There are a lot of amazing films in the list. I hope you enjoy!
Not all of these movies are free but a lot are. The ones that aren’t are amazing movies worth paying for.
Aaron Howell and Russell Davies are combat veterans who were injured in war and now come together for another mission as they guide blind Navy veteran, Lonnie Bedwell, on his third trip through the Grand Canyon. Over a 14 day river trip they battle more than 80 powerful rapids, screaming directions to Lonnie the whole way. Always looming downstream roars Lava Falls, the largest rapid of them all. Throughout the journey they remember their past experiences and learn that negotiating the rapids of life is as simple as forming a team, kicking out in the current, and finding a line through the chaos.
When the news broke that a man had been hiding in the woods of Maine for 27 years, it turned into a media sensation. Overnight, the identity of the legendary ‘North Pond Hermit’ was disclosed and he became the talk of the town.
“The Hermit” is a good-humored documentary ultimately about the extensive impact made by someone who spent a lifetime trying to erase any hint of his own existence.
The Huber brothers once again set off together with Mario Walder from East Tyrol. Your goal: to decode Mount Asgard on Baffin Island.
They planned seven weeks to conquer the sixty-kilometer march and the mighty granite monolith.
Because there has never been a free ascent of the almost 1000 meter high south wall. And with good reason: The physical and psychological challenges are at the limit. A task for which you have to be more than a well-coordinated team. You have to form a unit, a unit that is determined to give everything …
Liv Along the Way(2018, 23 min)
Since she first summited Mont Blanc as a teen, Liv Sansoz knew she would make her life in the mountains. She was twice crowned World Champion in sport climbing, and eventually expanded her professional horizons to mixed climbing, ski mountaineering, and base jumping.In 2017, at 40 years old, Liv set out from her base in Chamonix, France to attempt to climb all 82 4000m peaks in the European Alps in a single year. As she’s learned several times throughout her life, things don’t always go as planned.
http://tv.salomon.com/channel/hiking-mountaineering#overlay/livalongtheway
Frozen Mind(2018, 33 min)Together with his old friend Pierre Hourticq, snowboarder Victor de le Rue tries to write a new story in the iconic mountains near Chamonix. Frozen Mind is not just a freeride film, it is a story of friendship and a journey of discovery as the two men take unique paths in order to conquer the same objectives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axNnKy-jfWw
The 7 Stages of Blank(2019, 42 min)Blank Collective films takes you on a journey through The 7 Stages of Blank, a lighthearted look into the bond that develops around the sport of skiing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSK-f5ES0i4
Circle of the Sun(2019, 5 min)Steep mountains, the ocean, the sun, and the aurora borealis. One rotation of the sun high in the Arctic on skis equals one day of magic.https://vimeo.com/344890300
Curated by Lianne Caron
Safe Haven(2018, 8 min)Founded on the belief that everyone is welcome, Memphis Rox opened a climbing gym to beat the center of the city’s revitalization. Watch and if you are interested to learn more about Memphis Rox.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYjVzoxIkdI
Camel Finds Water(2019, 8 min)Trevor found the hull of an abandoned fishing boat in a field. He brought it home and built it back to a sea-worthy state over the course of a summer. Then, he took it on its maiden voyage to British Columbia in search of waves.
https://vimeo.com/328771728
Valley of the Moon(2018, 21 min)Valley of the Moon explores the importance of climbing as a way to cross cultural barriers,build friendship and chase adventure in one of the most breathtaking regions of the earth.
https://vimeo.com/299057800
The Legend of Rafael(2019, 7 min)A beautiful story about the power of two wheels and a community built through bicycling. After a devastating breakup, Rafael finds solitude and restoration on the open road, pedaling his way to emotional health from Mexico City to northern Colorado. With just $500 to his name, he spearheads a revolution to help the underprivileged members of his new neighborhood the bestway he knows how—repairing their bicycles.
https://vimeo.com/333580941
Over Time – Sammy C(2019, 7 min)Filmed purley in the heart of the BC backcountry, Over Time – Sammy C features the bestshots from a full winter with pro skier Sammy Carlson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVXJ2E41_xE
Wallmapu(2018, 6 min)The Pehuenche people of present-day Chile speak Mapudungun: ‘the language of the land.’This land, their universe, is known as Wallmapu. Two skiers enter, into a breathtaking creation of ancient Araucaria trees, looming volcanoes, and windblown snow.
