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From the film Exit the North Pole

Find your flow in the mountains of Turkey, experience Indigenous wisdom in Squamish, comb the shores of the Alaskan coastline, dance with harpy eagles in the Darien Gap and ski through darkness on your way to the North Pole. These journeys take you around the world, far from the comfort of your couch.

Attending in Person
Exit the North Pole: Santino Martirano, Videographer
If You Give a Beach a Bottle: Max Romey, Director; Eve Van Dommelen, Producer
Walking With Plants: Trevor Bennett, Director; Jaya Bremer, Production Assistant

 

Program subject to change

 

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From the film Follow the Light

Follow The Light

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From sunsets over dramatic landscapes to the illumination of hot air balloons and the warm ambience of Turkey, immerse yourself in this colorful adventure with riders Kilian Bron, Pierre Henni, Pierre Dupont and JB Liautard.

Year: 
2021
Country: 
France
Director: 
Pierre Henni
Production Company: 
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Has subtitles: 
No
Advisory: 
General
From the film Walking with Plants

Walking With Plants

23 Mins

Styawat/Leigh Joseph is a S?wxw_ú7mesh Nation ethnobotanist. She grew up away from her traditional territory of Squamish, B.C. but in her search for a deeper understanding of her identity as a S?wxw_ú7mesh woman, she navigates walking between academic and cultural worlds. She contemplates her relationship with plants and their role as teachers on the very land where her ancestors have harvested them since time beyond memory and her life purpose is awakened.

Year: 
2020
Country: 
Canada
Director: 
Trevor Bennett
Leigh Joseph
Producer: 
Nichole Sorochan
Production Company: 
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Has subtitles: 
No
Advisory: 
General
From the film If You Give a Beach a Bottle

If You Give a Beach a Bottle

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Inspired by a picture book, Max Romey heads to a remote beach on Alaska's coastline in search of marine debris. What he finds is a different story altogether.

Year: 
2021
Country: 
United States
Director: 
Max Romey
Producer: 
Max Romey
Has subtitles: 
No
Advisory: 
General
From the film Aguilucho: Dance of the Harpy Eagle

Aguilucho: Dance of the Harpy Eagle

21 Mins

In the remote Darién Gap rainforest, indigenous communities face the advance of loggers and cattle ranchers, an existential threat to their way of life and the ecosystem upon which they rely. When a rare Harpy Eagle nest is discovered near their community, the Emberá tribe of Playa Muerto find an unlikely ally.

Premiere: 
Canadian Premiere
Year: 
2021
Country: 
United States
Director: 
Daniel Byers
Producer: 
Katrin Redfern, Andrew Stern
Has subtitles: 
Yes
From the film Exit the North Pole

Exit the North Pole

57 Mins

Børge Ousland is one of the worlds most experienced polar explorers. He has been to the North Pole several times, solo and with others. On this journey he is joined by South African Mike Horn for an insane 1500km skiing journey across the polar ice cap in temperatures below -30C and mostly travelling in darkness. Not surprisingly, not everything goes as planned.

Year: 
2021
Country: 
Norway
Director: 
Ole-André Lagmandokk
Producer: 
Svein Haaland
Has subtitles: 
Yes