Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival

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What is Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival (VIMFF)? › Annual international 9-day community festival, featuring mountain film screenings, live multimedia presentations, photography exhibitions, workshops, seminars and other special events

› Travelling show with awarded films, visiting 50+ communities across Canada, the US, Europe and Asia each year, and offering additional 5-day Speaker Series program every Fall in North Vancouver and Vancouver

› Forum for the exchange of ideas between film makers, outdoor enthusiasts, athletes and the public

› Event encouraging the most artistic and effective forms of communicating mountain-related experiences, inspiring audiences, and affirming the culturally– and environmentally–sensitive values inherent in active outdoor lifestyles

› Registered not-for-profit society

VIMFF STAFF Festival Director, Programming, Sponsorship: ALAN FORMANEK Director of Programming, Jury Coordinator: TOM WRIGHT Social Media Manager: ROBYN JONES Production Manager: KELLY GREEN PR Manager: HELEN YAGI Web Manager: ROBERT VRLAK Designer: ANNA SOBIENIAK Ticketing Manager: DYLAN MORGAN Volunteer Coordinators and Lobby Managers: JENNIFER SANGSTER, PAVLA BRESKA, SIENEKE TOERING, VLADA KRATOCHVILOVA Community Partners Coordinator: MAYA MRAZIK Grants Coordinator: MAJA KOSTANSKI Special Project Coordinators: EAN JACKSON, SIENEKE TOERING, MAJA KOSTANSKI Projectionists: TAVI PARUSEL, ANDERS MJOS, JUSTIN DJAMTORKI, D’ARCY HAMILTON VIMFF Board of Directors: VIERA VEIDNER, ALIX FLYNN, JANICE HARRIS, MARIUSZ PAWLAK, NICOLAS JIMENEZ, MANRICO SCREMIN, JENS OUROM, STEVEN THRENDYLE

VIMFF FILM JURY DAVID LAVALLEE A graduate of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology’s Producer Emergence program as well as the Gulf Islands Film and Television School’s Film Program.

David directed and produced the 2010 award-winning film, “White Water, Black Gold”. The film has won numerous film festival awards (including best Canadian film at VIMFF), and made many television appearances. He is currently working on finishing his second film, “To the Ends of the Earth”, which is narrated by Emma Thompson and will be released in the spring of 2016.

JULIA SZUCS Julia first plunged into documentary filmmaking in 2004 when she paddled 500km in the film “Abandoned in the Arctic”. With remote wilderness as her backdrop, she directed two committing feature-length documentaries: “Arctic Cliffhangers” (2009), tracing seabirds as harbingers of climate change, and “Vanishing Point” (2012), a narrative on cultural adaptation through the eyes of a descendant of a legendary Inuit shaman. Co-producing the latter with the National Film Board of Canada, Julia’s work has earned awards and recognition worldwide.

JONI COOPER Joni is a passionate outdoor enthusiast who has held the positions of programming/festival director for the Banff Mountain Festival and executive director of the DOXA Documentary Film Festival, has worked as an independent film producer, and consulted with numerous international film festivals and forums. She currently serves on National Geographic’s Adventures of the Year advisory board and consults with Film Festival Flix online Mountain & Adventure Film Festival. Joni believes that pure adventure and the love of the great outdoors coupled with the power of film help drive positive change.

CHRIS MCKILLICAN Chris has over 17 years experience within the video production industry. After graduating from the Centre for Digital Imaging and Sound with honours, he has gone on to cover many roles working with both sound and picture. He won various awards in advertising, audio engineering and photography along the way. Currently he is the host and the producer of the online nature series “Keep It Wild” for Toyota BC.

VENUES

CENTENNIAL THEATRE 2300 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver RIO THEATRE 1660 East Broadway, Vancouver THE CINEMATHEQUE 1131 Howe Street, Vancouver INLET THEATRE 100 Newport Dr, Port Moody

TICKETS

Online at vimff.org and at the door EVENING SHOWS: $19 online, $21 door MATINEES: $15 adults, $9 children ages 12 & under (online & door same price)

PACKAGES

Available online sales: 2 SHOWS FOR $34 ($17 each) 3 SHOWS FOR $45 ($15 each) 4 SHOWS FOR $56 ($14 each) 5 SHOWS FOR $65 ($13 each) 6+ SHOWS ARE $13 EACH

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MON 15TH

TUE 16TH

Opening Night Mountain Bike 7:30PM Night 7:30PM Afternoon Of Action 2:00PM Alpine Ascents 7:30PM

The Golden Spruce 7:30PM

Slacklife 7:30PM

Kayak Adventures 2:00PM Snowman 7:30PM

Rock Solid Matinee 2:00PM Colossal Journeys 7:30PM

The Change I Want To See 7:30PM

Whitewater 7:30PM

Family Film Matinee 2:00PM High In The Alps 7:30PM

Mountain Mixer Matinee 2:00PM Award Winning Films 7:30PM

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WED 17TH

THURS 18TH

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SAT 20TH Vimff Finale 7:30PM

