeli climbers, an affable Bedouin Muslim, and a professional American climber as they work together to complete a climbing route up Wadi Rums’ largest rock formation.
Mama
Sport climber and a mother of two kids, after 20 years of living her passion, sets herself a new goal - to climb the route that no women has ever done before. A story about Kinga Ociepka-Grzegulska - one of the most important figures of the last two decades in Polish sport climbing.
Inside the Indus
In November 2016, fresh from winning the extreme kayaking world title, Spaniard Aniol Serrasolses, New Zealander Mike Dawson and Franco-Irish filmmaker Ciarán Heurteau headed to Pakistan to attempt a descent of the fabled Rondu Gorge, on the Indus river. Hidden behind a wall of political & security factors meant it had been 8 years since the last expedition, lead by American Ben Stooksberry, ventured into the gorge. Since then Pakistan’s perceived reputation off the water had stopped any planned trips into the North Pakistan state of Gilgit Baltistan in their tracks.
Ice Calling
Despite living in a country where big ice formations are nonexistent, Héctor Ponce de Léon and Daniel Araiza, prepare themselves to become the first mexican iceclimbers on conquering Slipstream, a frozen waterfall of a thousand meters high, located on the Canadian Rockys. This documentary shortfilm narrates their path and the obstacles they have to overcome to reach their dream.
Euphoria
Euphoria, indescribable adventure was filmed at Manu National Park, deep in the Amazon Rainforest, an unspoiled expanse of boiling jungle and breath-taking cloud forests running from the Andes mountains to the Madre de Dios River. Its lowlands are only accessible by boat and its impenetrable nature has been both reasons why so many are attracted to its dark undergrowth and the reason it has remained so well preserved. Sondre Amdahl and Tommy Chen began their journey above the clouds looking down a massive valley along which a single-track road winds through a sea of green. The clouds boil and roll across the canopy below and the air around you is thin enough to double the effort required to move. Descending to UNESCO world heritage site below and making their way through 230km of sweltering jungle, choked with mud and humidity, broken by river crossing after crossing.
Alpinists at Large
In 1981 Jack Tackle, Jim Donini, Kim Schmitz, Jim Kanzler, and Greg Thomsen traveled to the newly opened mountains of central China to attempt the South Face of then unclimbed Mt Siguniang. Retreating from the mountain in defeat, the team engaged in outrageous hijinks that, until recently, were too embarrassing to share publicly. This film gathers the four surviving members to learn about their experiences in China in 1981 and highlight their hilarious account with animated images from the expedition.
Ski The Wild West
In 2017 Drew Petersen sought to ski the 11 highest peaks in the American West on one epic road trip. This is his story.
The Thousand Mile Dress
Costume maker Katie Duxbury walks 1000 miles in a Victorian-style dress across the landscapes of the UK, exploring how weather, wear, time and people impact upon the journey with her unusual clothing.
Norway By Train
Stian Hagen joins Austin Ross and Nadine Wallner on a journey across the Norwegian landscape in search of good ski touring and beautiful landscapes.
La Cumbre
La Cumbre unveils the reality of what it means to live as an amputee in the developing world. In partnership with the Range of Motion Project we join world class mountaineer and wounded warrior Chad Jukes on a heartfelt journey to shed light on a public health issue affecting amputees world wide. 80% of the world's amputees live in developing countries. Only 2% have access to prosthetics.. La Cumbre aims to shift that percentage.
Storm Giant - The World's Hardest Dry Tooling Route
Outdoor Research and Petzl present the Louder Than Eleven film "Storm Giant" featuring Gordon McArthur and his battle with the world's hardest dry tooling route. Join Gord and his partner Noah as they spend 2 years developing, working, training, and establishing what could be the most difficult dry tooling climb ever completed. 80 meters of horizontal roof climbing make this monster of a cave outside of Fernie, British Columbia one of the most impressive first ascents out there.
