https://explorersweb.com/2020/04/03/ano ... -for-free/
Cool list of professional grade adventure films you can stream for free, lots of climbing and mountaineering, paddling, etc.
Enjoy. Report back if any of them are particularly good.
Edit: I guess the Banff Mountain Film Festival was cancelled so there are a ton of submissions free for viewing:
Explorer's Web wrote:Curated by Lianne Caron
Liv Along the Way(2018, 23 min)
Since she first summited Mont Blanc as a teen, Liv Sansoz knew she would make her life in themountains. She was twice crowned World Champion in sport climbing, and eventuallyexpanded her professional horizons to mixed climbing, ski mountaineering, and base jumping.In 2017, at 40 years old, Liv set out from her base in Chamonix, France to attempt to climb all82 4000m peaks in the European Alps in a single year. As she’s learned several timesthroughout her life, things don’t always go as planned.
http://tv.salomon.com/channel/hiking-mo ... longtheway
Frozen Mind(2018, 33 min)
Together with his old friend Pierre Hourticq, snowboarder Victor de le Rue tries to write a newstory in the iconic mountains near Chamonix. Frozen Mind is not just a freeride film, it is astory of friendship and a journey of discovery as the two men take unique paths in order toconquer the same objectives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axNnKy-jfWwThe
7 Stages of Blank(2019, 42 min)
Blank Collective films takes you on a journey through The 7 Stages of Blank, a lightheartedlook into the bond that develops around the sport of skiing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSK-f5ES0i4
Circle of the Sun(2019, 5 min)
Steep mountains, the ocean, the sun, and the aurora borealis. One rotation of the sun high inthe Arctic on skis equals one day of magic.
https://vimeo.com/344890300
Safe Haven(2018, 8 min)
Founded on the belief that everyone is welcome, Memphis Rox opened a climbing gym to beat the center of the city's revitalization. Watch and if you are interested to learn more aboutMemphis Rox.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYjVzoxIkdI
Camel Finds Water(2019, 8 min)
Trevor found the hull of an abandoned fishing boat in a field. He brought it home and built itback to a sea-worthy state over the course of a summer. Then, he took it on its maiden voyageto British Columbia in search of waves.
https://vimeo.com/328771728
This Land(2019, 10 min)
Runner and advocate Faith E. Briggs used to run through the streets of Brooklyn every morning.Now, she’s running 150 miles through three U.S. National Monuments that lay in the thick of thecontroversy around public lands.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3dxCJK ... JzC_6lXWbg
Beneath the Ice(2019, 16 min)
Canadian Will Gadd uses his unparalleled ice climbing skills and knowledge to lead ascientific exploration into uncharted territory inside of the Greenland ice sheet.
https://www.redbull.com/ca-en/films/beneath-the-ice
Aziza(2018, 6 min)
Set in the streets of Bou Tharar and the wide, craggy valleys of the lower Atlas mountains,Aziza is the story of a young woman who has thrived in the world of ultra-running and how shehas become a role model for other up-and-coming athletes in Morocco.
https://vimeo.com/286846186
Standing Man(2019, 13 min)
Cyclist Payson McElveen attempts to break the current fastest known time on the grueling160 km White Rim Road in Canyonlands National Park.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La8-Qqio0rU
Eli(2019, 5 min)
As a rancher growing up in the rugged northeast corner of the Navajo Nation with no electricityor running water, Eli Neztsosie learned through years of work what it meant to rely ondiscipline and endurance. Now he relies on these same skills, running long distances— strivingevery day, in his words, to be better than he was the day before.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l16tuTE99vA
A Nordic Skater(2018, 5 min)
A Nordic Skater is the very first film about this little known sport. It features Per Sollerman, aphotographer who has been skating on frozen lakes and fjords for the past 10 years. During 6captivating minutes, the viewer is transported to the region of Oslo to have a peek at a story ofa man who uses every sense he has to travel on thin ice.
https://vimeo.com/297673643
Out on a Limb(2019, 21 min)
Engineer Kai Lin teams up with climber Craig DeMartino to design a badass prosthetic foot,which if they succeed won’t just level the playing field, but will dish up, if not superpowers, thena real sense of empowerment, which is almost the same thing.