https://vimeo.com/306295979
Chasing the Sublime(2018, 6 min)Why do we put ourselves into the path of discomfort and risk? What drives us to get too cold and too tired, to battle with fear, in the name of adventure? Follow the originators of The Outdoor Swimming Society, ‘swim twins’ Kate Rew and Kari Furre, in this hauntingly beautiful glimpse at the physicality of UK cold water swimming, as two friends set out to chase the sublime.
https://vimeo.com/292071219′
The Running Pastor(2019, 8 min)Sverri is a local Pastor and avid runner who uses his time on the trails to work through not only his own personal conflicts, but the conflicts of others he often is burdened with.
https://vimeo.com/340472874Curated by Lianne Caron
BMX Nigeria(2019, 13 min)BMX street is one of the most frequently evolving sports in the world and, in Nigeria, a group of local riders are reinventing riding at a grassroots level.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDZpsjtfYuY
The Shepherdess(2018, 6 min)A brutal drought is gripping the Southwest and the Navajo reservation especially hard,threatening traditional shepherds and a way of life going back generations.
https://www.katiefalkenberg.com/#/shepherdess/
Silence(2018, 18 min)What does it take to climb the world’s first 9c? Let’s find out in Silence, a movie by BernardoGiménez. It shows what preceded the afternoon of September 3, 2017 when Adam Ondra, aprofessional rock climber and currently one of the best climbers in the world, made a little piece of climbing history when he climbed his project in the spectacular Hanshelleren Cave in Norway. The route, later named Silence, received a new grade of 9c and became the hardest route in the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRTNHDd0gL8
Ice & Palms(2018, 32 min)The documentary follows skiers Jochen Mesle and Max Kroneck on their most ambitious ski tour yet. A 100% self powered adventure from southern Germany all the way to the mediterranean sea.
https://vimeo.com/319200353
Sacred Strides(2018, 12 min)Bears Ears National Monument is a public land under threat. In 2018, a group of Native American tribes put their differences aside and ran 1280 km to Bears Ears to send a message of unity.
https://vimeo.com/283490560
Hourya(2018, 10 min)Fly Above the ancient sands of the Moroccan coastline. Let your spirit soar with lightnessand the feeling of Hourya.
https://vimeo.com/289029793Curated by Lianne Caron
FAST HORSE(2018, 14 min)FAST HORSE follows the return of the Blackfoot bareback horse racing tradition in a new form:the Indian Relay. Siksika horseman Allison Red Crow struggles to build a team with second-hand horses and a new jockey, Cody Big Tobacco, to take on the best riders in the Blackfoot Confederacy at the Calgary Stampede.
https://vimeo.com/358170802
The Moment(2017, 74 min)In the backwoods of British Columbia, three small but dedicated crews of adventure seekers were quietly changing the course of a sport and carving their paths in history. The Moment captures the birth and success of the original freeride mountain bike movement.
https://www.redbull.com/int-en/films/the-moment
For the Love of Mary(2018, 6 min)When 97-year-old runner George Etzweiler dons his lucky ancient green running shorts, he’snot just running to the summit of Mt Washington, he carries something special with him: the memory of his late wife of 68 years.
https://vimeo.com/273611679
Break on Through(2017, 26 min)Margo Hayes, a little-known 19 year old from Boulder Colorado, has moved to Europe to trainand climb with the goal of succeeding on two of the most iconic 5.15s in France and Spain. But by pushing her body and mind to the absolute limit, she risks injury and failure in her quest to be the first.
https://www.redbull.com/int-en/episodes/break-on-through-reel-rock-s04-e01
Life of Glide(2017, 16 min)Big Mountain rider Jeremy Jones dissects his lifelong passion for the simple sacred feeling he calls “The Glide.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edYSL913rHI
Brothers of Climbing(2017, 7 min)How can you be what you can’t see? Mikhail Martin, co-founder of Brothers of Climbing said, “Iliterally typed, ‘Are there black climbers?’ in Google … someone said, ‘black people don’t climb.’”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LWq5s-s4pYCurated by Lianne
CaronRide of the Dead(2017, 12 min)Enter into the world of Oaxacan mountain bike culture during Mexico’s famous annual celebration known as Dia De Los Muertos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLXR86vHUNU
Holocene(2018, 12 min)Join two riders from Japan as they dive into the cultural history of the dolomites clattering up Via Ferratas and shredding down couloirs along the way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Yqf9Mn_ZY
Beautiful Idiot(2018, 15 min)Beautiful Idiot takes you on a ride through the mindset and motivations of those who feel driven to pursue greatness, how it can feel to fall short, and the consequences of reaching a lofty goal when the struggle to get there has defined you for so long. Featuring professional freeride mountain bike rider Brett Rheeder.
