Outdoor Adventure
SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Eight Short Films for your enjoyment and thrills. Total Run Time is 77:15 mins.
SAISONS
'SAISONS' is a tribute to the grandiose and mystical landscapes of the Massif Central, an immaculate place located in the middle of France. From winter to spring, from summer to autumn, athletes practice their own disciplines in a wild and singular environment. Whether it's on snow, land, water or in the air, they do it without any concession, in a full commitment.
13:16 mins
About the director
Hugo Manhes, MadCow, has directed many short films. He is known for directing LA TORCHE, which was a Vimeo Staff Pick and played in twenty festivals around the world. He is also known for his work as a director on the film TRAJECTOIRES, which was also a Vimeo Staff Pick.
Bermudian Hunter
Bermudian Hunter takes us on a journey hunting the treacherous reefs of Bermuda, where the risk is worth the reward.
6:08 mins
About the director
Curtis Albucher - I have dedicated myself to world of cinematography, editing and producing, with a special focus on player profiles and in depth story telling within the world of sports. This documentary style of filmmaking led to a Mid-Atlantic Sports Emmy. I have collaborated with a variety of commercial, editorial and documentary clients to create truly unique stories told through the art of cinema. Behind the lens, I am a avid outdoorsman with a passion for extreme sports and I am currently pursuing underwater camera operating. With a decade worth of production experience I am always looking for the next adventure.
Jackson Hole Mountain Guides
In their own words, meet the veteran team of Jackson Hole Moutain Guides. For the past 15 years, we’ve partnered with Jackson Hole Mountain Guides to put our apparel and equipment to the test on the Grand Teton. This past summer, we sent our product team out with the Guides to test our upcoming Spring 2019 line.
4:00 mins
About the director
Cheyne Lempe is one of those hybrid climber-videographer types, most often found with a harness on his waist and a camera in his pack. Lempe grew up in the suburbs of Denver where he was introduced to climbing in his high school's adventure education class.
PARADICE
A journey into frozen waterfalls. In winter, the Alps turn into a paradise for top alpine sport. Huge waterfalls freeze to ice and leave unique formations. Paradice shows three of the most beautiful Swiss ice climbing tours from an unusual perspective. A film about risk, responsibility and the beauty of nature.
18:00 mins
Directed by
Daniel Bleuer, Jonas Schild, and Nicolas Hojac
Dee Molenaar | My Friends Were Mountaineers
A living alpine legend and prolific artist revisits his favorite mountain on his 100th birthday.
14:50 mins
About the director
Eric Becker is an Emmy Award-winning director based in Idaho. Eric’s work strives to communicate issues of social justice, conservation, human rights, and adventure. His pieces have been seen in festivals, on television, and online. His first feature film, Return to Mt. Kennedy (2018) won a series of festival awards in the US and Europe and will be released Fall 2019 by 1091 Media.
Recycled To Ride
'Recycled to Ride' features Korey Nolan, a local New Hampshire surfer and surf crafter. Nolan has blended his love of surfing with his passion for environmental advocacy to create sustainable, creative surf craft that inspires change. Along with his sustainable fin brand hydrophile surfcraft, Nolan is well known for his surfboards made of recycled trash and discarded fishing gear. The boards have drawn nationwide attention, and Nolan hopes that seeing them in the lineup at local beaches helps spread awareness of the need to protect our ecosystems in order to continue doing what we love the most in the outdoors.
4:22 mins
About the director
Anna Burns is a New England based documentary filmmaker and photographer with a passion for character-driven adventure, conservation, and sports storytelling. Growing up in coastal Maine, Anna has always had a love for the outdoors. Combining this with a background in Division 1 athletics Anna strives to capture the passionate, driven spirit of athletes, adventurers and activists in a creative and artistic way.
Belgium Wilderness
In this short film of 2 minutes and thirty seconds, entirely shot in Belgium, I tell, with poetry and sensiblity, the way I appreciate Nature and wild Belgium landscapes. The ones which people don’t always suspect but in which I like spotting all these natural beauties and wealth which enrich me and make me a happy man. Indeed, you don’t need to go far to see beautiful things, and above all, to live extraordinary adventures…
2:30
About the director
No doubt to have about Sebastien Pins’s commitment to nature, he has proved it. Fascinated by the beauty, the fragility and the mysteries of nature, Sebastien Pins has been interested in photography very early. Today, because of his attachment to the natural patrimony of the Ardennes and of his inhabitants, he tries, through his films, to reconcile Man with Nature by inviting the spectator to act positively in favor of the preservation of tomorrow’s world. In 2012 he made a short film called : “My Forest”, in which he succeeded to attract, with emotion and sensibility, strong moments, through a 3-year-old boy’s eyes. This short film was rewarded over and over again, in particular by the United Nationsin Istanbul “Forum on Forest”. It was selected in more than 100 festivals, among them the “Oscar ™ nominating festival”. His work is backed up by iconic personalities like Hubert Reeve, Marion Cotillard, Ségolène Royal, UNO, Frédérique Back, Tanguy Dumortier, Thierry Machado, Benjamin Stassen, etc. In 2014 he made the short film “A Passion of Gold and Fire,” telling us about a beekeeper’s concerns for the future of his Apiary School. This tribute to the beekeeper soon raised a worldwide success and was selected in numerous and famous festivals like the “Oscar ™ nominating Festival”. Mr Pins graduated in The Institute of Arts and Broadcasting. In 2015 he began the shooting of a short fiction film about a logger and his workhorse. He aimed at letting know and praising the work of these men, who contributed to the health and saveguard of our forests through centuries.
Nubivagant
In the summer of 2018, an American climbing team completed a free ascent of the Pico Cão Grande tower in São Tomé & Principe. The trip was documented through photos and video.
14:50 mins
About the director
Jacob Kupferman is a professional sports photographer, covering both organized sports teams and outdoor athletes. He regularly photographs the NFL, NHL, NBA, and several NCAA Division I College Football and Basketball teams. He has been published by Sports Illustrated, ESPN, CBS, NBC, and several other newspapers and media outlets. In addition to covering sports, he regularly documents and covers adventure athletes and their pursuits. Examples of his outdoors photography projects include a promotional video for the Dartmouth Outdoors Club and a short rock climbing film following two climbers in Morocco. He has also completed commercial work for outdoors brands such as Black Diamond and Merrell.