Choss Whisperer
"The time is now. Life is sweet. Loving life." Such are the taglines of expedition madman Mike Libecki, whose self-described Obsessive Expedition Climbing Disorder has propelled him on roughly 70 expeditions in some of the most remote rock faces on the planet. Two years after barely succeeding on climbing a tower called Poumaka in French Polynesia, he returns to attempt the nearby sacred tower of Matehenui.But when conditions become more than sketchy, he is reminded that sometimes success has a different meaning than standing on a summit.
Dreamwalkers
The journey of four friends set out on an adventure to be the first to highline one of the most unlikely of places: the Faroe Islands.
The Snowblader
If you've spent time skiing around the Wasatch Front, you've probably seen or shared a chair with Burke Weir. A local at Alta, Brighton, Snowbird, and Solitude, Burke and his blades are a well known fixture on the hill. His love for skiing is unparalleled.
Camera Trap
In this half- hour documentary, an aspiring wilderness photographer puts every thing on the line in his quest to capture one photo that will help tell the story of the greatest land migration on earth.
The Adventures of Racing
Ever wondered what it's like to compete in a mountain bike stage race? Through the biggest mountains in British Columbia, Canada, this documentary follows a brother and sisters adventure throughout the Trans BC Endurance race. Their focus bypasses the usual race results, capturing the journey they encounter: the mountain tops, gruelling climbs, butt-clenching descents, massive saddle hours, rad trails, epic locations and awesome friends. Discover the other side to racing, the adventure.
Engaging the Curve
As a couple, Ultimate frisbee world champion Shannon McDowell and professional climber Graham Zimmerman decided they needed a new sport that they could learn together, on an even playing field. What they found was the adventure of a lifetime and a deeper appreciation for their adventurous relationship. And a lot of wipeouts! Follow along as they engage the learning curve and leave the training wheels at home.
2.5 Million
"2.5 Million" follows American skier Aaron Rice as he sets out to ski 2.5 million human-powered vertical feet in the backcountry and set a new world record. To be successful Aaron will have to ski over 330 days in the calendar year and chase snow around the world. The challenge is both physical and mental and injuries are not an option.
The Frozen Road
Shot and edited whilst cycling around the world, this short film charts my winter journey into the Canadian Arctic as I completed my bike ride up the American continent. Compelled by Jack London’s assertion, that ‘any man who is a man can travel alone’, I sought an adventure of perfect solitude. Yet, as I came to realise, the harsh truths of travelling in such a formidable environment were a long way from the romanticisms of Jack London’s descriptions. The Frozen Road is an honest reflection on my solo trip; of the wonder, terror and frustration I experienced when riding through the unforgiving emptiness of one of the world's 'last great wildernesses'.
WHY
Iceland. A cold, rugged and forbidding landscape where powerful rivers plunge through bedrock gorges, over massive waterfalls, toward the sea. Director Hugo Clouzeau and a crew of French kayakers travel here to ask the question, “Why?” “Why? Why do we do this?” In the GoPro age, images of extreme feats flood our social media streams. We watch skiers drop into impossibly steep and narrow shoots. We follow jumpers in wing suits flying over mountains. We see climbers, slackliners, mountain bikers and paddlers doing things that appear to most people insane, but the action seems empty when we don’t understand the motivation behind it. “Why?” we ask. “Why do they do this?” WHY, a short film from NRS and We Are Hungry, goes beyond the spectacle of extreme kayaking in search of an elusive answer.
WildIce Backcountry Skating Alaska
"Backcountry skating" is the practice of hunting for wild ice, whether on on a river, lake, glacial lagoon, or inside an ice cave. Filmed in southcentral and southeast Alaska over the course of two winters, "Wild Ice" features members of Alaska's backcountry skating community including nordic bladers, hockey players, and figure skaters. Shot locations include Kenai Lake, the Portage Lagoons, Turnagain Arm, Wasilla Lake, Sheridan Glacier, Byron Glacier, and Portage Glacier.
Rogue Elements
Since the dawn of time, everything that has lived and breathed on this planet has been subject to the whims of Mother Nature. The nature of an adventurer is inherently rogue; typically wild in character, subject to the fancy of their imagination. We are unequivocally drawn to nature’s rawest fury and deepest mysteries. These are the irreverent souls who pursue the edge.
