Held each year on the last weekend of January, Mountainfilm on Tour is one of the highlights of our cinematic year. In 2024, the festival will take place on January 26th and 27th. Mountainfilm travels year-round and worldwide with a selection of current and best-loved films from the annual festival in Telluride. This year’s program features a full-length award-winning film Deep Rising, a series of Family-Friendly short films for all ages, the adrenaline-focused and exhilarating Adventure Shorts, and the much anticipated Indomitable Spirit Medley of the festival’s finest films that capture stories of those who did not give up, back down, or let their challenges define them.

Plan Ahead: Enjoy WINTERFEST as part of your ticket & get the full Mountainfilm on Tour experience – Après ski style!In the Stuart Ski Lodge:Friday 6:00-7:00Saturday 5:00-7:00 (Food trucks on site)

As part of your Mountainfilm experience you have full access to our “Stuart Ski Lodge” where you’ll find a cozy ski-chic ambience, plenty of seating to enjoy food and drink, and live acoustic music by Dave Hiltebrand. Lake Bluff brewery will be on site both Friday and Saturday nights with craft brews, shot-“skis” and specialty “ski-style” cocktails. And enjoy the addition of food trucks on Saturday after the shorts and before the medley!  So don your coolest après apparel and hang around and enjoy!

Purchase a Festival Pass and see all Mountainfilm on Tour films!

Learn more about festival screenings:

Fri. January 26 @ 7 PM – Deep Rising

Produced and narrated by Hollywood’s Aquaman Jason Momoa, Deep Rising illuminates the vital relationship between the deep ocean and sustaining life on Earth. Closely paralleled with the development of seabed mining startup The Metals Company, the film follows the organization in its early stages as it pursues funding, public favor and permission from the International Seabed Authority to mine wide swaths of the Pacific Ocean floor. The deep intonation of Momoa’s narration pulls us into the question of the hour: is opening up our earth’s last untouchable wilderness, the deep ocean, really the solution to our supply crisis, or is it yet another misplaced step on humanity’s unstoppable march toward self-destruction?

Sat. January 27 @ 2 PM – All Ages Shorts

The Mountainfilm: All Ages Shorts program offers a selection of exciting short films that are suitable for all ages.The program offers an eclectic mix of films about extreme sports, nature, and animals. Bring the whole family along for a memorable experience.

Sat. January 27 @ 4 PM – Adventure Shorts

The Mountainfilm: Adventure Shorts program provides an adrenaline rush 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.

Sat. January 27 AT 7 PM – Indomitable Spirit Medley

Exciting social impact stories that include hiking, climbing, skiing, all in one program! This collection of short films tells stories of those who did not give up, back down, or let their challenges define them. Come enjoy an eclectic film program right here in our John and Nancy Hughes Theater!

This series is co-presented with Lake Forest Open Lands Association and is supported by the Butler Family Foundation and The Community Church of Lake Forest and Lake Bluff.