Women Rock 7:30PM

Ski Show 7:30PM

Trail Running 7:30PM

Adventure Film Making 7:30PM

Art Of Flight 7:30PM

The MEC Canadian Adventure Night 7:30PM

The Polish Climbing Show 7:30PM

Adrenaline Junkies 7:30PM

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PROGRAM GUIDE

12 FRIDAY

VIMFF OPENING NIGHT

CENTENNIAL THEATRE, 7:30PM FILM › Nature RX (dir. Justin Bogardus, 2015, USA, 1 min) A non-harmful medication shown to relieve the crippling symptoms of modern life.

PRESENTATION › The Tim Jones Community Achievement Award FILM › Common Threads (dir. James Q Martin, 2015, USA, 7 mins) Climbers David Lama and Conrad Anker climb a first ascent in Zion NP. PRESENTATION › Kevin Jorgeson – The Dawn Wall In 2015, after 19 days of living on the side of El Capitan, Kevin Jorgeson and Tommy Caldwell completed the hardest rock climb in history.

INTERMISSION FILMS › Stuart Range: An Enchanting Triple (dir. Shane Wilder, USA, 2015, 14 mins) A climbing journey through the Stuart Range, a jagged collection of peaks in the centre of Washington state.

Operation Moffat (dir. Jen Randall, UK, 2015, 20 mins) Operation Moffat takes inspiration and wit from the colourful climbing life of Britain’s First Female Mountain Guide.

Frank & The Tower (dir. Fitz Cahall, 2015, USA, 12 mins) Sixty-three-year-old Frank Sanders has climbed Devils Tower more than 2,000 times.

13 SATURDAY

KAYAK ADVENTURES

THE CINEMATHEQUE, 2:00PM FILM › Kayaking The Aleutians (dir. Justine Curgenven, UK, 2015, 48 mins) Two women attempt a world first kayaking trip, 2,500km along the remote and stormy Aleutian island chain.

INTERMISSION FILM › Ways Of Water (dir. Mikel Sarasola, Spain, 2014, 51 mins) A different kind of kayak exploration adventure in the heart of the most beautiful Patagonian landscapes.

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FAMILY FILM MATINEE INLET THEATRE, 2:00PM FILMS › The Warmth Of Winter (dir. Ben Sturgulewski, USA, 2015, 6 mins) There is no warmth like the warmth felt in winter.

Martin’s Boat (dir. Peter McBride, USA, 2015, 24 mins) Follow the newest boat in the Grand Canyon Dories fleet, the Marble Canyon, on its maiden voyage down the legendary Colorado River.

Mountain Rescue: Aspen (dir. John Wilcox, USA, 2015, 17 mins) Mountain Rescue: Aspen follows one of the most elite successful rescue teams in the Rockies.

Samaya (dir. Franz Walter, Germany, 2015, 5 mins) Really, we are just a blink in time.

INTERMISSION FILMS › Chris Bonington – Life and Climbs (dir. Vinicio Stefanello, Italy, 2015, 22 mins) Retrace the stories and adventures of a lifetime.

Antarctica 3D – On The Edge (dir. Jon Bowermaster, USA, 2014, 36 mins) Though covered by as much as three miles of ice, the Peninsula of Antarctica is changing fast.

SNOWMAN THE CINEMATHEQUE, 7:30PM PRESENTATION › Heather Mosher & Doug Mcleod – Finding Winter An ambitious trip to the Yukon’s Tombstone range to find snow and adventure.

INTERMISSION FILM › Snowman (dir. Mike Douglas, Canada, 2014, 82 mins) SNOWMAN is a familiar tale of dreaming big and a life where the greatest risk is not daring to dream at all.

HIGH IN THE ALPS INLET THEATRE, 7:30PM FILMS › Defiance – The Eiger Paraclimb (dir. Euan Ryan, UK, 2015, 19 mins) A team of three British paraclimbers make an ascent of the Eiger.

Panoroma (dir. Jon Herranz, Spain, 2015, 28 mins) Edu Marin attempts one of the hardest big walls in the world, with his 62 year old father.

INTERMISSION FILM › Tom (dir. Angel Esteban, Spain, 2015, 67 mins) The story of a born-to-be an alpinist, aiming to solo the six North Faces of the Alps, in one winter season.

MOUNTAIN BIKE NIGHT

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CENTENNIAL THEATRE, 7:30PM FILM › Beat Down (dir. Anson Fogel, USA, 2015, 4 mins) Two mountain bikers battling it out in the Southern Utah desert.

PRESENTATION › Wade Simmons – Welcome to MTB-Ville Vancouver is the home of the North Shore. Welcome to MTB-Ville.