Denali's Raven
For Leighan Falley, Alaska is more than home-- it's a calling. Leighan spent years as a ski guide and climber on the Alaskan range, focusing much of her energy on Denali. But after becoming a mother, finding herself unwilling to pursue guiding (and the dangers that come with it), she took to the skies instead as a mountain pilot. Follow Leighan on the Alaskan adventures that enrich her life and legacy in Denali's Raven.
Life of GLIDE
Inspired by a poem he wrote long ago, big mountain rider Jeremy Jones summonses his greatest influences and dissects his lifelong passion for the simple and sacred feeling he calls, "The Glide."
Through The Open Door
The door to adventure is waiting for you, and it's wide open. Through The Open Door is a call to try something outrageously new. It is a call to trust yourself, and to open yourself to a wide world of possibility. It is a call to find your happiness. Filmed during a three-month solo bicycle trip through Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam, Through The Open Door is a personal journey with universal appeal.
Water Warriors
Water Warriors is the story of a community’s resistance against the oil and natural gas industry. When an energy company began searching for natural gas in New Brunswick, Canada, indigenous and white families united to drive out the company in a campaign to protect their water and way of life.
The Time Travelers
The USA Rafting Team has never won a world championship. With full-time jobs, families, and responsibilities, these scrappy 30-40-year olds use their free time and vacation days to train, travel the world, and race against competitors sometimes half their age. They’ve been close, but never the best. On January 13, 2017, they set their sights on making history, attempting to break a legendary speed record down 277 miles of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. Their goal was 34 hours. In a custom-built 48 foot raft and with ultramarathon effort, "The Time Travelers" is the story of ordinary people attempting something extraordinary on one of the world’s most breathtaking stages. 34 hours – just a blip in the scope of geological history – could be both their defining moment and the ride of their lives.
The Canoe
“If it is love that binds people to places in this nation of rivers and in this river of nations then one enduring expression of that simple truth, is surely the canoe.” This film captures the human connection and bond created by Canada’s well-known craft & symbol, the canoe. Through the stories of five paddlers across the province of Ontario, Canada - a majestic background both in it’s landscape & history - the film underscores the strength of the human spirit and how the canoe can be a vessel for creating deep and meaningful connections.
Like a Wolf
On October 18, 2006, with her ski descent of Everest, professional ski mountaineer Kit DesLauriers completed a 2.5-year journey to climb and ski from the highest peak on each of the seven continents, the first person to have accomplished this feat. Never-before-seen footage from the expeditions and interviews with elite teammates and Kit’s parents tell an inspirational story of how a unique accomplishment was achieved through serendipity, perseverance, and teamwork. The film recounts the challenges of each mountain and explores the personal journeys and relationships that taught Kit many life lesson, in particular the importance of remaining true to yourself and doing what you are born to do.
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.
Irreparable Harm
Contamination from a mine threatens a magnificent marine ecosystem and a Tlingit communities way of life in Southeast Alaska.
Numinous
Awed and attracted, fearful yet fascinated. overwhelmed, but ultimately inspired. He is one of the most aggressive and talented freeskiers of our age. Born and raised in the BC backcountry, with a bloodline alive with adventure, and a style carved from the landscape itself, Kye Petersen is about to blow the doors off of big mountain skiing. Into the mystery of the supernatural, where connectivity with the wilds, brings the purest state of being. A 50 minute ski film starring Kye Petersen with Logan Pehota, Dane Tudor, Wiley Miller, Matty Richard, Callum Petit, Chris Ruebens, Pep Fujas, Ryland Bell, and Tatum Monod.
Above The Sea
Chris Sharma remains the world’s greatest practitioner of deep water soloing — climbing ropeless above the sea. Ten years after his generation-defining ascent of a majestic arch, Chris returns to the Mediterranean island of Mallorca where he discovers a beautiful, sweeping wall with small holds running up its face. If he can link the moves, and endure the numerous heart-stopping plunges into the sea, he will establish what may be the world’s hardest deep water solo climb.
