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SC – Seth Cagin SD – Sabrina Davis LH – Lauren Howie JJ – Jennifer Julia BL – Bria Light AM – Angela Mallard HS – Heather Sackett RS – Rosie Stabile KW – Kellyn Wilson JM - Jason Merritt TC - Trisha Cofield PALM – Palm Theater HC – High Camp SOH – Sheridan Opera House NUG – Nugget Theatre MAS – Masons Theater LIB – Wilkinson Public Library BC – Base Camp Outdoor Theater TW – Transfer Warehouse

See maps, pages 108-109, for locations.

An Accidental Life

Director: Henna Taylor Producers: Sarah Steele, Henna Taylor, Jacob Bailey SAT, 5:45 PM, PALM SUN, 6:30 PM, NUG In Person: Filmmaker and Film Subject Alpinist and speed climber Quinn Brett was at the peak of her career when a fall on Yosemite’s “The Nose” caused a ruinous injury to her spinal cord and left her a paraplegic. The film follows Brett for the two years after her fall as she navigates dating again, debilitating nerve pain and grieving the life she lost while learning to accept this new version of herself. As she heals, Brett comes face to face with many truths, some merely uncomfortable and some devastating. An Accidental Life is a vulnerable look at the transition from a life of bigwall striving and achieving to finding peace, purpose and community even as a full recovery remains out of reach. –HS (USA, 2021, 86 min.)

MountainfilM CoMMitMent Grant Winner 2021

The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales

Directors: Abigail E. Disney, Kathleen Hughes Producers: Abigail E. Disney, Kathleen Hughes, Aideen Kane FRI, 1:30 PM, PALM SAT, 6:30 PM, NUG In Person: Filmmaker and Film Subject In this personal essay documentary, filmmaker and philanthropist Abigail Disney grapples with America’s profound inequality crisis. The story begins in 2018, after Abigail encounters workers at Disney struggling to put food on the table. Could she use her famous last name to help pressure Disney and other American corporations to treat low-wage workers more humanely? Believing her conservative grandfather Roy Disney would never have tolerated employee hunger at “The Happiest Place On Earth,” Abigail reexamines the story of modern American capitalism from the middle of the last century to today. What happened? What Abigail learns about racism, corporate power and the “American Dream” is eyeopening and inspiring. –TC (USA, 2022, 87 min.) Colorado Premiere

Anonymous Sister

Director: Jamie Boyle Producers: Marilyn Ness, Elizabeth Westrate SUN, 5:45 PM, PALM MON, 10:30 AM, SOH In Person: Filmmaker and Film Subjects Years before the term “opioid epidemic” became commonplace, Jamie Boyle watched her sister and mother both succumb to an unknown, unnamed illness. As a way to process what was happening, she picked up her camera and started filming. Little did she know her family members had become pawns in a deceptive, pharmaceutical promotion that was transforming the way medicine was practiced, resulting in the deadliest, manmade public health crisis in U.S. history. The intimate footage from Anonymous Sister is captured from inside Boyle’s tight-knit, loving family, revealing an emotional truth that cannot be fully appreciated from news stories and statistics. In trying to understand a nationwide catastrophe of such epic proportion, the most important vantage point might just be from within. –AM (USA, 2019, 94 min.)

Bad Axe

Director: David Siev Producers: Jude Harris, Katarina Vasquez, Diane Quon, David Siev FRI, 8 PM, MAS SUN, 9:30 AM, NUG In Person: Filmmaker and Film Subjects Director David Siev returned to his small hometown of Bad Axe, Michigan, to capture his family’s experience and struggle to keep their restaurant afloat during the pandemic. The younger Sievs’ courageous participation in a BLM protest is a beautifully shot and edited verité tour de force that became the film’s terrifying centerpiece. Ironically, it draws even more unwelcome attention from Michigan white supremacists when Siev posts it online to raise funds for this very film. The personal is political; the politics are personal; Bad Axe is both. This family’s fraught origin informs the next generation’s unshakeable conviction about what it means to be American. –SC (USA, 2022, 104 min.) Colorado Premiere

Chasing

Director: Simon Tucker FRI, 8:30 PM, PALM SAT, 3:30 PM, HC In Person: Filmmakers and Film Subjects Jason Caldwell is an American athlete fed up with silver medals, a pro baseball career foiled by injury and narrowly missing out on the Olympic rowing team. Restless and looking for a win, he discovers a 3,000mile rowing race. Jason aims to win the race and smash the record for the fastest crossing. Ten days in, two of the four men jump ship mid-Atlantic. Jason limps to the finish line, battered and humbled. One year later, he’s back with a new team. When seasickness and weather threaten his dream again, Jason faces an impossible task: 400 miles in just 5 days to beat the record. –JM (USA, 2021, 89 min.) World Premiere

Chasing Coral

Director: Jeff Orlowski-Yang Producer: Larissa Rhodes FRI, 8:30 PM, BC In Person: Filmmakers Otherworldly habitats that are home to a psychedelic array of colors, creatures and life, coral reefs are crucial foundations of ocean ecosystems. But hidden from sight, these miraculous places are largely out of mind for most humans. And they are also under dire threat as warming ocean temperatures trigger unprecedented rates of bleaching and dying. In Chasing Coral, director Orlowski-Yang and a team of scientists, photographers and divers set out to document this underwater crisis and share it with a global audience. It’s no easy task, and the team faces technical challenges, the whims of nature and the ticking clock as it races to record bleaching events as they happen. Chasing Coral is a film that pairs beauty and urgency with a glimpse of the tragedies that will continue if humans don’t address climate change. –TC (USA, 2016, 93 min.)

Chasing Ice

Jeff Orlowski-Yang SAT, NOON, SOH In Person: Filmmakers and Film Subject In 2005, photographer James Balog set out on an audacious quest: to document the disappearance of glaciers by setting up time-lapse cameras around the world. With temperatures on the rise, his plan worked well as the cameras of his Extreme Ice Survey captured some of the biggest calving incidents ever documented. But award-winning Chasing Ice isn’t just about the glaciers, it also shows an artist at work. Balog, who has been coming to Mountainfilm for more than a decade, wrestles with a bad knee, faulty equipment and the existential question of how the collapse of glaciers is a harbinger of our own uncertain future. –TC (USA, 2012, 75 min.)

Delikado

Director: Karl Malakunas Producers: Marty Syjuco, Michael Collins, Kara Magsanoc-Alikpala FRI, 9:30 AM, MAS SUN, 4 PM, LIB In Person: Filmmakers On the island of Palawan, the sand is white and the forests are lush, but the idyllic tropical island is in peril. Beyond becoming one of Asia’s most visited tourist destinations, the land has suffered devastating blows from decades of unabashed, fearless illegal logging and fishing. The dire reality of the environmental degradation of Palawan leads local environmental champions to take action, fighting tooth and nail to save this precious land they call home. –RS (Philippines, Hong Kong, Australia, US, UK, 2022, 95 min.) Colorado Premiere

Exposure

Director: Holly Morris Producers: Holly Morris, Jill Mazursky, Michael Kovnat, Eleanor Wilson FRI, 1 PM, HC SAT, 4 PM MAS In Person: Filmmakers In 2018, a group of women from a diverse mix of Western and Eastern nations set out to ski more than 1,000 kilometers to the North Pole on an expedition led by explorer Felicity Aston and an all-female film crew. Trekking across record-low volumes of sea ice in dangerously precarious conditions, the team was challenged by the most daunting threat the Arctic currently faces: climate change. Their audacious journey, which included polar bear threats, frostbite and the most inhospitable of living conditions, celebrates cross-cultural teamwork and the powerful resilience of women. –JJ (USA, 2022, 88, min.)

Fire of Love

Director: Sara Dosa Producers: Shane Boris, Ina Fichman, Sara Dosa FRI, 1 PM, SOH SAT, 7 PM, LIB

In Person: Filmmakers Katia and Maurice Krafft loved each other and volcanoes. For two decades, the daring French volcanologist couple roamed the planet, chasing eruptions and documenting their discoveries. In 1991, they both inevitably die in a volcanic explosion doing the very thing that brought them together — unraveling the mysteries of volcanoes by capturing some of nature’s most explosive imagery. Director Sara Dosa created a lyrical celebration of the intrepid scientists’ spirit of adventure, drawing from the Kraffts’ spectacular archive. Fire of Love tells a story of primordial creation and destruction, following two bold explorers as they venture into the unknown, all for the sake of love. –RS (USA, Canada, 2022, 93 min.) Colorado Premiere

The Holly

Director: Julian Rubinstein Producer: donnie l. betts, Sarah Dowland, Dia Sokol Savage FRI, 8 PM, SOH SUN, 9 AM, PALM In Person: Filmmakers and Film Subject Renowned journalist Julian Rubinstein returns home to the Mile High City in order to investigate a story of structural racism from the perspective of an anti-gang activist, Terrance Roberts. The story centers on a controversial shooting that took place at a peace rally that Roberts himself organized. Over the course of seven years, Rubinstein patiently unpacks the intricate layers of Roberts himself, the community, media misinformation and a contentious history of criminal injustices that fed gang violence in Denver. As Roberts stands trial for life in prison, the Holly shooting cracks open a window into the complex relationships that exist amongst gentrification and violence, communities of color, high-rolling developers and Denver’s city hall. –RS (USA, 2022, 100 min.) World Premiere

Horse Tamer

Director: Hamid Sardar Producer: Vivien Lemaignan SAT, 8:30 PM, SOH MON, 9 AM, HC In the Darhat Valley of northern Mongolia, horses of the nomad tribes continue to vanish. Shukhert, a Darhat horseman dedicated to protecting and reclaiming his herd, tracks bandits to the edge of the Mongolian taiga, all the way to the Siberian border. Director Hamid Sardar spent the last 10 years documenting the Darhat nomad’s way of life and is inevitably invited to follow Shukhert on his eternal journey. Between tribal rivalries, smuggling and traditions, Sardar wonders what horse stealing says about modern-day Mongolia. –TC (France, 2020, 90 min.) Colorado Premiere

Learning to Drown

Director: Ben Knight Producer: Travis Rummel SUN, 3:30 PM, HC MON, 9 AM, NUG In Person: Filmmaker and Film Subject Pro snowboarder Jess Kimura has an irrational fear of water. In a finely crafted juxtaposition of snow and surf, director Ben Knight delicately weaves a tale of love, loss, adrenaline and conquering fear through the lens of this loose cannon turned gentle spirit. Growing up with a rebel mentality, chastised as a kid for pushing boundaries, Kimura rose to the top, crushing stereotypes for female athletes and accruing accolades and awards along the way. When disaster strikes, Kimura begins re-evaluating the lens through which she looks at life. Trading in the dangerous binary of black and white, Kimura now chooses to view life as a constant wave. –SD (USA, 2021, 40 min.)

