Presented by Backpacker’s Pantry
Door time: 7:00
Show time: 7:30
Using the power of film, art and ideas, Mountainfilm inspires audiences to create a better world. Held every Memorial Day weekend, the Mountainfilm festival brings together a community of filmmakers and change makers, showcasing documentary films that celebrate adventure, activism, social justice, environment and indomitable spirit. Hosted by Daniel Junge!
Films:
Above the Noise
Adam De Silva
The world around us can feel overwhelming and loud. In response, Maya delves into her practice of skydiving as a means to focus inwards. She gently inspires us to find our own means of grounding ourselves in flow.
Desert Wings
Nathan McBride
Desert Wings brings the unique sport of paramotoring to light showcasing talented pilots exploring the dramatic landscapes of the American Southwest.
Leaving a Tread
Maxwell Frank
As the popularity of mountain biking grows across Mexico, riders like Israel Carrillo work to blaze the trail — literally. Carrillo shares the challenges athletes face in a growing sport, financially and otherwise, while showing off his hometown of Guanajuato.
Obibini
Benoit Lalande
Obibini is a high-energy dive into Ghanaian women’s joy and liberation through surfing. Since 2013, the Obibini Surf Club has empowered women to feel welcome at the beach and in the water.
Ghost Resorts: Japan
Michael J Brown & Zeppelin Zeerip
With ski lifts no longer spinning and buildings falling into disrepair, abandoned ski areas are nestled among the snow-drifted peaks of Japan. The country’s massive economic boom in the 1980s fueled a wild demand for skiing and an explosion of new mountain resorts. The financial collapse that followed in 1991 decimated both the Japanese economy and the ski industry. Today, hundreds of ghost resorts span the mountains as silent witnesses to the pace of change. Yet the deep powder beckons those who seek to experience an unconventional backcountry adventure.
Mr. Cato
Ryan Ross
Mr. Cato is an elementary school teacher and pro BMX flatlander who changes his students’ lives by teaching them how to ride and care for bikes, as he attempts to bring his sport back from the brink of extinction in the U.S. While overcoming his struggles and vying for a spot in the Summer Olympics, Mr. Cato uses the two wheels that have given him so much in order to make the world a better place.
The Draconians
Maxime Moulin
Skiers Sam Favret and Nikolaï Schirmer team up in Norway on a ski touring trip of a lifetime. Follow them up and down futuristic lines as they execute their vision as athletes and filmmakers in this thrilling segment from The Draconians.
Time is a Funny Thing
Jeremy Grant
Time is a Funny Thing is an exploration of time and how doing what we love makes it disappear. In this short film, professional mountain biker Tyler McCaul looks back on his career through the lens of his older and younger self.
To Scale: Time
Alex Gorosh
On a dry lakebed in California, a group of friends attempt to build a scale model of time: a true illustration of cosmic evolution and our place within it. Over miles, they lay out tiny lights representing important moments in the history of the universe: the Big Bang, the meteor that killed the dinosaurs and the beginning of human civilization. The result is time represented by distance and the recognition that although we are alive for the briefest moment — in this demonstration, the width of a hair — our lives are a gift from the universe that we must spend wisely.
Re
Iz La Motte
Twenty years ago, Re forged a new path in the outdoor sports community as one of the few women in her field. As an action sports photographer, she is dedicated to working with and showcasing the strength and individual personalities of female athletes. Re landed the first cover shot of a woman for Backcountry Magazine and the first all-female cover shot for Skiing Magazine. She views her work as a catalyst, fostering a social shift in the perception of female athletes in popular culture.
Lexicon
Austin Hopkins & Loic Isliker
A unique group of skiers from around the world come together to celebrate skiing as a catalyst for human connection. As they shred the bottomless pow of Hokkaido, the transformative power of adventure takes this group from strangers to friends.
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