No Man's Land Film Festival
No Man's Land Film Festival
UN-DEFINING FEMININE IN ADVENTURE AND SPORT THROUGH FILM

 

ANNUAL Flagship FESTIVAL

March 5-8, 2020

[ Denver, Colorado ]

Each year, we gather for four days to celebrate the best of adventure film. We find the diamonds in the rough and project them onto the biggest screen we can find.

At our Flagship Festival, we have a lot that we want to do. Which is precisely why we are always mixing it up! Maybe it's fomo, maybe it’s creative genius - who's to say? For the past five years, we have brought you activist workshops, panel discussions on being a woman-identified athlete, presentations on the history of feminism - and these are only to name a few! We bring in guests who are experts in their fields, whether that be skiing huge lines in British Columbia or scholars in feminism and women's studies. We choose speakers who live the NMLFF mission and are committed to bringing it to action. And this International Women’s Day weekend, we are excited to bring No Nan’s Land Film Festival to the heart of Denver, Colorado.

Our Flagship Festival is bigger and bolder than our abbreviated screenings on the road. This is where we gather the hearts, bodies and minds that make No Man's Land, No Man's Land. We want our films and audiences to represent the new realm of femininity in the outdoors. We want to hear your stories and take part in your city. We are ready. Are you?

 

Schedule of events

Thursday, 3/5

PRESENTATIONS, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, AND COFFEE + YOGA ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THERE IS A SUGGESTED DONATION OF $5-10 AT THE DOOR FOR NON-TICKET HOLDERS. ALL TICKETS AND DONATIONS CAN BE PURCHASED ONLINE.

Photograph courtesy of the film “To Return”

Photograph courtesy of the film “To Return”

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM FILMMAKER DINNER | The Riveter

Our Filmmaker Dinner has always been our favorite way to celebrate our athletes, creatives, and filmmaker friends. It’s a chance for our guest speakers to meet and collaborate! We love watching the magic happen over good food with great friends. Special guests Jen Zeuner and Anne Keller will be joining us for a Q&A about their film “Life of Pie”, the mountain bike community in Fruita, and all things pizza. This is a private event open to guests only.


7:30 PM - 10:00 PM FILM PROGRAM I | cultivated synergy | $22

Doors will open at 7:00 p.m. and films begin at 7:30 p.m. This evening film screening is a ticketed event.


FRIDAY, 3/6

PRESENTATIONS, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, AND COFFEE + YOGA ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THERE IS A SUGGESTED DONATION OF $5-10 AT THE DOOR FOR NON-TICKET HOLDERS. ALL TICKETS AND DONATIONS CAN BE PURCHASED ONLINE.

Photograph from the film “Par For the Course” (Hilary Matheson)

Photograph from the film “Par For the Course” (Hilary Matheson)

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM PITCHFEST | The Riveter

Pitchfest is an opportunity for woman-identified filmmakers, storytellers, and athletes to come together and pitch their ideas to a panel of judges. Two winners will each be awarded $2,500 from our Film Fund. The winners' films will be premiered at the No Man's Land Flagship Festival in Denver, Colorado the following year.

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Climbing Grief Fund and the Power In Listening: Madaleine Sorkin + Henna taylor | The Riveter | free (suggested donation $5-10: all donations go to the aac grief fund)

Professional climber Madaleine Sorkin has quietly amassed an impressive resume of big wall free climbs, from 5.13 on El Capitan to 5.13 in the higher elevation mountains. She and filmmaker Henna Taylor, in partnership with the American Alpine Club, launched The Climbing Grief Fund (CGF) to provide resources for climbers affected by death. CGF evolves the conversation around grief and trauma in the climbing community and connects individuals to effective mental health professionals and resources. This special film screening and presentation are free and open to the public, and all donations go to The AAC Grief Fund.

7:30 PM - 10:00 PM FILM PROGRAM II | cultivated synergy | $22

Doors will open at 7:00 p.m. and films begin at 7:30 p.m. This evening film screening is a ticketed event.


Saturday, 3/7

PRESENTATIONS, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, AND COFFEE + YOGA ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THERE IS A SUGGESTED DONATION OF $5-10 AT THE DOOR FOR NON-TICKET HOLDERS. ALL TICKETS AND DONATIONS CAN BE PURCHASED ONLINE.

Photograph from the film “Deer 139” (139_Morgan Heim)

Photograph from the film “Deer 139” (139_Morgan Heim)

8:00 AM - 9:00 am coffee + yoga | cultivated synergy | free (suggested donation $5-10)

Kickstart the day with coffee and yoga! Emma Athena will lead us in a yoga class starting at 8:15 a.m. This morning yoga session and coffee from our generous sponsors, Queen City Collective Coffee, are free and open to the public. Please bring your own yoga mat! We will have a few additional yoga mats for those guests who are traveling and might not have one.

9:15 AM - 10:15 AM art workshop | cultivated synergy | $20

We are proud to announce Rhiannon Klee as NMLFF’s Featured Artist this year! She will be leading an art workshop on Saturday 3/7 beginning at 9:15 a.m. Rhiannon Klee lives in her van and makes her living as an artist selling surreal watercolor paintings of iconic climbing formations. She has traveled all over the world, climbing in the Southwest, Yosemite, Patagonia and other iconic areas—the places that inspire her art. This workshop is a ticketed event.

In this workshop, Rhiannon will facilitate the process of creating a landscape painting through exploratory watercolor methods. Each student will use a reference photo of their choice: a favorite landscape, a beloved mountain etc, and will practice integrating their emotional experience of that place into their color choices and brush strokes. No prior experience is necessary. This workshop is a lesson in finding your unique style in watercolor painting.

Supplies to bring:

- Reference photo of a landscape (can be printed out or digital via phone/iPad)

- Watercolor palette (Rhiannon recommends this one, but any watercolor paint will do)

- A few sheets of Watercolor paper (5” x 7” or so) (Rhiannon will bring extra to share)


10:30 AM - 11:30 AM photography workshop | cultivated synergy | $20

NMLFF Featured Photographer Courtney Wilson will be leading an intro to photography workshop on Saturday 3/7 beginning at 10:30 a.m. Courtney is an outdoors/lifestyle photographer based in Phoenix, Arizona. After moving from the midwest, all she wanted to do was explore her new desert home…and everywhere else in between So, that’s what she and her camera and have been doing ever since! When she isn’t hiking, climbing or camping you can probably find her drinking iced coffee by the gallons or at home, cuddled up with her cats. This workshop is a ticketed event.