McCurry: The Pursuit of Colour

Director: Denis Delestrac Producers: Denis Delestrac, Marieke van den Bersselaar, Carles Brugueras SUN, 8:30 PM, PALM MON, 9 AM, MAS Photographer Steve McCurry is responsible for some of the most iconic images from brutal war zones of the late twentiethcentury: Afghanistan, Lebanon, Kuwait and 9/11. One of his most renowned portraits of “Afghan Girl” was plastered on National Geographic’s 1985 cover. In every bit of his long career, he has celebrated the world’s color and diversity through photography, his work being the personification of the photographer-as-global adventurer and intrepid chronicler of his time. McCurry: The Pursuit of Colour is a portrait of both a deeply-engaged artist and an expression of McCurry’s vision of the world at the nexus of profound beauty and heartbreak. –SC (Spain, 2021, 92 min.) Colorado Premiere

Mission: Joy — Finding Happiness in Troubled Times

Directors: Louie Psihoyos, Peggy Callahan Producers: Peggy Callahan, Mark Monroe, John Negropontes SAT, 12:30 PM, NUG SUN, 10 AM, LIB In their final joint mission, these self-described mischievous brothers give a master class in how to create joy in a world that was never easy for them. His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu give us unprecedented access to their unlikely friendship as they transcend religion to offer neurosciencebacked wisdom to help each of us live with more joy, despite circumstances. Prepare to be deeply moved through this laugh-outloud documentary from Academy Award-winning Louie Psihoyos and codirector Peggy Callahan. –TC (USA, 2021, 90 min.)

Omoiyari: A Song Film by Kishi Bashi

The Neighborhood Storyteller

Director: Alejandra Alcala Producer: Francisco Alcala FRI, 10 AM, LIB SAT, 1 PM, MAS In Person: Filmmakers For the girls at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, marriage may become a reality by the age of 14 or 15. But for 28-year-old Asmaa, mother of four, that doesn’t mean that girls and women have to stop dreaming or leave behind the pleasure of reading. When Asmaa, who married at 16 before being forced to flee a war-torn Syria with her young family, starts a reading group for her neighborhood’s teenage girls, many of whom are reserved. Through reading aloud, drawing and group activities, the girls open up about life at camp, the trauma of war and their dreams for the future. In this touching film by Alejandra Alcala, the girls’ confidence grows and imagination blossoms as they reflect on their pasts and dream of a hopeful future. –BL (United Arab Emirates, 2021, 49 min.) World Premiere Directors: Justin Taylor Smith, Kaoru Ishibashi Producers: JJ Gerber, James Angelo, Jenny Mills FRI, 4:30 PM, SOH SAT, 9:30 AM, NUG In Person: Filmmakers and Film Subject When a media interview links the Muslim ban and the immigration crisis at the USA-Mexico border with the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII, Kaoru Ishibashi, better known as the internationally acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, Kishi Bashi, goes on a journey to learn about this history and its relevance. As a first generation Japanese American struggling with his own cultural identity, he revisits the history of the Japanese internment camps, examining how an executive order passed over 80 years ago can generationally affect an entire culture. Along the way, he improvises and writes music in an effort to better understand his identity as a bi-cultural American. –AM (USA, 2022, 94 min.) Colorado Premiere

MountainfilM CoMMitMent Grant Winner 2019

One Road to Quartzsite

Director: Ryan Maxey Producer: Josh Polon, Ryan Maxey SAT, 5:45 PM, SOH SUN, 1 PM, MAS In Person: Filmmakers A ragtag group of crustpunks, libertarians, snowbirds and elderly folks become unlikely neighbors during their annual pilgrimage to a temporary longterm camping community in Quartzsite, Arizona. Steeped in rural folklore and full of a diverse and complicated set of characters, this film is a beautiful, poetic and observational portrait of people trying to live outside of the constraints of American society, or for some, to simply escape the winter. –TC (USA, 2022, 89 min.) Colorado Premiere

Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest

Director: Nancy Svendsen Producers: Sharon Wood, Richard Levien, Christy McGill FRI, 9:30 AM, SOH SUN, 4 PM, MAS In Person: Filmmakers Transcending cultural barriers and consistently going against the grain, female Nepali climber Pasang Lhamu Sherpa attempted to summit Everest four times in the early nineties. Although she was not allowed to attend school as a child, Pasang did not let that stop her from pursuing her dreams. After founding her own trekking company in Kathmandu, she blazed a trail for Nepali women via her efforts to summit Everest. Proving how big you can dream and how far you can go to achieve those dreams, she left a legacy not only for the family she has left behind, but for the myriad women following in her footsteps. –SD (USA, 2021, 71 min.) Colorado Premiere

Ranger

Director: Austin Peck Producers: Kate Garwood, Roger Ross Williams, Geoff Martz, Jochen Zeitz FRI, 9:30 AM, PALM SAT, 4 PM, LIB In Person: Filmmakers In the Maasai communities of rural Kenya, boys become warriors through ceremonial rites of passage, but girls are largely excluded. In 2019, a group of 12 women — some escaping poverty and abuse — try out to become East Africa’s first all-female, anti-poaching unit. As they undergo incredible transformations through ritual, the recruits endure tough physical training; however, it’s learning to tap into their trauma and channel their anger to cultivate courage that proves to be the most transformative. After a six-month journey of self-discovery, the women create their own ceremonial rite of passage to become guardians of Kenya’s wildlife. –HS (Kenya, 2020, 93 min.)

Refuge

Directors: Din Blankenship, Erin Bernhardt FRI, 4 PM, LIB SAT, 7 PM, HC In Person: Filmmakers Husband, father, veteran and former KKK leader, Chris Buckley spent 13 years in the army developing an extreme hatred for Muslims. Syrian refugee, Muslim and medical doctor, Heval Kelli, spends much of his time acting as an ambassador to bridge the gap between white nationalists and the people who seek refuge in America. Extremist interventionist Arno Michaelis forges a connection between Buckley and Kelli that has the potential to transcend and transform the deeply seated hatred and fear that live within so many. –SD (USA, 2021, 73 min.)

The Sanctity of Space

Sam Now

Director: Reed Harkness Producer: Jason Reid FRI, 5 PM, NUG SAT, 3 PM, PALM In Person: Filmmakers and Film Subject Sam Harkness and his Seattle family are shocked when his mother disappears, abandoning them with no explanation. Sam and his half brother, director Reed Harkness, embark on a road trip to find her, bound for the West Coast. In Sam’s 20-year quest for understanding, the film delves into intergenerational trauma and the pivotal moments that shift a family’s dysfunction into healing. As the story unfolds, viewers witness Sam’s coming of age as he works to break free from a singular trauma, one that has replicated itself in his family for generations. –TC (USA, 2022, 86 min.) U.S. Premiere Directors: Renan Ozturk, Freddie Wilkinson Producers: Kate Holland, Ryan Kampe, Taylor Rees FRI, 1 PM, MAS MON, 9 AM, PALM In Person: Filmmakers and Film Subject Catalyzed by a single black and white photo captured by legendary photographer and mountaineer Bradford Washburn, three climbers become obsessed with completing the climb shown in the image. The Sanctity of Space beautifully weaves Washburn’s extraordinary life and accomplishments with the climbers’ daring attempt to cross the Moose’s Tooth Traverse, which has never before been completed. Co-directors and climbers Renan Ozturk and Freddie Wilkinson set out alongside Zach Smith to honor Washburn and complete the traverse that has captivated them since first laying eyes on the photo. Despite facing the deaths of fellow climbers and near-death experiences of their own, their resilience and tenacity keep them coming back to the mountains. –KW (USA, 2021, 102 min.)

Spirit of the Peaks

Directors: Connor Ryan, Tim Kressin Producers: Davis Goslin, Greg Balkin SUN, NOON, SOH In Person: Filmmakers and Film Subject Playing as part of the Minds Moving Mountains Speaker Series: Bridging Divides with Dr. Len Necefer Centered around skier and Hunkpapa Lakota, Connor Ryan, Spirit of the Peaks dives deep into the struggles of identity that comes with being stuck between two worlds. His mission is to connect the Ute people with the mountains that they were displaced from and work towards restoring balance through his own reciprocity. This film will call on anyone who spends time in the mountains to feel a deeper connection to the land and embrace traditional Indigenous ethics when fighting for the preservation of these sacred places. –KW (USA, 2022, 42 min.)

Surf Nation

Directors: Jessica Q. Chen, Jeremiah M. Bogert Jr. Producers: Diane Quon, Nevo Shinaar FRI, 5:30 PM, PALM SUN, 3 PM, SOH In Person: Filmmakers Less than a decade ago, China could claim only about 100 surfers. In a culture that values collectivism and conformity, an individualistic sport that is known for its spirit of rebelliousness was not encouraged. However, with the announcement that surfing would become an Olympic sport in 2021, that sentiment changed. Can China’s infamous, state-owned Olympic training program succeed in this traditionally freespirited sport? Surf Nation follows the trajectory of two promising young Chinese surfers, Alex and Lolo, in an attempt to navigate the inevitable clash between the freedom embodied in the sport and the Chinese system. –AM (USA, 2021, 100 min.) World Premiere

The Territory

Director: Alex Pritz Producers: Lizzie Gillett, Gabriel Uchida, Will N. Miller, Sigrid Dyekjær, Darren Aronofsky SAT, NOON, PALM SUN, 3:30 PM, NUG In Person: Filmmaker In the shrinking Amazonian jungles of Brazil, an urgent, high-stakes struggle for survival is playing out for the Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau tribe. First contacted in the 1980s, the hunter-gatherer group currently numbers just around 200 members. As the tribe works to protect its former isolation, the younger tribesmen are unafraid to embrace technology in order to fight the forces of cultural genocide. By being taught to document their struggle with cameras and drones, they finally gain agency over how their own story is told. –AM (Brazil, Denmark, USA, 2022, 86 min.) Colorado Premiere

The Thief Collector

Director: Allison Otto Producers: Caryn Capotosto, Jill Howerton, Joshua Kunau FRI, 4:30 PM, MAS SAT, 9:30 AM, HC In Person: Filmmakers Director Allison Otto leans into one of the most audacious crimes of the 20th century — an art heist, solved 30 years later. The mystery is not what happened or whodunit, but why they did it. Jerry and Rita Alter were inseparable and attractive eccentrics; well-traveled loners devoted to lives seemingly well-lived. Why did they steal Willem de Kooning’s “Woman-Ochre” from the University of Arizona art museum? The answers, emerging from a deep dive into the Alters’ self-documented travels and their estate, presents the viewer with an irresolvable enigma: What could an audacious pair of criminals get away with in their pursuit of adventure? –SC (USA, 2022, 95 min.) Colorado Premiere

Tigre Gente

Director: Elizabeth Unger Producers: Elizabeth Unger, Joanna Natasegara SAT, 9 AM, PALM SUN, 7:30 PM, MAS In Person: Filmmaker and Film Subject Tigre Gente illuminates the dark network of the global jaguar trade through the lens of two impassioned individuals living on opposite sides of the world, both of whom share a common goal of protecting this majestic and increasingly endangered species. In the Madidi National Park of Bolivia, a determined park director, Marcos, investigates illegal hunting on its protected land. His investigation uncovers an unexpected connection between South America and the pervasiveness of wildlife trade in China, where journalist Laurel Chor shares Marcos’ deep concern and sense of social responsibility. Tigre Gente explores the majesty of the jungle as it stands against its greatest threat of all — mankind. –RS (USA, 2021, 93 min.)

