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THE SCALE OF HOPE- 67min
SOLUTIONS- 75min
OUTDOOR ADVENTURE TRIO- 72min
Opening Night Film & Event
Opening Night Film & Event
Thursday, July 13th
Thursday, July 13th
Opening Reception
Opening Reception
5:30PM to 9:00PM
5:30PM to 9:00PM
Reception at Hilton Garden Inn Boulder on Canyon Outdoor Courtyard
Reception at Hilton Garden Inn Boulder on Canyon Outdoor Courtyard
Insider’s tip: Park free at the DAC and walk the two blocks to the Garden Inn.
Film Screening NUCLEAR NOW
Film Screening NUCLEAR
NOW
DIRECTED BY: OLIVER STONE
DIRECTED BY: OLIVER STONE
7:30PM
7:30PM
Gordon Gamm Theater, Dairy Arts Center
Gordon Gamm Theater, Dairy Arts Center
United States | 2023 | 1 hr 45min | Documentary
United States | 2023 | 1 hr 45min | Documentary
Live Music by The Atomic Collective, the jazz band making people happy on Colorado’s Front Range since 2019. Kyle Banker at piano, Tobin Munsat on drums, Adisa Nickerson on trumpet, & Todd Van Selus on bass.
Live Music by The Atomic Collective, the jazz band making people happy on Colorado’s Front Range since 2019. Kyle Banker at piano, Tobin Munsat on drums, Adisa Nickerson on trumpet, & Todd Van Selus on bass.
Heavy Appetizers & Libations (Your ticket includes one cocktail, wine, or beer. Cash bar thereafter.)
Heavy Appetizers & Libations (Your ticket includes one cocktail, wine, or beer. Cash bar thereafter.)
Controversy clings to some people, especially Oliver Stone, who’s described his life’s work as being all about “undiscovered lies that people won’t admit.” The latest lie he wants to debunk: That nuclear energy is a threat. Wrong, Stone says: it’s actually the answer to the current climate crisis. As fossil fuels continue to cook the planet, the world is finally confronting the influence of large oil companies enriched for generations. Beneath our feet, uranium atoms in the Earth’s crust hold incredibly concentrated energy. Science unlocked this, first for bombs and then to power submarines, and then to generate electricity. With unprecedented access to the nuclear industry in France, Russia, and the United States Oliver Stone explores the possibility for the global community to overcome challenges like climate change through nuclear energy.”
Controversy clings to some people, especially Oliver Stone, who’s described his life’s work as being all about “undiscovered lies that people won’t admit.” The latest lie he wants to debunk: That nuclear energy is a threat. Wrong, Stone says: it’s actually the answer to the current climate crisis. As fossil fuels continue to cook the planet, the world is finally confronting the influence of large oil companies enriched for generations. Beneath our feet, uranium atoms in the Earth’s crust hold incredibly concentrated energy. Science unlocked this, first for bombs and then to power submarines, and then to generate electricity. With unprecedented access to the nuclear industry in France, Russia, and the United States Oliver Stone explores the possibility for the global community to overcome challenges like climate change through nuclear energy.”
WITH MARK P. JENNSEN DIRECTOR, NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PROGRAM
WITH MARK P. JENNSEN DIRECTOR, NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
PROGRAM
WITH MARK P. JENSEN DIRECTOR, NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PROGRAMCOLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES
COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES
COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES AND CHRIS NOONAN, PEREGRINE ENERGY
“The film’s measured tone is what lends it its visceral power,” says The New York Times.
“The film’s measured tone is what lends it its visceral power,” says The New York Times.
YOUTH V. GOV THE GRAB DEEP IN THE HEART
YOUTH V. GOV
FRIDAY, JULY 14 AT 4:00 PM
DIRECTED BY: CHRISTY COOPER
Boedecker Cinema, Dairy Arts Center
United States | 2020 | 110 mins | Documentary
This film focuses on the constitutional lawsuit
Juliana v. The United States of America brought by 21 young Americans-including two Coloradansagainst their government for its willful actions that led to the climate crisis that violates their rights to life, liberty, and personal safety. Since 2015, the legal non-profit Our Children’s Trust has been representing them in this landmark case.
natural resources of a foreign nation to feed one’s home supply. Halverson’s inquiry into a curious matter-the acquisition of 25% of the USA’s pork supply-leads him down a rabbit hole that connects pork chops with private militia, Saudi princes, forced homelessness in Zambia, and even the war in Ukraine.
