IN-PERSON
One pass to experience every in-person show — unlimited nights of films, stories, and adventure.
In Theater
Feb 27 — Mar 11 / 2026
EARLY BIRD
Price range: $99.00CAD through $119.00CAD
*Limited availability. Prices increase Feb 1, 2026. Does not include workshops or onlines shows.
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- What It Takes: Expedition Unfiltered
IN-PERSON
Centennial Theatre
Friday Feb 27 / 2026
7:00pm
Films from home and afar, punishing peaks, dramatic descents, plus moments to ponder the world around us.
Opening Night brings audiences together for a shared start to the festival, featuring a dynamic mix of films that move between challenge, humour, and human connection. It’s a fan-favourite evening designed to be experienced in the room, together, as VIMFF 2026 begins.
- Photo Courtesy of Lynn Hill
IN-PERSON
Centennial Theatre
Saturday Feb 28 / 2026
7:00pm
Big Wall climbing stories that will inspire, excite and ignite!
This special climbing night pairs films with a live presentation from Lynn Hill, one of the most influential climbers in history. Together, the stories explore big walls, family, competition, and a career that reshaped what was thought achievable in climbing.
- Mountain Of Mystery
IN-PERSON
Centennial Theatre
Sunday Mar 1 / 2026
7:00pm
A fan-favourite show packed with raw emotion, deep winter, and unforgettable stories.
A high-energy snowsports night featuring skiing, riding, and winter travel. These films move between humour, hardship, partnership, and ambition, capturing the many ways people engage with winter and why they keep returning to snow-covered mountains.
- Climbing Through
IN-PERSON
Evergreen Cultural Centre - Coquitlam
Monday Mar 2 / 2026
7:00pm
Adventure changes BUT the drive to explore remains.
Adventure doesn’t stay the same forever. This program explores how it evolves across generations, disciplines, and life stages. From chasing podiums to raising kids on big walls and returning to wild places with longtime partners, these films reflect how commitment, curiosity, and purpose deepen over time.
- Sophie Lavaud – The Final Summit
IN-PERSON
The Cinematheque
Monday Mar 2 / 2026
7:00pm
Rewriting mountaineering history through the bold, enduring stories of women climbers.
This mountaineering program highlights women whose contributions span generations of alpine history. Through film and live conversation, the night explores endurance, ambition, and the lasting impact of women who climbed despite limited recognition or support.
- K2 – Chasing Shadows
IN-PERSON
Double Program
The Cinematheque
Tuesday Mar 3 / 2026
6:30pm
A solitary, oxygen-free attempt on K2 that becomes a reckoning with ambition itself.
This feature film follows Benjamin Védrines on a fast, oxygen-free ascent of K2. As speed and danger intensify, the climb turns inward, revealing obsession, vulnerability, and the psychological cost of chasing meaning at the world’s sharpest edge.
- A Baffin Vacation: Love on Ice
IN-PERSON
Double Program
The Cinematheque
Tuesday Mar 3 / 2026
8:30pm
Journey with us through icebound landsacpes.
A two film feature that focuses on extended expiditions through icebound and polar landscapes. These films follow teams moving carefully through remote terrain, where trust, endurance, and shared responsibility shape every decision along the way.
- A Baffin Vacation: Love on Ice
IN-PERSON
Evergreen Cultural Centre - Coquitlam
Tuesday Mar 3 / 2026
7:00pm
A wide-ranging collection of films exploring identity, risk, resilience, and life in the mountains.
Spanning freeride, alpinism, expedition travel, and personal storytelling, these films move between history, home, loss, creativity, and long-held dreams. Together, they reflect the many ways people navigate challenge, find meaning, and remain deeply connected to the mountain landscapes that shape their lives.
- Escape
IN-PERSON
Double Program
The Cinematheque
Wednesday Mar 4 / 2026
6:30pm
Stories of movement that ask why we keep going, long after the goal disappears.
Across cycling and running, these endurance films move beyond competition and results. They follow athletes revisiting defining moments, questioning motivation, and discovering why forward motion still matters when performance fades and personal meaning takes its place.
- Run Again
IN-PERSON
Double Program
The Cinematheque
Wednesday Mar 4 / 2026
8:30pm
Starting again, moving differently, and redefining what progress means.
This follow-up endurance program explores unconventional relationships with running and movement. Through stories of return, reinvention, and curiosity, the films reflect on aging, second chances, and how ideas of progress change across a lifetime.
- Fifty-Fifty
IN-PERSON
Double Program
Rio Theatre
Wednesday Mar 4 / 2026
6:00pm
Beyond summits, climbing journeys that explore identity, partnership, and inner terrain
A night that pairs films with a live presentation from Sarah Hueniken. Together, the stories explore partnership, self-reflection, and moments where climbing becomes a space for questioning identity rather than chasing achievement.