To the End

Director: Rachel Lears Producers: Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, Rachel Lears, Robin Blotnick SAT, 7:30 PM, MAS SUN, 3 PM, PALM In Person: Filmmakers Following the interweaving stories of four major players in the rise of the Green New Deal, To the End captures a volatile moment in history. This group of leaders must work together to defend their generation’s right to a future. Set against the backdrop of the 2020 election, the coronavirus pandemic, a deepening economic crisis and historic protests against systemic racism, this fight is proving to be the fight of their lives. They are racing against the clock in this historic shift in climate politics in the United States. —TC (USA, 2022, 104 min.) Colorado Premiere

Torn

Director: Max Lowe Producers: Chris Murphy, Max Lowe SAT, 8:30 PM, PALM SUN, 9 AM, SOH In Person: Filmmaker and Film Subjects As a child, comprehending your family’s story might seem cut and dry. Unusual circumstances might even feel unremarkable if it’s all you have ever known — even if your family’s history is well-known. On October 5, 1999, legendary climber Alex Lowe was tragically lost in a deadly avalanche on the Himalayan peak Mount Shishapangma. Miraculously surviving the avalanche was Alex’s best friend, climbing partner and renowned mountaineer Conrad Anker, who went on to marry Alex’s widow and help raise his three sons. This courageous, messy, intimate story of the blended Lowe-Anker family exposes grief, vulnerability, woundedness, misplaced guilt and ultimately — healing. As director Max Lowe steps out of his father’s shadow, he discovers a sense of acceptance and forgiveness. Bring Kleenex. –AM (USA, 2020, 92 min.)

The Yin and Yang of Gerry Lopez

Director: Stacy Peralta Producers: Stacy Peralta, Monika McClure SAT, 8:30 PM, BC SUN, NOON, PALM In Person: Filmmakers and Film Subject Aggressive yet Zen, legendary surfer Gerry Lopez was the kind of enigmatic athlete prone to ruthlessly stealing waves one minute and quieting the mind through meditation and yoga the next. A father and husband, entrepreneur and a shaper of surfboards, Lopez’s unabashed devotion to big waves sometimes led to hot water: brawls, gashes and even gazing longingly at the surf on the way to his own wedding. Told through introspective conversations, vibrant animation and jawdropping footage of Lopez gliding serenely through the towering blue-green barrels of monstrous waves, Peralta’s The Yin & Yang of Gerry Lopez beckons viewers into the inner world of one of the surf industry’s biggest personas of the past half century. –BL (USA, 2021, 104 min.) Colorado Premiere

Annapurna ‘78

Director: Jim Aikman Producers: Graham Zimmerman, Jeff Deikis FRI, 1 PM, HC SAT, 4 PM, MAS Playing with Exposure (page 18) In Person: Filmmaker At a time when men dominated the sport, Arlene Blum and her troop of American women put up first ascents on some of the highest peaks in Iran, Afghanistan, Kashmir and the Himalaya. By selling T-shirts, the climbers earned the $80,000 needed for an expedition to Annapurna in 1978 — one of the world’s 14 8,000 meter peaks. The bid for the summit brings both inspiration and devastation, inevitably changing the course of Blum’s life. –HS (USA, Nepal, 2022, 8 min.)

Beneath Our Feet

Director: Jenny Schweitzer Bell SUN, 8:30 PM, PALM MON, 9 AM, MAS Playing with McCurry: The Pursuit of Colour (page 20) Jenny Schweitzer Bell uses sound to grapple with her solastalgia — the grief caused by watching the natural world succumb to climate change. First recording the sounds of the thawing Arctic permafrost, she then turns on her microphone to the subterranean melodies of her New York City home. By exploring the mysterious ecosystem of underground sounds, she finds a connection to nature by simply listening. –HS (USA, 2022, 5 min.) World Premiere

Beyond Sunset

Directors: Keith Malloy, Jeff Johnson SUN, 3:30 PM, HC MON, 9 AM, NUG Playing with Learning to Drown (page 20) Beyond Sunset follows a war-scarred big wave surfer, Roger Erickson, and his reconnection to his daughter, Emi, by way of the ocean. It’s easy to think that she just gets it from her father, after all, she rides his boards — long, singlefin guns. But when Emi is out there charging, riding 15- to 20-foot faces and getting rag-dolled at Jaws, she wants you to know that while it’s in her blood, no one’s on that board but her. (USA, 2021, 25 min.) –RS North American Premiere

Blue Room

Director: Merete Mueller FRI, 1 PM, SOH SAT, 7 PM, LIB Playing with Fire of Love (page 19) In Person: Filmmakers Hearing the sounds of chirping birds, feeling the ocean breeze and gazing at a starlit sky are some of the simple pleasures unattainable to most inmates. In two prisons in the Pacific Northwest, incarcerated men and women are given access to nature videos on loop, transporting them to scenes and experiences outsiders take for granted most days. Blue Room is a meditation on the human condition in prison and outside of it, exploring trauma, confinement and the wilderness. –TC (USA, 2022, 11 min.) U.S. Premiere

MountainfilM CoMMitMent Grant Winner 2017

Cenote

Directors: Reed Rickert, Zachary Barr Producer: Reed Rickert SAT, 8:30 PM, SOH MON, 9 AM, PALM Playing with Horse Tamer (page 19) In Person: Filmmakers The more time local Yucatan farmer Adolfo “Fito” Trujillo spends in the cenotes, the more he begins to explore the walls and rocks surrounding the beautiful sinkholes. This is his story of how he became quickly enthralled in the world of climbing, starting at these cenotes. –LH (USA, 2022, 10 min.)

Controlled Burn

Directors: Nick Goldston, Eric Lagerstrom FRI, 1 PM, MAS MON, 9 AM, HC Playing with Sanctity of Space (page 23) In Person: Filmmakers and Film Subject Music producer Nick Goldston and professional triathlete Eric Lagerstrom team up to create a brief and tempoed glimpse of the forest through the light and dark of a controlled burn in central Oregon. Due to the effects of climate change, overpopulation and urbanization, extreme and strategic planning have become necessary to keep people safe. Small peeks at regrowth breed hope as Langstrom controls a burn of his own in his triathlon training. –SD (USA, 2021, 4 min.) World Premiere

Hey, Gunesh!

Directors: Marita Tevzadze, Ana Jegnaradze FRI, 10 AM, LIB SAT, 1 PM, MAS Playing with The Neighborhood Storyteller (page 21) Growing up during a civil war, young Fasha was afraid to go to school. Now, he is an adult and ashamed for not being able to properly speak the Georgian language. Wanting more for his eldest daughter Gunesh, he allows her the freedom to move into her grandmother’s home in the city in hopes that she may rise, shine, further her education and fulfill her greatest dream of all — to become a teacher. –SD (Georgia, 2021, 22 min.) U.S. Premiere

I Am Salmon

Director: Whit Hassett FRI, 8:30 PM, PALM SAT, 3:30 PM, HC Playing with Chasing (page 17) In Person: Filmmakers and Film Subject Connecting humanity with salmon and the sea through the subtle art of poetry and Gyotaku (fish rubbing), Duncan Berry shares his experience as a longtime environmentalist and former captain of a salmon troller. In adopting the perspective of this transcendent fish, the beauty and power of the Oregon coast becomes the canvas through which the evolution of the salmon is illustrated. –SD (USA, 2022, 3 min.) World Premiere

Ibach

Director: Rachel Weinberg Producer: Matthew Mikkelsen SAT, 12:30 PM, NUG SUN, 10 AM, LIB Playing with Mission: Joy - Finding Happiness in Troubled Times (page 20) In Person: Filmmakers Ibach follows the escape of a Jewish family and their beloved piano from Nazi Germany in the 1930s to the piano’s restoration in Philadelphia four generations later. Weaving an in-depth look at the restoration process, alongside perspectives from the surviving family members, Ibach is a visual love letter that shares the heart-rending story of generational trauma and reconciliation. –AM (USA, 2022, 15 min.) World Premiere

MountainfilM CoMMitMent Grant Winner 2021

Into the Mountain

Director: Lucas Ratton Producer: Nicole Barreto SAT, 5:45 PM, PALM SUN, 6:30 PM, NUG Playing with An Accidental Life (page 16) For Nicole Barreto, base jumping is a spiritual practice grounded in respect for the mountain, the equipment, mindfulness and the moment. She explains, “Everything has to be perfect. The weather, the mind, the fold.” In this narrative, Barreto shares her feelings and wisdom taught by the mountain, reflecting on how small we are in the face of nature. –SC (Brazil, 2021, 7 min.) World Premiere

Like A River

Director: Jim Aikman Producer: Graham Zimmerman SAT, 9 AM, SOH Playing with Bill Kees Tribute (page 75) In Person: Filmmaker Enamored by the three major canyons of the Southwest, artist and climber Jeremy Collins narrates a mesmerizing trip in which a river becomes a brush stroke. Millions of years equal millions of strokes and although wildly different, each of these canyons are ultimately the same creature, created with the addition of water and the subtraction of earth. In an attempt to find his own flow, Collins seeks to be like a river, ever-changing but still the same, making something from nothing — nature’s greatest artist. –SD (USA, 2021, 4 min.) Colorado Premiere