The Triple 14
Carlo Traversi is no stranger to difficult bouldering. He has ticked some of the most difficult boulder problems in the world. He spends much of his time traveling and searching out new routes to climb. The summer of 2016 he opted to stay in Colorado and climb a goal he and many other professional climbers have talked about but such a featl nobody has accomplished or even tried. This film showcases Carlo's longtime dream to climb the Triple 14 in Rocky Mountain National Park.
Empowered
Climber, Molly Mitchell, searches for first ascents in the Utah Desert with Pamela Shanti Pack. She ends up putting up two hard sketchy routes.
The Eyes of God
Tomass Marnics from Latvia has put together a team of the world’s best extreme kayakers. Together they plan to descend the legendary Saryjaz River in the no-man’s land between Kyrgyzstan and China. The ultimate goal of the expedition is the final gorge before the Chinese border. The Eyes of God are in fact two huge caves in the rock face that look like a pair of eyes.
Across Antarctica
2045 km, 74 days, -50°C. From November 14, 2014 to January 27, 2015, Stéphanie Gicquel (French woman) skied across Antarctica through the South Pole, with two other polar explorers, including her husband Jérémie. An expedition she had imagined, planned and prepared for three years. This is notably the longest ski expedition for a woman in Antarctica without kiting (Sources: Guinness World Records, ExplorersWeb, AdventureStats, Adventure Network International). The film is an invitation to discover Antarctica through the eyes and feelings of Stéphanie. It highlights some of the moments she experienced during this long expedition - when she waited at Union Glacier base camp, started the expedition on the coast at the same place where the mountaineer Reinhold Messner began his own kite-ski expedition across Antarctica in 1989, when she skied up and reached the South Pole on Christmas eve and arrived on the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf floating on the Weddell Sea after 74 days of extreme effort.
Agora
Agora is a poetic Docufiction about the physical and mental journey of climber Lucas Lima who tests his determination on a difficult ascent. A story of discovery and awakening through a communion with nature.
Above the Fray
Beth Rodden is one of the greatest climbers in history. 'Above the Fray’ tells her story, starting with a terrifying expedition to Kyrgyzstan and recurring injuries while being wholly self-defined by athletic ambition. Through reflection on these experiences and the joy of her son Theo, Beth discovers a new-found community of mothers and the ability to open up to a balanced life defined by love rather than fear in the stunning Yosemite Valley.
My Hero Brother
A group of remarkable young people with Down syndrome embark on a demanding trek through the Indian Himalayas, accompanied by their brothers and sisters. Unresolved conflicts and the complexities of growing up with a Down syndrome child in the family come to surface, while a heart-warming and special closeness develops among the siblings as they deal with formidable physical and emotional challenges. The difficult trials and poignant relationships, set against the richly colorful backdrop of India, open new horizons and greatly deepen our understanding of special needs people and their families.
Wild and Wonderful
That wild and wonderful West Virginia. The first deep-water-solo climbing competition ever held on real stone in America. The Catch? Deep water soloing on Summersville lake is illegal and these bold solos over warm lake water have never been attempted. Watch a community of volunteers, athletes, sponsors, spectators, representatives of the US Army Corps of Engineers, rescue divers, medical personnel, and a whole film production team converge in a once in a lifetime event, where the impossible becomes possible for just one day.
Canyon Song
A Navajo family balances modern life with the traditional "Navajo Way," teaching their children their language, culture, and ceremony within the sacred walls of Canyon de Chelly National Monument.
John Shocklee: A Fairy Tale
Refusing to act his age has worked out well for John Shocklee. The 51-year-old has devoted his life to doing what he loves, skiing. Powered by old school hip hop and a passion for fresh powder, Shocklee makes turns down untamed slopes with the vigor and freedom of a man half his age. He’s found the fountain of youth and has no plans to grow up anytime soon.
Snowbird Ski Patrol
Take a look behind the scenes with the men and women who make our powder days a possibility. In this episode of Powder People, Ski Utah teams up with Snowbird Ski Patrol to show you what really goes into safely managing a resort like Snowbird. From avalanche control to responding to injuries, Ski Patrollers work hard so we can have fun. Ski Utah says thanks to all of Utah's ski patrollers for keeping us safe on The Greatest Snow on Earth®.
