Fall Series Live Artist | Elise Meakin
We are excited to announce our Fall Series guest artist: the talented Elise Meakin! She will be at all our October and November Fall Series shows at Centennial Theatre doing a live art piece inspired by our local trails and mountains, that will be auctioned off during the shows!
MINDVsMOUNTAIN | Meet The Team Breaking Mental Health Stigmas One Mountain Peak At A Time
Through the use of video, photography and public speaking, founders Brent Seal and James Frystak are exploring the parallels between climbing mountains and climbing out of mental health struggles. Their goal through MINDvsMOUNTAIN is to bring awareness and enable dialogue around mental health. Check out their interview with VIMFF as they embark on their next adventure to Nepal.
Trip Planning Tips from Martina & Tania Halik | Coast Mountain Epic
How do you prepare for a five and half month long ski traverse of the Coast Mountains of BC and Alaska? Check out some insights from Martina & Tania’s blog here and catch them live at the Ski Show this Fri, Feb 16 and at the Trip Planning Workshop, Sat, Feb 17 – both at Centennial Theatre.
Meet Painter Jessa Gilbert | Mountain Art & Photography Show
Jessa Gilbert has had a busy few months: completed a 2,400 & 600 sq ft mural, several live paintings (including at VIMFF this week!), selling new art pieces, prepping for multiple presentations (including at VIMFF tonight!), and guiding at the BaldFace lodge. Even with all this, she found time to sit down with VIMFF for an interview – read it here!
Meet Acrobat & Adventurer Kristina Engel | Broken Islands SUP Adventure Interview
Having been inspired by VIMFF in past years, Kristina Engel and her friends embarked on a 7 day SUP tour of the Broken Islands off the coast of Vancouver Island. They had some amazing experiences and will be sharing it on Sat, Feb 11 at the Rio Theatre!
Meet Singer-Songwriter & Adventurer Thorin Loeks | Mountain Melodies Show
Thorin Loeks has biked and canoed about 15,000 km across North America camping, busking, songwriting, journaling, and filming along way and ended up recording a couple albums during the winters inspired by these experiences. He will presenting (and performing!) on Sun, Feb 11 at the Cinematheque Theatre.
Help Us Save The Rio Theatre!
The Rio Theatre in Vancouver has been an important and valued theatre to VIMFF since February 2012, when we added the Rio to our venue list. The Rio Theatre is not only integral to VIMFF, but also to the community, but it is now at risk. Read more about their petiton and check our all the VIMFF 2018 shows at the Rio.
6 Brand New ‘Best of’ Shows
Want to enjoy some of this year’s top outdoor adventure films? Brand new for 2018, VIMFF ‘Best of’ shows are categorized by genre, and stacked with back-to-back, award-winning films.
10 Incredible Films You Won’t Want to Miss
The 21st annual VIMFF is bringing over 80 outstanding mountain films to Metro Vancouver this February. Here is a list of ten of our staff’s favourite film picks to get you started.
Best Mountain Photos | VIMFF 2017 Photography Competition Recap
Celebrating the best of mountain photography, the annual Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival (VIMFF) competition welcomes submissions from around the world.