PRESENTATION › NSMBA Film Festival Awards INTERMISSION PRESENTATION › Justa Jeskova & Steve Storey – India: An Uncertain Road Experience riding and new cultures on the sub-continent of India.

FILMS › Salsa Verde (dir. Mike Gamble, Canada, 2015, 5 mins) Building became an obsession. This is their creation.

Mountain Bikes and Bothy Nights (dir. Alastair Humphreys, UK, 2015, 8 mins) An imaginary journey round Scotland, linking together wild bothies and landscapes.

Darklight (dir. Mike Brown, USA, 2015, 8 mins) A mind bending night ride.

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AFTERNOON OF ACTION

RIO THEATRE, 2:00PM FILMS › Paradise Waits (dir. TGR, USA, 2015, 30 mins) The story of one weird winter and the people who celebrate it... Paradise Waits - a ski and snowboard film.

UnReal (dir. TGR, USA, 2015, 45 mins) A film that celebrates breaking free from the confines of reality and venturing into a boundless world.

INTERMISSION FILM › 82 Summits (dir. Samuel Gyger, Switzerland, 2015, 50 mins) In the summer of 2015, Ueli Steck climbed all of the mountains in the Alps over 4000 meters high.

ROCK SOLID MATINEE THE CINEMATHEQUE, 2:00PM FILMS › Humble Pie (dir. Chris Alstrin, USA, 2015, 5 mins) Failure is always present amongst professional athletes but few like to talk about it.

Into The Light (dir. RBMH, Germany, 2014, 52 mins) Chris Sharma and Stefan Glowacz descend beneath the earth’s surface to begin a climb like no other.

INTERMISSION FILMS › Soul of Stone (dir. Taylor Zann, USA, 2015, 6 mins) Bernd Arnold, the iconic barefoot climber, has logged over 980 first ascents in his 67 years.

The Adventures of The Dodo (dir. Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll, Belgium, 2015, 50 mins) Rock climbing, sailing and musical expedition in Greenland and Baffin Island.

MOUNTAIN MIXER MATINEE INLET THEATRE, 2:00PM FILMS › The Important Places (dir. Forest Woodward, USA, 2015, 9 mins) The path back to the important places is never too far away.

Shift (dir. Amelia Rudolph, USA, 2015, 10 mins) SHIFT is a short mountain dance film capturing the Bay Area company Bandaloop as they cross the Sierra.

Dorais (dir. Rebecca Cahall, USA, 2015, 12 mins) Life’s toughest tests don’t happen in the mountains, but in our day to day lives in the flatlands.

Without An Image (dir. Jason Piszczor, USA, 2015, 22 mins) In 2010, Mike Libecki traveled solo to a remote part of central Afghanistan in search of unclimbed rock towers.

INTERMISSION FILM › Copa – Eric Jones and Ioan Doyle’s Patagonia (dir. Rhodri Davies, UK, 2015, 67 mins) This film celebrates the friendship of two men, two countries and one journey.

ALPINE ASCENTS RIO THEATRE, 7:30PM PRESENTATION › Paul McSorley – Mount Waddington: A First Ascent After several attempts by strong teams, the First Ascent of the Southwest Buttress of Waddington’s Northwest Peak finally went down.

FILM › I-View (dir. Claudio Rossini, Italy, 2015, 31 mins) Simone Moro has a new project: to bring helicopter rescue to Nepal.

INTERMISSION FILMS › All Roads Lead To Scotland (dir. Matt Pycroft, UK, 2015, 9 mins) Nick Bullock and Tim Neill are a strong partnership in Scottish winter climbing.

First Ascent – Kunyang Chhish East (dir. Matteo Vettorel, Italy, 2015, 37 mins) The first ascent of one of the Karakoram’s last virgin summits.

COLOSSAL JOURNEYS THE CINEMATHEQUE, 7:30PM FILM › Expedition Q: A Crossing of Baffin Island (dir. Skip Armstrong, USA, 2015, 12 mins) A group of friends set out on an adventure only they could have dreamed up.

PRESENTATION › Markus Pukonen – Routes of Change Markus is 214 days into an 1800 day, 82,000 km circumnavigation of the planet without ever using a motor.

INTERMISSION FILMS › Stand Up Puddleboarding (dir. Markus Pukonen, Canada, 2015, 6 mins) The future of water sports is here! Or is it the past?

Karun: Misadventures on Iran’s Longest River (dir. Rhys Thwaites-Jones, UK, 2015, 57 mins) British adventurers Tom Allen and Leon McCarron set out to follow Iran’s longest river, the Karun, by human powered means.

AWARD WINNING FILMS INLET THEATRE, 7:30PM FILMS › Cailleach (dir. Rosie Hillman, UK, 2014, 15 mins) Morag, 86, shares her unique love of life out on the edge.

Denali (dir. Ben Knight, USA, 2015, 8 mins) There’s no easy way to say goodbye to a friend...