Malik

Directors: Max Lowe, Chris Murphy SAT, 8:30 PM, PALM SUN, 9 AM, SOH Playing with Torn (page 25) In Person: Filmmaker and Film Subject From disparate backgrounds seemingly worlds apart, Malik Martin and Conrad Anker bridge whatever divide our society has erected between them through brotherhood and heartfelt connection. Martin says of their atypical commonalities, “Conrad lost all his homies in the mountains, and I’ve lost all my homies in the hood.” This film is a testament to the maxim that we can sometimes find the most meaning in the unlikeliest of friendships. –AM (USA, 2022, 13 min.) World Premiere

Mama Has a Mustache

Director: Sally Rubin Producer: Stacy Goldate FRI, 4:30 PM, MAS SAT, 9:30 AM, HC MON, NOON, PALM Playing with The Thief Collector (page 24) Playing with Kids Kino (page 61) In Person: Filmmaker Mama Has a Mustache is an uplifting and lighthearted short film about loving ourselves and everyone around us. Through lively imagery and an honest narrative, this film normalizes all forms of gender identification, dismantles conventional biases related to gender, and invites us to accept all people regardless of differences. –Jula Cieciuch, age 15 (USA, 2021, 10 min.)

not even for a moment do things stand still

Director: Jamie Meltzer Producer: Annie Marr FRI, 4 PM, LIB SAT, 7 PM, HC Playing with Refuge (page 22) In Person: Filmmaker In September 2021, artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg covered the National Mall in a blanket of white: one flag representing each life lost to COVID-19 in the United States. This film provides an observational glimpse into this exhibit, dropping into intimate moments of people honoring their loved ones and examining the role of mourning and closure during an unfolding tragedy. –TC (USA, 2022, 15 min.) Colorado Premiere

The Originals

Directors: Cristina Costantini, Alfie Kim Koetter FRI, 1:30 PM, PALM SAT, 6:30 PM, NUG Playing with The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales (page 16) The streets of Brooklyn in the 1970s were a wonderland for kids like Matty “Square” Ruggiero and his pack of neighborhood buddies, a tight-knit group known as the Union Street Boys. In this vibrantly animated documentary, the colorful oral histories of these five childhood friends are told with warmth and nostalgia, recalling a time in American urban culture when outdoor imaginative play was boundless and community meant everything. –JJ (U.S., 2021, 10 min.) Colorado Premiere

Pili Ka Mo‘o

Director: Justyn Ah Chong FRI, 9:30 AM, MAS SUN, 4 PM, LIB Playing with Delikado (page 18) In Person: Filmmaker On the windward side of Oahu, native Hawaiians venerate the land and their ancestors who are buried on it. The struggle to prevent the loss of Hakipu‘u to development by “settlers” is a battle for the preservation of culture, spirit and a way of life. –SC (USA, 2021, 14 min.)

Sonder

Director: Jay Macmillan FRI, 9:30 AM, SOH SUN, 4 PM, MAS Playing with Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest (page 22) In Person: Filmmakers and Film Subject The earthquake that struck Nepal in 2015 nearly decimated the Langtang Valley, taking with it hundreds of people from around the world. Sonder is the deeply beautiful account of one man who retraces his late parents’ footsteps in Nepal to rebuild after his loss alongside the people of Langtang. Their shared trauma and collective acceptance creates meaningful relationships and showcases lessons in love and loss that are universally understood. –KW (Canada, 2021, 35 min.)

This is Beth

Director: Jen Randall Producers: Sarah Steele, Noam Argov SUN, 3:30 PM, HC MON, 9 AM, NUG Playing with Learning to Drown (page 20) In Person: Filmmakers Professional climber Beth Rodden is one of the most accomplished athletes in the history of her sport. Despite the many accolades she received, the magazine covers that sported her face and the bragging rights she carries for multiple first ascents, Rodden’s struggle with body image and selfloathing nearly crippled her career. This is the story of her transformational journey to self-love, grace and acceptance, one that was accompanied by a rejuvenated love of rock climbing. –JJ (Canada, 2021, 17 min.)

Thomas Deininger. Trash Artist.

Director: Gnarly Bay Producers: Kyle King, Dan Riordan, Dana Saint SAT, 5:45 PM, SOH SUN, 1 PM, MAS Playing with One Road to Quartzsite (page 21) In Person: Filmmakers Thomas Deininger sculpts his anxiety about our plastic waste problem into a glued entanglement of misfit toys and forgotten items of nonbiodegradable stamina. He provides narration from the candid lens of a concerned artist, grasping for people’s sense of urgency by way of his recycled creations. He guides the conversation between his artwork and ruminations on society, calling on the empathetic capacity of human nature to look deeper into our mindless consumption and wake up to the reality of our warming world. –RS (USA, 2019, 4 min.)

(What They’ve Been Taught)

Director: Brit Hensel Producers: Taylor Hensel, Adam Mazo, Kavita Pillay, Tracy Rector SAT, NOON, PALM SUN, 3:30 PM, NUG Playing with The Territory (page 24) In Person: Filmmakers This film explores expressions of reciprocity in the Cherokee world, brought to life through a story told by an elder and first language speaker. circles the intersection of tradition, language, land and a commitment to maintaining balance. The film was created in collaboration with independent artists from both Cherokee Nation and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. –TC (USA, 2022, 10 min.)

Adventure First. Digital always.

DIRT & ROCK

Saturday, 12:30 p.m., High Camp Sunday, 1 p.m., Library

For greater accessibility, this program has Closed Captioning and subtitles.

Rise

Director: Christopher Lewis Thomas In Person: Filmmaker and Film Subject In a place like Snowdonia, Wales; weather forecasts are often dotted with high chances of thunderstorms, rain and strong winds. When climber Delyth Owen was diagnosed in 2017 with Functional Neurological Disorder, manifesting in seizures and episodic loss of control of mind and body, her inner landscape began to mirror the tumultuous Welsh skies. For Owen, finding strength and serenity on the sheer rock of a severe landscape has become much more than an athletic pursuit or a mental exercise, as she realizes along the way that the challenges of life are not an impasse but another wall to be scaled. –BL (UK, 2022, 5 min.) In-Person World Premiere

RISE

Trustfall

Director: Stefan Witts Producers: Stefan David Witts, Ingrid Spildo Nordhuus, Kjetil Kriken A couple of world-class wingsuit flyers, Espen and Amber, attempt an unlikely routine together as professionals and partners. The film takes us through a narrative of romance in freefall, diving through narrow windows of completion that redefine the stakes by which trust and compatibility in partnership is defined. The two discuss the beauty and challenges of freefalling through partnership, the importance of trust and what it’s like to fly. –RS (Norway, 2021, 11 min.) U.S. Premiere

North Shore Betty

Directors: Travis Rummel, Darcy Hennessey Turenne In Person: Filmmaker Betty Birrell has been biking the fast, flowy, wooden roller coasters of British Columbia for nearly 30 years. She’s a pioneer and legend who pushes limits and instills her love for the outdoor lifestyle in her son. At 73, Betty continues to reinvent herself and inspire younger generations with the belief that life is just one big playground. –HS (USA, 2022, 12 min.)

Midair

Director: Louis-Jack Producer: Theo Shields Midair is a bouldering film that thrusts the viewer into the free-fall perspective of climber Jim Pope, alongside some of the most talented climbers in the UK. As they traverse through the iconic Lake District, this short invites us to explore the inbetween spaces of humbling pursuits and the sacrifices that they require. –RS (UK, 2022, 4 min.) U.S. Premiere

Elevated

Director: Palmer Morse Producer: Rachel Weinberg In Person: Filmmakers and Film Subject In an effort to make the outdoor and rock climbing industry more inclusive, Deaf climber Sonya Wilson shares her testimony in overcoming barriers and gaining acceptance while hosting climbing retreats with both hearing and Deaf outdoor enthusiasts. Through the trials and traumas of her childhood, Wilson has become elevated — adopting the belief that being Deaf is a gift that does not make you less than. –SD (USA, 2022, 15 min.) World Premiere

The Trails Before Us

Director: Fritz Bitsoie Producers: Emma Hsu Jackson, Leo Maco Nigel James’s parents and grandmother are immensely proud that he brought mountain biking to their remote corner of the Navajo Nation. His grandmother, Lorraine Herder, is gratified to see old horse trails restored and repurposed. Mountain biking reminds his father Marvin of the sacred bond between the Diné people and horses. Whether they traverse the landscape on horseback or on bike, the journey connects the Diné to their land and traditional culture. –SC (USA, 2021, 13 min.)

Julia

Director: Jocelyn Chavy Born into a family of climbers in the stunning Haute-Savoie region of France’s eastern Alps, Julia Chanourdie learned to climb almost as soon as she learned to walk. Winning her first competition at age eight, she has become a notable international competition climber. Less than eight months after her first successful 5.15a ascent in Saint Legére du Ventoux, Chanourdie set her sights on the 5.15b route “Eagle 4.” If she succeeds, she’ll be the third woman to ever achieve this level of climbing difficulty. –AM (France, 2021, 30 min.) U.S. Premiere

CONTINUUM

For the Love of Afghanistan

Directors: Asher Brown and Farid Noori Producer: Fanie Kok In Person: Filmmakers and Film Subject Graduate student and avid cyclist, Farid Noori, has made it his mission to enlighten others to the majesty of Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush Mountains. In founding the nonprofit Mountain Bike Afghanistan, Noori assists at-risk Afghan cyclists in evacuating Afghanistan to avoid persecution by the Taliban. Through cycling, he discovers the similarities that all humans share and despite the strife his homeland faces, he holds tight to his passion of sharing what he deems “a cyclist’s playground” with others. –SD (USA, 2021, 6 min.) In-Person World Premiere

Continuum

Director: Harrison Mendel Everything is connected, and each ride is an extension of the one before. In this film, Harrison Mendel creates visual trickery as he captures fellow rider Brett Rheeder in his happy place. The pair takes viewers into a flow state by way of careful cinematography and intentional riding. The athletes blend art and sport to provide a uniquely rider-centric perspective with transitions into a coherent visual journey across ever-shifting landscapes. –RS (Canada, 2021, 2 min.)

