THE FILMS / Tuesday & Thursday
(2016, USA, 9 minutes)

Filmmaker: Katie Stjernholm,
Balcony Nine Media
Focus: culture, skating

At the ripe old
age of 90, Yvonne Dowlen has been ice skating for as long as
she can remember.
Edges is a celebration of a
life well lived.
(2017, Canada, 16 minutes)

Filmmaker: Matthew Hood
Focus: Culture
Subtitles: Yes

Originally from Montreal, Conor falls in love with the northern
way of life, and a woman, in the Canadian Arctic. Now the young father helps to pass on the
native traditions and ancestral culture to his son, as he learns them himself.
(2016, UK, 4 minutes)

Filmmaker: Ian Derry,
Archer’s Mark
Focus: freediving under ice

 For freediver Johanna Nordblad, diving under the ice provides a surreal, calming environment
that helps heal her injuries.
(2016, Canada, 14 minutes)

Filmmaker: Anthony Bonello, Switchback Entertainment Inc
Focus: Skiing

Kilian Jornet is considered the greatest mountain runner ever.
But he doesn’t consider himself
a runner. Join Kilian in his new backyard in Norway as he attempts to ski and run the
Seven Summits of Romsdalen
in a single day,a 77 kilometre
route with 9,000 metres of elevation gain.
(2017, UK, 24 minutes)
Filmmaker: Ben Page
Focus: Bikepacking

Ben Page sought an adventure of perfect solitude in the Canadian Arctic. Yet the
harsh truths of travelling in such
a formidable environment were a long way from the romanticisms
of a Jack London book.
(2016, France, 3 minutes)

Filmmaker: Hello Emotion
Focus: Crazy Highlining
Adrenaline Factor: High
Subtitles: Yes

For The Flying Frenchies,
thinking out of the box isn’t
a choice –
it’s a way of life.
2.5 MILLION
THE LAST HONEY HUNTER
Intermission
SURF THE LINE
MY IRNIK
Special Jury Mention
ASCEND
WHERE THE WILD THINGS PLAY
(2017, USA, 6 minutes)
Filmmaker: Simon Perkins, Sharptail Media

Focus: Biking

Film Synopsis
As a young adult, Jon Wilson lost his leg to cancer. Mountain biking has played a critical
role in helping him sink his teeth back into life.
(2017, USA, 22 minutes)

Filmmaker: Tyler Wilkinson-Ray, T-Bar Films
Focus: Skiing
Adrenaline Factor: Medium

 American skier Aaron Rice sets out to ski 2.5 million, human-powered, vertical feet in the backcountry and set a new world record.
(2017, Canada, 35 minutes)

Filmmaker: Ben Knight,
Felt Soul Media
PG – Coarse Language
Focus: Culture
Subtitles: Yes

Maule Dhan Rai is the last man
in the remote Nepal village of
Saadi who's been visited in a dream by a wrathful forest spirit called Rongkemi. If no one else
in the village has the dream, a generations-old tradition may die.
*one of the top films in voting
for People’s Choice Award
JOHANNA
Best Short Film Mountain Fim
KILIAN
THE FROZEN ROAD
EDGES
*one of the top films in voting for People’s Choice Award
PARENTAL WARNING!!
COURSE LANGUAGE!
Special Jury Mention – jury comments: “There were a few excellent
expedition films in the festival this year, some of which were recorded by film
crews with extensive budgets and others that were smaller projects, filmed in the‘self-shot style’ by the adventurers themselves. It is one of these smaller budget films that we would like to recognise with a special jury mention. On many occasions, the best scenes in adventure films are captured when things are going wrong, when times are tough. And so if you are self-shooting, particularly on a solo trip, it requires a huge amount of discipline and dedication to stop having your epic for a moment, get the camera out and then document the very epic you are having. To do that in a blizzard at minus 30 degrees Celsius
(86 degrees Fahrenheit) is particularly impressive.”
Krystal Wright ©
 Hello Emotion©
 Renan Ozturk ©
 Hello Emotion©
Francois Lebeau ©
Ian Derry ©
Tyler Wilkinson-Ray ©
Francois Lebeau ©
Ian Derry ©
Scott Markewitz ©
Scott Markewitz ©
Balcony Nine Media ©
Balcony Nine Media ©
Tyler Wilkinson-Ray ©
Krystal Wright ©
*one of the top films in voting for People’s Choice Award
*one of the top films in voting for People’s Choice Award
*one of the top films in voting for People’s Choice Award
*one of the top films in voting
for People’s Choice Award
*one of the top films in voting for People’s Choice Award
*one of the top films in voting
for People’s Choice Award
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(2017, USA, 4 minutes)

Filmmaker: Krystle Wright
Focus: Mountain sports –
female leads
Adrenaline Factor: Medium/High

There’s an ongoing discussion of why there aren’t more females in the adventure industry; whether it’s in big mountain skiing, climbing, or whitewater kayaking. Well,it’s about time we found out Where the Wild Things Play!
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