https://mojagear.com/videos/2019/08/16/ ... demartino/
Spirit(2019, 20 min)
An intimate story of longing and belonging in India’s sacred mountains. Spirit explores whatit takes to make a home in a remote community in the thralls of change.
https://vimeo.com/369505425
Solstice(2019, 4 min)
A skier’s tribute to the shortest day of the year when the sun arcs low over the horizon andthe ice crystals linger in the air.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTPovRc6OoM
Narics(2019, 19 min)
In the midst of Kosovo, an area that’s been haunted by war and ethical conflicts, Elias Elhardt discovers the small ski resort Brezovica. Snowboard enthusiast Hamdi is one of the localsthat now wants to breathe new life into this special place. He guides Elias through thisforgotten world and reflects on the question, how a future can be built if the past still weighsso heavily.
https://vimeo.com/383514704
Valley of the Moon(2018, 21 min)
Valley of the Moon explores the importance of climbing as a way to cross cultural barriers,build friendship and chase adventure in one of the most breathtaking regions of the earth.
https://vimeo.com/299057800
The Legend of Rafael(2019, 7 min)
A beautiful story about the power of two wheels and a community built through bicycling. Aftera devastating breakup, Rafael finds solitude and restoration on the open road, pedaling his wayto emotional health from Mexico City to northern Colorado. With just $500 to his name, hespearheads a revolution to help the underprivileged members of his new neighborhood the bestway he knows how—repairing their bicycles.
https://vimeo.com/333580941
Over Time - Sammy C(2019, 7 min)
Filmed purley in the heart of the BC backcountry, Over Time - Sammy C features the bestshots from a full winter with pro skier Sammy Carlson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVXJ2E41_xE
Wallmapu(2018, 6 min)
The Pehuenche people of present-day Chile speak Mapudungun: ‘the language of the land.’This land, their universe, is known as Wallmapu. Two skiers enter, into a breathtaking creationof ancient Araucaria trees, looming volcanoes, and windblown snow.
https://vimeo.com/306295979
Chasing the Sublime(2018, 6 min)
Why do we put ourselves into the path of discomfort and risk? What drives us to get too coldand too tired, to battle with fear, in the name of adventure? Follow the originators of TheOutdoor Swimming Society, ‘swim twins’ Kate Rew and Kari Furre, in this hauntingly beautifulglimpse at the physicality of UK cold water swimming, as two friends set out to chase thesublime.
https://vimeo.com/292071219
The Running Pastor(2019, 8 min)
Sverri is a local Pastor and avid runner who uses his time on the trails to work through notonly his own personal conflicts, but the conflicts of others he often is burdened with.
https://vimeo.com/340472874
BMX Nigeria(2019, 13 min)
BMX street is one of the most frequently evolving sports in the world and, in Nigeria, a groupof local riders are reinventing riding at a grassroots level.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDZpsjtfYuY
The Shepherdess(2018, 6 min)
A brutal drought is gripping the Southwest and the Navajo reservation especially hard,threatening traditional shepherds and a way of life going back generations.
https://www.katiefalkenberg.com/#/shepherdess/
Silence(2018, 18 min)
What does it take to climb the world’s first 9c? Let’s find out in Silence, a movie by BernardoGiménez. It shows what preceded the afternoon of September 3, 2017 when Adam Ondra, aprofessional rock climber and currently one of the best climbers in the world, made a little piece
of climbing history when he climbed his project in the spectacular Hanshelleren Cave inNorway. The route, later named Silence, received a new grade of 9c and became the hardestroute in the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRTNHDd0gL8
Ice & Palms(2018, 32 min)
The documentary follows skiers Jochen Mesle and Max Kroneck on their most ambitiousski tour yet. A 100% self powered adventure from southern Germany all the way to themediterranean sea.
https://vimeo.com/319200353
Sacred Strides(2018, 12 min)
Bears Ears National Monument is a public land under threat. In 2018, a group of NativeAmerican tribes put their differences aside and ran 1280 km to Bears Ears to send a messageof unity.
