Films

Friday / Saturday Matinee: Salmon Program

Friday Evening: Doors open at 7:00PM, program starts at 7:30pm.
Saturday Matinee: Doors open at 12:30PM, program starts at 1:00pm.

Nuisance Bear

Churchill, Manitoba, is famous as an international destination for photographing polar bears. We’ve seen the majestic images and classic wildlife series captured here, but what do these bears see of us? Through a shift in perspective Nuisance Bear reveals an obstacle course of tourist paparazzi and wildlife officers whom bears must navigate during their annual migration.

Canada, 14 Minutes
Filmmakers: Jack Weisman, Gabriela Osio Vanden, Will Miller

The Process

Tom Randall is a rock climber known for his commitment to training and the courageous and, at times, outrageous challenges he sets himself. This time, Tom has set his mind on becoming proficient and efficient in the sport of fell running and he has a madcap idea to try and complete the previously un-attempted Lakes Classic Rock Challenge and a Bob Graham link-up in 24 hours. That's 15 classic Lakeland rock climbs, 42 summits, and 142 kilometers. What lengths is he willing to go to achieve his goal and when is enough, enough? Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than hanging on...

UK, 15 Minutes
Filmmakers: Matt Pycroft, Matt Hardy

Fabric

Embracing identity and tradition to empower future generations of Indigenous youth, Hawaiian surfer Mainei Kinimaka preserves ancestral tradition through stewardship of language and tradition.

Canada, 10 Minutes
Filmmakers: Robin Van Gyn, Justin Taylor Smith, Yulin Olliver

Balkan Express

German mountaineers Max Kroneck and Jochen Mesle book a one-way train ticket from Munich to Thessaloniki – and start their 2500-kilometre journey back home by bike and ski. They explore the mountains of the Balkans, looking for the most beautiful ski runs and sharing good times with locals along the way.

Germany, 40 Minutes
Filmmakers: Jochen Mesle, Max Kroneck, Johannes Muller, Philipp Becker

Intermission

Take this time to stretch your legs and grab a beverage and a snack. Washrooms are on the second floor.

15 Minutes

Flow

Flow is an aerial and symphonic journey with skier Sam Favret, in the heart of a closed resort during the winter of 2021 – with doses of unreality, serenity, powerful skiing, and above all, the pleasure of rediscovering a playground in its wild state.

France, 5 Minutes
Filmmakers: Sam Favret, Maxime Moulin

Clean Mountains

During the pandemic there were no foreign climbers in the Himalaya, so a famous Sherpa family decides to climb Mount Everest to clean the garbage left behind by others – thus restoring the holiness of the mountain and calming the gods.

Netherlands, 19 Minutes
Filmmakers: Geertjan Lassche, Jos de Putter

The Fastest Girl in the Village

As a girl growing up in Lesotho, Khothalang Leuta never imagined she could become a bike racer. From teaching herself how to ride a bike to becoming "faster than the boys", see what can be accomplished when opportunity is provided.

UK, 6 Minutes
Filmmakers: Fraser Byrne, Tyrone Bradley

Sheri

Sheri Tingey’s 60-year career as a woman who has defied the odds by starting a company at age 50 that has revolutionized the outdoor industry. The film is a story about the hurdles she overcame to launch the company, about the ways she hid from view so that people would judge the boats, not her role in creating them. At this watershed moment of reckoning around equity and inclusion for the industry, Sheri’s life story will both warm audiences, and ask them to grapple with important questions about who belongs.

USA, 19 Minutes
Filmmakers: James 'Q' Martin, Emily L. Doig

Walking on Clouds

In the city of Praia Grande, Santa Catarina, Brazil, Rafael Bridi attemps the highest highline record in the world by setting his line above the clouds.

Brazil, 7 Minutes
Filmmakers: Renan Kamizi, João Juchem