THIS YEAR'S FILMS
Some films contain adult language
"Generations"
by Teton Gravity Research
World-renowned action sports filmmakers Teton Gravity Research is proud to introduce Generations, a short film on the consequences of Climate Change upon winter environments and snow culture. Presented by The North Face in partnership with the non-profit group Protect Our Winters, Generations discusses climate change through the perspectives of those for whom snowy winters have a deeper personal significance. Going beyond charts and numbers, Generations humanizes the debate on climate change by exploring the delicateness of winter and the intrinsic value of snow to people across generations and cultures.
Running Time: 17 minutes
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"Swift. Silent. Deep."
by Jon "JK" Klaczkiewicz and Troy Beauchamp
Swift Silent Deep is a documentary ski film about a revolutionary underground band of rebel skiers who called themselves the Jackson Hole Air Force. Swift Silent Deep opens the book on a notorious group of hardcore ski bums who checked authority as they explored the out-of-bounds terrain of Jackson Hole and unwittingly became the fathers of the extreme skiing movement. This great ski movie features incredible archival ski footage and a great cast of characters, including Benny Wilson, Howard Henderson, Scot Schmidt, the founders of Teton Gravity Research, Warren Miller, and the late Doug Coombs.
Running Time: 1 hour, 20 mintues
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A shred flick from Dubs Brothers Films and Jah Raven Creation. The film gives a rare glipse into the lives and daily shred habits of top level amateur skiers and snowboarders who fly below the “Industry” radar. It also showcases a lesser known area of British Columbia, the Kootenays. Specifically the East Kootenays and a little town called Fernie.
Was a runner up in the 'Rad Reels' Category at this year's Banff Film Festival!
Running Time: 29 minutes
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"Signatures"
by Sweetgrass Productions
From the orange and gold of fall to the pink cherry blossoms of spring, Signatures follows an entire winter deep in the hardwoods of Hokkaido, Japan. Deliciously deep January blower to April corn, we bring you a film about expression and the art of riding on snow. Every turn has a personality, and every personality has its own unique style: the air, the smear, the spin, the grab, the laid-out cutback carve. Shot in HD, Signatures is 100% human powered riding in all snow-sliding styles: board, noboard, ski, and drop-knee.
Running Time: 51 minutes
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"Magic Moments"
by Storm Show Studios
Indulge in the face shots of the Storm Show crew as they bask in the heavenly depths of endless powder days at Jackson Hole, waist deep for weeks on end. Follow stuntman/speed-flier Matt Combs as he skis and soars off of previously untamed lines that end in massive cliffs and certain death. Death-defying skier Mike Tierney continues to stack up first descents on the exposed faces of Cody Peak, skiing the “Talk Is Cheap” face and launching into “Central Couloir”, a feat only previously accomplished with a rope rappel. Seasoned veterans Andrew Whiteford and Ryan Vanlanen show why they’ve devoted their lives to the eternal powder search. These moments are magical, they belong to us all…
Running Time: 57 minutes
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"Flakes"
by Powderwhore Productions
We spent last winter breaking trail into the backcountry with some of the top telemark skiers in the world like Nick DeVore, Andy Jacobsen, Jason West, Will Cardamone, Megan Michelson and many others. Our goal, to try and capture the joy and freedom that is powder skiing, which is not an easy task. Traveling from Aspen, Ushuaia, The Wasatch, Haines, The San Juans, Valdez, and El Chalten our crew searched out challenging and beautiful mountains that needed to be skied.
Running Time: 60 minutes
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"Empire Builder: Skiing By Rail in the Pacific Northwest"
by Backcountry TV
Backcountry TV's "Empire Builder: Skiing By Rail in the Pacific Northwest" traces the westward expansion of skiing in the Cascade mountains and the Pacific Northwest by railroad. Scot Schmidt and the Backcountry TV crew make their way on the Amtrak "Empire Builder" line, harvesting turns from Crystal Mountain to Whitefish Resort - all by train.
Running Time: 24 minutes
"Skiing in the Shadow of Genghis Khan"
by Nils Larsen
In 2005 Nils Larsen, Dave Waag, and Naheed Henderson journeyed to the Altai Mountains of NW China to document the indigenous use of skis. Nils followed this first trip with three additional trips into this remote region and what he found was a rich culture that still builds and uses skis in ways that date back thousands of years. ‘Skiing in the Shadow of Genghis Khan’ takes you on a tour of both place and people, showing you how they build and use this ancient style of skis as well as live in this harsh but beautiful part of our world.