During this workshop, Courtney will cover the process of capturing adventure photos for budding photographers. She will discuss the process of selecting photo location, apps that she uses to check weather and light conditions, and what her itinerary and camera setup looks like once she arrives. She will then give an introductory lesson on her editing process, as well as provide a few raw photos for participants to edit along with her.

Supplies to bring:

- If you own a laptop with Lightroom/Photoshop, please bring that. If you do not own photo software on their computer, you can also use Lightroom mobile on your phone

- Feel free to bring along a few raw photos of your own!


12:00 pM - 1:00 PM live she explores podcast | cultivated synergy | free (suggested donation $5-10)

We are honored to invite She Explores podcast host and producer Gale Straub back for a second year to host a live episode. Gale is also a writer and photographer who thrives when solving creative problems. She Explores, founded in 2014, is a podcast featuring women who are inspired by time outside and delves into solo hiking, entrepreneurship, aging, conservation, motherhood, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), chronic illness, and feminism as they intersect with outdoor experiences - to name a few things. This podcast so beautifully creates a space for women to share stories of their experiences outside and on the road, and we can’t wait to share that space with you. This event is free and open to the public.

1:10 PM - 2:00 PM FILM + PHOTO PANEL Discussion | cultivated synergy | free (suggested donation $5-10)

Join us for our Women in Film and Photography Panel Discussion: there are so many subtopics within the subject of women in photography and film and we’d like to take this opportunity to address some of them. The general advancement of these professions can only benefit from having more voices heard in an increasingly competitive environment, one that was historically dominated by a male narrative for so long. On Saturday, we will hear from some of the leading women in this field, including all-star filmmakers and photographers Henna Taylor, Courtney Wilson, Carrie Highman, Katie Sugarman and Kelsey Doyle. This event is free and open to the public.

2:10 PM - 3:00 PM ATHLETE PANEL discussion | cultivated synergy | free (suggested donation $5-10)

Our rock-star Athlete Panel this year will include athletes Madaleine Sorkin, Chelsea Rude, Amanda Hankison, Gina Lucrezi, and Nina Williams. Women have historically been excluded from the “Outdoors” narrative, as the narrative was traditionally one of male dominance and assertion of masculinity. We will discuss, from our athlete’s personal perspectives, how this landscape changed and where it’s headed. This event is free and open to the public.

3:10 PM - 3:40 PM Julia Hanlon + Kayla Nolan | The Riveter | free (suggested donation $5-10)

Kayla Nolan and Julia Hanlon explore their passion for Ethiopian female distance running and the backstory of their film, Bekoji 100. Kayla, the co-producer of Bekoji 100, is the Executive Director of Girls Gotta Run Foundation (GGRF) and has worked with GGRF in Ethiopia for the past eight years. In 2015, Julia Hanlon, co-director and co-producer of Bekoji 100, met Kayla in Ethiopia while working for a partner organization to GGRF. Julia and Kayla reflect on the experiences they have had working in Ethiopia with adolescent female runners, discuss their journey organizing Ethiopia’s first ever 100 mile ultramarathon relay, and reveal the lessons they learned along the way. This presentation is free and open to the public.

3:50 PM - 4:20 PM Defying the Odds: piseth sam | The Riveter | free (suggested donation $5-10)

As a licensed massage therapist and certified personal trainer, Piseth Sam’s approach is trauma-informed with the understanding that the body keeps the score of human experience. Their work is guided by the idea that movement transforms, allowing people to dream of and step into their best selves. In all of their interactions, whether climbing, trail running or working with clients, Piseth seeks to create an inclusive space, where everyone can feel comfortable exploring, expressing, and pushing themselves. Piseth is also speaking on the Advocacy Panel on Sunday. Both events are free and open to the public.

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Brittany Leavitt | The Riveter | free (suggested donation $5-10)

Brittany Leavitt, a Trans-racial Adoptee, has always connected to the outdoors from spending time by the mountains in upstate New York, to the ocean side of Massachusetts, to city life of Washington DC. Her passion is to teach others how to enjoy the outdoors while focusing on clearing pathways for the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) community. Working with organizations such as Outdoor Afro, Brown Girls Climb, Appalachian Trail Conservancy, and REI, she tries to ensure that all voices are heard and accurately represented. Brittany joined the Outdoor Afro Expedition Team and became the first American American to climb Kilimanjaro. This presentation is free and open to the public.

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM FILM PROGRAM III | cultivated synergy | $15

Doors will open at 5:00 p.m. and films begin at 5:30 p.m. This evening film screening is a ticketed event.


7:30 PM - 10:00 PM FILM PROGRAM IV | cultivated synergy | $22

Doors will open at 7:00 p.m. and films begin at 7:30 p.m. This evening film screening is a ticketed event.


SUNDAY, 3/8

PRESENTATIONS, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, AND COFFEE + YOGA ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THERE IS A SUGGESTED DONATION OF $5-10 AT THE DOOR FOR NON-TICKET HOLDERS. ALL TICKETS AND DONATIONS CAN BE PURCHASED ONLINE.

Photograph from the film “Life of Pie”

Photograph from the film “Life of Pie”

8:00 AM - 9:00 am coffee + yoga | cultivated synergy | free (suggested donation $5-10)

Kickstart the day with coffee and yoga! Emma Athena will lead us in a yoga class starting at 8:15 a.m. This morning yoga session and coffee from our generous sponsors, Queen City Collective Coffee, are free and open to the public. For the first time, we are honored to have Adrianna Tippit-Martelli interpret this morning’s yoga.

Please bring your own yoga mat! We will have a few additional yoga mats for those guests who are traveling and might not have one.

9:00 aM - 9:30 aM Learning and the Art of Truck Maintenance: Halcy Webster | cultivated synergy | free (suggested donation $5-10)

Halcy Webster (she/her) is an adventure enthusiast and a lover of learning and teaching. She is most often found somewhere in the mountains and occasionally in the desert. Her experiences have taken her from studying nuclear physics, to gender advocacy and establishing a remote alpine first ascent as well as everything in between. Having spent several years living on the road and traveling the continent, she now lives on the Front Range in Colorado with her girlfriend and two dogs. She has spoken on topics of gender and the outdoors at the Flash Foxy Festival, Climbing Wall Association Annual Summit, and Outdoor Retailer.