https://vimeo.com/283490560
Hourya(2018, 10 min)
Fly Above the ancient sands of the Moroccan coastline. Let your spirit soar with lightnessand the feeling of Hourya.https://vimeo.com/289029793
FAST HORSE(2018, 14 min)
FAST HORSE follows the return of the Blackfoot bareback horse racing tradition in a new form:the Indian Relay. Siksika horseman Allison Red Crow struggles to build a team withsecond-hand horses and a new jockey, Cody Big Tobacco, to take on the best riders in theBlackfoot Confederacy at the Calgary Stampede.
https://vimeo.com/358170802
The Moment(2017, 74 min)
In the backwoods of British Columbia, three small but dedicated crews of adventureseekers were quietly changing the course of a sport and carving their paths in history. TheMoment captures the birth and success of the original freeride mountain bike movement.
https://www.redbull.com/int-en/films/the-moment
For the Love of Mary(2018, 6 min)
When 97-year-old runner George Etzweiler dons his lucky ancient green running shorts, he’s not just running to the summit of Mt Washington, he carries something special with him: the memory of his late wife of 68 years.
https://vimeo.com/273611679
Break on Through(2017, 26 min)
Margo Hayes, a little-known 19 year old from Boulder Colorado, has moved to Europe to trainand climb with the goal of succeeding on two of the most iconic 5.15s in France and Spain. Butby pushing her body and mind to the absolute limit, she risks injury and failure in her quest tobe the first.
https://www.redbull.com/int-en/episodes ... ck-s04-e01
Life of Glide(2017, 16 min)
Big Mountain rider Jeremy Jones dissects his lifelong passion for the simple sacred feeling
he calls “The Glide.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edYSL913rHI
Brothers of Climbing(2017, 7 min)
How can you be what you can’t see? Mikhail Martin, co-founder of Brothers of Climbing said, “Iliterally typed, ‘Are there black climbers?’ in Google ... someone said, ‘black people don’tclimb.'”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LWq5s-s4pY
Ride of the Dead(2017, 12 min)
Enter into the world of Oaxacan mountain bike culture during Mexico’s famous annualcelebration known as Dia De Los Muertos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLXR86vHUNU
Holocene(2018, 12 min)
Join two riders from Japan as they dive into the cultural history of the dolomites clatteringup Via Ferratas and shredding down couloirs along the way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Yqf9Mn_ZY
Beautiful Idiot(2018, 15 min)
Beautiful Idiot takes you on a ride through the mindset and motivations of those who feeldriven to pursue greatness, how it can feel to fall short, and the consequences of reaching alofty goal when the struggle to get there has defined you for so long. Featuring professionalfreeride mountain bike rider Brett Rheeder.
https://vimeo.com/282402702
Perspectives | India(2018, 5 min)
Professional mountain bike athlete and artist Micayla Gatto adventures to the IndianHimalayas to experience the culture with her unique artistic perception.
https://freehubmag.com/videos/perspectives-india
Inside the Indus - A Pakistani Odyssey(2017, 27 min)
An international team of kayakers heads to Pakistan to attempt a descent of the fabled RonduGorge, on the Indus river. Hidden behind a wall of political and security factors meant it hadbeen eight years since the last expedition had ventured into the gorge.
https://www.facebook.com/twelveproducti ... dyssey/224 8154562075004/
Skier Vs Drone(2018, 4 min)
2018 Olympic Bronze Medalist skier racer, Victor Muffat-Jeandet, faces off against 2x WorldDrone Racing Champion, Jordan Temkin, in a dual GS race to see who is the fastest downthe mountain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn_Fx2MwCB0
The Faction Collective Presents: La Grave(2018, 17 min)
Sam Anthamatten and Johnny Collinson travel to La Grave to push the limits of steep skiingand discover what makes La Grave so unique - a mythic freeride location where time stops.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkinG08IoKk
Children of the Columbia: A Skier’s Odyssey(2018, 20 min)
A cultural ski journey up the historically-charged waters of the Columbia River in interiorBritish Columbia.
https://vimeo.com/330851467
The Sky Piercer(2018, 44 min)
Snow athletes Sam Smoothy, Xavier De Le Rue, Nadine Wallner and Fraser McDougall takeon the challenge of skiing down New Zealand’s highest mountain, the notorious Mount Cook(Aoraki). Will extreme weather and icy conditions defeat them?
