
Walking Two Worlds
Director: Maia Wikler
Producers: Maia Wikler + Keri Oberly
Female Director + Producers
19-year-old Quannah Chasinghorse, and her mother, Jody Potts-Joseph, take a stand to defend their sacred homelands and way of life while breaking barriers in Indigenous representation.
An Accidental Life
Director: Henna Taylor
Producers: Henna Taylor Films, Sarah Steele, Dave Landman + Adidas TERREX
Female Director + Producers
AN ACCIDENTAL LIFE tells the story of climber Quinn Brett, who suffered a horrific fall in Yosemite at the height of her athletic career that left her paralyzed from the waist down and forced to question her identity and community. Soon after her accident, Quinn’s relationship ends throwing her into a lonely place where she wonders if this new version of herself is lovable - until an expected romantic connection reveals that she is indeed still Quinn Brett, and nothing can take that away from her. Over the course of the film, viewers watch Quinn's raw recovery and return to the world she almost lost as she eventually comes to accept the things she cannot change.

Wood on Water
Director: Hannah Maia
Producer: Max(ine) Christopher
Female Director + Producer
Established in 1893, Keewaydin is one of the oldest operating summer camps in North America. And while it looks much the same as it did in the early 1900s, merely 20 years ago something major changed: girls were allowed to go ‘tripping.’ As a filmmaker, Hannah Maia was interested in how something established more than a century ago to promote manliness and “roughing it in the woods” could be relevant for teenage girls today. And so, she did what any good filmmaker would do, she joined their expedition.
This is a story about a traditional, slow, strenuous, and all-female adventure. 40 days spent canoe tripping in the Canadian wilderness using leather tumplines, wooden wannigan boxes, hand-carved canoes, and real food cooked over open fires.
From candid interviews and raw footage, reflective moments and internal musings, Wood on Water demonstrates history and tradition woven into the modern teenage girl’s attitude. It’s a story of many threads as it follows the journey of nine teenagers, two guides, and a filmmaker on an epic canoe trip through northern Quebec.

Inseparable: Skye
Director: Andrew Harrison Brown
Producers: Palmer Morse + Brooke Jackson
Female Producer
History shows Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiians) climbed over mountains and scrambled rocks for trading purposes since time out of mind. Today, few Indigenous members of the islands see themselves reflected in the modern sports’ culture. Recognizing the need to bridge the connection, Skye Kolealani Razon-Olds founded Kanaka Climbers. Through her non-profit work, Skye and her family are calling on the climbing community to advocate for the protection of sacred spaces, including land and cultural resources, that are under threat of development.

Chinatown Runners
Directors: Tim Kemple + Faith E. Briggs
Producers: Faith E. Briggs + Aimee Tetreault
Female Director + Producers
In a time of increased tension for the Asian American and Pacific Islander community, Victoria Lo turned her own fear and anxiety into a call to action. The founder of Chinatown Runners creates monthly celebrations of place, space and culture, one mile at a time. Vics connects runners to Asian cultures, promoting safety, and running in solidarity with AAPI communities by running in Chinatowns across the country.
In this episode of Who Is a Runner, made in collaboration with Camp 4 Collective and Brooks Running, we follow Victoria as she taps into her love of running to build empathy, celebrate differences, and dismantle Asian stereotypes and take a stand and #StopAAPIHate.

The Approach 2
Director: Anne Cleary
Producers: Anne Cleary, Brooklyn Bell, Ingrid Backstrom + Vasu Sojitra
Female Director + Producers
Brooklyn Bell, Vasu Sojitra, Sophia Rouches, Emilé Zynobia, Anna Soens and Ingrid Backstrom are reframing snowsports to be more inclusive, lifting each other up on the approach and cheering for each other on the way down.

Who Are You to Tell A Story?
Director + Producer: Erica Hinck
Female Director + Producer
An intimate view of the filmmaker’s frustrations and fears. Erica never thought this project would be viewed on such a big screen by so many people at once. While it is scary for her, she’s thankful for those who make her feel brave and for all of you for watching it now.