Unbranded (dir. Phillip Baribeau, USA, 2015, 105 mins) Four young cowboys adopt and train 16 wild mustangs, and then ride them from Mexico to Canada.

15 MONDAY

THE GOLDEN SPRUCE RIO THEATRE, 7:30PM PRESENTATION › John Vaillant A unique insight into John’s bestselling book ‘The Golden Spruce’ and its transformation into the film ‘Hadwin’s Judgement’ FILM › Hadwin’s Judgement (dir. Sasha Snow, UK, 2015, 87 mins) ‘Hadwin’s Judgment’ chronicles the tormented transformation of Grant Hadwin from expert logger to environmental terrorist.

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THE CHANGE I WANT TO SEE

THE CINEMATHEQUE, 7:30PM PRESENTATIONS › Tim Cormode – We Are Nature Lessons in philanthropy, opportunities for growth through accessible nature-based adventures and the value of community combine to tell a powerful story of change.

Farhan Umedaly Farhan’s vision is to produce films that help create positive change in the world.

FILM › A Last Stand For Lelu (dir. Farhan Umedaly, Canada, 2016, 24 mins) A great injustice is being done on the Lelu Island near Prince Rupert, B.C. INTERMISSION FILMS › Rabbit Island (dir. Ben Moon, USA, 2015, 6 mins) One man’s quest to protect an island he loves leads him to ponder great questions.

Gold Of Bengal (dir. Corentin De Chatel, France, 2015, 52 mins) Corentin has one ambition: to become self-sufficient at sea.

16 TUESDAY

SLACKLIFE

17 WEDNESDAY

WOMEN ROCK

CENTENNIAL THEATRE, 7:30PM FILM › Women’s Speed Ascent (dir. Chris Alstrin, USA, 2015, 5 mins) Some records are just meant to be broken.

PRESENTATION › Lynn Hill – Climbing Free Lynn Hill is the iconic American climber, acknowledged as one of the most accomplished rock climbers in the world.

INTERMISSION FILMS › Golden Gate (dir. Jon Glassberg, USA, 2015, 17 mins) Emily Harrington shows us that it’s just as much about the journey as it is the destination.

Transition (dir. Chris Prescott, UK, 2015, 45 mins) British indoor competition climber Natalie Berry takes up trad and winter climbing.

ADVENTURE FILM MAKING RIO THEATRE, 7:30PM FILM › Eclipse (dir. Anthony Bonello, Canada, 2015, 32 mins) The quest for a once-in-a-lifetime photo.

PRESENTATION › Anthony Bonello – Eclipse: Behind The Scenes A talk about the challenges the team faced both physically and mentally while preparing for the eclipse.

INTERMISSION PRESENTATION › Eliza Kubarska – To Film or Not To Be Polish climber and award winning film director Eliza Kubarska takes us on an adventure filmmaking tour to Greenland, Borneo and the Karakorum.

FILMS › The Mysteries (dir. Skip Armstrong, USA, 2015, 8 mins) A vulnerable insight into the life of a nomadic photographer.

Climbing Ice – The Iceland Trifecta (dir. Anton Lorimer, USA, 2015, 16 mins) Behind the scenes of an extreme ice climbing shoot in Iceland.

WHITEWATER

THE CINEMATHEQUE, 7:30PM FILM › Salween Spring (dir. Will Stauffer Norris, USA, 2015, 9 mins) Travis has started a rafting company to bring Chinese children to see their mother rivers before they’re gone.

PRESENTATION › Katrina Van Wijk – Beyond Risk Professional kayaker Katrina Van Wijk shares her perspective on the full integration of risk, responsibility and reward.

INTERMISSION FILM › Chasing Niagara (dir. Rush Sturges, USA, 2015, 80 mins) Rafa Ortiz plans to paddle over Niagara Falls.

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RIO THEATRE, 7:30PM PRESENTATION › Spencer Seabrooke From highlines to legendary waterfall rope swings, Spencer is always leading epic adventures.

FILM › Untethered (dir. Levi Allen, Canada, 2015, 32 mins) The story of an exploding slackline movement in BC. INTERMISSION PRESENTATION › Bill Hawley – A Year of Highlines A look into a year of Highlines. From Squamish, B.C. to Yosemite Valley, California.

FILMS › Masters of Slack (dir. Matthias Edlinger, Germany, 2015, 10 mins) A portrait of two contrasting characters and their lifestyles, proving you’ll never find your balance by standing still.

Metronomic (dir. Vlad Cellier, France, 2015, 15 mins) A skilful blend of artists and high-level athletes in a symphony devoted to risk.

FEBRUARY 12-20/2016

18 THURSDAY

SKI SHOW

CENTENNIAL THEATRE, 7:30PM FILMS › Balloonskiing (dir. Stephen Keck, Austria, 2015, 5 mins) The wind leads the way, you never know where you will ski.