HOLY
When opportunity knocks, a middle-aged man told he should never run again defies doctors’ orders and ends up finding himself doing 100-mile mountain races. More importantly, he finds a holy awe in the Wasatch mountains and through thoughtful poetic writing shares what he sees and feels as he runs with his dog Echo.
All Roads Lead To Scotland
Opposites attract. There isn’t a more appropriate statement to describe the unlikely yet formidable climbing partnership that is Nick Bullock and Tim Neill. They met on the mountains of Scotland in winter, and despite walking their own paths in the mountaineering world they are both drawn inexorably back there each winter. The fickle conditions that define Scottish winter climbing frequently lead to frustration, but the prospect of discovering an obscure gem presents an irresistible allure to them both.
China Doll
China Doll is a provocative exploration of gender stereotypes, romance, and rock climbing. Witness Heather Weidner battle personal demons in the world of hard traditional climbing. With her ascent of China Doll, a 5.14- R traditional route in Upper Dream Canyon, Colorado, U.S.A., Heather Weidner nabs the first female ascent, and becomes the fourth woman in the world to climb a 5.14 traditional route. In the process, she discovers that loving herself is the ultimate project.
Happiness with George Jedenoff 99 Years Old
99.5 year old skier, George Jedenoff is back at Alta and Snowbird for his 57th consecutive year of skiing in Utah. George reflects on the happiness skiing has given him throughout his life.
The Time is Now
Mike Libecki has been seeking out the most remote first ascents on the planet for years. When he finally has a chance at a climb he's been chasing for over a decade, the Polar Bear Fang, he and his brother Andy head to Greenland to meet the challenge. The only problem is, Andy's not a climber. With their trust in their connection as brothers, positivity, and determination, Mike and Andy take on an adventure that will change their lives forever.
Holy (Un)Holy River
Holy (un)Holy River follows the world’s most revered and reviled rivers, the great Ganges River of India. The film’s directors, Jake Norton and Pete McBride, followed the river source-to-sea in 2013, documenting its intense beauty and struggles. The film tells the story of the River and all its dichotomies and complexities; a river that is revered by a billion people, depended upon by 500 million, and is at once a source of life and inspiration as well as death, pollution, and tragedy.
Tom Seipp: A Mountain Journal Short
Tom is 11 and just loves riding his bikes with his dad, no matter what the terrain, no matter what the weather. Having completed 2 Strathpuffer 24hr races he has racked up the miles over the last few years. Driven to just enjoy being out, he has big plans as he looks to drag his dad along the 2,700+ miles of the Great Divide route later in the year.
Scenes from the Green
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be the first person to walk up to a wall with no established climbing routes anywhere in site? That sense of curiosity and a desire for solitude and adventure are what spurred myself and other three like-minded friends to take a chance and float a forty-five-mile roadless stretch of the Green River in southeastern Utah to see what we could find. Inspired by the desert climbing pioneers that came before us and eager to make our own small contributions to our sport, we quickly realized that the experience would have lasting impressions that went well beyond the climbing.
Monumental: Skiing Our National Parks
A ski film unlike any other, Monumental: Skiing Our National Parks, a Powder Productions Original presented by REI Co-Op, celebrates the 100-year anniversary of the U.S. National Park Service by paying homage to these monuments of nature and solitude, reminding us skiers where we came from, and that we belong to something greater than ourselves. Follow contemporary explorers through the lens of KGB Productions with skiers Andy Mahre, Lynsey Dyer, Griffin Post, Colter Hinchliffe, Kalen Thorien, Greg Hill, Max Hammer, and Connery Lundin at Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Glacier National Park, and Olympic National Park.
Elk River
Scientist Arthur Middleton, photographer Joe Riis, artist James Prosek and filmmaker Jenny Nichols join forces in this documentary that captures the migration of elk in the Yellowstone area through a multidisciplinary lens. For many of the elk herds that summer in Yellowstone National Park, home is outside the protected park boundaries the rest of the year, as far as 70 miles away. Mirroring a similar expedition undertaken in 1871 that fused science and the arts, this modern band of explorers join their ungulate counterparts on a trek from Wyoming’s rangeland through snowy mountain passes and treacherous river crossings to the rugged beauty of Yellowstone’s high-alpine meadows. Along the way, they meet backcountry guides and cattle ranchers whose lives are intricately tied with the fate of the elk and other migratory species that call the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem home.