Sometimes the toughest part of a journey is learning how to even begin. Join us as Halcy talks about the process of learning to get to wild places on 4 wheels, from total n00b to off-road pro (and how we can all learn to start something new). This presentation is free and open to the public.

9:40 aM - 10:10 aM The Art of Adventure: Rhiannon Klee | cultivated synergy | free (suggested donation $5-10)

Rhiannon Klee lives in her van and makes her living as an artist selling surreal watercolor paintings of iconic climbing formations. After breaking her back in gymnastics a decade ago, she started climbing to help strengthen her lumbar muscles. Since then, Rhiannon has traveled all over the world, climbing in the Southwest, Yosemite, Patagonia and other iconic areas—the places that inspire her art. She will be giving a slideshow presentation about using art to share and document climbing and adventures on the road, as well as share stories from El Cap and Patagonia alongside art journals and paintings for a visually compelling presentation. This presentation is free and open to the public.

10:20 aM - 10:50 AM jaylyn gough | cultivated synergy | free (suggested donation $5-10)

Jaylyn Gough is the Founder and Executive Director of the organization, Native Women's Wilderness, as well as a freelance photographer. The organization provides opportunities for Native women, girls, LGBTQ2S, and non-binaries to get outside, as well as elevate the voices of Native people, ancestral land acknowledgements and history, navigating cultural appropriation, and collectively working with brands to acknowledge Native lands and culture. Jaylyn is proud to be a Navajo Woman who climbs mountains. She holds a WFR, has been a guide, loves to mountain bike, climb, backpack, and chase dreams such as climbing Mt. Denali. You can always find her outside wandering with a camera in her hand. Jaylyn will also be giving a special land acknowledgment for our Flagship Festival weekend. This presentation is free and open to the public.

11:00 aM - 11:30 AM beth bradley | cultivated synergy | free (suggested donation $5-10)

Beth Bradley is a storyteller, hiker and adventurer from Denver, CO. Starting with her first solo hike in 2017, Beth discovered the healing joy of being in nature and appreciating what her plus-size body can do. She hasn't really been able to stop talking about it since then, speaking out about inclusivity in the outdoors every chance she gets. When she's not on the trail, she works as Content Director at a travel marketing agency, inspiring people to visit destinations near and far. Beth is a two-time Moth Story Slam winner and loves adventures of any kind, her niece Roxy, and all dogs (her own outrageously adorable mini Aussie pup in particular). This presentation is free and open to the public.

11:40 aM - 12:30 pM Men's Panel Discussion | cultivated synergy | free (suggested donation $5-10)

We are heartened to see more and more men standing up for equity and joining the conversation. It’s true: you can’t hold space and have conversations without including both sides and we believe that men are a crucial part of this movement. We are proud to bring back our Men’s Panel Discussion to Denver because we want to acknowledge that men and boys also benefit from this work that tears down constrictive gender roles and stereotypes that negatively impact them, too. We are excited to introduce Sky Yardeni, Alistair Wilson, Brandon Belcher, and Chris Weidner as our panelists. This important panel discussion is free and open to the public.

12:40 pM - 1:30 PM Leadership + aDVOCACY PANEL | cultivated synergy | free (suggested donation $5-10)

Last, but not least, our Leadership and Advocacy Panel will bring together Bethany Leigh Lebewitz and Brittany Leavitt of Brown Girls Climb, Alexis Krauss of Young Women Who Crush and Sleigh Bells, and advocate for self-empowerment, Piseth Sam, Jaylyn Gough of Native Women’s Wilderness and Halcy Webster. These panelists will discuss women’s leadership in the context of culture and power structures. This panel discussion is free and open to the public.

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM FILM PROGRAM V | cultivated synergy | $18

Doors will open at 1:30 p.m. and films begin at 2:00 p.m. This afternoon matinee is a ticketed event.

 2020 FLagship guest speakers

 
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alexis krauss

Alexis Krauss is a singer, songwriter and front-woman of the band, Sleigh Bells. A long time lover of the outdoors, Alexis is a Senior Guide for Discover Outdoors, an outdoor educator for Wild Earth, a Wilderness First Responder and an AMGA certified Single Pitch Instructor. She is a co-founder of Young Women Who Crush a climbing and leadership development program that provides opportunities for high school girls in NYC to experience the physical, mental, and emotional benefits of rock climbing, indoors and outdoors.

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Amanda Hankison

Amanda Hankison is a snowboarder, filmmaker and writer from Salt Lake City, Utah. She received the 2017 NMLFF filmmaker grant to produce High Again, a film with the hope of increasing mental health awareness and advocacy. Cursed with a perpetual lack of contentment and blessed with the talent to succeed at whatever she puts her mind to, she began to take an interest in backcountry snowboarding, and after discovering the doors that a splitboard can open, she's been on a tear, bagging peaks throughout the Wasatch with her sights set on more, local and beyond.

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beth bradley

Beth Bradley is a storyteller, hiker and adventurer from Denver, CO. Starting with her first solo hike in 2017, Beth discovered the healing joy of being in nature and appreciating what her plus-size body can do. She hasn't really been able to stop talking about it since then, speaking out about inclusivity in the outdoors every chance she gets. When she's not on the trail, she works as Content Director at a travel marketing agency, inspiring people to visit destinations near and far. Beth is a two-time Moth Story Slam winner and loves adventures of any kind, her niece Roxy, and all dogs (her own outrageously adorable mini Aussie pup in particular).

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Bethany Lebewitz

Before Brown Girls Climb (BGC), Bethany Lebewitz received her undergraduate education at UT Dallas where she studied neuroscience and child development. Through her experience in child advocacy and research, she realized the need for more leaders who represented communities which often go ignored and under-served. Bethany, co-founder of Color the Crag, believes the opportunity to climb can act as a shared tool to empower others. She hopes BGC can connect and encourage women and girls of color to climb, lead, and live fearlessly.

