Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival Fall Series Goes Online November 20-29

November 6, 2020
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ByTaryn Eyton
4 min read

The Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival (VIMFF) is a Vancouver tradition, screening dozens of films each November and February. For the first time, VIMFF’s Fall Series is an online event, streaming from November 20th to 29th. It includes over 20 films and live presentations about rock climbing, skiing, and outdoor adventures spread across five shows.

You can buy passes for each individual show, but the best deal is to buy a Fall Series Pass that gives you access to all five shows. Since the festival is all online, you can watch the films at any time between November 20th and 29th. So get the popcorn ready, settle into the couch, and enjoy the film festival from home. Here’s a run-down of what to expect at each show.

Mountain Culture Show

The films and presentations at the Mountain Culture Show celebrate high altitude culture around the world. It includes the world premiere of My Horse My Destiny, about the Celestial Mountains of Kyrgyzstan as well as the world premiere of Last Tracks, a film about the indigenous people of the Peruvian Andes.

VIMFF Fall Series Mountain Culture Show

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Snowsports Show

Get inspired, enjoy films about local adventures, and get stoked for winter at the Snowsports Show. You’ll watch the world premiers of Without a Paddle and Frozen in Time, two films set in BC. The show is also a fundraiser for Protect Our Winters Canada, a community of outdoor enthusiasts, professional athletes, and industry brands advocating for policy solutions to climate change.

VIMFF Fall Series Snowsports Show

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Colour the Trails Show

The Colour the Trails Show highlights five short films about diversity in the outdoors. There’s also a live panel on November 25th with Judith Kasiama, founder of the Vancouver-based non-profit, Colour the Trails. Judith will moderate an hour-long discussion with outdoor athletes of colour from across Canada the US.

VIMFF Falls Series Colour the Trails Show

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Environmental Show

Presented in partnership with the David Suzuki Foundation, the Environmental Show includes four films with a conservation focus. Follow Zion National Park’s caretakers, the struggle to save bighorn sheep in the American West, the endangered rivers of eastern Russia, and orcas in Norway’s Arctic.

VIMFF Fall Series Environmental Show

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Climbing Show

Laugh along with friends on an adventure, hold your breath for the crux moves, and enjoy the beautiful scenery from Canada’s north, Mount Everest, Polynesia, Yosemite National Park, and China at the Climbing Show. Look for Squamish climbers Bronwyn Hodgins, Jacob Cook, Zack Goldberg-Poch, and Thor Stewart in Ocean to Asgard, a film about their 40-day self-propelled journey to climb big walls on Baffin Island.

VIMFF Fall Series Climbing Show

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Buy streaming passes and get more details on each of the shows on the VIMFF website.

Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival
VIMFF
online film festival
rock climbing films
skiing films
outdoor adventure films
November 20-29
virtual event