VIMFF World Tour 2023

Arts Whistler & Arc’teryx present: VIMFF WORLD TOUR 2023

Date: October 14, 2023

Time: Doors 6:00pm | Show 7:00pm | Venue: The Theatre at the Maury Young Arts Centre

Price: $20 | Age restrictions: 19+

The Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival World Tour is back for another evening of thought-provoking outdoor adventure and mountain culture films. This year, nine films have been hand-picked for adventure-seeking Whistlerites, highlighting the community & unity that outdoor sports can inspire across all walks of life.

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A sneak peek at a few of the films on show:

Continuum 

Everything is connected. Each ride is an extension of the one before. Each reentry is a transition to the next launch. Each experience builds on one another toward a flow state of endless progression. Only the settings and perspectives change along this continuum. In this film by Brett Rheeder and Harrison Mendel, the sequence of individual movements are all linked together as a cohesive collection, with each maneuver unique yet forming a coherent visual journey across ever-changing landscapes by maintaining a locked perspective.

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Inseparable Myia 

As one of only 30 fluent Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) language speakers left in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation), Myia Antone teaches as a way to preserve her language for generations to come. Seeking to learn more about her culture and language, Myia uses her mountain bike as a needle weaving through her ancestral lands and language. While biking with other Indigenous women, Myia utilizes the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh language to point out geographical features and native plants on rides. Weaving complex conversations through nuanced layers of generational trauma, Inseparable ultimately paints Indigenous joy and community as vital elements for a path forward.

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OUTLIER: Trust

Trust is the foundation of our backcountry relationships: with ourselves, each other, and even the land, these are the spaces that define us. Yet in this process of becoming—alpinists, ski partners, Latinas, ourselves —snowboarder Dani Reyes-Acosta and skier Lani Bruntz learn that the journey isn’t just the destination.  We have to believe that our pursuit is not pointless, that our will to survive and thrive takes us somewhere. Maybe, just beyond our pain and suffering, we’ll find the redemption of the infinite.

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The Squamish Highliner’s Journey 

The Squamish Highline Community comes together to rig all types of different highlines, from bouncy freestyle lines to Cheakamus’ new longest 420m line. This episode is all about community, offering insight into the beautiful, supportive, inspiring, love fueled social network that is B.C. highlining.

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ALTA

The Faction Collective team travel to Alta, Utah for a spring freeskiing session that throws up all styles and conditions of skiing.  Starring Skiers: Andrew Pollard, Blake Wilson, Alex Hall, Antti Ollila, Tim McChesney, Duncan Adams, Cody Cirillo, Kellyn Wilson, Elisabeth Gerritzen, Vasu Sojitra, Micah Evangelista and Sophia Rouches.

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