PLAYING WITH FEATURES

INSEPARABLE: MYIA

Andrew Harrison-Brown

FRI, 2:30 PM, SOH

Playing with The Art of Rebellion (Page 18)

In Person: Filmmaker

As one of only 30 fluent (Squamish) language speakers left in Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation), Myia Antone teaches as a way to preserve her language for generations to come. Seeking to learn more about her culture and language, Antone uses her mountain bike as a needle weaving through her ancestral lands and language. While biking with other Indigenous women, Antone utilizes the language to point out geographical features and native plants on rides. Weaving complex conversations through nuanced layers of generational trauma, Inseparable: Myia ultimately paints Indigenous joy and community as vital elements for a path forward.

(USA, 2022, 12 min.)

Colorado Premiere

Joychild

Aurora Brachman

SAT, 9:30 AM, NUG

Playing with Mama Bears (Page 21)

In Person: Filmmakers

A child reveals a secret to their mother: “I’m not a girl.” This breathtakingly honest portrait of growing up gender expansive beautifully captures the hesitancy, fear and relief at revealing one’s innermost thoughts, as well as the unconditional love of a mother.

(USA, 2020, 6 min.)

LIGHTFALL: A JOURNEY IN PHOTOGRAPHY WITH STERLING LORENCE

Colin Jones

SAT, 2:45 PM, MAS

SUN, 7 PM, PALM

Playing with Cowboy Poets (Page 18)

Lightfall shares the story of legendary mountain bike photographer Sterling Lorence and his process to get the perfect shot in the dank and misty mountains of Vancouver’s legendary North Shore, with riders Jackson Goldstone and Brett Rheeder.

(Canada, 2022, 14 min.)

The Place We Meet

Kaki Orr, Robert Wassmer

SUN, 1 PM, HC

In Person: Filmmakers and Film Subjects

Playing with Hilaree Nelson Tribute (Page 69)

In 2022, Hilaree Nelson, Emily Harrington, Christina Lustenburger and Brette Harrington embarked on an expedition above the Arctic Circle with a vision to climb and ski first descents on Baffin Island. What they found was a celebration of where they’ve been and of where they’re going — the trip’s success was contingent not on what they skied but on the time they had together.

(USA, 2023, 40 min.)

World Premiere

Tear Down The City

Hugo Dubé-Bouchard

SAT, 8:30 PM, BC

SUN, 8:45 PM, NUG

Playing with The Road of Excess (Page 23)

Mountain biker Xavier Massicotte tears around the streets, stairs, parks and subways of Montreal in this fast-paced, flowy adventure.

(Canada, 2022, 5 min.)

U.S. Premiere

Transenders

Diane Russo Cheng

FRI, 5:30 PM, NUG

SUN, 9:15 AM, MAS

Playing with We are Tenacious (Page 24)

In Person: Filmmaker

Transenders explores how the power of community allows you to be your true self, overcome failure and transcend fear. In its 22-year existence, Skate Like a Girl has utilized skateboarding as a vehicle to promote confidence, leadership and social justice by creating space for stories like Alexa’s and countless others. The work this nonprofit organization has been doing for decades, and the accomplishments of non-traditional skaters, are boundless and timeless.

(USA, 2022, 10 min.)

Colorado Premiere

UNDER G_D

Paula Eiselt

SAT, 12:15 PM, NUG

SUN, 5:30 PM, MAS

Playing with Greener Pastures (Page 20)

Inspired by the lawsuits filed in Florida challenging the state’s abortion ban on the basis of religious freedom, Under G_d is a documentary about the national Jewish response to the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization United States Supreme Court decision. The film weaves together the stories of a Jewish mother and activist in Indiana, a rabbi in Florida, and lawyers throughout the country who are fighting abortion bans by placing them in the context of religious freedom, flipping the script used by Christian nationalists.

(USA, 2023, 24 min.)

Colorado Premiere

Walking On Clouds

Renan Kamizi

FRI, 8:30 PM, BC

SUN, 4 PM, HC

Playing with Wild Waters

(Page 24)

Walking on Clouds reveals the breathtaking and dizzying highline crossing between two hot air balloons above the city of Praia Grande, Santa Catarina, Brazil. At 1,901 meters off the ground, athlete Rafael Bridi achieved the highest highline record in the world.

(Brazil, 2021, 7 min.)