https://www.redbull.com/int-en/films/th ... 2019-23-10
The Lorax Project(2018, 35 min)
Six friends embark on a determined quest to climb and then BASE jump ‘The Lorax’, aformidable climb in remote western Tasmania. Surrounded by some of the most pristinewilderness in all of Australia, they contend with extreme weather and rugged terrain, relying oneach other’s skills and a bit of humour to reach their goal.
https://vimeo.com/310331133
Escape(2018, 8 min)
JaBig, a Montreal-based DJ, buys a bike on a whim and decides to attempt to beat the recordfor the longest continuous bike ride in a single country. What’s more, he’ll ride a single-speed,fixed-gear bicycle and finish in the winter, approaching the Arctic Ocean by way of Canada’snorthernmost continental hamlet, Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories.
https://www.mec.ca/en/explore/mec-documentary-escape
Facing Sunrise(2017, 8 min)
While dealing with one of the darkest times of her life, processing family trauma and recoveringfrom injury, Azzah overhears a conversation around the question, “what do you want to dobefore you die?” Inspired and energized, she rushes home and begins her bucket list. Althoughshe has never seen herself as much of an adventurer, she realizes she’s capable of more thanshe ever imagined.
https://www.mec.ca/en/explore/facing-sunrise
Ascending Afghanistan (2016, 44 min) *warning graphic content
Follow the first female Afghan mountaineering team as they navigate their first expedition andfight for recognition as athletes amongst their country, culture, and families.
https://video.vice.com/en_us/video/vice ... ing-women/
Brotherhood of Skiing(2018, 10 min)
Since 1973, the National Brotherhood of Skiers has overcome barriers by bringing soul,smiles and a party to the mountain
https://vimeo.com/318824416
How to Run 100 Miles(2018, 28 min)
The odds were stacked against Jayson Sime early in life: poverty, homelessness, dyslexia,bullying. But he learned to fight. In 2017, he entered his first 100-mile mountainultramarathon, betting on his lifelong resilience to carry him to the finish line.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC7Lh4opLsc
Blue Heart(2018, 44 min)
The Balkan Peninsula is home to the last wild rivers in Europe. However, a deluge of morethan 3,000 proposed hydropower developments threaten to destroy the culture and ecology ofthis forgotten region. Blue Heart, now in its first digital release, documents the battle for thelargest undammed river in Europe, Albania’s Vjosa, the effort to save the endangered Balkanlynx in Macedonia, and the women of Kruščica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, who arespearheading a months-long, 24/7 protest to protect their community’s only source ofdrinking water.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhmHByZ0Xd8
Carving Landscapes(2018, 6 min)
Through the inspiring legacy of Mary Vaux we will venture onto the IllecillewaetGlacier, reenacting her research and her mountain travel in the restriction of Victoriandresses.
https://vimeo.com/299359466
The Passage(2018, 25 min)
In 1974, my 20-year-old parents and uncle Andy built their own canoes, launched them into thePacific, and became some of the first people in modern history to canoe from Washington toAlaska up the Inside Passage. My brother and I grew up paddling those wooden canoes in theVirginia rivers and the 1974 adventure became a legend in our family - shaping who we’vebecome, how we view our parents, and how our parents view themselves. In the summer ofCurated by Lianne Caron2017, we renovated those canoes and with our aging parents completed their 1974 journey. ThePassage is a story about growing up, growing old, and the wild places that define us.
https://vimeo.com/272632802
Grizzly Country(2018, 12 min)
After serving in the Vietnam War, author and eco-warrior Doug Peacock spent years alone in theWyoming and Montana wilderness observing grizzly bears. This time in the wild changed thecourse of his life. With the protection of Yellowstone grizzlies now under threat, Peacockreflects on the importance of habitat and why he continues to fight for wild causes.
https://vimeo.com/300829054
The Botanist(2016, 20 min)
After the fall of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan, a former Soviet Socialist Republic, plunged into adevastating civil war. A famine struck the mountainous region of the Pamir where Raïmberdi,a passionate and ingenious botanist, built his own hydroelectric station to help his familysurvive through the crisis.
