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  • Trail of Dreams

    Movie

    A young man from a lowly Bremen suburb has a dream: Against the traditional views of his Turkish-born family, Savas Coban wants to become a professional extreme athlete. Thus, he runs 87 ultra-marathons in 87 days across crisis-ridden Peru: He conquers all climate zones, traverses the desert, jun...

  • Escape and Embrace

    Movie

    Escape and Embrace is a documentary capturing the life-altering odyssey of a young woman who defied oppression in Iran. From childhood challenges to grappling with societal pressures, the film chronicles her refusal to comply with the state religion and her evolution into an advocate for women's ...

  • Frontlines

    Movie

    Since March 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic has been pushing the limits of our healthcare system. The physical and emotional load placed on our healthcare workers has been massive. They were proclaimed to be heroes in our society. Frontlines follows three emergency room nurses as they use rock climbin...

  • Wild Water

    Movie

    Wild Water dives into Gaddings Dam's cold-water swimming community, home to the highest beach in England. The film focuses on how they use the restorative power of clean, cold water and the surrounding wild landscapes to reconnect with their mental health, identity, nature, and the wider communit...

  • Rakchham

    Movie

    Rakchham - Bridge Between Worlds. Ever since Bernd Zangerl started to climb he has been searching for the perfect line. In Rakchham he was once again hoping to find it. What he discovered was even better than that. For climbers, Rakchham is a playground with endless possibilities. Together with h...

  • An Endless Summer / Un Eté Sans Fin

    Movie

    In Marseille, there's the iconic Old Port, Notre-Dame de la Garde, and the renowned skatepark nicknamed "the Bowl" at the Prado. Since 1991, this skatepark has been more than just a place to ride; it's where generations of youth come together, sharing their passion for urban riding. Through perso...

  • Dear Governor Cuomo

    Movie

    A diverse coalition of musicians, scientists, and activists converged in Albany to protest against fracking as Governor Cuomo considered lifting the moratorium in New York. With less than a month to prepare, they crafted a unique event blending music and message to highlight the dangers of fracki...

  • Streets to the Peaks

    Movie

    12 young athletes changing the world, here to defy the odds and show that nothing is impossible. Only 43% of young people in inner cities complete the weekly recommendation of physical activity. This is reflected in the sport of trail running which is still largely the domain of middle-class whit...

  • Drop Zone Everest

    Movie

    Drop Zone Everest, by acclaimed filmmaker Dan Myrick (The Blair Witch Project), follows a team of former U.S. Special Operators as they skydive into Mt. Everest in honor of those lost during the Global War on Terror. Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the majestic Himalayan mountains, Drop ...

  • Turbidity

    Movie

    Turbidity: An Intimate Portrait of Environmental Disaster. An intimate and poetic perspective on one of Canada's largest environmental disasters at the Mt. Polley mine near Quesnel lake BC. Four unique individuals closely tied to this disaster share the memories that make them who they are today....

  • Learning to Weather the Storm

    Movie

    Learning to Weather the Storm is about a guided backpacking trip into a mountain wilderness in Wyoming. A group of people with very little in common, different experience levels, and age ranges can all be brought together through a shared experience in the wilderness. That’s the power of spending...

  • Swim Through

    Movie

    The story of Force Bleu's Inaugural Ocean Conservation School, the Gold Star children who participated and the Special Operations Veterans who served as their instructors. As part of an ongoing mission to educate and inspire the next generation of citizen scientists and marine conservationists — ...

  • The Invisible Path / Il Sentiero Invisibile

    Movie

    To get out of a dark period, a young musician and a group of boys with drug and alcohol addiction problems approach the mountains, discovering new inner paths. Eleonora is 17 years old and has a wonderful talent for the cello. She has to prepare for an event that will take her to the Musica sulle...

  • A Goal to Dream

    Movie

    A group of girls from remote north areas of Pakistan come together to form a football team and prove that sport can be a powerful tool to break gender barriers and make a huge change in the society. The girls face numerous adversities to achieve their dream: the creation of the first girls’ footb...

  • Dear President Biden

    Movie

    Our climate change can’t wait. As a candidate, Joe Biden called climate change an “existential threat” and promised the issue could be part of everything he did as a President. Two years in the office… How’s he doing? Front lines across the country weigh in and ask for the President’s help. We tr...

  • Bluetits

    Movie

    Bluetits is the documentary short and directing debut from celebrated Cornish photographer Katie Burdon. The film follows founder Sian Richardson and early members of the beloved swimming group BlueTits, a now 100,000 strong organisation. A journey of self discovery and pure joie de vivre, Blueti...

  • Swim Tuff

    Movie

    Ben Tuff found recovery from alcohol and mental illness in 2012. He is a record-holding ultramarathon swimmer who has created the movie Swim Tuff with Producer, Matt Corliss. Over ten years ago, Ben gave up the bottle and taught himself to swim. Swim Tuff captures Ben’s perseverance and joy in so...

  • Fight Story II

    Movie

    Fight Story Part 2 – The Fight Continues, is the sequel to last year’s hit documentary series Fight Story. In this latest instalment, you’ll be taken on an emotional journey into the lives of 5 different individuals who all overcame tremendous adversity with one common hero… Rocky Balboa! 5 peopl...

  • Walking the Good Path

    Movie

    Walking the Good Path shows that passion can bring balance and fulfillment. Three characters are highlighted: Roman Rohrmoser, a ski-freeride professional, Gerald Rosenkranz, a mountain bike and unicycle expert, and Jay Bearhead, a Canadian indigenous person who lost his cultural identity in resi...

  • Sheri

    Movie

    Sheri Tingey’s 60 year career as a woman who has defined the odds by starting a company at age 50 that has revolutionized the outdoor industry. The film is a story about the hurdles she overcame to launch the company, about the ways she hid from view so that people would judge the boats, not her ...

  • En Route

    Movie

    Children never expect their parents to separate, and there is no one to teach them how to navigate and adjust to spending time with a single parent. This film documents the Anderson’s family adventurous family tradition: a surf trip to Devon. In the age of permanent screen addiction and distracti...

  • Below Surface

    Movie

    Below Surface follows longboard surfer Lucy Small as she grasps the baton from the renegades who fought for equal opportunity in the world of surfing decades before her. After winning a surf competition in Sydney’s Northern Beaches in 2021, and receiving a prize of less than half the male divisio...

  • Normal People Would Drive

    Movie

    A team of middle-aged women, who have never considered themselves athletes, head to the remote Australian outback to test their physical and mental limits in a desert ultramarathon. Back-of-pack endurance athlete, Cath, has found training for and taking part in ultramarathons to be life-changing....

  • The Sailor

    Movie

    What is the price of freedom? Paul Johnson sailed the world all his life. He loved, drank and lived foolish, never truly living on land. Now he is turning eighty. Both him and his boat are unfit to sail. He drinks a liter of vodka a day and contemplates his life, his death. What is at the end of ...