55 Hours in Mexico (dir. Joey Schusler, USA, 2015, 9 mins) How adventurous can one get in a single weekend?

Rocky Mountain Moto Tour (dir. Jay Trusler, Canada, 2015, 12 mins) Sometimes it’s a little better to travel than to arrive.

Shifting Ice & Changing Tides (dir. KT Miller, USA, 2015, 30 mins) Exploring remote coastline, pioneering new ski descents, and collecting scientific data in some of the most incredible wilderness on earth.

INTERMISSION FILMS › Snowflake (dir. Ben Sturgulewski, USA, 2015, 7 mins) Witness the joys and wonders of nature through the eyes of Snowflake.

Degrees North (dir. Guido Perrini, Switzerland, 54 mins) Degrees North mixes hair-raising action footage of leading freeriders with a story of adventure and discovery.

ART OF FLIGHT RIO THEATRE, 7:30PM FILM › The Mont Rebei Project (dir. Vlad Cellier, France, 2015, 18 mins) A team of extreme-sports experts hurl themselves into the abyss.

PRESENTATION › Gavin McClurg – The Deep Line Last summer Gavin completed the “toughest adventure race on Earth” the Red Bull X-Alps, a paragliding / foot race across the Alps from Salzburg to Monaco.

INTERMISSION FILM › The Rocky Mountain Traverse (dir. Bryan Smith, Canada, 2015, 52 mins) Will Gadd and Gavin McClurg set out to define a new style in “Vol Biv Paragliding”

THE POLISH CLIMBING SHOW THE CINEMATHEQUE, 7:30PM PRESENTATION › Eliza Kubarska – Forgotten Mountain Tioman Island - the place where you can climb a 300m high granite wall and dive deep in the sea on the same day.

INTERMISSION FILM › K2 Touching The Sky (dir. Eliza Kubarska, Poland, 2015, 77 mins) Children of acclaimed climbers travel to the Karakorum to try and understand the force that once seduced their parents and eventually killed them.

19 FRIDAY

TRAIL RUNNING

CENTENNIAL THEATRE, 7:30PM PRESENTATION › Dikesh Khatri – Brown Dude in The Forest FILM › Endurance: Ultra Marathon (dir. Jon Earle, Netherlands, 2015, 9 minutes) Exploring the parallels between endurance and how we live on the planet today.

PRESENTATION › Eagle Walz – Canada’s Longest Hut to Hut Hiking Trail FILM › Fast and Light (dir. Kelvin Trautman, South Africa, 2015, 18 mins) A tribe of runners who are motivated by pushing their limits in some of the world’s most extreme mountain environments.

PRESENTATION › Ward Beemer – Just Put Away The Watch and Run! INTERMISSION

PRESENTATION › Allison Tai – How To Overcome Obstacles with One Tough Mudder FILM › Mile For Mile (dir. James Q Martin, USA, 2015, 16 mins) Ultrarunners run 106 miles through the newly opened Patagonia Park in Chile.

PRESENTATION › The Peak Baggers – Mysteries and Surprises in Your Own Backyard FILM › Kroger’s Canteen (dir. Dean Leslie, South Africa, 2015, 8 mins) The story of an aid station perched on a tiny ledge, 13,100ft above sea level, part of the Hard Rock 100 ultra marathon.

PRESENTATION › Pat Malavi – Running Across The Heart of Iceland

THE MEC CANADIAN ADVENTURE NIGHT

RIO THEATRE, 7:30PM PRESENTATION › Jimmy Martinello – Into The Elements Travel to remote areas of B.C, Alaska and the Himalayas for beautiful ski lines, amazing alpine routes and stunning landscapes.

Rob Wood – Towards The Unknown Mountains Legendary climber Rob Wood brings his stories to the VIMFF stage for the first time.

INTERMISSION PRESENTATION › The MEC Adventure Grant Awards Bruce Kirkby – The Village Idiot: Port Hardy to Tofino by SUP Bruce’s journeys span 80 countries, and include traversing Mongolia by horseback, Arabia by camel and Iceland on foot.

FILM › Paddle For The North (dir. Simon Lucas, Canada/NZ, 2015, 33 mins) Six mates, six rivers, three canoes, two months, one idea.

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ADRENALINE JUNKIES THE CINEMATHEQUE, 7:30PM FILMS › Freefall (dir. Aimard Alex, Sweden, 2015, 3 mins) The art of defying gravity.

Matterhorn: The Birdwoman’s Dream (dir. Rinaldo Marasco, Switzerland, 2015, 50 mins) Since she learned to fly, Géraldine Fasnacht nurtures the dream to fly off the top of the Matterhorn.

INTERMISSION FILM › Wingmen (dir. Siesta Films, Norway, 2015, 52 mins) Three of the world’s most renowned BASE jumpers embark on an adventure around the world.

20 SATURDAY

VIMFF FINALE

CENTENNIAL THEATRE, 7:30PM PRESENTATION › The VIMFF Film Awards 2016 Leo Houlding – The Mirror Wall: Reflections Twenty years of extreme adventure have taken Leo to glorious summits of the most remote and difficult peaks on every continent.

