Beyond the Green Veil sets to explore the juxtaposition between backcountry recreation and the access the logging industry provides. Most outdoor enthusiasts are also environmentalists, caring deeply for the natural world and the locations. However, access to these spots is dictated by a necessary but destructive logging industry.
Michael Darling, a professional surfer, explores this idea, linking up with professional backcountry skier, Chris Rubens, and snowboarder, Timmy Taussig. They understand each other’s worlds by means of an eight-day camping and touring trip in the Selkirk mountains and a surf trip to the west coast of Vancouver Island. Without shying away from the reality, what they learn challenges audiences and recreationists to contemplate their own role in shaping the future of our environment.
Drew Austin is a cinematographer and director specializing in immersive action sports films, music videos, commercials and docs. He is dedicated to organic moments by putting himself in the right place at the right time. Hailing from Tofino, BC, Drew spends the majority of his time chasing professional surfers around the whole of Vancouver Island. Constantly in awe of his surroundings, Drew’s new mission is to help preserve the beauty of the natural world through his work, by combining his degree in Environmental Sciences with his love for film. For him, film is not only an artistic expression, but a medium to do good.
Elena Jean is an award-winning filmmaker specialising in documentary, natural history, outdoor and dramedy stories. In a time of widely felt isolation, fear and disconnect, Elena aims to inspire a renewed sense of adventure, hope and curiosity. She does this by combining research-backed ideas with wild creativity, documentary and fiction, in explorative, playful, character-driven and genre-defying films and writing. Elena’s home is British Columbia, where she finds herself constantly inspired by the world around her; and, often reading, running, surfing, diving or learning some new, obscure skill such as nunchucking.
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