https://vimeo.com/282402702
Perspectives | India(2018, 5 min)Professional mountain bike athlete and artist Micayla Gatto adventures to the Indian Himalayas to experience the culture with her unique artistic perception.
https://freehubmag.com/videos/perspectives-india
Inside the Indus – A Pakistani Odyssey(2017, 27 min)An international team of kayakers heads to Pakistan to attempt a descent of the fabled Rondu Gorge, on the Indus river. Hidden behind a wall of political and security factors meant it had been eight years since the last expedition had ventured into the gorge.
https://www.facebook.com/twelveproductions/videos/inside-the-indus-a-pakistani-odyssey/224 8154562075004/
Skier Vs Drone(2018, 4 min)2018 Olympic Bronze Medalist skier racer, Victor Muffat-Jeandet, faces off against 2x World Drone Racing Champion, Jordan Temkin, in a dual GS race to see who is the fastest down the mountain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn_Fx2MwCB0Curated by Lianne Caron
The Faction Collective Presents: La Grave(2018, 17 min)Sam Anthamatten and Johnny Collinson travel to La Grave to push the limits of steep skiing and discover what makes La Grave so unique – a mythic freeride location where time stops.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkinG08IoKk
Blue Heart(2018, 44 min)The Balkan Peninsula is home to the last wild rivers in Europe. However, a deluge of more than 3,000 proposed hydropower developments threaten to destroy the culture and ecology of this forgotten region. Blue Heart, now in its first digital release, documents the battle for the largest undammed river in Europe, Albania’s Vjosa, the effort to save the endangered Balkanlynx in Macedonia, and the women of Kruščica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, who are spearheading a months-long, 24/7 protest to protect their community’s only source of drinking water.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhmHByZ0Xd8Carving
Landscapes(2018, 6 min)Through the inspiring legacy of Mary Vaux we will venture onto the Illecillewaet Glacier, reenacting her research and her mountain travel in the restriction of Victorian dresses.
https://vimeo.com/299359466
The Passage(2018, 25 min)In 1974, my 20-year-old parents and uncle Andy built their own canoes, launched them into thePacific, and became some of the first people in modern history to canoe from Washington to Alaska up the Inside Passage. My brother and I grew up paddling those wooden canoes in the Virginia rivers and the 1974 adventure became a legend in our family – shaping who we’ve become, how we view our parents, and how our parents view themselves. In the summer of 2017, we renovated those canoes and with our aging parents completed their 1974 journey. The Passage is a story about growing up, growing old, and the wild places that define us.
https://vimeo.com/272632802
Grizzly Country(2018, 12 min)After serving in the Vietnam War, author and eco-warrior Doug Peacock spent years alone in the Wyoming and Montana wilderness observing grizzly bears. This time in the wild changed the course of his life. With the protection of Yellowstone grizzlies now under threat, Peacock reflects on the importance of habitat and why he continues to fight for wild causes.
https://vimeo.com/300829054
The Botanist(2016, 20 min)After the fall of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan, a former Soviet Socialist Republic, plunged into a devastating civil war. A famine struck the mountainous region of the Pamir where Raïmberdi,a passionate and ingenious botanist, built his own hydroelectric station to help his family survive through the crisis.
https://vimeo.com/267165412
Surviving the Outback(2018, 57 min)Could you survive alone across hundreds of kilometers of remote outback for a whole month, trekking and sailing on a makeshift raft, with nothing but a time capsule of antique stuff from 1932? Mike wasn’t sure he could pull it off either!
https://tubitv.com/movies/497254/surviving_the_outback
The Mirnavator(2017, 11 min)Ultra-runners overcome obstacles on every trail. In this film, Force of Nature Mirna Valerio overcomes the negative voices that don’t believe she belongs in the sport.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5-CSQcYeXk
Ski Photographer(2018, 9 min)Drawn to the mountains in search of the ski bum lifestyle, Oskar Enander had no intention of ever becoming a photographer. Is his affinity for cold stark places driven by his colorblindness? Or is it place that has formed his aesthetic?
https://vimeo.com/300544856Curated by Lianne Caron
My Mom Vala(2017, 10 min)Life has a way of putting us where we need to be. For Vala, that’s in both Greenland – where she works at her family’s fishing lodge – and Reykjavík, where she teaches her daughter how todo it all on her own, too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERjQ7hcVxus
AMO(2017, 7 min)Amo; in the native Rapa Nui Language means, to carry on ones shoulders. Easter Island is a place known the world across in myth and legend, but the people who call it home and the unique culture that they embody is often overlooked as the most valuable piece of the islands estranged story. In this short film, Heu Rapa Haoa, native born Rapa Nui and one of 800 remaining people left in the world who speak his native tongue fluently, tells his story of the island, the stone heads that brought Easter Island renowned, and in what he sees for his future and in that the future of his people the culture that defines them.