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Brittany Leavitt

Brittany Leavitt, a Trans-racial Adoptee, has always connected to the outdoors from spending time by the mountains in upstate New York, to the ocean side of Massachusetts, to city life of Washington DC. Her passion is to teach others how to enjoy the outdoors while focusing on clearing pathways for the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) community. Working with organizations such as Outdoor Afro, Brown Girls Climb, Appalachian Trail Conservancy, and REI, she tries to ensure that all voices are heard and accurately represented. In 2018, Brittany was recognized as Blue Ridges Mountain Magazine 30 under 30 and American Alpine Club-DC section “One to Watch”. She has spent the least three years creating the BIPOC climbing festival Color the Crag with Brown Girls Climb and Brothers of Climbing. When Brittany is not climbing outside, you can find her teaching at the Smithsonian, as her passion spreads to other spaces such as music, photography, art, and early education.

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carrie highman

Carrie Highman is a documentary filmmaker who is passionate about telling stories that inspire. Starting her professional career as a broadcast reporter, producer and anchor on an award-winning news team, she fell in love with the power of stories to produce change. She made the transition to documentary filmmaking so she could pour more time and attention into stories she felt passionate about. Carrie has shot and directed films on a variety of topics from features on elite athletes to food sustainability issues to public lands topics. She's committed to authentic storytelling and shining a light on the people making real impact on a personal and global level.

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chelsea rude

Chelsea Rude is a professional climber who spent her early years competing across the country and in World Cup competitions in Europe. She was crowned National Champion and was a member of the US Climbing Team for a decade. Chelsea became the first female US Team coach and coached for four years. She has onsighted multiple 5.13c's across the world and redpointed up to 5.14b. Most recently, she applied to PA school and is launching She Sends Collective, a women's community serving women (cis + trans) across the country, in 2020. Chelsea enjoys personal coaching, spending time with her three dogs, and pursuing her own personal climbing goals.

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emma athena

Emma Athena is a writer and yoga instructor with an obsession for truth. Through both words and movement, she explores the mind-body connection and the relationships that exist between our environments, society, and ourselves. Living in Boulder, Colorado, she teaches vinyasa flows and writes about adventure, public lands, and people doing good work in the world.

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gale straub

Gale Straub is a podcaster, writer and photographer who thrives when she's solving creative problems. Gale is the host and producer of She Explores, a podcast featuring women who are inspired by time outside. It covers themes such as solo hiking, entrepreneurship, aging, conservation, motherhood, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), chronic illness, and feminism as they intersect with outdoor experiences. She is terrible at writing bios.

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Gina Lucrezi

Gina has always been stubborn and bold, so when it came to advocating for women’s rights and equality in the outdoors, she was bound to make some changes. As the founder of Trail Sisters, Gina’s goal is to help create opportunities and grow participation in women’s trail running. Gina is also a professional ultra trail runner, and when she’s not on the trails logging miles, she’s most likely trying to potty train her new Airedale pup, Ezra.

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Halcy Webster

Halcy Webster (she/her) is an adventure enthusiast and a lover of learning and teaching. She is most often found somewhere in the mountains and occasionally in the desert. Her experiences have taken her from studying nuclear physics, to gender advocacy and establishing a remote alpine first ascent as well as everything in between. Having spent several years living on the road and traveling the continent, she now lives on the Front Range in Colorado with her girlfriend and two dogs. She has spoken on topics of gender and the outdoors at the Flash Foxy Festival, Climbing Wall Association Annual Summit, and Outdoor Retailer. She probably loves chocolate more than you do.

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henna taylor

Henna Taylor is an award winning filmmaker from Boulder, Colorado. Since 2011, she has been in an epic wrestling match with this particular art form. Sometimes she wins and makes something really neat. Other times she is pinned securely to the floor crying "uncle!" and force to try again. Who knows how long this play of endurance will last, but in the meantime Henna is blessed with the opportunity to make movies and hopes to bring a certain je ne sais quoi to this little industry of adventure films.

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Jaylyn Gough

Jaylyn Gough is the Founder and Executive Director of the organization, Native Women's Wilderness, as well as a freelance photographer. The organization provides opportunities for Native women, girls, LGBTQ2S, and non-binaries to get outside, as well as elevate the voices of Native people, ancestral land acknowledgements and history, navigating cultural appropriation, and collectively working with brands to acknowledge Native lands and culture. Jaylyn is proud to be a Navajo Woman who climbs mountains. She holds a WFR, has been a guide, loves to mountain bike, climb, backpack, and chase dreams such as climbing Mt. Denali. You can always find her outside wandering with a camera in her hand.

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Jen Zeuner and Anne Keller

Jen Zeuner and Anne Keller are the brainchildren behind The Hot Tomato in Fruita, Colorado, and it’s no coincidence that it’s become a haven for mountain bikers and outdoor recreationalists in the southwestern Colorado area. For Jen and Anne, the connection to the outdoors is a way to build a community they feel inspired by and welcome in. Well, that and a slice or two. Jen and Anne are featured in the Flagship film “Life of Pie” and are answering our questions about community, belonging, mountain biking, and— yes, pizza— during the Filmmakers Dinner on Thursday night of Flagship.

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julia hanlon

Julia Hanlon is a storyteller, yoga teacher, and endurance athlete. Julia is the host of the Running On Om Podcast, featuring long form conversations with women who have committed their lives to endurance sports and the outdoors. Julia has lived in Ethiopia, working with the Yaya Girls Running program and recently co-directed Bekoji 100, a film featuring the female scholar athletes of Girls Gotta Run Foundation in Bekoji, Ethiopia. She currently lives in Cambridge, MA where she can be found teaching yoga, studying for her graduate program in Mindfulness Based Transpersonal Counseling, or exploring the New England outdoors.

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Katie Sugarman

Katie Sugarman is a photographer and filmmaker who has worked in commercial film and photography production since 2007. She has a B.A. in photography from Lewis & Clark College. But, her passion lies in non-profit and social documentary projects that use the power of photography and film to tell important and honest stories of inspirational people and places that may not otherwise be told. Her most recent exhibition, in partnership with Donor Network West, shares the powerful stories of Bay Area African American transplant recipients. Katie has been on the Board of Directors of Naretoi non-profit (a small volunteer run organization), for the last five years. Their projects focus on collaborating with Maasai communities in Kenya in order to empower women in sustainable ways through education, cultural exchange, and local economic efforts.