INTERMISSION FILM › Citadel (dir. Alastair Lee, UK, 2015, 48 mins) The world’s first mountaineering doc shot entirely in 4k.

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VIMFF 2016 FEATURE FILMS SNOWMAN

TOM

DEGREES NORTH

Directed by Guido Perrini 2015, Switzerland, 54 minutes

A LAST STAND FOR LELU

Directed by Mike Douglas 2014, Canada, 82 minutes

SNOWMAN Sat Feb 13 @7:30pm (doors 7:00pm) The Cinematheque VANCOUVER PREMIERE Set in B.C.’s dramatic Coast Range mountains, SNOWMAN is a familiar tale of dreaming big and the barriers—both benign and catastrophic—to realizing a childhood fantasy. It’s the story of a friendship forged in the mountains, and a lifestyle where the greatest risk is not daring to dream at all.

Directed by Farhan Umedaly and Tamo Campos 2016, Canada, 24 minutes

THE CHANGE I WANT TO SEE Mon Feb 15 @7:30pm (doors 7:00pm) The Cinematheque WORLD PREMIERE The Lax Kw’alaams are the keepers of the Lelu Island and its connected Flora Bank, a massive sand bar that is part of the Skeena River estuary, some of the most important salmon habitat in Canada. A proposed LNG project would devastate the Skeena River, the natural wildlife and countless communities in the path of the pipeline.

UNTETHERED

Directed by Angel Esteban 2015, Spain, 67 minutes

Directed by Levi Allen VanderKwaak 2015, Canada, 32 minutes

HIGH IN THE ALPS Sat Feb 13 @7:30pm (doors 7:00pm) Inlet Theatre NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Even though Tom’s mother, the great British alpinist Alison Hargreaves, died descending the K2 when he was just 6 years old, he never wanted to be anything else but a climber. His whole life is dedicated to the mountains and his latest goal is to climb the Six North Faces of the Alps, solo, in a single winter season.

SLACKLIFE Tue Feb 16 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) RIO Theatre Untethered takes an immensely personal look straight into the heart of the slacklining movement in Vancouver. Spencer Seabrooke made national headlines in August with his death defying world record free-solo highline – this is the story behind Spencer’s passion and the start of Slacklife BC.

THE ADVENTURES OFTHE DODO Directed by Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll 2015, Belgium, 50 minutes

ROCK SOLID MATINEE Sun Feb 14 @2:00pm (doors 1:30pm) The Cinematheque NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Captain Reverend Bob Shepton calls the Wild Bunch (Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll, Benjamin Ditto, Olivier and Nicolas Favresse) back onto his boat for a major mission! On board of the Dodo’s Delight (a 10m sailboat) the team measures up with arctic ice, polar bears and ferocious storms, in search of the holy grail: to find unclimbed big walls and musical enlightenment.

KARUN: MISADVENTURES ALONG IRAN’S LONGEST RIVER

CHASING NIAGARA

Directed by Rush Sturges 2015, USA, 80 minutes

WHITEWATER Tues Feb 16 @7:30pm (doors 7:00pm) The Cinematheque VANCOUVER PREMIERE When pro kayaker Rafa Ortiz makes the decision to paddle over Niagara Falls, he sets in motion an incredible series of events that eventually takes on a life of its own. Enlisting a team of top kayakers, together they go on a remarkable three-year journey from the rainforest rivers of Mexico to the towering waterfalls of the U.S. Northwest.

TRANSITION

Directed by Chris Prescott and Paul Diffley 2015, UK, 45 minutes

Directed by Rhys Thwaites-Jones 2015, UK, 57 minutes

COLOSSAL JOURNEYS Sun Feb 14 @7:30pm (doors 7:00pm) The Cinematheque NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE British adventurers Tom Allen and Leon McCarron set out to follow Iran’s longest river, the Karun, by human powered means. Their aim is to go beyond the politics and explore the culture and geography of this most misunderstood of nations – but when the once-calm waters of the Karun turn nasty, they wonder if they’ve bitten off more than they can chew.

HADWIN’S JUDGEMENT

Directed by Sasha Snow 2015, Canada/UK, 87 minutes

THE GOLDEN SPRUCE Mon Feb 15 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) RIO Theatre ‘Hadwin’s Judgment’ chronicles the tormented transformation of Grant Hadwin from expert logger to environmental terrorist, a man who dared to challenge the destruction of the world’s last great temperate rainforest. Hadwin’s one man crusade culminated in a perverse and outrageous act of protest that was, in itself, a crime against nature.

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WOMEN ROCK Wed Feb 17 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) Centennial Theatre NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE UK competition and sport climber Natalie Berry makes the move into traditional and winter climbing.

