Tarfala
BC PREMIERE
Director: Johannes Östergård
Origin: Finland
Year of Production: 2017
Duration: 27 min
An old swedish man’s search for happiness alone in a small mountain cabin.
Becoming History
Director: Mike Douglas
Origin: Canada
Year of Production: 2017
Duration: 15 min
Twenty years ago the New Canadian Air Force and Salomon changed skiing forever with the release of the Teneighty ski. The original crew comes together in Whistler to celebrate the anniversary and look back at what has happened in the sport.
Imagination
WINNER: BEST CANADIAN FILM – VIMFF 2018
Director: Dave Mossop
Origin: Canada
Year of Production: 2017
Duration: 5 min
Have you ever been that little kid sitting in the back seat of your parents car, wishing you were somewhere else?
Ya Mas – Snowmads in Greece
BC PREMIERE
Director: Marco Freudenreich
Origin: Austria
Year of Production: 2017
Duration: 20 min
In January 2017 big mountain skier and adventurer Fabian Lentsch and his Snowmads Truck hit the road and headed to Greece, straight into the winter of the century in this Mediterranean country!
In Gora
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
Director: Andy Collet
Origin: France
Year of Production: 2017
Duration: 45 min
Riders from the Picture Family join Val and Tim, who define themselves as “a modern nomad couple”, for a road trip through Europe. Aboard their retrofitted American school bus that they have entirely renovated into a big campervan, Val and Tim travel the world and chase powder along the way.
Living With The Volcanoes
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
Director: Fulvio Mariani
Origin: Switzerland
Year of Production: 2015
Duration: 80 min
Crossing the Iranian mountains from west to east is just a pretext to discover unique landscapes and extraordinary people living in a unknown country.
A Skier’s Journey: Iran
Director: Jordan Manley
Origin: Canada
Year of Production: 2016
Duration: 13 min
Upon arriving in Iran, they are welcomed with profound warmth, stunned by the immense beauty of the landscape and culture. Threaded through Tehran’s bustling bazaars to Isfahan’s dazzling mosques, the two skiers get a glimpse at the complex dichotomy that divides public and private lives in Iran.
Inside Iran
Director: Puria Ravahi
Origin: Iran/Germany
Year of Production: 2017
Duration: 18 min
Three friends from Munich, Germany have different motivations to go to Iran. But they have one common target in mind – Mount Damavand.
Finding The Line
Director: Bjarne Salén
Origin: Australia
Year of Production: 2017
Duration: 16 min
In this short documentary, Olympian and X Games Slopestyle champion Anna Segal and her Freeride World Tour, big mountain skiing sister, Nat Segal, use their skiing to understand fear and how it manifests in the two siblings’ lives.
The Curve Of Time
WINNER: BEST ENVIRONMENTAL FILM – VIMFF 2018
Director: Jordan Manley
Origin: Canada
Year of Production: 2017
Duration: 23 min
Two veteran professional skiers contemplate the impact their love for adventure has on the very environment that sustains and fulfils them.