“Paced like a sleek international thriller” says the LA Times.RogerEbert.com calls it , “The ‘Holy S&%T’ documentary of the year.”
SEAN KOHLER, DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FROM BOULDER FOOD RESCUE WILL FACILITATE A DISCUSSION ON FOOD EQUITY AFTERWARDS.
NICOLE VENNER, YOUTH CLIEMATE JUSTICE ORGANIZER, COLORADO RESIDENT, AND ONE OF THE FILM’S SUBJECTS WILL JOIN US POST-SCREENING FOR A DISCUSSION.
NICOLE VENNER, YOUTH CLIMATE JUSTICE ORGANIZER, COLORADO RESIDENT, AND ONE OF THE FILM’S SUBJECTS WILL JOIN US POST-SCREENING FOR A DISCUSSION.
THE GRAB
FRIDAY, JULY 14 AT 4:30 PM
DIRECTED BY: GABRIELA
DEEP IN THE HEART
FRIDAY, JULY 14 AT 7:00 PM
DIRECTED BY: BEN MASTERS
Boedecker Cinema, Dairy Arts Center
United States | 2022 | 101 mins|
Documentary
COWPERTHWAITEAND NATE HLVERSON
COWPERTHWAITE AND NATE HALVERSON
Gordon Gamm Theater, Dairy Arts Center
Global | 2020 | 102 mins | Documentary
This taut investigative docu-thriller six years in the making follows Nate Halverson as he digs into the global crisis of land grabs. A tale of investigative journalism, it exposes the covert pillaging by developed nations. The aim is to pillage as much
Narrated by Matthew McConaughey and featuring state-of-the-art cinematography, this family-friendly film journeys from the highest peaks in West Texas, through our aquifers, rivers, and bays, and deep into the Gulf of Mexico. The film urges conservation our remaining wild places, to show the connectivity of water and wildlife, and to recognize Texas’ conservation importance on a continental scale.
ENTER THE SLIPSTREAM
FRIDAY, JULY 14 AT 7:30 PM
DIRECTED BY: MATTHEW ROGERS
Gordon Gamm Theater, Dairy Arts Center
Global | 2023 | 88 mins | Documentary
Jonathan “JV” Vaughters runs the United States’ oldest professional cycling team, an international organization of over 120 riders and staff that race across the globe. A former pro and teammate of Lance Armstrong, JV founded the team as a repudiation of cycling’s rampant culture of doping. Over the course of a decade, he built a squad that competes at the highest level, drug free. The Tour de France is not so much a race as a cultural institution. The film explores the sport’s fragile economics, made more vulnerable by COVID-19 pandemic. An inspiring film that shows how the seemingly solitary activity of competitive biking is an act of teamwork in the purest form.
DIRECTOR TED YOUNGS AND PRODUCER
MATTHEW ROGERS WILL JOIN US POSTSCREENING FOR A RIVETING DISCUSSION
SHORT FILM COMPETITION PROGRAM
SATURDAY, JULY 15 AT 4:00 PM
Boedecker Cinema, Dairy Arts Center
We’ll screen the finalists of our short-film competition curated from over 100 submissions this year.
DROP (United States | 18:30 mins)
Patagonia, Protect Our Winters (POW), and Hilary Hutcheson teamed up to produce this film that follows a drop of water from its source in the Rockiesof Montana to its final destination: the Pacific Ocean. Directed by Liam Gallagher.
DIAGONAL (United States | 10:30 mins)
Colorado local India Wood bucks the traditional way of recreating, taking a unique and in-depth look on foot to see the world. India’s walk is a celebration of the originality that makes us human and the delight that comes in doing things a little bit differently. Directed by Ryan Ernstes.
BICYCLE ISLAND (United States/Cuba | 19:55 mins)
Portraits and artistic explorations are woven into a c ontemporary mosaic of Havana’s bicycle culture, positioning the bicycle as a readopted mobility tool and critical resource for the future of the island. Directed by Mitra Elena Ghaffari.