Acting as mentor along the way is Scottish all round climber Dave MacLeod. The film follows Natalie over the course of two years as she attempts to pursue a life in the mountains.

SKI SHOW Thurs Feb 18 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) Centennial Theatre BC PREMIERE Degrees North mixes hairraising action footage of leading freeriders with a story of adventure and discovery. World-renowned freeriders Xavier De Le Rue, Samuel Anthamatten and Ralph Backstrom progress the sport of freeriding through the use new technology to scope remote areas. See ski and snowboard action in a way never seen before.

SHIFTING ICE & CHANGING TIDES

Directed by KT Miller 2015, USA, 30 minutes

SKI SHOW Thurs Feb 18 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) Centennial Theatre CANADIAN PREMIERE In March of 2014 six women set sail from Isafjordur, Iceland on an adventure of a lifetime. The goal was to sail from Iceland across the Denmark Straight and up the West Coast of Greenland skiing as much as possible along the way.

They encountered every type of weather condition possible, and skied some of the most beautiful and remote mountains in the world.

THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN TRAVERSE

Directed by Bryan Smith 2015, Canada, 52 minutes

THE ART OF FLIGHT Thurs Feb 18 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) RIO Theatre - BC PREMIERE When Will Gadd and Gavin McClurg decided they wanted to define a bold new style in paragliding, they could not have picked a more vegetated, convoluted and downright burly route to test their concept - a 700-kilometer traverse of the Canadian Rockies. They break all the typical rules of paragliding in an attempt at the longest pure paragliding flight ever.

K2 TOUCHING THE SKY Directed by Eliza Kubarska 2015, Poland, 72 minutes

THE POLISH CLIMBING SHOW Thurs Feb 18 @7:30pm (doors 7:00pm) The Cinematheque BC PREMIERE Almost 30 years after events where 13 climbers died on K2, an international group of grown-up children set out on an expedition to reach K2 base camp. They will challenge themselves to face the past and to understand the force that once seduced their parents and eventually killed them.

PADDLE FOR THE NORTH

Directed by Simon Lucas 2015, New Zealand, 33 minutes

MEC CANADIAN ADVENTURE NIGHT Fri Feb 19 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) RIO Theatre Deep in the Canadian North, six young guys embarked on an epic adventure – to explore some of the most remote and untouched rivers in the world. A boys-own adventure turns into a mission to truly discover the secrets of the north and show the world why some places are worth preserving.

ECLIPSE

Directed by Anthony Bonello 2015, Canada, 32 minutes

ADVENTURE FILM MAKING Wed Feb 17 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) RIO Theatre It was a ridiculous idea from the start. Travel to the edge of the earth to see one of the planet’s rarest events- a total solar eclipse in the Arctic. Despite the low chance of success, the team set out on an expedition to realize photographer’s Reuben Krabbe’s grand vision to capture a single unique image - one of skiing during a solar eclipse.

CITADEL

Directed by Alastair Lee 2015, UK, 48 minutes

VIMFF FINALE Sat Feb 20 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) Centennial Theatre Vancouver Premiere Dubbed ‘The Mountain God’, the Citadel is a stunning 3000m peak in one of the remaining untouched corners of the Great Alaskan Range.

The Citadel is beautiful but deadly, plagued by bad weather and prone to avalanches. Matt Helliker and Jon Bracey attempt to make the first ascent of the extraordinary 1200m long north-west ridge.

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MARKUS PUKONEN

THE DAWN WALL: PAIN, PLEASURE AND THE POWER OF TYPE II FUN VIMFF Opening Night Fri Feb 12 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) Centennial Theatre On January 14th, 2015, after 19 days of living on the side of the 3,000-foot granite face of Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan, Kevin Jorgeson and Tommy Caldwell completed the hardest rock climb in history. Kevin will share tales from the Dawn Wall and try to inspire us to pursue our own challenges.

WADE SIMMONS

WELCOME TO MTB-VILLE Mountain Bike Night Sat Feb 13 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) Centennial Theatre Wade Simmons talks us through the development of mountain biking on the North Shore. Welcome to MTB-Ville - where the style of riding has influenced possibly every mountain bike park and riding area throughout the world.

JUSTA JESKOVA & STEVE STOREY

ROUTES OF CHANGE Colossal Journeys Sun Feb 14 @7:30pm (doors 7:00pm) The Cinematheque Markus is 214 days into an 1800-day, 82,000 km circumnavigation of the planet without ever using a motor. He left Toronto on July 13th and has since canoed, trimaraned, hand cycled, pogosticked, bicycled, tricycled, skied, rafted, kayaked, and danced across Canada to make it here to VIMFF to tell you his story.

SPENCER SEABROOKE

FINDING WINTER Snowman Sat Feb 13 @7:30pm (doors 7:00pm) The Cinematheque After a dry winter in Southwest British Columbia, Heather and Doug embarked on an ambitious trip to the Yukon’s Tombstone range to find snow and adventure. Deep in Canada’s North, it is a remote and wild place. Maps are mis-labelled, weather data is sparse, and the region remains relatively unexplored in winter.