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Kayla Nolan

Kayla Nolan is a global advocate for girls and women and an outdoors enthusiast. Kayla is the Executive Director of the Girls Gotta Run Foundation (GGRF), the first and only organization to invest in girls using running and education to empower themselves and their communities in Ethiopia. She has spent more than four years living in Ethiopia, and eight years leading GGRF from an all volunteer organization to one that currently impacts more than 1,300 girls and women. Kayla recently produced the Bekoji 100 Relay, Ethiopia’s first ultra relay for peace and women’s empowerment, as well as the subsequent Bekoji 100 Film. Kayla currently lives in Seattle,WA and travels frequently to Ethiopia with GGRF.

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Kelsey Doyle

Kelsey Doyle is a producer and documentary filmmaker. She creates and directs films targeted for web and big screen. Her work has taken her and her teams around the world, from the jungles of Sumatra to the outermost Pacific islands of Micronesia and has been published by Stanford, National Geographic, Oceanic Society, National Science Foundation, UN, PBS, UCB, NYU, and the Harvard Business Review. She is a proud board member of Naretoi, a non-profit that empowers Maasai women in Kenya through mountaineering and is contributor to One People One Reef. Kelsey holds an M.A. in News and Documentary Journalism from New York University and a B.A. in Film and Digital Media from the University of California. She's lived in Buenos Aires, Brooklyn, London and is currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Madaleine Sorkin

Professional climber Madaleine Sorkin has a passion for difficult traditional routes, particularly up big walls. She is a certified AMGA Rock guide and coaches climbers to engage their performance edge. Recipient of the American Alpine Club Bates award in 2014, Madaleine has traveled from Colorado to California, and internationally to Kyrgyzstan, Patagonia, Jordan and Canada making several first or early ascents up to 5.13+ Grade VI (multi-day) rock walls, often in female teams and in remote areas. At the heart of her climbing are the partnerships, wild dreams, struggle and humor that make the pursuit meaningful. In 2018, impacted by climbing-related tragedies in her community, Madaleine founded The Climbing Grief Fund (CGF) in partnership with the American Alpine Club. As the Fund Director, Madaleine hopes CGF will grow to be a resource hub for mental health in the community and support individual’s paths towards healing and integration of grief or trauma.

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nina williams

Nina Williams is a professional climber based in Boulder, Colorado . She started climbing at twelve-years-old, focusing on competition into her early twenties before moving West for more mountainous terrain. She developed her outdoor resume traveling to world-class areas in the United States, Switzerland, South Africa, Australia, and Brazil. After accomplishing difficult bouldering grades upwards of V13, Nina shifted her attention towards the mental style of the sport. She has bouldered 30-50ft formations with ascents such as Evolution Direct (V11), Ambrosia (V11), and Too Big to Flail (V10) in Bishop, CA. She expanded into traditional climbing after her first visit to Yosemite, testing herself on The Final Frontier (5.13b) on Fifi Buttress and Father Time (5.13b) on Middle Cathedral. Nina seeks a balance between hard bouldering, alpine trad, and keeping up with her studies at the University of Colorado. In her spare time, she enjoys a good cup of coffee and hanging out with friends.

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piseth sam

As a licensed massage therapist and certified personal trainer, Piseth Sam’s approach is trauma-informed with the understanding that the body keeps the score of the human experience. Their work is guided by the idea that movement transforms, allowing people to dream of and step into their best selves. Favorite ascents include a winter summit of Mount Washington and anything on ice or trad, especially in New Hampshire's White Mountains. In all of their interactions, whether rock climbing or trail running or working with clients, Piseth seeks to create an inclusive space, where everyone can feel comfortable exploring, expressing, and pushing themselves. Piseth lives and plays in the Boston area with their wife.

Alistair Wilson

Alistair Wilson is a co-founder of the documentary and commercial production company Canopy Films, based in Boston, MA. Alistair leads a team of filmmakers on branded, advocacy, and documentary projects, across the U.S. and internationally, most recently producing documentary projects in China, Ethiopia, and Honduras

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brandon belcher

Based out of Atlanta, Georgia, Brandon Belcher is a climber of seven years and is passionate about social justice and creating space for others in the southern climbing community. He has a political science degree from Emory and spends his free time bouldering, traveling with his girlfriend, and eating Korean food. He calls his dreadlocks “locks” because “there’s nothing dreadful about them!” and he has the personality of a weird cat.

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Chris Weidner

Chris is a journalist, author and climber based in Boulder, Colorado with his wife. Since 2006, he has written more than 300 articles for the Daily Camera—the only newspaper climbing column in the country, plus dozens of stories in Alpinist, Climbing, Rock and Ice, Gripped and other magazines and websites. In 2019, he co-authored an exhaustive climbing guidebook for Boulder Canyon, and is now working with fellow climber and friend, Katie Brown, on her compelling memoir. A climber since 1988, Chris is experienced in most disciplines of the sport. He has established more than 100 first ascents, from 5.14 sport routes in Colorado to 2,000-foot free routes in Canada, and has climbed major summits from Mt. Foraker in Alaska to Fitzroy in Argentina. He has climbed in 22 different countries.

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Sky yardeni

Sky is a Social Worker and Wilderness Therapist originally from Israel and currently lives in Santa Fe, NM. Sky works with individuals, families, and groups with backgrounds of grief, trauma, addictions, incarceration, systemic marginalization, and mental health on a daily basis, and approaches his work with an open heart to facilitate healing and change. His passion lies at the intersection of nature, healing, and social justice. As the Therapeutic Director of the Climbing Grief Fund, he tries to help evolve the conversation of grief, loss, and trauma in our community, creating a network of support, and to uplift the resiliency, wisdom, and resources that already exist in our beloved climbing community.

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Rhiannon Klee

Artist and climber Rhiannon Klee lives in her van and makes her living as an artist, selling surreal watercolor paintings of iconic climbing formations. Rhiannon lived in Wales until she was twelve-years-old, then moved to Florida, where she attended high school, and earned a psychology degree from the University of Tampa. When she broke her back in gymnastics a decade ago, she started climbing to help strengthen her lumbar muscles. Since then, she has traveled all over the world, climbing in the Southwest, Yosemite, Patagonia and other iconic areas —the places that inspire her art. Rhiannon is this year’s No Man’s Land Film Festival Featured Artist. You can see more of her work on her website and her Instagram.