CONNECTED TO THE TERRAIN (Spain | 12:00 mins)
Enter the world of Jonathan Trango and learn about proximity, a sport in which technical and psychological preparation play a very important role. It is a pleasure for the senses to see him flying in a wingsuit. Directed by Alberto Collantes.
I SEE (Canada | 2:37 mins)
In this poetic film, we follow a child’s journey through the woods to his community’s local dump where he reuses waste to build a bear, symbolizing nature. Directed by Noémie Echaquan & Julie Ottawa.
HEART OF MAUI (United States | 7:30 mins)
This National Park Service film follows two biologists fighting to save a bird species so rare, there are only 200 left on the planet. Events unfold inside Haleakala National Park's remote backcountry. Directed by David Ehrenberg
DRIVING SWEEP (United States | 9:54 mins)
Follow river guide Katie Veteto as she learns how to “drive sweep” down the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. Directed by Gregory Cairns
RESTORING THE SPIRIT OF PLACE (United States | 12:00 mins)
A film focused on wildlife passages and Highway 93, which runs through the Flathead Reservation. Here, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai (CSKT) tribes work to support coexistence along human and wildlife corridors through an approach they call “Spirit of Place.” Directed by Jerry van de Beek, Lara Tomov, & Nick Stone Schearer.
OUTDOOR ADVENTURE TRIO
SATURDAY, JULY 15 AT 4:30 PM
Gordan Gamm Theater, Dairy Arts Center
Three intense, inspiring short films to relish, all of which carry a common theme: overcoming physical adversity to celebrate a passion for the outdoors:
ALL ALONG THE BISON
DIRECTED BY: DUNCAN MCDOWALL
Canada | 2022 | 19mins | Documentary
Set in the foothills of Canada’s Rockies and prairie grasslands, some of the most endangered ecosystems in the world, this film showcases the work of two passionate individuals, one helping physically and cognitively disabled individuals regain access to outdoor recreation while the other re-introduces bison to their natural habitat.
ELEVATED
DIRECTED BY: PALMER MORSE
United States | 2022 | 15 mins | Documentary
Effective communication is a challenge that every climber faces. It’s a sport that requires focus, dedication, and overcoming fear-requirements intensified when the climber is deaf. This “nonverbal”film shares one deaf woman’s experience in climbing and her advocate working to bridge the gap between the Deaf community and the outdoor industry, one crag at a time.
THE SCALE OF HOPE
ONE KIDNEY CLIMB: KILIMANJARO
DIRECTED BY: TOM RACEK
United States | 2022 | 38:15 mins | Documentary
This film spotlights the Kidney Donor Athletes (KDA) as they climb Mt. Kilimanjaro to raise awareness about live organ donors. One person’s organ donation can set off a chain reaction and an opportunity for many more lives to be saved.
POST-SCREENING, THREE OF THE KDA CLIMBERS- SAMANTHA CARRIRO, EMILY MONTEROSSO, AND MATT HARMODY WILL JOIN US FOR A DISCUSSION.
POST-SCREENING, THREE THE KDA CLIMBERS- CARREIRO, EMILY HARMODY WILL JOIN US FOR DISCUSSION.
THE SCALE OF HOPE
SATURDAY, JULY 15 AT 7:00 PM
DIRECTED BY: JOSH “BONES” MURPHY Boedecker Cinema, Dairy Arts Center
Canada | 2022 | 67 mins | Documentary
Molly Kawahata is a former climate advisor to the Obama White House and also a dedicated alpine climber. She dreams of both scaling more challenging summits while purusing her passion for environment activism. The film follows her as she preps hard for a climbing expedition in the Alaska Range while working to create a hope-centered strategy to alleviate the effects of global climate change. And in a life-affirming twist, her mental health struggles help illuminate to her path.
VERTICAL LIFE – ROCK CLIMBING SHORTS
SATURDAY, JULY 15 AT 7:30 PM
Gordon Gamm Theater, Dairy Arts Center
Now in its third year, the Vertical Life Film Tour again brings the best documentary adventure tales from around the globe to the big screen:
MIDAIR
DIRECTED BY: LOUIS-JACK
UK | 2022 | 4 mins
In scaling rocks by the hardest routes, boulderers seek to evade gravity, achieve weightlessness, and momentarily leave the world behind. This metaphysical bouldering film stars the UK’s best all-round climber, Jim Pope. Filmed in iconic Lake District locations, it’s set to a pumping techno soundtrack.
