BANFF Mountain Film Festival World Tour

March 5: Crevasse

Jaunt- USA, 2025, 4 min | Director: Daniel Mitchell| Producers: Blk Elk, Neiagha Thomas | Advisory: No advisory
In a stark warehouse office, Justice is weighed down by mounting deadlines and an endless to-do list. But every day, he finds escape in a one-hour ritual that reignites his spirit.

Bridgers- USA, 2025, 12 min | Director: Joseph Fletcher | Producers: Second Original, Joseph Fletcher | Advisory: No advisory
Two Bozeman-based ski patrollers reflect on the rapid changes facing their home and the sport they love. With 50 seasons under his belt, Dene Brandt regards the future with an optimism that infects his younger co-worker.

Beyond Parallels- Canada, 2025, 45 min | Directors: Ariane Moisan, Laurent Poliquin | Producer: Charlène Brochu | Advisory: Coarse language
After crossing Canada from North to South in 2021, the adventurers of AKOR expeditions set out on a new challenge: a crossing of the Canadian Far North from West to East, from the Yukon to Baffin Island. A 6,900-kilometre journey by bike, canoe, sailboat, and on foot.

One Step Ahead- Canada, 2025, 14 min | Director: Anthony Bonello | Producers: Blank Collective Films, Alexi Godbout | Advisory: Coarse language
After losing his leg in an accident, Norwegian skier Bernt Marius gets back to doing what he loves best: skiing big lines in the Sunnmøre Alps.

Trail to Bayanihan- Canada, 2025, 22 min | Director: Cat Aeppel | Producers: Steelhead Marketing, Martin Faubert-Smith | Advisory: No advisory
Sam pedals through diverse landscapes in the Philippines, celebrating the joy of biking and the power of community. Riding with local groups like the Baguio crew, she discovers how biking bridges distances, connects cultures, and transforms her search for heritage into a celebration of shared humanity.

Reel Rock: Riders on the Storm- USA, 2025, 28 min | Director: Josh Lowell | Producers: Reel Rock, Josh Lowell, Halle Johns | Advisory: Coarse language; Nudity
Big wall climber Siebe Vanhee enlists Drew Smith and fellow Belgian countrymen Nico Favresse and Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll to attempt the first free ascent of the elusive Riders on the Storm route on the East Face of Patagonia’s Torre Central.

March 6: Icefall

Rogatkin- Switzerland, 2024, 15 min | Director: Keenan DesPlanques | Producer: Keenan DesPlanques | Advisory: No advisory
From the highs to lows, Nicholi Rogatkin has changed the sport of slopestyle mountain biking
with countless world-first tricks. Through a 20- year career of pushing the sport, he has been
a positive inspiration for his community.

A Sense of Fight- Australia, 2025, 2 min | Director: Matt Raimondo | Producer: Matt Raimondo | Advisory: Coarse language
Callan Blanchknox reflects on the deeper meaning of climbing—beyond strength, it’s about movement, connection, and the sense of fight it brings—all while tackling the first ascent of an epic upside-down cave traverse.

The Finisher: Jasmin Paris and the Barkley Marathons- USA, 2025, 47 min | Directors: Julia Marie Campanelli, Drew Darby | Producers: Singletrack LLC, Finn Alexander Melanson, Robert Fisher | Advisory: No advisory
The Finisher follows ultrarunner Jasmin Paris as she takes on the notorious Barkley Marathons, attempting to become the first woman to ever complete the race in its 38-year history. Through past failures and relentless perseverance, Paris pushes the limits of endurance and possibility.

That One Friend- USA, 2025, 9 min | Directors: Sara Beam Robbins, Grant Robbins | Producers: The Road West Traveled, Sara Beam Robbins, Grant Robbins | Advisory: Coarse language
Professional backcountry skier Sierra Schlag has built a career around focus, grit, and always chasing the next big line. She takes her job, and her skiing, seriously. But when Waverly Chin—aka Waves—her funky, free-spirited best friend shows up with snacks and silliness, it’s reminder not to take life (or skiing) too seriously.

The Book of George- USA, 2025, 15 min | Director: Danny Schmidt | Producers: Pure Gold Pictures, Danny Schmidt, George McKenzie Jr, Clay Barron | Advisory: Coarse language
From Brooklyn’s concrete jungle to the heart of the Everglades, meet George McKenzie Jr., a Black photographer transforming his lens into a beacon of change. Swapping the weight of a gun for the promise of a camera, George found his calling amid nature’s raw grandeur, capturing everything from city pigeons and rats to elusive panthers.

Arctic Alchemy- USA, 2024, 29 min | Directors: Colin Arisman, Zeppelin Zeerip | Producers: Field
Work Creative, Wild Confluence, Zeppel Zeerip, Colin Arisman | Advisory: Coarse language
Traveling by packraft and foot through Alaska’s mighty Brooks Range, Roman Dial and his team have a goal of finding the source of a mysterious phenomenon poisoning watersheds in the Arctic. Along the journey, Roman reckons with fatherhood, personal tragedy, and the power of wilderness to both break us and bring us fully alive.

March 7: Moraine

Cold Calls – Japan- USA, 2025, 6 min | Director: Alexi Godbout | Producers: Blank Collective Films, Alexi Godbout | Advisory: Coarse language
Cold Calls is a ski film pieced together through conversations, memories, and whatever the season decided to offer!

The Hive Architect- UK, 2025, 12 min | Director: Max Weston | Producers: Fera, Sidney Hiscox | Advisory: Coarse language
For the last 14 years Matt Somerville has spent the winters creating his log hives before driving around all of England in the summer, erecting them as non-intervention habitats for wild honey bees.

Best Day Ever- USA, 2025, 47 min | Directors: Ben Knight, Berne Broudy | Producers: Richmond
Mountain Trails, Berne Broudy | Advisory: Coarse language
*2025 Best Film: Mountain Sports, 2025 Audience Choice Award
Best Day Ever follows the stories of adaptive mountain bikers Greg Durso and Allie Bianchi as they navigate the relentless challenges of their disabilities with humour and attitude. Along the way, they embrace the tremendous support, friendship, and joy they find in their rural Vermont riding community.

Deluge- Canada, 2025, 2 min | Director: Scott Secco | Producers: Scott Secco, Chris King | Advisory: No advisory
Georgia Astle, Casey Brown, Carson Storch, and Tom van Steenbergen battle the elements.

Dissidence- France, 2025, 34 min | Director: Rama Dio Syahputra | Producer: Rama Dio Syahputra | Advisory: No advisory
Two unexpected names are emerging on the stage of the climbing World Championships: Ravianto and Raviandi Ramadhan, twin brothers from Indonesia. With nothing but their own resources, Dissidence retraces their extraordinary journey, from the training walls of Jakarta to a climbing route in Savoie, France.

A Baffin Vacation, Love on Ice- Canada, 2025, 26 min | Directors: Rush Sturges, Skip Armstrong | Producers: River Roots, Rush Sturges, Sarah McNair-Landry, Erik Boomer | Advisory: Coarse language; Nudity
Join adventurers Erik and Sarah on yet another outrageous Baffin Vacation as they kiteski north along the remote coastline of Baffin. Over their 69-day holiday, they ski mountains, climb an epic big wall, and cross a glacier in search of new rivers to whitewater kayak.