DIRECTORS + PRODUCERS: JR RODRIGUEZ + VANESSA CHAVARRIAGA

FEMALE DIRECTOR + PRODUCER

Jr and Vanessa are professional athletes on a mission to bring to light the intersectional relationships between their outdoor pursuits, climate change, and who belongs in these spaces. As children of immigrants, they know what it feels like to be the bridge between different worlds. They recognize that shining a light on disappearing glaciers far away starts at home in Jackson Hole.

DIRECTOR + PRODUCER: NAT SEGAL

FEMALE DIRECTOR + PRODUCER

DENVER, CO PREMIERE

From a young age, Julianna didn’t feel like she belonged. However, upon finding the weird and wonderful world of rock climbing, she dedicated her life to mountain sports and becoming an IFMGA guide. Despite her love for the work, existing in the mountain guiding industry led her to feel unsafe publicly expressing her true gender identity. It was only after a life changing accident and a series of serious wake-up calls that she took time off guiding and started to seek support and therapy for CPTSD.

Join Julianna on her journey to self-discovery in the face of an industry that struggles to accept folks who currently fall into the margins of mountain culture. Visiting the mountain-scapes that were her livelihood, she confronts her past experiences and her journey's cost.

After having taken a step back from her role in the mountain community, Julianna is now ready to share her story and use her experience to advocate for an inclusive future for the guiding community.

DIRECTOR: TOBIN P SANSON

PRODUCER: PRESTON RICHARDSON

As writer and runner Sara Aranda pushes her body across 134 unforgiving miles from Death Valley to Mt. Whitney, she confronts the unknowns of carrying the BRCA1 mutation, turning her record attempt into a poetic offering to body and earth.

DIRECTOR + EDITOR: SOPHIE DANIS

PRODUCER: AMIE ENGERBRETSON

FEMALE DIRECTOR + PRODUCER

In a delicate pause between life's peaks and valleys, a skier navigates the quiet beauty of in-betweens—where joy lingers not in grand moments, but in the soft, weightless transitions between dreams and reality.

DIRECTOR + WRITER: TREVOR SOLWAY

PRODUCER: GUILLAUME CARLIER

Iikaiksimatsa’pao’p (Grateful to Be on the Land) follows Cassie Ayoungman, founder of Soul of Miistaki and member of the Siksika nation, on her journey to bring the healing power of the mountains to those within her community. Breaking down barriers to climbing, and integrating Indigenous teachings and land-based learning, she raises questions about representation, builds community, and redefines what it means to be on the land.

DIRECTOR: CHRIS CRESCI

PRODUCER: DAVIS LOVE

Join Mikah Meyer, his mentor Larry, and three friends as they journey down Utah's Green River, in Desolation Canyon, on a river rafting trip centered around friendship and joy. Canyon Chorus is a story about being your true self in the outdoors, about advocacy, and about recognizing the important people in our lives.