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courtney wilson

Courtney Wilson is an outdoors/lifestyle photographer based in Phoenix, Arizona. After moving from the midwest, all she wanted to do was explore her new desert home…and everywhere else in between So, that’s what she and her camera and have been doing ever since! When she isn’t hiking, climbing or camping you can probably find her drinking iced coffee by the gallons or at home, cuddled up with her cats. She is our 2020 No Man’s Land Film Festival Featured Photographer. You can check out Courtney’s work on her website and Instagram.

 

guest speakers

 
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alexis krauss

Alexis Krauss is a singer, songwriter and front-woman of the band, Sleigh Bells. A long time lover of the outdoors, Alexis is a Senior Guide for Discover Outdoors, an outdoor educator for Wild Earth, a Wilderness First Responder and an AMGA certified Single Pitch Instructor. She is a co-founder of Young Women Who Crush a climbing and leadership development program that provides opportunities for high school girls in NYC to experience the physical, mental, and emotional benefits of rock climbing, indoors and outdoors.

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Amanda Hankison

Amanda Hankison is a snowboarder, filmmaker and writer from Salt Lake City, Utah. She received the 2017 NMLFF filmmaker grant to produce High Again, a film with the hope of increasing mental health awareness and advocacy. Cursed with a perpetual lack of contentment and blessed with the talent to succeed at whatever she puts her mind to, she began to take an interest in backcountry snowboarding, and after discovering the doors that a splitboard can open, she's been on a tear, bagging peaks throughout the Wasatch with her sights set on more, local and beyond.

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beth bradley

Beth Bradley is a storyteller, hiker and adventurer from Denver, CO. Starting with her first solo hike in 2017, Beth discovered the healing joy of being in nature and appreciating what her plus-size body can do. She hasn't really been able to stop talking about it since then, speaking out about inclusivity in the outdoors every chance she gets. When she's not on the trail, she works as Content Director at a travel marketing agency, inspiring people to visit destinations near and far. Beth is a two-time Moth Story Slam winner and loves adventures of any kind, her niece Roxy, and all dogs (her own outrageously adorable mini Aussie pup in particular).

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Bethany Lebewitz

Before Brown Girls Climb (BGC), Bethany Lebewitz received her undergraduate education at UT Dallas where she studied neuroscience and child development. Through her experience in child advocacy and research, she realized the need for more leaders who represented communities which often go ignored and under-served. Bethany, co-founder of Color the Crag, believes the opportunity to climb can act as a shared tool to empower others. She hopes BGC can connect and encourage women and girls of color to climb, lead, and live fearlessly.

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Brittany Leavitt

Brittany Leavitt, a Trans-racial Adoptee, has always connected to the outdoors from spending time by the mountains in upstate New York, to the ocean side of Massachusetts, to city life of Washington DC. Her passion is to teach others how to enjoy the outdoors while focusing on clearing pathways for the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) community. Working with organizations such as Outdoor Afro, Brown Girls Climb, Appalachian Trail Conservancy, and REI, she tries to ensure that all voices are heard and accurately represented. In 2018, Brittany was recognized as Blue Ridges Mountain Magazine 30 under 30 and American Alpine Club-DC section “One to Watch”. She has spent the least three years creating the BIPOC climbing festival Color the Crag with Brown Girls Climb and Brothers of Climbing. When Brittany is not climbing outside, you can find her teaching at the Smithsonian, as her passion spreads to other spaces such as music, photography, art, and early education.

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carrie highman

Carrie Highman is a documentary filmmaker who is passionate about telling stories that inspire. Starting her professional career as a broadcast reporter, producer and anchor on an award-winning news team, she fell in love with the power of stories to produce change. She made the transition to documentary filmmaking so she could pour more time and attention into stories she felt passionate about. Carrie has shot and directed films on a variety of topics from features on elite athletes to food sustainability issues to public lands topics. She's committed to authentic storytelling and shining a light on the people making real impact on a personal and global level.

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chelsea rude

Chelsea Rude is a professional climber who spent her early years competing across the country and in World Cup competitions in Europe. She was crowned National Champion and was a member of the US Climbing Team for a decade. Chelsea became the first female US Team coach and coached for four years. She has onsighted multiple 5.13c's across the world and redpointed up to 5.14b. Most recently, she applied to PA school and is launching She Sends Collective, a women's community serving women (cis + trans) across the country, in 2020. Chelsea enjoys personal coaching, spending time with her three dogs, and pursuing her own personal climbing goals.

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Colleen Gentemann

Colleen Gentemann is an adventure filmmaker, director and producer based in Revelstoke, BC. Shoot, edit and produce: as a one-woman show, she can handle small scale projects on her own but really loves to collaborate with a team. Colleen began her career as a photographer but decided to take a documentary filmmaking program in Vancouver. Since then, filmmaking has proven to be not only her work but also her play and has given her some of the most fun, exciting, stressful and scary moments in her life. She’s laughed, and she’s cried but at the end of the day, she can't imagine doing anything else.

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emma athena

Emma Athena is a writer and yoga instructor with an obsession for truth. Through both words and movement, she explores the mind-body connection and the relationships that exist between our environments, society, and ourselves. Living in Boulder, Colorado, she teaches vinyasa flows and writes about adventure, public lands, and people doing good work in the world.

Jaylyn Gough

Jaylyn Gough

Jaylyn Gough is the founder and Executive Director of the organization, Native Women's Wilderness, as well as a freelance photographer. The organization provides opportunities for Native women, girls, LGBTQ2S, and non-binaries to get outside, as well as elevate the voices of Native people, ancestral land acknowledgements and history, navigating cultural appropriation, and collectively working with brands to acknowledge Native lands and culture. Jaylyn is proud to be a Navajo Woman who climbs mountains. She holds a WFR and you can find her outside wandering with a camera in hand.

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gale straub

Gale Straub is a podcaster, writer and photographer who thrives when she's solving creative problems. Gale is the host and producer of She Explores, a podcast featuring women who are inspired by time outside. It covers themes such as solo hiking, entrepreneurship, aging, conservation, motherhood, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), chronic illness, and feminism as they intersect with outdoor experiences. She is terrible at writing bios.