WATER & ICE

Friday, 8:30 p.m., Nugget Theatre Sunday, 7 p.m., High Camp

Fuel

Director: Iz La Motte Producer: Madison Rose Ostergren In Person: Filmmakers and Film Subject For Alta professional skier Madison Rose Ostergren, big mountain skiing is a form of personal expression — not to be squeezed into a specific mold. Her determination to show up as her true authentic self, despite pressures from the outside world, is nothing short of inspiring. –SC (USA, 2021, 6 min.) Colorado Premiere

JÖTUNN

Skin Swimmer

Director: Hannah Walsh In Person: Filmmakers Waking up on a cold and rainy Vancouver morning, most people choose to stay inside gripping their steaming coffee. This is not the case for Roberta Cenedese. She wakes up and dives into the frigid waters of the Pacific Northwest, wearing only a bathing suit. Through triumph and failure, Roberta trains for one of the most challenging feats in action sports — an icy mile in three degree water. –TC (USA, 2022, 7 min.) World Premiere

The Black Stonefly

Directors: Cody Lewis, Marc Rotse Producer: Jason “JR” Ferrell In Person: Filmmakers A self-described inner-city black “punk,” Gian Lawrence found salvation after a neardeath experience in the unlikeliest of sports — fly fishing. “I never in my life thought I’d be fly fishing,” he recalls. Yet, mastering the art was a pathway to peace and purpose. The lesson: “Pick your path and don’t let anybody sway you from it,” –SC (USA, 2021, 6 min.) Colorado Premiere

Jötunn

Director: Mikel Sarasola When Spanish kayakers Aniol Serrasolses, Mikel Sarasola and Aleix Salvat are ready for some whitewater adventure after a year of lockdown, they travel to the land of fire and ice. Iceland, known for volcanoes and glaciers, also has the highest concentration of waterfalls in the world — many still unexplored. Hiking with their kayaks through miles of unforgiving terrain to scout first descents by drone, these hard-charging athletes push the limits of what is possible in an epic voyage of discovery. –AM (Spain, 2021, 23 min.) North American Premiere

Ascend: Reframing Disability in the Outdoors

Director: Faith E. Briggs Producers: Dutch Simpson, Mike Ferrell, Kaki Orr, Rob Wassmer In Person: Filmmakers Vasu Sojitra doesn’t want to be called an inspiration. For the Indian-American right leg amputee, it’s not his disability, but instead, the barriers to access the outdoors that must be overcome. His ascent and ski descent of iconic Mount Moran’s “The Skillet,” alongside other mountain athletes of color, brings solidarity and intersectionality to backcountry skiing. –HS (USA, 2021, 12 min.)

WE ARE LIKE WAVES

We Are Like Waves

Director: Jordyn Romero Producer: Leah de Leon On the south coast of Sri Lanka, surfing is everywhere, yet local girls are discouraged from participating in the sport. Instead, they’re expected to stay home and concentrate on housework, getting married and caring for children. Sanu is challenging the strict gender roles of her village and dreams of becoming the first woman surf instructor. She found a home in the ocean and proves that the young women surfers of Sri Lanka are like waves. You cannot stop them. —HS (USA, 2021, 12 min.)

BREAKING TRAIL

Breaking Trail

Director: Jesse Roesler Producers: James Edward Mills, Jen Larson Roesler In Person: Filmmaker and Film Subject Emily Ford sets out with a borrowed Husky sled dog, Diggins, to complete the 1,200-mile Ice Age Trail in the midst of winter. Not only is she the first woman to attempt the feat, but she is also the first LBGTQ+ person of color to embark on the adventure. As her story gathers momentum in local, national and international press, Emily learns she’s become a figurehead to encourage those who don’t feel like they belong in wild places — especially people of color — to spend more time in nature. –RS (USA, 2021, 30 min.)

Flow (with Sam Favret)

Director: Maxime Moulin Producer: Sam Favret Skier Sam Favret embarks on an adventure of epic proportions, traversing the slopes of a closed ski resort on a majestic bluebird day. Moulin takes us on a cinematic aerial and symphonic journey as we are enveloped in powerful skiing and the complete unreality of such a serene landscape. –SD (France, 2021, 5 min.)

ORIGINALS

Friday, 1:30 p.m., Nugget Sunday, 12:30 p.m., High Camp

What You’ll Remember

Director: Erika Cohn Producer: Marcia Jarmel Amidst the backdrop of homelessness, a mother and father write a letter to their children, urging them to remember that home is more than just a building. After being evicted from their apartment, the young parents vow to remain together as a family, reframing life as a “car camping adventure,” while struggling to make ends meet. Shot on an iPhone by mother Elizabeth Herrera, What You’ll Remember offers an intimate window into one family’s battle with housing insecurity that challenges societal biases about homelessness, security and family. –BL (USA, 2021, 12 min.) Colorado Premiere Meantime CAN'T SKI VEGAS Director: Michael T. Workman In Person: Filmmaker and Film Subject After Michael T. Workman’s father suffers a stroke, he returns home to Missoula to spend time with his aging father, Tim. Struggling with memory loss, Tim reflects on a difficult past while remembering previous chapters of life as a father teaching his young son to ski. Against the backdrop of a snowy Montana winter, Workman and his father spend more time together than they have since Workman’s childhood. Meantime offers a lyrical exploration of his relationship with his father, unraveling complex themes of family, guilt and trauma. –BL (USA, 2022, 19 min.) Colorado Premiere

WHAT YOU’LL REMEMBER Last Days of August

Directors: Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck, Robert Machoian Producer: Laura Heberton In Kimball, Nebraska, downtown storefronts have been gutted by Amazon, pigeons roost in an abandoned gymnasium and the skeletons of burned out cars rest near the railroad tracks. Last Days of August paints a stark picture of prairie towns succumbing to what one Bible-quoting resident says is “a lack of love.” Blurring the lines between still photography and cinema, this haunting film asks: what would be the cost of a miracle to bring the town back from the dead? –HS (USA, 2022, 13 min.)

There’s No End

Director: Mattias Evangelista In Person: Filmmakers The eerie beauty of the San Juan Islands provides a bittersweet backdrop to this intimate look at the life of noted recording artist Phil Elverum. A worldclass musician whose contributions have helped define contemporary indie rock, Elverum reflects on eternity, single parenting and the fragility of life while raising his young daughter and finding time to make art. This rich human story celebrates resilience, creativity and joy in the face of adversity. –JJ (US, 2022, 19 min.) Colorado Premiere

AFTER SKID ROW

After Skid Row

Director: Lindsey Hagen Producers: Lauren Todd, Amelia Rayno In Person: Filmmakers Barbie Carter spent a decade on the merciless streets of Los Angeles’ notorious Skid Row, constantly watching her back and earning the nickname “Gangster Granni.” After finally securing housing, she begins navigating the mundane tasks of buying bedding and setting up bank accounts. She revels in the small luxuries of having her own apartment and enjoying things most of us take for granted, like taking baths whenever she wants. After Skid Row is an intimate and compelling portrait of perseverance that demystifies and personalizes America’s homelessness crisis. –HS (USA, 2021, 22 min.) Colorado Premiere

MA’S HOUSE

Ma’s House

Director: Jeremy Dennis In Person: Filmmaker The Shinnecock Indian Nation of Southampton, New York, breathes new life through the renovation of a home that was once the heart of the community. Ma was a glamorous and loving spirit whose pow-wows put the house at capacity in the 1980s. Ma’s grandson, Jeremy, takes on the challenge of shifting the public perception of the Shinnecock Nation through transforming this once vibrant place into a communal art space designed to generate conversations around race and equality. –SD (USA, 2022, 9 min.)

INDOMITABLE SPIRIT

Friday, 7 p.m., Library Sunday, 9:30 a.m., High Camp

Caliefah

Director: Shiouwen Hong In Person: Filmmakers Caliefah is a single mother, home gardener, soap maker and, after attending classes for over 13 years, a recent college graduate. Fully recognizing her family heritage and community, she is the personification of pride, resourcefulness and spirit. She leverages the skills learned from her elders to provide for her community, and in return, her community supports her in unfathomable ways. Caliefah was filmed during Juneteenth 2020 in South Los Angeles at the height of the Black Lives Matter movement. –SC (USA, 2022, 7 min.) In-Person World Premiere

FIGHT OR FLIGHT

Rural Runners

Director: Forest Woodward Producers: Dan Riordan, Dana Saint, Sanjay Rawall, Forest Woodward In Person: Filmmakers and Film Subjects Rural Runners is a short film about finding purpose and common ground in rural America as Chloe Maxmin makes a bid to be the youngest woman in the Maine house of representatives and Canyon Woodward balances his lifestyle with running rural trails and political campaigns. –TC (USA, 2022, 15 min.) World Premiere

Fight or Flight

Director: Lindsey Hagen In Person: Filmmakers and Film Subject Fight or Flight chronicles the journey of the only female pilot employed by Colorado Parks and Wildlife as she overcomes her long-standing relationship with trauma by taking to the sky. In a place where mental health is often swept under the rug for fear of losing the freedom to fly, Denise shares her story to change the stigma associated with mental health in the aviation industry and to stand in solidarity with survivors of sexual assault. –TC (USA, 2022, 8 min.) World Premiere

Bacon ‘N’ Laces

Director: Stephen Michael Simon Producer: Stephen Michael Simon, James Vasco Rodrigues In Person: Filmmaker In Bacon ‘N’ Laces, a blind single father of three manages a classic diner outside of New York City. This father’s love for his children, his perseverance to defy the odds that come with his blindness and his appreciation for classic sneakers is a dose of joy. This short film is a playful portrait of a dad and his children who refuse to be limited by their struggles. –HS (USA, 2021, 19 min.) Colorado Premiere

JANWAAR

The Children Will Lead the Way

Directors: Beth Gage, George Gage In Person: Filmmakers After the tragic 2018 Valentine’s Day massacre of 17 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students, the survivors of the Parkland, Florida, school turn inward to sort through the trauma. Working with songwriters and musicians to harness their creativity, the students find ways to push through their trauma, expressing their feelings and healing through song. –TC (USA, 2020, 4 min.) Colorado Premiere

BACON ‘N’ LACES

Free to Care

Directors: Chris Temple, Owen Dubeck Producers: Jo Jensen, Jenna M Kelly In Person: Filmmakers and Film Subject Is there hope for redemption in America? Not easily, if you’re born into a family where drug addiction and criminality goes back generations. “I was in prison for six years at 19,” Lisa Creason recounts. As a felon, Illinois law prohibited her from a nursing career. So Creason fights an unjust law to provide for her family and create opportunities for thousands of others in her state. –SC (USA, 2022, 14 min.) World Premiere

