Feature 2024 Line Up
Friday 16th
Yamnuska: The Ragged Edge
Directed By: John Price
59 min
In ‘Yamnuska, The Ragged Edge’ we embark on a cinematic journey that not only celebrates the rich history and folklore surrounding this legendary climbing mecca but also pays homage to the colorful characters who have etched their names into its vertical walls.
The Pass
Directed By: Andrea Wing
14 min
Rogers Pass is home to one of the most complicated avalanche programs in the world. Ski touring through its terrain is only possible thanks to a visionary mountain guide and the woman she mentored who’s now at the helm of that avalanche program.
Uppie Louie
Directed By: Seth Ezekiel West
4 min
Flow features The Trailrippers - Nathan and Ruben de Vaux - two mountain biking brothers from the Dyfi Valley in Mid Wales who are already making their mark on the British MTB scene.
Near The River
Directed By: Darby McAdams
11 min
In the tourism town of Livingstone, Zambia, a group of local men who make their living portering kayaks aspire to become safety kayakers on the Zambezi River. The proposed Batoka Gorge Hydroelectric Scheme threatens to flood the famous rapids of the Zambezi, and eliminate river related jobs.
Flow
Film By: Andy McCandlish
11 min
Tyson Rettie was living his dream of being a ski guide but that was taken away when he lost his vision. Tyson manages to not only return to backcountry skiing, but to find a way to bring other blind and visually impaired skiers along with him. Tyson Rettie started Braille Mountain Initiative to inspire the blind and visually impaired to experience the backcountry.
bikepackraftskateclimb!
Directed By: Henry Barrett
10 min
Henry is a local adventurer and is a graduate of the MAST program at the Fernie Campus of the College of the Rockies. His short film offers some highlights of a self propelled bikepackraftskate trip from Golden BC, down the Columbia Valley, onto the Kootenay River and up and over Hartley Pass to Fernie.
Seven Eleven
Directed By: Colton Born
25 min
Seven eleven is a film about getting you stoked to climb and remind you that climbing is best enjoyed with good friends. The film follows Whitefish locals Mack Fai and Nick Brooke as they attempt to climb the seven 5.11a sport routes at Point of Rocks climbing area, near Stryker, Montana which is half way between Eureka and Whitefish.
Saturday 17th
Bringing The Salmon Home
Directed By: Teresa Marshall, Jeremy Williams
30 min
Bringing the Salmon Home representatives Vickie Thomas, who is the Indigenous Knowledge Counsel and Implementation Team member for the Ktunaxa Nation, and her partner Mark Thomas, the Executive Working Group Chair and Salmon Chief for the Shuswap First Nation, will introduce the film and answer questions after the film.
Sagarmatha Next
Directed by: Martin Ivar Edström
11 min
Facing an explosive expansion of tourism in the last few decades, a small organization of local Sherpa set out to solve the problem of waste management around Mt. Everest turning the tide of trash and plastic from the mountains - one visitor at a time.
Bridge Boys
Presented By: Nick Rosen, Peter Mortimer
28 min
A horizontal big-wall adventure on the longest, most ridiculous crack climb ever attempted.
The Fabulous Life Of Nancy Greene Raine - N.G.R.
Directed By: Andrea Wing
10 min
N.G.R. has spent a lifetime showing the world what it means to love a sport. As a ski racer, coach, Olympic champ, mountain-resort visionary and Canadian Senator, Nancy Greene Raine is an inter-generational household name for many Canadians.
The Rythm Of One
Directed By: Laurel Myers
18 min
The Rhythm of One is a portrait of Canadian rider Ryan Kremsater and the evolution of his riding as he strives to push the envelope of mountain unicycling, asking, “What lines would a unicycle ride if it was not influenced so heavily by biking and hiking trails?"
Coast Mountain Chronicles
Directed By: Todd W Wells
18 min
Join Todd Wells, Eric Parker and Chris Korbulic as they attempt a descent of the Bishop River to Bute Inlet on the west coast of BC. Nine days down 70 kilometers of steep, remote and minimally explored whitewater became exponentially more complex when the unexpected happens.