2023 Official selections

Directed by Ferdinand Schnabl

What is life, what does it mean to us? This question is addressed in this brief short-film, shot during a night spent in a little tent high up in the Austrian alps.

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After years apart, childhood friends Emil and Jonathan reunite in hopes of rediscovering their friendship and freedom of their youth. Together they decide to leave the city and survive 90 days in the wild woods of Sweden. But without experience or knowledge, the dream of a playful and nature-roma...

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Directed by Emily Hopcian

In the male-dominated sport of adventure racing, co-ed teams of four race unsupported through rugged, wild terrain. To compete, each team must have at least one woman. Due to this rule, in the adventure racing world, women are often referred to as “mandatory gear” for competition. In Expedition O...

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Directed by Dan McDougall

Set in Correa, Down East Maine, USA, Salt Lines tells the extraordinary and uplifting story of a single mother, hauling lobster traps for a living in an unforgiving man’s world. Raising her own son, created with an anonymous sperm donor, to be the fifth generation “Lobsterman” in her family, whil...

Directed by Dan McDougall

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." Searchlight is an intimate triptych narrative that gets under the skin of what it is like to risk your life as an RNLI volunteer. Providing an on-call search and rescue service for the UK and Ireland, 24 hours a day, 365...

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Directed by Alice Aedy

Told from the perspective of indigenous activist Narubia Werreria, ‘The Ghost Rainforest’ follows a group of five indigenous leaders and activists from the Amazon, making an emotionally charged journey to the last remnant of a lost ecosystem; a desperately rare temperate rainforest habitat on the...

Directed by Rozanna Barry

A girl's weekend away like no other. Wanting an adventure that had never been done before (and that could happen on their doorstep), friends Bex Band and Emma Rosen attempt to packraft and hike between the longest, highest and deepest lakes in England. Battling achy arms, bad weather, mum-guilt a...

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Follow the life changing events that led window cleaner Steve Truluck to discover his passion - helping others fulfil their dreams of connecting with orcas. Steve was trapped in a mundane life, but a job relocation to Scotland unexpectedly ignited what quickly became an obsession for marine wildl...

2023 Special selections

Directed by Alex Gorosh

We took a telescope around the streets of Los Angeles to give strangers an up-close look at a familiar object; a new view of the moon.

Directed by Arthur Neumeier

In Patagonia Films’ For the Love of the Sea, a family pioneers a movement to revive the Welsh coastline and a fishing industry that locals have depended on for decades. The documentary short follows Câr y Môr, the first community-owned regenerative ocean farm in Wales. Cultivating versatile crops...

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