Janwaar

Director: Danny Schmidt Producer: Zac Ramras In Person: Filmmakers and Film Subject In one of the largest and poorest states in India, there lies a community skate park built in 2015. Ulrike Reinhard, the creator of this Janwaar Castle, is all about challenging the status quo and providing a safe space for kids to find their own way. Skateboarding is the ideal disruptor to the mainstream mentality for the youth of Madhya Pradesh. The castle has become a haven for the two castes in the village to interact with one another through the shared passion of skating. –SD (USA, 2021, 10 min.) World Premiere

MountainfilM CoMMitMent Grant Winner 2019

TERRA

Friday, 7:30 p.m., High Camp Sunday, 5:45 p.m., Sheridan Opera House

LOON

Loon

Directors: Jason Whalen, Chris Zuker When hiking the Appalachian Trail, thru-hikers often choose a trail name that says something about their home or their history. Mike Freed, now in his 80s, chose the name Loon as a symbol of the spirit of the wild, interconnected lakes of his Minnesota homeland. The Appalachian Trail is also where Loon had a revelation about what course of action to take with his 2,000-acre expanse of unfragmented land in the pristine Boundary Waters region. –AM (USA, 2021, 10 min.) Colorado Premiere

American Scar

Director: Daniel Lombroso Producers: Stephania Taladrid, Melissa Fajardo, Daniel Lombroso In Person: Filmmaker and Film Subject When wedding photographer John Kurc decided to spend a few days between assignments exploring the borderlands of southwest Arizona, he had no idea he would spend the next eight months documenting the devastation of the desert ecosystem created by the construction of Trump’s border wall. In the blitz to build the barrier as fast as possible, the administration ignored 47 laws that protect bears, deer, jaguars and javelina roaming the mountains in both the U.S. and Mexico. In addition to being a failed re-election campaign prop and racist monument, the wall also inhibits wildlife migration, putting 70 vulnerable plant and animal species at risk. –HS (USA, 2022, 13 min.) Colorado Premiere

Stories of You and I

Director: John Davies In Person: Filmmaker Starring Academy Award-nominated Jonathan Pryce, Stories of You and I is a series of love letters to the Earth and a plea for environmental justice. What feels like universal memories of moments with the natural world, are director John Davies’ recollections of a lifetime spent in love with nature. Alongside Davies’ true accounts and personal anguish over the environmental crisis are striking images of the wild that emphasize what is at stake. –KW (UK, 2021, 19 min.) Colorado Premiere

FINDING HETCH HETCHY

Finding Hetch Hetchy

Directors: James Q Martin, Chris Burkard Producers: Mike Sandifer, Chelsea Walsh In Person: Filmmakers and Film Subjects When the O’Shaughnessy Dam was constructed in 1923, the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park became nearly inaccessible to visitors. It has since become the subject of great environmental controversy. Eager to explore this wild and largely unvisited corner of Yosemite, veteran climbers Timmy O’Neill and Lucho Rivera set out to experience Hetch Hetchy firsthand, scaling its granite walls and advocating for its restoration. –JJ (USA, 2021, 9 min.)

Seasons

Directors: Gabriella Canal, Michael Fearon In Person: Filmmakers For Nevia No, owner and farmer at Bodhitree Farms in New Jersey, the seasons are a way of life. But along with the beauty of producing food and working the land comes a lifestyle of uncertainty as she grows older. When the pandemic enables Euni, Nevia’s daughter, to come home and try farming for a season, the mother-daughter duo work together, navigating moments of shared stubbornness while Euni helps to streamline the farm’s production systems and embrace her mother’s world. –BL (USA, 2021, 24 min.) Colorado Premiere

Wood Hood

Director: Alexander Cullen In Person: Filmmakers From the hood of Rockaway, Queens, 15-year-old Devon finds a safe place and brotherhood in the woods along the Appalachian Trail, thanks to the Camping to Connect mentorship program. For urban kids of color historically unable to access natural places, we witness the joy and growth that is possible when kids have an opportunity to find that “quiet place.” –SC (USA, 2022, 16 min.) World Premiere

JACKET

WILD

Friday, 4:30 p.m., High Camp Saturday, 10 a.m., Masons

Look at the Fish

Director: Ashleigh McArthur Inspired by John Berger’s seminal essay “Why Look at Animals?,” Look at the Fish takes the viewer on a sensorial journey through the aquarium, prioritizing the perspective of its inhabitants to ultimately reveal the space as a site for the observation of the human species. –TC (Australia, USA, 2021, 6 min.) Colorado Premiere

Jacket

Director: Yuri Chicovsky Producer: Lauren Blair In Person: Filmmakers Traditional sheep ranching maintains a strong foothold in Moffat County, Colorado. Here, Albert Villard practices the ancient art of coaxing a suspicious ewe to adopt an orphaned lamb to replace her own lamb that has died. There is no exact science to bonding a potential adoptive mother with an orphaned lamb but pairing them up is a dirty and difficult job. –SC (USA, 2020, 19 min.)

The Ocean Solution

Director: Darcy Hennessey Turenne Producers: Patagonia Provisions, Birgit Cameron In Person: Filmmaker Bren Smith isn’t just redefining ocean farming, he’s literally turning it upside down. After experiencing a string of pitfalls in conventional fishing, Smith decided to reimagine the future of aquatic farming by asking the ocean, “what should our relationship be?” He found his answer and returned to the sea with a new method of restorative ocean farming that produces a sustainable food source, restores the ocean, fights the climate crisis and mimics nature’s penchant for biodiversity. –JJ (USA, Canada, 2021, 15 min.)

Nuisance Bear

Directors: Jack Weisman, Gabriela Osio Vanden Producer: Jack Weisman In Person: Filmmaker Throngs of visitors from around the globe travel to Churchill, Manitoba each fall to observe the polar bears’ annual migration. Amid paparazzi-style wildlife enthusiasts and a provincially funded deterrence program, we accompany the bears through an often chaotic human landscape. Nuisance Bear provides a glimpse into the bears’ unique journey while challenging us to ask the question: Who exactly is the nuisance here? –JJ (Canada, 2021, 14 min.)

HARGILA

Eco-Hack!

Directors: Josh Izenberg, Brett Marty In Person: Filmmakers and Film Subject Due to increased human activity, desert biologist Tim Shields has been watching the tortoise population of the Mojave desert decline since the 1990s. Rather than continue to sit back and let nature take its course, Shields combats the depressing nature of conservation biology by accessing its antithesis, modern engineering. Through the usage of specialized drones, desert rovers, laser cannons and fake exploding tortoise shells, Shields and his colleagues take what control they can over the ecological levers in play to save the tortoise population. Akin to a cathedral builder laying bricks, Shields may never get to see the true effects of his work, but he does not let that deter him in his endeavors. –SD (USA, 2022, 16 min.) World Premiere

MountainfilM CoMMitMent Grant Winner 2020

Hargila

Director: Gerrit Vyn In Person: Filmmaker As endangered species are vanishing at alarming rates, can just one person really make a difference? If that one person is Dr. Purnima Devi Barman, then maybe the answer is yes. When a wildlife photographer travels to India to document the Greater Adjutant, the world’s rarest stork — known to the locals as Hargila — he discovers Barman and her inspiring efforts to rally the local community of Assam, India, to save it. –AM (USA, 2021, 28min.) Colorado Premiere

Weaving the Path

THE BARDIA

GLOBAL POV

Friday, 1 p.m., Library Sunday, 10 a.m., Masons

Director: Cristóbal Ruiz Producer: Olli Dickerson In Person: Filmmakers Debra Sparrow weaves together the past and the present by reviving the blanketmaking traditions of the Coast Salish communities. Through her Blanketing the City project, Sparrow wraps the city of Vancouver in the colorful, intricate designs that are the foundation of her people. Every time she creates a blanket, she’s building a bridge to her ancestors and repatriating lost connections. For the Musqueam people, weaving blankets is not just art, it’s a way of life. –HS (Canada, 2021, 13 min.) U.S. Premiere

MountainfilM CoMMitMent Grant Winner 2021 BLACK GOLD

Black Gold

Director: Sydney Bowie Linden In Person: Filmmaker Big oil tells a story of economic resentment in small-town America. Director Sydney Bowie Linden journeys into a red pocket of the nation, Taft, California, that is home to one of the largest oil reserves in North America. She shares intimate and personal moments of everyday people and their fight for economic prosperity by way of far-right politicians and their allegiance to fossil fuels. Despite the existential threats of the declining oil industry, residents find a renewed sense of hope in the possibility of a second presidential term for Trump. –TC (USA, 2022, 17 min.) Colorado Premiere

Ali and His Miracle Sheep

Director: Maythem Ridha In Person: Filmmaker After his father is killed by ISIS, traumatized 9-year-old Ali stops speaking. He tells his grandmother he will feel better if allowed to take part in an annual 400-kilometer walk to Karbala, a mourning pilgrimage to sacrifice his sheep, Kirmenta, for his father’s soul. As Ali and his brother walk the desert road with thousands of other pilgrims, the sheep becomes sick — and stubborn. The boys try coaxing, carrying and eventually pushing the sheep in a wheelchair. This hybrid film is a haunting, lyrical look at a nation destroyed by war and broken promises, asking if miracles are still possible. –HS (Iraq, UK, 2021, 26 min.) Colorado Premiere

Seeds, the Legacy of the Land

Director: Fernando Valencia Producer: Cristóbal Camarena González Rubio In Person: Filmmakers Seeds are not just the source of all food. They are a metaphor for survival and persistence over generations. In rural Mexico, Camilo and Ramón harvest, curate, trade and venerate varieties of maize. The dream is to cultivate not only

ALI AND HIS MIRACLE SHEEP

crops, but a culture and perhaps to sustain life itself. If traditional agriculture is the most sustainable, what will happen when elders die off? –SC (Mexico, 2021, 16 min.) Colorado Premiere

The Bardia

Director: Gabriella Garcia-Pardo Producers: Iftane Takarroumt, Gwyneth Talley In Person: Filmmakers Steeped in traditional Moroccan heritage, The Bardia follows one woman’s journey to balance motherhood, career and the pursuit of her passions. After giving birth to her second child, she spent three years working towards competing in tbourida — a dangerous sport that is equal parts equestrian showmanship and military parade. The Bardia’s protagonist carries the weight of being one of the few women in this male-dominated sport while wearing the many hats that working mothers do. –KW (USA, Morocco, 2022, 19 min.) Colorado Premiere