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Halcy Webster

Halcy Webster (she/her) is an adventure enthusiast and a lover of learning and teaching. She is most often found somewhere in the mountains and occasionally in the desert. Her experiences have taken her from studying nuclear physics, to gender advocacy and establishing a remote alpine first ascent as well as everything in between. Having spent several years living on the road and traveling the continent, she now lives on the Front Range in Colorado with her girlfriend and two dogs. She has spoken on topics of gender and the outdoors at the Flash Foxy Festival, Climbing Wall Association Annual Summit, and Outdoor Retailer. She probably loves chocolate more than you do.

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henna taylor

Henna Taylor is an award winning filmmaker from Boulder, Colorado. Since 2011, she has been in an epic wrestling match with this particular art form. Sometimes she wins and makes something really neat. Other times she is pinned securely to the floor crying "uncle!" and force to try again. Who knows how long this play of endurance will last, but in the meantime Henna is blessed with the opportunity to make movies and hopes to bring a certain je ne sais quoi to this little industry of adventure films.

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julia hanlon

Julia Hanlon is a storyteller, yoga teacher, and endurance athlete. Julia is the host of the Running On Om Podcast, featuring long form conversations with women who have committed their lives to endurance sports and the outdoors. Julia has lived in Ethiopia, working with the Yaya Girls Running program and recently co-directed Bekoji 100, a film featuring the female scholar athletes of Girls Gotta Run Foundation in Bekoji, Ethiopia. She currently lives in Cambridge, MA where she can be found teaching yoga, studying for her graduate program in Mindfulness Based Transpersonal Counseling, or exploring the New England outdoors.

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katie burrell

Katie Burrell is a comedian, actor, director and writer based in Vancouver, BC. Her unique brand of "outdoor" comedy is a result of the many years she has spent working in the ski industry.

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Katie Sugarman

Katie Sugarman is a photographer and filmmaker who has worked in commercial film and photography production since 2007. She has a B.A. in photography from Lewis & Clark College. But, her passion lies in non-profit and social documentary projects that use the power of photography and film to tell important and honest stories of inspirational people and places that may not otherwise be told. Her most recent exhibition, in partnership with Donor Network West, shares the powerful stories of Bay Area African American transplant recipients. Katie has been on the Board of Directors of Naretoi non-profit (a small volunteer run organization), for the last five years. Their projects focus on collaborating with Maasai communities in Kenya in order to empower women in sustainable ways through education, cultural exchange, and local economic efforts.

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Kayla Nolan

Kayla Nolan is a global advocate for girls and women and an outdoors enthusiast. Kayla is the Executive Director of the Girls Gotta Run Foundation (GGRF), the first and only organization to invest in girls using running and education to empower themselves and their communities in Ethiopia. She has spent more than four years living in Ethiopia, and eight years leading GGRF from an all volunteer organization to one that currently impacts more than 1,300 girls and women. Kayla recently produced the Bekoji 100 Relay, Ethiopia’s first ultra relay for peace and women’s empowerment, as well as the subsequent Bekoji 100 Film. Kayla currently lives in Seattle,WA and travels frequently to Ethiopia with GGRF.

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Kelsey Doyle

Kelsey Doyle is a producer and documentary filmmaker. She creates and directs films targeted for web and big screen. Her work has taken her and her teams around the world, from the jungles of Sumatra to the outermost Pacific islands of Micronesia and has been published by Stanford, National Geographic, Oceanic Society, National Science Foundation, UN, PBS, UCB, NYU, and the Harvard Business Review. She is a proud board member of Naretoi, a non-profit that empowers Maasai women in Kenya through mountaineering and is contributor to One People One Reef. Kelsey holds an M.A. in News and Documentary Journalism from New York University and a B.A. in Film and Digital Media from the University of California. She's lived in Buenos Aires, Brooklyn, London and is currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Madaleine Sorkin

Professional climber Madaleine Sorkin has a passion for difficult traditional routes, particularly up big walls. She is a certified AMGA Rock guide and coaches climbers to engage their performance edge. Recipient of the American Alpine Club Bates award in 2014, Madaleine has traveled from Colorado to California, and internationally to Kyrgyzstan, Patagonia, Jordan and Canada making several first or early ascents up to 5.13+ Grade VI (multi-day) rock walls, often in female teams and in remote areas. At the heart of her climbing are the partnerships, wild dreams, struggle and humor that make the pursuit meaningful. In 2018, impacted by climbing-related tragedies in her community, Madaleine founded The Climbing Grief Fund (CGF) in partnership with the American Alpine Club. As the Fund Director, Madaleine hopes CGF will grow to be a resource hub for mental health in the community and support individual’s paths towards healing and integration of grief or trauma.

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nina williams

Nina Williams is a professional climber based in Boulder, Colorado . She started climbing at twelve-years-old, focusing on competition into her early twenties before moving West for more mountainous terrain. She developed her outdoor resume traveling to world-class areas in the United States, Switzerland, South Africa, Australia, and Brazil. After accomplishing difficult bouldering grades upwards of V13, Nina shifted her attention towards the mental style of the sport. She has bouldered 30-50ft formations with ascents such as Evolution Direct (V11), Ambrosia (V11), and Too Big to Flail (V10) in Bishop, CA. She expanded into traditional climbing after her first visit to Yosemite, testing herself on The Final Frontier (5.13b) on Fifi Buttress and Father Time (5.13b) on Middle Cathedral. Nina seeks a balance between hard bouldering, alpine trad, and keeping up with her studies at the University of Colorado. In her spare time, she enjoys a good cup of coffee and hanging out with friends.

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piseth sam

Piseth Sam is passionate about many things, chief among them are being outside and helping others become empowered. As a licensed massage therapist and certified personal trainer, their approach is trauma-informed with the understanding that the body keeps the score of human experience. Their work is guided by the idea that movement transforms, allowing people to dream of and step into their best selves. Piseth's interest in the outdoors began as a kid in Minneapolis, climbing trees and scaling fences. Their passion for the outdoors flourished in their adult life. Favorite ascents include a winter summit of Mount Washington and anything on ice or trad, especially in New Hampshire's White Mountains. In all of their interactions, whether rock climbing or trail running or working with clients, Piseth seeks to create an inclusive space, where everyone can feel comfortable exploring, expressing, and pushing themselves. Piseth lives and plays in the Boston area with their wife.