- Photo Courtesy of Kevin Vallely
IN-PERSON
Double Program
Rio Theatre
Wednesday Mar 4 / 2026
8:30pm
What it takes to stay committed to big goals over a lifetime.
This program brings together two films and a live speakers to explore ambition, endurance, and collaboration, tracing how relationships and creative partnerships shift while working toward goals that unfold slowly over time.
- The Anti Expedition
IN-PERSON
Double Program
The Cinematheque
Thursday Mar 5 / 2026
6:30pm
Rethinking how we move through high places and why it matters.
Let’s come together to examine how people travel, climb, and engage with mountain environments. Our collection of films durring this show will invite reflection on responsibility, impact, and the choices we make when moving through places that demand care and respect.
- Loving Karma
IN-PERSON
Double Program
The Cinematheque
Thursday Mar 5 / 2026
8:30pm
Starting again, moving differently, and redefining what progress means.
A two film feature that focuses on extended expiditions through icebound and polar landscapes. These films follow teams moving carefully through remote terrain, where trust, endurance, and shared responsibility shape every decision along the way.
- Old Man Lightning
IN-PERSON
Rio Theatre
Thursday Mar 5 / 2026
7:00pm
Rebellious climbing stories linking youthful defiance with legendary, laugh-out-loud comebacks.
From “young” climbers challenging the system to bouldering legend John “Verm” Sherman chasing a comeback… we’ll explore conversations around longevity and why the drive to climb never fades.
- The Search for Milliseconds
IN-PERSON
Centennial Theatre
Friday Mar 6 / 2026
7:00pm
From Gravity to Grit: Mountain Biking Without Limits
Freeride creativity, downhill racing, adaptive riding, and women reshaping sport collide! Through powerful films and conversation with Colin Jones, this evening celebrates progression, inclusion, and the freedom found on two wheels.
- Trans-Taiga
IN-PERSON
Rio Theatre
Friday Mar 6 / 2026
7:00pm
Climate, loss, and hope.
Deeply human environmental stories; from wildfire loss, melting glaciers, patient wildlife observation, and hopeful scientific inquiry. This evenings program seeks to elevate the conversation around climate change and how we can move forward in a changing world.
- Forward
IN-PERSON
The Cinematheque
Friday Mar 6 / 2026
7:00pm
When the mountains stop being an escape and start asking harder questions.
A collection of films that presents deeply personal stories where adventure intersects with mental health, trauma, and disability. These films explore moments when returning to the mountains is less about escape and more about reflection and reckoning.
- Photo Courtesy of Elia Saikaly
IN-PERSON
Rio Theatre
Saturday Mar 7 / 2026
7:00pm
High-altitude stories of consequence and resilience.
Led by Elia Saikaly, this evening confronts the realities of extreme mountaineering at the highest altitudes. From life-altering injury and recovery to oxygenless ambition on K2, these stories examine consequence, adaptation, and the mindset required to keep going when everything is at stake.
- The Last Expedition
IN-PERSON
Rio Theatre
Saturday Mar 7 / 2026
2:00pm
Polish mountain stories where ambition meets consequence and legacies are shaped.
Presented by the Polish Consulate, this show brings together a live presentation by Peter Chrzanowski—reflecting on a lifetime of risk, creativity, and near-misses—and the feature documentary The Last Expedition, which investigates the life and disappearance of legendary Polish mountaineer Wanda Rutkiewicz.
IN-PERSON
Kay Meek Arts Centre
Monday Mar 9 / 2026
7:00pm
When adventure grows up but never quite settles down.
These films follow athletes and creatives as their lives evolve alongside their ambitions. From lifelong friendships and family expeditions to returning home, loss, and big questions in the mountains, the stories reveal how adventure changes with time — without ever losing its pull.
- My Ride Or Die
IN-PERSON
Howe Sound Brewing - Squamish
Tuesday Mar 10 / 2026
7:00pm
Easygoing, social film night set in a pub atmosphere.
Featuring a mix of mountain stories, the evening is designed for conversation, connection, and enjoying films in a relaxed community atmosphere.
- Girl Climber
IN-PERSON
Eagle Eye Theatre - Squamish
Wednesday Mar 11 / 2026
7:00pm
This film-focused showcase of bike and climbing stories.
From big walls, freeride creativity, to family adventures, and progression on rock and trail, our curated collection of films brings a range of placesa and perspectives to our community in squamish for an evening of inspired mountain storytelling.
VIMFF 2026
Online
Stream the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival worldwide March 14–April 11. Watch a curated selection of mountain films on your own schedule, wherever you are. Gather your people, settle in, and spend time with stories that stay with you.