VIMFF in the Woods

03/23/2017

Today's the day! Come on by this evening to watch some awesome films. Buy your tickets online before 5 today and skip the lines, or buy your ticket at the door. Doors open at 5:15 and there will be beer, wine, popcorn, and San Pellegrino. Films will start at 6 and play till 9 and there will be a 20 min intermission. Our theatre is located in the Bosa Centre on the CapilanoU campus. Hope to see you there!

03/22/2017

The theatres ready to go! See you guys tomorrow! Get your tickets online. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/vimff-in-the-woods-tickets-32486200099

03/21/2017

Only 2 days to go! Get your tickets at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/vimff-in-the-woods-tickets-32486200099

Welcome to VIMFF In The Woods! Driven by a passion for film, culture, and the outdoors, the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival (VIMFF) Society seeks to advance appreciation of films and film-making while inspiring, informing, and educating the public in these areas. Each year, VIMFF take...

03/20/2017

We have a fantastic guest speaker, Jordan Manley. Director, camera, and editor for Arcteryx's "A Skier's Journey" series. Excited to be inspired by his filmmaking experience, and global adventures!

03/15/2017

"The Accord." The reality of growing up a surfer in Iceland is different from anywhere else in the world. It’s a harsh place. There are no surf shops, guidebooks or webcams. But being so far removed from the hustle and bustle of the known surf world hardens Iceland’s surfers to confront the issue they all must face: the North Atlantic wind.

A film about the turbulent relationship between an Icelandic surfer and the North Atlantic wind. WORLD PREMIERE: Telluride MountainFilm Festival, May 28. The...

03/15/2017

We will be screening “The Super Salmon”, which follows a radio-tagged salmon in Alaska as it makes a journey that defies scientific record, on a river slated to be dammed for electricity. The Susitna River is among the most vibrant, healthy, and beautiful wild salmon rivers left on Earth and the government plans to build a mega-dam to replace 50% of electricity produced by fossil fuels.

Alaska's Susitna River is one of the world's biggest and healthiest wild salmon watersheds. A controversial government plan aims to tap its hydroelectric…

03/14/2017

We will be playing "Flashes of the Altai", which is filmed in the Mongolian mountains and combines mountain biking and pack rafting in a self-supported adventure into the unknown.

03/14/2017

We will be playing SHIFT! In 2006, the Carcross Tagish First Nation introduced a program to connect its youth to their culture and the land. Singletrack to Success capitalises on the vast network of overgrown trails running through the mountains around their tiny community. They brought in trail-building experts and elders who remembered the old trails and hired local kids to be on the trail crew. Outside Magazine listed Carcross as the top new North American mountain biking destination in 2013. https://vimeo.com/140622627

Shift is a half-hour documentary about a group of indigenous youth from Carcross, Yukon who have spent the past 10 years converting historical trails in the mountains…

03/13/2017

We are excited to announce that we will be playing "Why?" directed by Hugo Clozeau. It is filmed in the cold, rugged and forbidding landscape of Iceland where powerful rivers plunge through bedrock gorges and over massive waterfalls. More to come!

03/13/2017

03/11/2017

Stay tuned this Monday as we announce our program. See you then! https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/vimff-in-the-woods-tickets-32486200099?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listing