Alistair Wilson

Alistair Wilson is a co-founder of the documentary and commercial production company Canopy Films, based in Boston, MA. Alistair leads a team of filmmakers on branded, advocacy, and documentary projects, across the U.S. and internationally, most recently producing documentary projects in China, Ethiopia, and Honduras

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Sky yardeni

Sky is a Social Worker and Wilderness Therapist originally from Israel and currently lives in Santa Fe, NM. Sky works with individuals, families, and groups with backgrounds of grief, trauma, addictions, incarceration, systemic marginalization, and mental health on a daily basis, and approaches his work with an open heart to facilitate healing and change. His passion lies at the intersection of nature, healing, and social justice. As the Therapeutic Director of the Climbing Grief Fund, he tries to help evolve the conversation of grief, loss, and trauma in our community, creating a network of support, and to uplift the resiliency, wisdom, and resources that already exist in our beloved climbing community.

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courtney wilson

Courtney Wilson is an outdoors/lifestyle photographer based in Phoenix, Arizona. After moving from the midwest, all she wanted to do was explore her new desert home…and everywhere else in between So, that’s what she and her camera and have been doing ever since! When she isn’t hiking, climbing or camping you can probably find her drinking iced coffee by the gallons or at home, cuddled up with her cats. She is our 2020 No Man’s Land Film Festival Featured Photographer. You can check out Courtney’s work on her website and Instagram.

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Rhiannon Klee

Artist and climber Rhiannon Klee lives in her van and makes her living as an artist, selling surreal watercolor paintings of iconic climbing formations. Rhiannon lived in Wales until she was twelve-years-old, then moved to Florida, where she attended high school, and earned a psychology degree from the University of Tampa. When she broke her back in gymnastics a decade ago, she started climbing to help strengthen her lumbar muscles. Since then, she has traveled all over the world, climbing in the Southwest, Yosemite, Patagonia and other iconic areas —the places that inspire her art. Rhiannon is this year’s No Man’s Land Film Festival Featured Artist. You can see more of her work on her website and her Instagram.

 

Thursday Program

 

friday Program

Saturday Program I

 

Saturday Program II

 

Sunday Program

THIS FILM PROGRAM INCLUDES CLOSED CAPTIONING IN ORDER TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY

2020 FLAGSHIP FAQ

 

what can you expect?

The purpose of this weekend event is to bring together our community to celebrate women and female-identifying individuals in adventure film. Our highest priority of the NMLFF Flagship Festival is to cultivate an inclusive and safer space where members of this community can feel welcome and respected. With that in mind, we want to be clear that harassment of any kind (including behaviors such as verbal or physical abuse, racism, homophobia, transphobia, body-shaming, etc.) during any point of the event will not be tolerated and anyone exhibiting these behaviors will be promptly asked to leave without a refund for any ticket purchases made.

WHO IS THIS EVENT FOR? CAN MEN and those who don’t identify as female attend?

This event welcomes people of all gender identities! Anyone who aligns with our mission is welcome to attend any part of our event programming and we would love to see you there!

Where in Denver is Flagship being held?

There are two main venues we are hosting our programming this year, noted on the schedule of events. Both venues are located on Walnut Street in downtown Denver and are about 0.1 miles apart:

Cultivated Synergy | 2901 Walnut St, Denver, CO 80205

The Riveter | 2734 Walnut St. Denver, CO 80205

Notes on getting here: If you want to come to Flagship via public transportation, the bus stops on Larimer Street and 28th Street are closest. If you’re arriving by car: in addition to street parking options you may find, the Coors Field Parking Garage is open 24 hours per day and is a solid option for parking your vehicle during the event.

what venues are ada accessible at flagship?

There are two main venues being used at No Man’s Land Flagship this year, and each has its own level of accessibility:

Cultivated Synergy: The Warehouse is wheelchair accessible but the bathrooms are not ADA. There is nothing restricting someone in a wheelchair to access to the restroom but there is no handrail when you are in the bathroom.

The Riveter: The Riveter is fully ADA accessible.

If you need accommodations, please let us know as soon as possible by emailing kathy@nomanslandfilmfestival.org.

WILL THERE BE CLOSED CAPTIONING OR INTERPRETERS?

On Sunday, 3/8 there will be signing interpreters present for all activities starting with yoga and running through all of the panels and presentations. In addition, on Sunday the entire film program shown will have closed captioning in English.

can i bring my dog?

We can’t answer this question without first saying that our team LOVES dogs. That said, because of the nature of this event, dogs are sadly not allowed unless they are service animals. Please respect those who do need to bring their service animals with them by leaving your (adorable but non-service) fur babies at home.

DO I NEED TO BRING ANYTHING OTHER THAN MY TICKET CONFIRMATION TO OBTAIN ENTRY?

Nope! Just your ticket confirmation, printed or saved to your phone.

Can I purchase tickets at the door?

For portions of our event that require tickets, like the 5 film screenings we are having throughout Flagship, we will be selling tickets at the door if there is extra capacity before we begin the program (cash or Venmo accepted).

IS THERE A LINEUP OR program schedule?

Yes! Flagship is designed so you can choose your own adventure, right down to the films you want to see. During the weekend, we will be showing 55 films and listening to 25 guest speakers and workshop leaders, so it’s jam packed with amazing things to see and do. You can do it all or just come for an event.

The full schedule of events are here, and the film screening lineup is here.

We also now have an app for those who would like easy access to creating your schedule for the weekend, learning about panels and guest speakers, and seeing the film program lineups all from your mobile device!

 

WHAT do i need tickets for at the event?
what programming is free and open to the public?

To attend a film screening or participate in one of our two artistry workshops, you will need a ticket. The Friday night Filmmaker Dinner is also a ticketed event. Outside of that, the panels, presentations, live podcast recording, and morning yoga and coffee events are all free and open to the public. There is a suggested donation of $5-10 for non-ticket holders to attend these free events to help cover costs.

STILL CAN’T FIND AN ANSWER?

Email us at laura@nomanslandfilmfestival.org or get in touch on Instagram.