https://vimeo.com/254442752
Surface(2018, 7 min)In a photographic niche defined by familiar angles, Ben Thouard is driven by his desire to create something original in surf photography.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeONe9teVWw
The Frenchy(2018, 14 min)Jacques is an 82-year-old badass athlete, but the real story is how he inspires us with his contagious love of life, epic tales of survival and his ability to counter aging through laughter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhfipv8LXRg’
Dreamride 3(2018, 6 min)Inspired by a Dr. Seuss narrative, this mountain bike film is sure to take you places like no other. https://vimeo.com/266377015Treeline(2018, 40 min)Through a cinematic exploration of three extraordinary tree communities, Treeline brings forests alive on screen, illuminating the reciprocal bond between humanity and nature – a relationship we can’t survive without – and asks what responsibility we have to protect the exceptional forests that remain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCEaYInJbosCurated by Lianne Caron
The Wolf Pack(2018, 12 min)The Braford-Lefebrve family lives to run and runs to live. Without cell phones or any modern worry, the wolf pack roams the mountains around Silverton CO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I83E6jSHBs4
Danny Macaskill: Danny Daycare(2019, 4 min)In his latest film Danny Macaskill takes on some child care the only way he knows how… bytaking them for a wee bike ride around Scotland!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj0CmnxuTaQ#action=share
Electric Greg(2019, 20 min)Record-breaking mountain endurance athlete Greg Hill has never shied away from a goal.Through his time spent in the mountains, he’s seen the effects of climate change first-hand and came to realize the way he was approaching the mountains was only making the problem worse. Two years ago he changed his approach and set out to climb 100 peaks without burning any fossil fuels. But the question is: will it make a difference?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTL5l4CcBdE&feature=youtu.be
Defiance(2019, 13 min)The path of progression is paved with acts of defiance. Leanne Pelosi, Jake Blauvelt, andVictor de Le Rue take the stage in British Columbia in a showcase of shred.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUN-2fAgp0A&feature=youtu.be
Par For The Course(2019, 4 min)Mirna Valerio takes on her first ever sky race at the 4th annual Broken Arrow Sky Race. Mirna navigated the rocky, exposed ridge lines, steep climbs and snow filled descents of Squaw Valley with an attitude unlike any other.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13kb8geCNNc&feature=youtu.be
The Motivator(2018, 4 min)Filmmaker Aaron Hitchins turns his camera on the person who has motivated him to lead a life connected to the outdoors: his mother, Maureen. He wishes he were half as active as she is,and her commitment to rediscovering herself is inspirational.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpLt8ThtOFc&feature=youtu.be Curated by Lianne Caron
Other Adventure Films not Banff Film Fest Free Flow – Hazel Findlay Hazel Findlay enjoys an epic day of mountain running and solo climbing in the Welsh mountains of Snowdonia. Stunning shots combine with a considered soundtrack and introspection from one of the worlds best rock climbers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r93Sw768GxI&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop
ROTPUNKT | Alex Megos Through failure and success, Alex Megos strives to be the best climber in the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbWvFjUIt5kMother Earth Mother Earth, from filmmaker Damien Vergez, features mountain biker William Robert riding in British Columbia. The film is narrated and composed by members of Canada’s Lil’wat First Nation.
https://www.outsideonline.com/2345876/mother-earth-beautiful-mtb-film?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=facebookpost#close
Dream Job Katie is tired of working behind a desk. She ventures out for a day in the life,with mountain professionals to find her calling in the ski industry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=7s&v=MzMMIek3rsE&app=desktop
Lhotse In 2018, Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison completed the first ski descent of the27,940-foot Lhotse, the fourth-highest mountain in the world. This is their story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPXSFVruIHI
Blood on the Crack Kevin Jorgeson and Jacob Cook head to the Bugaboos to attempt the second ascent of the Tom Egan Memorial Route, which contains one of the hardest, most excruciating crack climbs in the world, renowned for reducing fingertips to shreds.
https://www.redbull.com/ca-en/films/blood-on-the-crack
Films I recommend buying or renting:
Piano to Zanskar
Holy Tour
Into the Canyon
Wild Love
Hors Piste Queen
Without Land
Attla On the Verge
Children of the Snow Land
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