This program include seven (7) short films! Please click through the films on the right to see details about each one.

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 with a new outlook and facing a new set of challenges. In a moment of redemption, Trevor hits a backcountry jump for the first time since his injury, redefining his perspectives on his injury, mobility, and life. Director's Bio:<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/6995b7408d12a119502b28561cd9072c.jpg" width="150" style="display: inline; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 1em 1em;">Josh started his career in the New York City production scene while earning a degree in Film Studies and Photography from Dartmouth College, from which he graduated with honors in 2001. When a knee injury sidetracked Josh’s pursuit of skiing professionally he stepped behind the lens and founded Level 1 as a vehicle through which to produce his first films. Josh forged his own path following the snow to Colorado and has been shooting, producing, directing, and editing ski films and outdoor commercial work over the past two decades for clients around the globe. His filmography includes 20 feature length films and hundreds of shorts.

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 Liza Dietzen has dreamt of competing as a dog sledder since learning about the Iditarod in kindergarten. Ever since, she's dedicated the majority of her life to raising and caring for her sled dog team, fostering a deep bond built on mutual trust. In her words, “To see 12 to 16 different personalities [of the sled team] all coming together, and you’re a part of that, it’s hard to put into words exactly what it means to you…it’s magical.” We follow Liza and her team's journey to compete in the UP 200, a qualifying race for the Iditarod. Director's Bio:As the founder of Taproot Pictures, Michigan-based filmmaker Karl Koelling works on a variety of projects for commercial and brand clients in order to “help people and brands share meaningful ideas — through film.”

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 In 1972 due to the enactment of Title 9, college women all over the United States jumped at the chance to FINALLY be able to establish Varsity Women’s sports teams. This is one team’s story. Director's Bio:<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/bcb8908b0e518d63dbcc7b9fd53b09ec.jpg" width="125" style="display: inline; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 1em 1em;">Jane Musky is an accomplished Production Designer in the film industry. She directed and produced this film based on her own experience as a member of one of the first nationally ranked Woman’s Crew teams in the United States, formed in the 1970’s due to the passage of Title 9.

NINE

Watch 9 women begin the change for Women athletes in University sports across the USA.

FREEDOM WILD: THE WESTERN WILDERNESS Two students backpack into the Klamath Basin of Southern Oregon in search of the Pika and alpine trout. Armed with camera gear and fishing poles, they set out to explore the wilderness and all that resides in it. Directors' Bio: <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/6dce5c3eede41a9aaf9601cbc577295f.jpg" width="225" style="display: inline; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 1em 1em;">Kaden Swart and Zak Fletcher are two 21 year old's from Oregon. They explore the west, and both have immense passions for the environment and everything that it represents. Kaden Swart is an Environmental Science major with a love for every art that exits, and holds a strong creative freedom in everything that he captures. Zak Fletcher is a Business Major who has a strong passion for the wild, motorcycles, and surfing. He follows his passions in how recreation and the environment interconnect.&nbsp;&nbsp;

FREEDOM WILD: THE WESTERN WILDERNESS

Two students unknowingly find one of the most adorable mammals in North America.

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. <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/234307e2c97f4cd876e04c3c949c5d27.jpg" width="130" style="display: inline; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 1em 1em;">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.

BEKOJI 100

The stories of Desta and Zabu, two adolescent female runners from Bekoji, Ethiopia.

STRINGBEAN The story of ultrarunner Joe McConaughy as he attempts to break the speed record on the Appalachian Trail. It takes most hikers 5-6 months to complete the 2,190-mile-long trail, but in the summer of 2017, Joe set out to hike it in 45 days. Because of the restrictions of self-supported FKT’s, Joe was responsible for filming the entire documentary himself. This condition means that STRINGBEAN offers a raw look at life on the trail from Joe’s perspective, as he tries to hike 50 miles a day for 45 consecutive days on America's most iconic long trail.

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 The events at the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics — like the Four Man Carry and the Knuckle Hop — won’t be familiar to most Americans in the Lower 48. But they are both rooted in traditional Eskimo culture and pure Americana. “The native games, they keep us going every single year, and it’s something fun. We are connecting Western civilization with our ancestry,” one of the athletes explains. Director's Bio:<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/a715a496dfe7e4812f3d957e1d6fb74a.jpg" width="150" style="display: inline; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 1em 1em;">Armed with a master’s degree from the Harvard Extension School, award-winning filmmaker Nicholas Natale has an eye for, and understanding of, the technical sides of his profession. He serves as the media technician at Harvard’s department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies, and when he’s not at work, he’s most often traveling or skiing.

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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