PAUL MCSORLEY

MOUNT WADDINGTON: A FIRST ASCENT Alpine Ascents Sun Feb 14 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) RIO Theatre After several attempts by strong teams, the First Ascent of the Southwest Buttress of Waddington’s Northwest Peak finally went down. This talk follows a year of adventures culminating with this big ascent deep in the Wilderness of the Coast Mountains.

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FORGOTTEN MOUNTAIN The Polish Climbing Show Thurs Feb 18 @7:30pm (doors 7:00pm) The Cinematheque Tioman Island is not known as a destination for climbers. Meanwhile the Dragon’s Horn mountain grows up 300m straight from the jungle. Not only does it offer a great selection of multi-pitch routes on solid, clean granite, but in addition it is probably the only place on the planet where you can explore a beautiful coral reef and climb a 300m high granite wall on the same day.

KATRINA VAN WIJK

BEYOND RISK Whitewater Tues Feb 16 @7:30pm (doors 7:00pm) The Cinematheque Raised in the whitewater community of the Ottawa River, Katrina Van Wijk has competed as a slalom kayaker internationally for 8 years. She now competes on the extreme kayak racing circuit and is one of the top female kayakers in the world. In 2012, Katrina founded the organization ‘Tits Deep’ to inspire women and to help change the conception of what women are able to do.

LYNN HILL

ANTHONY BONELLO

ECLIPSE: BEHIND THE SCENES Adventure Film Making Wed Feb 17 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) RIO Theatre ‘Eclipse’ follows skiers to the Arctic with the outrageous objective of capturing the action in front of a full solar eclipse. Director Anthony Bonello will join us to talk about the challenges the team faced both physically and mentally while preparing for the eclipse as well as sharing some of the behind the scenes insight into what it takes to get the camera out when it is -20°C.

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JIMMY MARTINELLO

INTO THE ELEMENTS The MEC Canadian Adventure Night Fri Feb 19 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) RIO Theatre Jimmy Martinello’s presentation is going to take you to remote areas from the Coast Mountains of B.C up to Alaska and to the Himalayas, from beautiful ski lines to amazing alpine routes and stunning landscapes and culture.

ROB WOOD

TOWARDS THE UNKNOWN MOUNTAINS The MEC Canadian Adventure Night Fri Feb 19 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) RIO Theatre An extremely experienced and inspiring figure in the Canadian climbing community, Rob Wood emigrated to Canada in the 1960’s and immediately began making the first ascents of classic waterfall ice in the Canadian Rockies. He made his way to coastal British Columbia, climbing Mount Waddington in winter and even achieving one of the earliest ascents of The Nose on El Capitan.

CLIMBING FREE Women Rock Wed Feb 17 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) The Centennial Theatre Lynn Hill is an iconic American climber, acknowledged as one of the most accomplished rock climbers in the world. Having learned to climb in southern California in 1975, Lynn was part of a cutting-edge generation of free climbers known as the “Stone Masters” culminating in her first free ascent of ‘The Nose’ on El Capitan in 1993.

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HEATHER MOSHER & DOUG MCLEOD

THE DEEP LINE Art of Flight Thurs Feb 18 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) RIO Theatre This summer Gavin completed the “toughest adventure race on Earth”, the Red Bull X-Alps, a paragliding / foot race across the Alps from Salzburg to Monaco, and he was nominated as a 2015 National Geographic “Adventurer of the Year” for his recent unpowered paragliding expedition across the Canadian Rockies with legendary mountain athlete Will Gadd.

ELIZA KUBARSKA

SLACKLIFE Tue Feb 16 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) RIO Theatre Spencer is the Co-Founder of SlacklifeBC and adventure enthusiast. From highlines to legendary waterfall rope swings, he is always leading epic adventures. Just over 3 years ago, after being inspired by the “Sketchy Andy” highline film, Spencer started slacklining and has progressed to holding the world record freesolo on a highline.

INDIA: AN UNCERTAIN ROAD Mountain Bike Night Sat Feb 13 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) Centennial Theatre India: An Uncertain Road is the story of a small team of riders on their mission to experience riding and new cultures on the sub-continent of India. A country of contrasts full of beauty and squalor, from deserts to the rainiest place on earth, and crowded cities to unpopulated mountain ranges.

GAVIN MCCLURG

LEO HOULDING

THE MIRROR WALL – REFLECTIONS VIMFF Finale Sat Feb 20 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) Centennial Theatre Leo Houlding has been a professional climber, adventurer and dirt bag since leaving school. In this show he reflects on the conflict between a life of extreme adventure, the responsibilities and homely joys of fatherhood juxtaposed against an undying drive for the next great quest through the narrative of his aptly named Mirror Wall expedition – a massive unclimbed cliff in Arctic Greenland.

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