https://vimeo.com/267165412
Surviving the Outback(2018, 57 min)
Could you survive alone across hundreds of kilometers of remote outback for a wholemonth, trekking and sailing on a makeshift raft, with nothing but a time capsule of antiquestuff from 1932? Mike wasn’t sure he could pull it off either!
https://tubitv.com/movies/497254/surviving_the_outback
The Mirnavator(2017, 11 min)
Ultra-runners overcome obstacles on every trail. In this film, Force of Nature MirnaValerio overcomes the negative voices that don’t believe she belongs in the sport.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5-CSQcYeXk
Ski Photographer(2018, 9 min)
Drawn to the mountains in search of the ski bum lifestyle, Oskar Enander had no intention ofever becoming a photographer. Is his affinity for cold stark places driven by his colorblindness? Or is it place that has formed his aesthetic?
https://vimeo.com/300544856
My Mom Vala(2017, 10 min)
Life has a way of putting us where we need to be. For Vala, that’s in both Greenland – whereshe works at her family’s fishing lodge – and Reykjavík, where she teaches her daughter how todo it all on her own, too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERjQ7hcVxus
AMO(2017, 7 min)
Amo; in the native Rapa Nui Language means, to carry on ones shoulders. Easter Island is aplace known the world across in myth and legend, but the people who call it home and theunique culture that they embody is often overlooked as the most valuable piece of the islandsestranged story. In this short film, Heu Rapa Haoa, native born Rapa Nui and one of 800remaining people left in the world who speak his native tongue fluently, tells his story of theisland, the stone heads that brought Easter Island renowned, and in what he sees for his futureand in that the future of his people the culture that defines them.
https://vimeo.com/254442752
Surface(2018, 7 min)
In a photographic niche defined by familiar angles, Ben Thouard is driven by his desire tocreate something original in surf photography.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeONe9teVWw
The Frenchy(2018, 14 min)
Jacques is an 82-year-old badass athlete, but the real story is how he inspires us with hiscontagious love of life, epic tales of survival and his ability to counter aging throughlaughter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhfipv8LXRg
Dreamride 3(2018, 6 min)
Inspired by a Dr. Seuss narrative, this mountain bike film is sure to take you places like noother.
https://vimeo.com/266377015
Treeline(2018, 40 min)
Through a cinematic exploration of three extraordinary tree communities, Treeline brings forestsalive on screen, illuminating the reciprocal bond between humanity and nature - a relationshipwe can’t survive without - and asks what responsibility we have to protect the exceptionalforests that remain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCEaYInJbos
The Wolf Pack(2018, 12 min)
The Braford-Lefebrve family lives to run and runs to live. Without cell phones or anymodern worry, the wolf pack roams the mountains around Silverton CO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I83E6jSHBs4
Danny Macaskill: Danny Daycare(2019, 4 min)
In his latest film Danny Macaskill takes on some child care the only way he knows how... bytaking them for a wee bike ride around Scotland!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj0Cmnx ... tion=share
Electric Greg(2019, 20 min)
Record-breaking mountain endurance athlete Greg Hill has never shied away from a goal.Through his time spent in the mountains, he's seen the effects of climate change first-hand andcame to realize the way he was approaching the mountains was only making the problemworse. Two years ago he changed his approach and set out to climb 100 peaks without burningany fossil fuels. But the question is: will it make a difference?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTL5l4C ... e=youtu.be
Defiance(2019, 13 min)
The path of progression is paved with acts of defiance. Leanne Pelosi, Jake Blauvelt, andVictor de Le Rue take the stage in British Columbia in a showcase of shred.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUN-2fA ... e=youtu.be
Par For The Course(2019, 4 min)
Mirna Valerio takes on her first ever sky race at the 4th annual Broken Arrow Sky Race. Mirnanavigated the rocky, exposed ridge lines, steep climbs and snow filled descents of SquawValley with an attitude unlike any other.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13kb8ge ... e=youtu.be
The Motivator(2018, 4 min)
Filmmaker Aaron Hitchins turns his camera on the person who has motivated him to lead a lifeconnected to the outdoors: his mother, Maureen. He wishes he were half as active as she is,and her commitment to rediscovering herself is inspirational.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpLt8Th ... e=youtu.be
