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Mountainfilm on Tour 2024: Adventure Shorts Program

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Mountainfilm on Tour 2024: Adventure Shorts Program

Sat, January 27
4:00 pm
- 6:00 pm

$5 – $10

Time

Sat, January 27, 2024 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Pricing

$5 student ticket, $10 general admission/adult ticket, $45 Festival Pass, $25 Student Festival Pass

Resources

Mountainfilm

Location

Gorton Center – John & Nancy Hughes Theater
400 E. Illinois Road Lake Forest, IL 60045
Gorton Center and Lake Forest Open Lands present… Adventure Shorts!

The Mountainfilm on Tour: Adventure Shorts program provides an eclectic mix of stories about appreciating the natural world and competing in extreme sport. Like any great adventure, the program has its share of grueling climbs and breathtaking descents, as well as more contemplative moments that focus on the beauty of the wild. It’s a program that’s sure to bring out the nature lover and thrill seeker in all of us!

Adventure Shorts films:

Tear Down The City

Mountain biker Xavier Massicotte tears around the streets, stairs, parks and subways of Montreal in this fast-paced, flowy adventure.
Canada/ Duration: 5 min
Directed by: Hugo Dubé-Bouchard

 

Lightfall: A Journey in Photography with Sterling Lorence

Lightfall shares the story of legendary mountain bike photographer Sterling Lorence and his process to get the perfect shot in the dank and misty mountains of Vancouver’s legendary North Shore, with riders Jackson Goldstone and Brett Rheeder.
Canada/ Duration: 14 min
Directed by: Colin Jones

 

 

Walking on Clouds

Walking on Clouds reveals the breathtaking and dizzying highline crossing between two hot air balloons above the city of Praia Grande, Santa Catarina, Brazil. At 1,901 meters off the ground, athlete Rafael Bridi achieved the highest highline record in the world.
Brazil/ Duration: 7 min
Directed by: Renan Kamizi

 

 

Somos

Through remarkable imagery of raw and remote environments, the experience of being human in wild places is told by two snowboard mountaineers as they embark on a month-long expedition deep in the Alaskan backcountry.
USA, Chile/ Duration: 15 min
Directed by: Rafael Pease

 

The Wild Within

This film explores the importance of our connection to nature and finding your true self through adventures in Churchill, Canada. Through this exploration, one can discover who you really want to be in this world.
USA/ Duration: 3 min
Directed by: Logan Lambert

 

The Nine Wheels

Mountain bike stars of the future, Emric (10) and Raoul (13) are home-schooled by their parents Toni and Laetitia. They are the Schneeberger family, aka The Nine Wheels. They live in their motorhome going from bike park to bike park across Europe, a decision prompted by the discovery of a neurodegenerative disease in Laetitia. The Nine Wheels explores what it is like to live with a disability, the power of brotherly love, the devotion of parents, and ultimately, what it is like to live life fully one day at a time.
UK, Spain/ Duration: 22 min
Directed by: Santiago Burin des Roziers

 

Miles to Go

In 2022 alone there have been over 300 anti-LGBTQ+ bills proposed in various states across the country. Refusing to sit idly by, trans trail runner Perry Cohen (he/him) formed a team of fellow runners, who identify as trans men, with an aim to compete in trail races in states proposing and passing oppressive legislation. Miles to Go follows their journey into the world of trail running, where they find the freedom to be themselves.
USA/ Duration: 8 min
Directed by: James Saunders

 

Georgia Astle: Flip the Switch

Mountain biker Georgia Astle explores what can happen when you’re able to silence your thoughts and put matter over mind to achieve great things.
Canada/ Duration: 3 min
Directed by: Scott Secco

 

Queens of the Break

Shot almost entirely on 16mm, Queens of the Break gives credit to the first generation of women in the Santa Barbara Surf Club and their friendship that has spanned over 50 years.

USA/ Duration: 7 min
Directed by: Jordyn Romero & Jo Anna Edmison

Well Worn Life with Dani Reyes-Acosta

Well Worn Life is a short documentary film series that reveals the recipes of outdoor-minded individuals who love life deeply and live it to the fullest extent. Dani Reyes-Acosta is a mountain athlete, land cultivator and storyteller whose path consistently seeks the limits of possibility. Reyes-Acosta is constantly moving through the landscapes of Southwest Colorado — by bike, on foot, on splitboard and clinging to the side of a boulder — to see where she fits into it.
USA/ Duration: 6 min
Directed by: Daniel Mitchell & Trent Sugg

 

A Baffin Vacation

Erik Boomer and Sarah McNair-Landry set off on a bold, multi-sport, 45-day expedition traveling through the remote landscape of Baffin Island in search of cliffs to climb and unexplored rivers to whitewater kayak.
USA, Canada/ Duration: 13 min
Directed by: Sarah McNair-Landry & Erik Boomer

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Details

Date:
Sat, January 27
Time:
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Cost:
$5 – $10
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Venue

Gorton Center – John & Nancy Hughes Theater
400 E. Illinois Road
Lake Forest, IL 60045 United States