Strangers in Boxes

LONG & SHORT OF IT 1

Friday, 10 a.m., Nugget Saturday, 1 p.m., Library

Director: Gabriel Diamond A group of activists – all strangers – from more than 15 countries meet online in the midst of the pandemic. In Strangers in Boxes, we see how people can connect in surprisingly profound ways, despite the vast differences that lie between them. This is a life-affirming testament to how the power of human connection can transcend language, distance, a global pandemic and technology limitations to create a better world. –TC (USA, 2022, 6 min.) Colorado Premiere

STRANGERS IN BOXES A PECULIAR SILENCE

A Peculiar Silence

Director: Cinque Northern Producer: Catherine Gund In Person: Filmmakers A Peculiar Silence tells the story of playwright Liza Jessie Peterson, whose acclaimed play The Peculiar Patriot was shut down mid-performance at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly known as Angola Prison. This film examines how one woman’s words challenged the country’s largest prison-plantation and impacted the incarcerated men long after the record of her visit was erased by the institution’s administration. –RS (USA, 2021, 26 min.) Colorado Premiere

Stranger at the Gate

Director: Joshua Seftel Producers: Mohannad Malas, Suzanne Hillinger, Conall Jones, Lena Khan In Person: Filmmakers and Film Subject Returning home from a long career in the U.S. Marine Corps, Richard “Mac” McKinney found himself struggling under the weight of a ferocious rage fueled by 25 years of an indoctrinated hatred of Muslims. Desperate to take action in the name of his country, McKinney set out to commit an unthinkable crime against his community’s mosque. His plans took an unexpected path however, when he faced his enemy head-on. –JJ (USA, 2021, 29 min.) Colorado Premiere

PONY BOYS

Pony Boys

Director: Eric Stange In the summer of 1967, two young Massachusetts brothers set off on an improbable journey with their family pet, a Shetland pony named King. The 9- and 11-year-old boys, Tony and Jeff Whittemore, are desperate to visit Expo ‘67, the world’s largest fair in Montreal. When their parents suggest they hitch King to a pony cart to journey the 325 miles to the Expo, the brothers quickly realize they are in for the adventure of a lifetime. –TC (USA 2022, 25 min.) Colorado Premiere

STRANGER AT THE GATE

The Queen of Basketball

LONG & SHORT OF IT 2

Saturday, 3:30 p.m., Nugget Sunday, 12:30 p.m., Nugget

Director: Ben Proudfoot Producers: Abby Lynn Kang Davis, Brandon Somerhalder, Elizabeth Brooke, Gabriel Berk Godoi, Sarah Stewart When she was a child, Lusia “Lucy” Harris was teased for being “long and tall and that’s all.” She proved them wrong when she led the Delta State Lady Statesmen to three consecutive national championships in the mid-1970s — the start of the Title IX era. As the first woman to score a basket in the Olympics, Lucy helped the U.S. take home the silver medal. Harris wanted to keep playing, she recalls, but “there was no place to go.” Recounting her glory years, she isn’t bitter. Instead, she wonders what might have been if she’d come of age a few years later. –SC (USA, 2021, 22 min.)

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BEIRUT DREAMS IN COLOR

Beirut Dreams in Color

Director: Michael Collins Producers: Marty Syjuco, Michael Collins, Sarah Kaskas, James Costa In Person: Filmmakers Beirut Dreams in Color follows Mashrou’ Leila, a Lebanese indie rock band pushing back on decades of repression and prosecution against the LGBTQ+ community in the Middle East. The band has attracted passionate followers in the movement and utilizes music as a tool for healing and rebellion as a way to embrace queer identity in the historically oppressive governments of the Middle East. –BL (USA, 2021, 28 min.) U.S. Premiere

DANI’S TWINS

Dani’s Twins

Directors: Brad Allgood, Steve Dorst Producers: Angie Gentile, Andy Arias, Daniela Izzie In Person: Filmmakers and Film Subjects Dani’s Twins captures the pregnancy and early parenting journey of Dani Izzie, one of the few quadriplegics ever to give birth to twins. While a source of great joy, Dani’s twin pregnancy is highly unusual and susceptible to an array of risks, ranging from blood pressure spikes that could lead to a stroke to the almost-certain likelihood of preterm labor. When the pandemic strikes, it raises the stakes for an already complicated pregnancy. –TC (USA, 2022, 40 min.) World Premiere

MountainfilM CoMMitMent Grant Winner 2020

In honor of the Queen of Basketball, Lusia “Lucy” Harris 1955-2022

REEL ROCK 16

Saturday, 3 p.m., Sheridan Opera House Sunday, 8:30 p.m., Base Camp

CUDDLE

Barefoot Charles

Directors: Josh Lowell, Zachary Barr, Brett Lowell Producer: Zachary Barr In Person: Filmmakers Meet the opera-singing, cave-dwelling Frenchman Barefoot Charles (Charles Albert) who climbs futuristic boulder problems sans chaussons. Charles demonstrates what it means to live as one with nature, while opening eyes to what is possible in the world of climbing. –LH (USA, 2022, 29 min.)

Big Things to Come

Directors: Nick Rosen, Peter Mortimer Producers: Nick Rosen, Zachary Barr Bree Robles In Person: Filmmakers When elite climber Alex Johnson meets a bouldering project which proves to be more difficult than anticipated, she is set on a journey of self-discovery and works to inspire the world as a rad LGBTQ icon. –LH

BAREFOOT CHARLES

(USA, 2022, 21 min.) Cuddle

Directors: Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen Producer: Zachary Barr In Person: Filmmakers As a famed duo of climbers attempts a massive link-up of 17 alpine summits, they learn your friends are just as essential to completing a climb as food, water and pants. –LH (USA, 2022, 35 min.)

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LOCAL LEGENDS & STEEP THRILLS

Thursday, 8:30 p.m., Base Camp Monday, 10 a.m., Library

This program kicks off the festival with films highlighting the people, places and exciting adventures that remind us of home. This is one of the most loved programs of the festival and screens under the stars at Base Camp in town park. We will be screening the program for a second time at the Library on Monday morning — both screenings are free and open to the public. Let’s show our local athletes, filmmakers and friends some love!

Schwanky Thang

Director: Ian Glass In Person: Filmmaker and Film Subject As shortening summer days make way for frosty winter mornings, mountain biker Rafa Infante showcases his favorite aspects of riding in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. –LH (USA, 2021, 2 min.) Colorado Premiere

SCHWANKY THANG

Sheri

Director: James ‘Q’ Martin Producer: Sheila Smithson In Person: Filmmakers and Film Subjects Sheri showcases the beautiful story of how one woman and her family revolutionized the outdoor gear industry. –LH (USA, 2022 24, min.) World Premiere

Playing with Fire

Director: Bria Light In Person: Filmmaker For 16-year-old Jasper Manning, playing bluegrass music is about more than just the catchy melodies and lightning fast licks. When he picks up his mandolin, he’s carrying on an oral tradition that began before he was born, which he hopes to carry into the future. –LH (USA, 2022, 3 min.)

Powder Snow Hokkaido

Directors: Jake Cohn, Charlie Cohn, George Knowles In Person: Filmmakers The essence of Hokkaido skiing is as pure and unique as each snowflake that falls on this Japanese Island. –LH (Japan, 2021, 3 min.) World Premiere

Mixtape

Directors: Alex D’Agostino, Caleb Chicoine Producer: Caleb Chicoine In Person: Filmmakers In this film, the beauty of the mixtape is revived as a collection of seemingly unconnected moments. The film highlights time spent enjoying the mountains, which are given more meaning with music. –LH (USA, 2021, 16 min.) Colorado Premiere

TUBULAR: A BIKING STORY

THE FARMER

The Farmer

Director: Michael James Brown In Person: Filmmakers Through years of simple living, David Van Dame spent over 35 years of his life dedicated to chasing turns in the Cottonwood Canyon and harvesting powder. –LH (USA, 2021, 3 min.)

Fabric: A Documentary Series - Episode 1 “Knowledge”

Directors: Robin Van Gyn, Justin Taylor Smith In Person: Filmmakers The importance of building intuition through mentorship and study is showcased through the stories of female athletes Robin Van Gyn, Paige Alms, Estelle Pensiero, and Izzi Gomez. –LH (USA, Canada, 2021, 25 min.)

Southwest Scramble

Colton Farrow, Cody Cirillo In Person: Filmmakers and Film Subject After a particularly challenging winter, skier Cody Cirillo sets out on a biking adventure through the Southwest United States only to find it’s not as easy as the journey once appeared to be. –LH (USA, 2021, 9 min.)

Tubular: A Biking Story

Aurelie Slegers In Person: Film Subjects As mountain bikers, siblings Ryan and Becky Gardner feel as though they’ve hit all their firsts with biking. So they turn to pioneering the new sport of high alpine tubing. Do they have what it takes? –LH (USA, 2021, 10 min.) Colorado Premiere

KIDS KINO

Monday, Noon, Palm

Mountainfilm’s program of short, family-friendly educational films are curated for kids and held annually at the Palm. This program offers a wide variety of age-appropriate and perspective-widening themes. Please note that these films are not rated. This program is free to all passholders and students of all ages. $10 tickets are available to the general public.

Kayak

Directors: Solène Bosseboeuf, Flore Dechorgnat, Tiphaine Klein, Auguste Lefort, Antoine Rossi This film is silly! My favorite part is when the bird takes the baby to the nest. I love adventures with my dad, too! –Beckett Sheedy, age 7 (France, 2021, 6 min.)

KAYAK

Adventures at Home

Director: Travis Lupher Producers: Travis Lupher, Chad Skinner In Person: Filmmakers My favorite part is when her brother saves her. I love my brother! –Miller Sheedy, age 5 (USA, 2020, 5 min.) Colorado Premiere

This is Home: Jackson Goldstone

Director: Colin Jones Join young ripper Jackson Goldstone in his hometown of Squamish, B.C as he rips big jumps and rides trails with style, dreaming about his favorite sport; mountain biking. Watch the film to witness the magic that Squamish offers, and all that Jackson is capable of while behind the handlebars. –Lilah Lerner, age 17 (Canada, 2020, 7 min.)