EVERYDAY CLIMBERS-PABLO
DIRECTED BY: FLORENT QUINT
France | 2022 | 12 mins
In this selection from the “Everyday Climbers” film series, a young Belgian climber bikes through wintertime France, in search of the very best 8A route in the country.
SEVEN 7 SEVEN
DIRECTED BY: DIVYA GORDON & ALI VANN
Australian| 2022 | 21:29 mins
Seven hundred and seventy-seven meters—that’s the size of the gap between two particular cliffs. In March 2021, a gang of like-minded individuals got together to bridge this gap and break the Australian record for longest line rigged. Heartfelt and soulful, the film give you a glimpse into being part of the Australian highlining community.
THE PROCESS
DIRECTED BY: MATT PYCROFT
Australian | 2022 | 15 mins
Tom Randall is a world-class crack climber. He is also a terrible runner, which is why his latest challenge seems like an odd choice. He decided to link up two of the Lake District’s biggest and toughest endurance challenges, the Bob Graham Round and The Classic Rock challenge, making one hellish 24-hour mad dash. A funny, honest, heartfelt story.
GRACE
DIRECTED BY: SANDRO GROMEN HAYE
UK | 11:56 min
Having spent her teenage years in hospital, Grace finds healing through the climbing community Dogface is scary: gear can pop, rusty bolts snap… and the climbing is always a sandy affair.
INNER MOUNTING FLAME
DIRECTED BY: ANDREW KORNYAK
UK | 11:56 min
The story of North Carolina musician and rock climbing legend Mike Stam and the second ascent of his high-country bouldering test piece, the Inner Mounting Flame.
A CRACK IN THE MOUNTAIN
SUNDAY, JULY 16 AT 1:30 PM
DIRECTED BY: ALASTAIR EVANS
Gordon Gamm, Dairy Arts Center
UK | 2020 | 99 mins | Documentary
A cave passage so large it has its own lake, jungle, and weather system? That’s Hang Son Doong, which translates as “mountain river cave.” It’s in the Quang Binh Province in Vietnam, within a national park that’s a UNESCO World Heritage site. Discovered in 1990, but largely unexplored until 2009, plans to build a cable car into it is dividing the local community. A classic preservation versus development tale in a one-of-a-kind locale that also shows the perils of operating as an activist in a country where freedom of speech is severely curtailed.
DYLANBEESON, FOUNDER OF TRAVEL-WELL CONSULTANCY, WILL JOIN US FOR A DISCUSSION ON ECO-TOURISM AFTERWARD.
DYLAN BEESON, FOUNDER OF TRAVEL-WELL CONSULTANCY, WILL JOIN US FOR A DISCUSSION ON ECO-TOURISM AFTERWARD.
SOLUTIONS
SUNDAY, JULY 16 AT 1:00 PM
DIRECTED BY: PERNILLE ROSE
GRØNKJÆR
Boedecker Cinema, Dairy Arts Center
Denmark | 2021 | 75 mins | Documentary
The film follows a group of scientists, entrepreneurs, and innovators who seclude themselves to focus on pressing issues like the increasing gap between fast-moving technological advances and our slowermoving institutions like government and education. Set in the desert of New Mexico, the film’s subjects offer both a new vision for humanity and practical solutions to pressing challenges.
KELSEY SIMPKINS (SHE/HER), COMMUNICATIONS AND PROGRAMS COORDINATOR, REGIONAL AIR QUALITY COUNCIL WILL JOIN US AFTERWARDS TO DISCUSS LOCAL SOLUTIONS FOR BETTER AIR QUALITY.
KELSEY SIMPKINS (SHE/HER), COMMUNICATIONS AND PROGRAMS COORDINATOR, REGIONAL AIR QUALITY COUNCIL, WILL JOIN US AFTERWARDS TO DISCUSS LOCAL SOLUTIONS FOR BETTER AIR QUALITY.