Running Time: 49 minutes
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"The Freeheel Life"
by Telemark Skier Magazine
“The Freeheel Life” creates a visual montage of shots ranging from the first descents of Austrian couloirs by World Tele Champion, Dylan Crossman, to the two-lane roads of New England. The movie features athletes, skiing styles, and music sure to strike a familiar chord with freeheel skiers from around the world. It visually represents the full spectrum of everything from jumping to steep descents, and plenty of overhead powder!
Running Time: 50 minutes
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"The B"
by Burton Snowboards
For the Burton Team, the 2009 season started just like any other- resort and heli laps from New Zealand to North America and Europe, pipe, park, backcountry, and Stash runs, with riders leaving their mark at every stop. The snow-covered streets of Salt Lake, Minneapolis and sleepy European villages were explored. Corks were doubled and rails were combo’d as waves of winter storms cleaned and set a new slate for mission after successful mission. It was another dream season, but something was different this time. Something bigger, and more iconic, something so over the top that the movie had to bear its name.
Running Time: 35 minutes
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"Rememberances of Stowe - The Early Years"
by the Vermont Ski Museum and Stowe Free Library, produced by Charlie Brown
On November 11, 2009 a large group of people gathered at The Shed Restaurant and Brewery in Stowe, Vermont to relive a grand time in the town's history. Some of Stowe's biggest characters from that era took the microphone that evening and delighted the audience with stories of the way it was. If you missed this historic gathering you now have the chance to watch the interviews, images and funny stories that will bring you back to Stowe in the early years.
Running Time: Approx. 30 minutes
"In Deep"
by Matchstick Productions
For 2009, MSP Films takes an original look at the sport of skiing. All of the skiers in the film—park rat or big mountain charger—share a common bond: the overwhelming desires to ski. Each person finds stoke in his own unique way, whether it be a double cork 1260, a deep turn on a storm day or ripping a giant AK line. Skiing is an incredibly diverse sport that offers it all. With the progressive skiing and award-winning cinematography that has made MSP famous, MSP Films takes you along for the ride deep into the experience as we share the love for the greatest sport in the world.
Running Time: Approx. 60 minutes
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"Wild Stallions"
by Meathead Films
The movie was filmed exclusively in the Eastern U.S. and Canada while following the region’s most talented freeskiing athletes to spectacular terrain at Stowe, Jay Peak, Cannon, cat skiing in the Chic Choc Mountains, and more. Rare backcountry footage is coupled with innovative park and urban skiing, which includes a superpark at Sunday River and backcountry jumps at old nordic jump sites. What the East lacks in vertical drop, Meathead Films makes up for in finding tight tree skiing, deep powder, unique jump sites, creative urban terrain, and of course, die hard locals.
Running Time: 47 minutes
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"Mount St. Elias"
by Gerald Salmina
A dramatic and awe-inspiring feature documentary following three of the world’s greatest ski mountaineers to the Mount St. Elias in their attempt to realize the longest ski descent of the world.
Set against the backdrop of Alaska’s dangerous beauty, Mount St. Elias is about a visionary borderline experience where unparalleled physical and mental pressure pushes them to the absolute limit. They find themselves in puristic situations, in which heroism cannot easily be distinguished from folly. Situations which can only be mastered if reason is supposedly abandoned and in which courage as well as trust in their own abilities and last but not least luck are used as guidelines.
Two Austrian ski mountaineers Axel Naglich and Peter Ressmann as well as the American freeski mountaineer Jon Jonhston are facing this breathtaking challenge! A team with individual abilities, but also a team of leaders, knowing they literally cannot survive without teamwork and cooperation. Especially Axel Naglich, he unconsciously takes the role of the protagonist due to his charismatic and authentic personality and, within the permanent struggle not against nature but against himself, polarizes as a strong character.
A movie about men who accept mountains as a challenge. A process whose vision becomes a real adventure. Men who, formed by their origins, want to experience their passion as intensively as possible and above all want to survive.
Running Time: 100 minutes
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