Shaba

Director: Ami Vitale Producer: Gaby Bastyra Shaba is a sweet, heart-warming story about elephant rescuers and the elephants themselves that shows you really can do anything when you put your mind to it. –Caroline Merritt, age 12 (USA, UK, 2021, 12 min.) Colorado Premiere

Little Forest

Director: Paulina Muratore Producer: Facundo Corsini This film brings recognition to flooding caused by deforestation. It is the story of a girl growing up with a tree that she becomes attached to. That tree later helps her through the floods. –Townes Merritt, age 15 (Argentina, 2020, 8 min.) Colorado Premiere

Between Walls

Directors: Jakob Schweighofer, Johannes Hoffmann, Simon Platzer Producer: Whiteroom Productions Between Walls takes place in Austria, featuring two insanely cool women that shred between walls of snow and keep you on the edge of your seat. Bring a helmet because the speed is top notch. –Joe Galbo, age 16 (Austria, 2020, 2 min.)

Julieta & the Turtles in the Plastic Soup

Director: Mirjam Marks Producers: Willem Baptist, Nienke Korthof This film follows a young and relatable teenage girl who is fighting for the health of turtles and the elimination of pollution on her home island. This story not only stresses the importance and relevance of problematic climate change and pollution but shows all of us what we can do to reverse it. –Ruby Cieciuch, age 12 (The Netherlands, 2020, 15 min.) Colorado Premiere

The Train Station

Director: Lyana Patrick Producer: Jessica Hallenbeck Inspired by her father’s experience of his Canadian Indian Residential School, the filmmaker from the Stellat’en First Nation animated this beautiful story to make sure we remember the past so we don’t repeat it. –Jake Martin, age 17 (Canada, 2020, 2 min.)

Antonese

Director: Lavado Stubbs Producer: Gina Papabeis Antonese and Eagle Ray Empress are two residents of Cat Island in the Bahamas, interested in protecting the breathtaking ocean they live around and also recognizing the fears that come with it. This is the story of their relationship to the ocean, tourism, colonialism and how they help their community with a deeper understanding of the whole picture. –Sadie Steinberg, age 17 (The Bahamas, USA, 2021, 8 min.) Colorado Premiere

ANTONESE

Mama Has a Mustache

Director: Sally Rubin Producer: Stacy Goldate In Person: Filmmaker Mama Has a Mustache is an uplifting and lighthearted short film about loving ourselves and everyone around us. Through lively imagery and an honest narrative, this film normalizes all forms of gender identification, dismantles conventional biases related to gender, and invites us to accept all people regardless of differences. –Jula Cieciuch, age 15 (USA, 2021, 10 min.)

Write Your Line

Directors: Marc Augey, Andy Collet Producers: David Lacote This is totally a kids’ film. Kids love the internet and the internet loves skiing. This time, watching the internet helped Ben get outside and write his own “ski” line. –Zoe Cooper, age 10 (France, 2021, 3 min.) Colorado Premiere

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9:30 AM–11:30 AM Ranger (p.22) Q&A

10 AM–NOON Rick Ridgeway: Life Lived Wild (p.72) James Balog: The Human Element (p.72)

9:30 AM–11:45 AM Sonder (pg.33) Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest (p.22) Q&A

10 AM–11:45 AM THE LONG & THE SHORT OF IT 1 (p.52) Q&A

1:30 PM–3:30 PM The Originals (p.32) The American Dream & Other Fairy Tales (p.16) Q&A

1 PM–3 PM Annapurna ‘78 (p.28) Exposure (p.18) Q&A

1 PM–3:15 PM Blue Room (p.29) Fire of Love (p.19) Q&A

1:30 PM–3:30 PM ORIGINALS SHORTS (p.42) Q&A

5:30 PM–7:15 PM Surf Nation (p.24) Q&A

8:30 PM–10:30 PM I Am Salmon (p.30) Chasing (p.17) Q&A

4:30 PM–6:15 PM WILD SHORTS (p.48) Q&A

4:30–6:30 PM Omoiyari: A Song Film by Kishi Bashi (p.21) Q&A

5 PM–6:45 PM Sam Now (p.23) Q&A

7:30 PM–9:30 PM TERRA SHORTS (p.46) Q&A

8 PM–10 PM The Holly (p.19) Q&A

8:30 PM–10:30 PM WATER & ICE SHORTS (p.40) Q&A

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9:30 AM–11:45 AM Pili Ka Mo’o (p.33) Delikado (p.18) Q&A

1 PM–3:15 PM Controlled Burn (p.29) The Sanctity of Space (p.23) Q&A

4:30 PM–6:45 PM Mama Has a Mustache (p.32) The Thief Collector (p.24) Q&A

8 PM–10 PM Bad Axe (p.17) Q&A

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10 AM–11:30 AM Hey, Gunesh! (p.30) The Neighborhood Storyteller (p.21) Q&A

1 PM–3 PM GLOBAL POV SHORTS (p.50) Q&A

BASE CAMP OUTDOOR THEATER IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

4 PM–5:45 PM not even for a moment do things stand still (p.32) Refuge (p.22) Q&A

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TELLURIDE ARTS ART WALK (p. 83)

7 PM–9:15 PM INDOMITABLE SPIRIT SHORTS (p.44) Q&A

THURSDAY 8:30 PM–10:30 PM LOCAL LEGENDS AND STEEP THRILLS (p.58) Q&A

FRIDAY 8:30 PM–10:30 PM Chasing Coral (p.17) Q&A

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9:30 AM–11:45 AM Mama Has a Mustache (p.32) The Thief Collector (p.24) Q&A

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(What They’ve Been Taught) (p.34)

The Territory (p.24)

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12:30 PM–2:30 PM DIRT & ROCK SHORTS (p.38) Q&A

9 AM–11 AM A Tribute to Bill Kees (p.75) Like a River (p.31)

9:30 AM–11:30 AM Omoiyari: A Song Film by Kishi Bashi (p.21) Q&A

NOON–1:30 PM Chasing Ice (p.18) Q&A

12:30 PM–2:15 PM Ibach (p.30) Mission: Joy — Finding Happiness in Troubled Times (p.20)

3 PM–4:45 PM Sam Now (p.23) Q&A

3:30 PM–5:30 PM I Am Salmon (p.30) Chasing (p.17) Q&A

3 PM–4:45 PM REEL ROCK 16 SHORTS (p.56) Q&A

3:30 PM–5:15 PM LONG AND SHORT OF IT 2 (p.54) Q&A

5:45 PM–7:45 PM Into the Mountain (p.31) An Accidental Life (p.16) Q&A

7 PM–8:45 PM not even for a moment do things stand still (p.32) Refuge (p.22) Q&A

5:45 PM–7:45 PM Thomas Deininger: Trash Artist (p.34) One Road to Quartzsite (p.21) Q&A

8:30 PM–10:45 PM Malik (p.31) Torn (p.25) Q&A

8:30 PM–10:15 PM Cenote (p.29) Horse Tamer (p.19)

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10 AM–11:45 AM WILD SHORTS (p.48) Q&A

10 AM–NOON Stories for a Better Future: Jeff Orlowski-Yang and Exposure Labs (p.90)

10 AM–NOON Portals to Nature: Nalini Nadkarni and Tierney Thys (p.74)

1 PM–2:30 PM Hey, Gunesh! (p.30) The Neighborhood Storyteller (p.21) Q&A

2 PM–4 PM Meet the Grist Fixers (p.76)

4 PM–6 PM Annapurna ‘78 (pg.28) Exposure (p.18) Q&A

7:30 PM–9:30 PM To The End (p.25) Q&A

8 PM–11 PM

YETI DANCE PARTY (p. 95)

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1 PM–2:45 PM THE LONG & THE SHORT OF IT 1 (p.52) Q&A

4 PM–6 PM Ranger (p.22) Q&A

7 PM–9:15 PM Blue Room (p.29) Fire of Love (p.19) Q&A

TOWN PARK MAIN STAGE

8 AM–9 AM

COFFEE TALKS (p. 86)

BASE CAMP OUTDOOR THEATER IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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ICE CREAM SOCIAL (p. 94)

8:30 PM–10:30 PM The Yin & Yang of Gerry Lopez (p.26) Q&A

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9 AM–11:15 AM Malik (p.31) Torn (p.25) Q&A

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12:30 PM–2:30 PM ORIGINALS SHORTS (p.42) Q&A

NOON–2 PM Spirit of the Peaks (p.23) A Conversation with Len Necefer and guests (p.78)

12:30 PM–2:15 PM THE LONG & THE SHORT OF IT 2 (p.54) Q&A

3 PM–5 PM To The End (p.25) Q&A

3:30 PM–5:15 PM This is Beth (p.33) Beyond Sunset (p.28) Learning to Drown (p.20) Q&A

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(What They’ve Been Taught) (p.34)

The Territory (p.24)

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7 PM–9 PM WATER & ICE SHORTS (p.40) Q&A

5:45 PM–7:45 PM TERRA SHORTS (p.46) Q&A

6:30 PM–8:30 PM Into the Mountain (p.31) An Accidental Life (p.16) Q&A

8:30 PM–10:45 PM Beneath Our Feet (p.28) McCurry: The Pursuit of Colour (p.20)

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COFFEE TALKS (p. 88)

10 AM–NOON GLOBAL POV SHORTS (p.50)

10 AM–NOON Stephanie Miller: Progress Not Perfection (p.77) Woodwell Climate Scientists (p.77)

10 AM–11:45 AM Ibach (p.30) Mission: Joy — Finding Happiness in Troubled Times (p.20)

1 PM–3 PM Thomas Deininger: Trash Artist (p.34) One Road to Quartzsite (p.21) Q&A

2 PM–4 PM How Threatened is American Democracy? (p.79)

1 PM–3 PM DIRT & ROCK SHORTS (p.38) Q&A

BASE CAMP OUTDOOR THEATER IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

*Now at Ah Haa School

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Sonder (p.33)

Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest (p.22)

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4 PM–6:15 PM Pili Ka Mo’o (p.33) Delikado (p.18) Q&A

7:30 PM–9:30 PM Tigre Gente (p.25) Q&A

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STIO PARTY WITH LIVE MUSIC @THE LIBERTY (p. 95)

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8:30 PM–10:15 PM REEL ROCK 16 SHORTS (p.56) Q&A

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8 AM–10 AM Cheryl Strayed & Tom Shadyac: What Now? (p.80)

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10 AM–NOON LOCAL LEGENDS AND STEEP THRILLS (p.58) Q&A

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CLOSING PICNIC & AWARDS CEREMONY (p. 95)

THANK YOU FOR A WONDERFUL FESTIVAL!

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