The film is an inspirational depiction of their journey across Iceland, where the two Snowboard Freeride World Champions explore the country in a van through the adventure sports they are passionate about; snowboarding and surfing. On the road they meet inspirational Icelandic women to understand...
Past Highlights
2018 Winners
A thrill-seeking explorer wants to find and climb the biggest tree in Canada outside a logging community on the brink of collapse. Hunting Giants follows the struggles of a formerly prosperous town of Port Renfrew, British Columbia. This 24-min documentary is told through the point-of-view of the...
A short documentary examining how we relate to the sea. We particularly focus on how this relationship can be used to reduce plastic pollution in our oceans.
Sky Migrations is a film about a journey that embeds us in this epic migration for a brief moment, telling the stories of those who, with eyes cast skyward, tuck themselves atop mountains to help ensure that October skies may continue to flood with raptors, and that wilderness itself lives on.
Ultra-runners overcome obstacles on every trail. In this film, Mirna Valerio overcomes the negative voices that don’t believe she belongs in the sport.
This is the Northland’ is a personal, evocative and original documentary project, shedding a light on a remarkably atmospheric location on the Northwestern coast of Scotland. The film focuses on Sandwood bay, a remote, wild beach just south of Cape Wrath. Though now known as a place of unspoilt...
2018 Official selections
Portrait about artist, photographer and outdoor swimmer Vivienne Rickman Poole.
Georgia Pilkington began climbing at her local indoor wall aged 7, at 16 she won all three rounds of the BMC Para Climbing Series (Hearing Impaired category). Now she’s moved on to tackling epic challenges like the Old Man of Stoer and the Matterhorn and is keen for more; especially since she was...
From Asia to Antarctica is a short film by Eco-Business that tells the climate change story through a unique Asian lens for the first time.
Discover the physical and mental strength it takes to walk to the South Pole using only renewable energy. Follow father and son explorers, Robert and Barney Swan, as they complete the world’s first renewable powered polar expedition – from gruelling fitness regimes and kit preparations, to keepin...
Run Booi Run follows a Canadian ultra-marathon runner as he finds contentment through suffering and meaning through struggle.
Waterlog documents the story of writer Joe Minihane and his battle with anxiety. When anxiety took hold of his life, Joe found wild swimming provided the perfect antidote. He set out to retrace the route of environmentalist Roger Deakin’s nature writing classic, Waterlog. Joe embarked on his own...
2018 Special selections
He climbed Mount Everest 21 times, more than any other human. But he wouldn’t wish this for anyone. As a child, growing up in Nepal’s remote Khumbu Valley, Apa Sherpa had to walk three hours to school…one way. He dreamt of being a doctor. But at the age of 12, after his father passed away, he too...
Born and raised at Punta de Lobos, Ramón Navarro found his passion riding the biggest waves on the planet. But his accomplishments in giant surf are just one part of a bigger vision to protect the culture and environment of the Chilean coast.
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