Devotion
Libby Peter is one of the UK’s most respected climbers, with years of experience in expeditions, instructing, coaching and guiding around the world. In “Devotion” Libby reflects on how - quite unintentionally - climbing has shaped her life.
Girls For Girls
G4G Project is a collaboration between 4 slacklining and highlining females from 4 countries, who all share similar passions and hope to encourage and promote more women to participate in the sport of slackline and the lifestyle it entails. Their project is not meant so much as a separation between men and women, but more as a focus on females and their limitless possibilities, even in male dominated extreme sports such as slacklining and climbing. They hope this project will become a global movement connecting girls everywhere in the knowledge that they can do everything they want, and nothing should or can stop them.
Good as Ever
Nate Leavitt and Spencer Higa take their fishing passion to new regions in hopes to explore a bit of the unknown. We present a film that explores modern fishing, while staying true to anglers and their craft.
Joyful in the Night
What is it that draws climbers from the warmth of their beds to the dark and foreboding mountains of Scotland and Alaska? Why do they endure hardship, misery and fear? Is it masochism, is it intrigue, or is it something else entirely? Written by poet Ben Silvestre and directed by Matt Pycroft, Joyful in the Night is a gloomy love letter to the darker mountains.
Mirror Wall
The need for adventure and a changing horizon is a natural instinct for many people. In the case of renowned adventurer Leo Houlding, this has manifested itself in the form of completing world class expeditions with tight-knit teams to unclimbed peaks around the world. Following the death of his long term climbing partner Sean ‘Stanley’ Leary and birth of his daughter Freya - ‘Mirror Wall’ finds Leo approaching his latest expedition with a reconsidered mentality and a completely new team.
Obsession
Tom Randall is a modern-day institution in the world of British climbing. Well known for his acquired taste for offwidth crack routes, Tom consistently sets himself the highest standards and the hardest lines. For Tom, climbing is all consuming, but this hasn't always been the case. In ‘Obsession’ Tom provides a unique insight into his formative years spent in a world entirely different to the one we associate him with now, and how he copes with conflicting priorities that are fundamental to his continued happiness and ambitious drive.
Peregrine
Driven by a pursuit of adventure and a quest to explore new terrain. Two friends escape to the north in a small plane to chase winter and deep powder.
Boys in the Bugs
Matt Segal and Will Stanhope have spent a decade climbing the world's hardest cracks. Crack climbing is a bold, traditionalist discipline in which climbers “jam” their hands, feet and even entire bodies into cracks, while skillfully protecting themselves from a fall by placing their own removable gear in the rock. In an age of elite athletes, fad diets and training regimes, Matt and Will harken back to the old school of climbing, where guts and spirit make up for their lack of planning and healthy lifestyle. Now they travel deep into the Canadian wilderness to the infamous Bugaboo Mountains where they are looking for the ultimate next-level crack climb – following a long, thin break in the rock so narrow that only the tips of their fingers fit inside. It’s the beginning of an epic, multi-year quest that will change their lives.
Brette
24-year old Brette Harrington is a rising young talent in the climbing world. From overhanging free climbs to long alpine solos, she excels at all disciplines of the sport, while forging a life path defined by adventure. Join Brette on a global journey from the frozen waterfalls of the Canadian rockies, to the big wall free climbing proving ground of Yosemite’s El Capitan, and onto a landmark solo of Chiara di Luna in the alpine mecca of Patagonia’s Cerro Torre Range.
