BendFilm Festival 2020

Outdoor Shorts

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8 films in package
DAY 1
Five years after breaking his back in a snowboarding accident and being left paralyzed from the waist down, Trevor Kennison returns to the backcountry for the first time and redefines his outlook on his injury, mobility, and life.
REI PRESENTS: 1000 MILE DREAM
A dogsled musher survives a life or death moment in 2016 and moves on to compete in a 200 mile Iditarod qualifying race.
NINE
Watch 9 women begin the change for Women athletes in University sports across the USA.
FREEDOM WILD: THE WESTERN WILDERNESS
Two students unknowingly find one of the most adorable mammals in North America.
BEKOJI 100
The stories of Desta and Zabu, two adolescent female runners from Bekoji, Ethiopia.
STRINGBEAN
In 2017, Joe McConaughy set out to break Karl Meltzer’s speed record on the 2190-mile-long Appalachian Trail.
GAMES OF SURVIVAL: A CULTURE PRESERVED IN ICE
A documentary film about the importance of keeping a community together by promoting sportsmanship during traditional native games.
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Q&A | Outdoor Shorts
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This program include seven (7) short films! Please click through the films on the right to see details about each one.

BEKOJI 100


Bekoji 100 explores the stories of Desta and Zabu, two adolescent female runners from Bekoji, Ethiopia who are supported by the Girls Gotta Run Foundation (GGRF). As they embark on completing the first-ever 100 mile, ultra relay race across Ethiopia alongside international runners and their GGRF teammates, they share their athletic ambitions and the trials they face as young women in their society.


Directors' Bio:

Julia Hanlon and Alistair Wilson are passionate about storytelling. Alistair is a documentary film director and producer whose films have won awards at the Ivy Film Festival and Virginia Film Festival. He is the co-founder of Canopy Films, a commercial and documentary production company. Julia is the host of The Running On Om Podcast, a top rated Health podcast on iTunes with over 220 interviews with women who have committed their lives to endurance sports and the outdoors and BEKOJI 100 is her first foray into film. Julia and Alistair met in high school and reconnected in 2017 to bring this film to life.

  • Runtime
    14 minutes
  • Language
    Amhari, English
  • Country
    Ethiopia
  • Premiere
    Northwest Premiere
  • Rating
    G
  • Director
    Alistair Wilson, Julia Hanlon
  • Producer
    Julia Hanlo, Kayla Nolan
  • Editor
    Alistair Wilson
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