Dodo's Delight
Jump on board a madcap sailing adventure to the biggest rock walls in the Arctic Circle with a team of elite climbers as zany as they are talented. Sean Villanueva, Nico Favresse, Olivier Favresse and Ben Ditto have made cutting edge first ascents in remote mountain ranges around the world -- climbing hard, making music and goofing off thousands of feet in the air. Now they embark on their greatest expedition yet, voyaging to the massive walls of Greenland and Baffin Island on the good ship Dodo’s Delight, skippered by the spry 79-year old Captain Bob Shepton. Amongst rough seas, falling rocks and freezing temperatures, this hilarious and badass gang of adventurers forge bold new routes and have the time of their lives.
Young Guns
Meet the new faces of climbing: 14-year-old Ashima Shiraishi and 15-year-old Kai Lightner are the leaders of a new generation poised to take the sport to the next level. Ashima, a New York City native, has already become the youngest person and the first female to climb the benchmark elite grades of 5.15a and v15. Kai, one of the few African American climbers rising to the top of the sport, became a national climbing champion as a high school sophomore. Now these two prodigies and friends travel to the rugged coast of Norway, where a legendary cave is filled with the most difficult climbs on earth. Pushed outside their comfort zone, Kai and Ashima learn some hard but important lessons that will carry them to even greater heights.
Surviving the Fundy Footpath
Surviving the Fundy Footpath follows first-time hiker, Bruce Persaud, as he attempts to complete one of Canada's toughest multi¬day hikes. Follow along as Bruce and his team of guides climb in and out of nineteen steep ravines, traverse stunning Bay of Fundy mega tidal zones, and navigate their way through 65 kilometres of dense old growth Acadian fog forest.
Santiaguito: The Laboratory Volcano
With constant eruptions, the Santiaguito Volcano in Guatemala is a volcanologists' laboratory in the field. Its frequent activity is optimal for research, but the volcano poses a significant, growing risk to the local population, in addition to severe hazards for the scientists who study it.
The Never Melting Story
They had never met before, but they shared the exact same dream. So the two young Frenchmen Guillaume and Manu left together for an island far from home, covered in snow, ice and white isolation: Baffin Island in Canada’s Arctic. Their ski expedition was as demanding as it was magical, after a false start that almost made the whole expedition fail from the very beginning…
The Fledglings
As longtime professional climbers who eat, sleep and live the sport, Cedar Wright and Matt Segal are used to being competent, comfortable and at the top of their game. Then they get into paragliding, and what starts as a toe dip turns quickly into a consuming addiction, as well as a lesson in what it’s like to be bumbling, naïve, gung-ho beginners. Tree landings, sketchy moments and junkshow launches become part of the new normal. With only six months of flying under their belts, and professional flier Matt Henzi as a sensei, Wright and Segal embark on an audacious objective: to climb and fly off Orizaba, the third-highest peak in the America’s and the highest in Mexico. What ensues is disaster-style climbing, iffy weather, broken gear and a lesson in jumping into the deep end and being forced to swim.
The Lappnor Project
In 2013 Nalle Hukkataival was introduced to a boulder project that came to occupy him for the following seven seasons. In late October 2016, he finally managed the first ascent, naming it "Burden of Dreams" and suggesting the unprecedented grade of 9A. The film follows Nalle's efforts over the seasons as the original physical challenge of climbing the world's hardest route becomes more and more of a mental battle against himself and uncontrollable variables.
Tight Loose
Come join us to celebrate TGR's 21st Birthday. The tighter your show the looser you can be. With over 21 years of traveling the globe and pushing the boundaries of what is possible we have experienced the full spectrum of adventure. Our latest film "Tight Loose" is TGR's highest achievement to date. From India to Alaska, come join us as we discover unridden spine walls, massive airs, and full throttle riding in some of the wildest and most spectacular places on earth.
The Bothy Project
The Bothy Project is about exploring the wilds on your own terms, in your own style. Artists Tessa Lyons, Natasha Brooks and writer Claire Carter take themselves into the vast emptiness of the Sheneval bothy in the Scottish Northwest to let go and unravel. A run, a hike, a swim; a painting, a poem, an animation. Each woman’s experience is woven into this beautiful short film by Jen Randall of Light Shed Pictures.
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. This is the real story of a pure love between two friends in the face of risk and tragedy.
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. This is the real story of a pure love between two friends in the face of risk and tragedy.