VIMFF is celebrating 20 years so this the biggest festival ever featuring 31 shows and hosting 32 inspiring speakers! See some of the most jaw-dropping mountain adventures and hear incredible stories from around the world at the 20th Annual Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival.
Films are:
THE TRAIL TO KAZBEGI
Directed by Joey Schusler
USA, 2015, 15 minutes
Mountain Bike Show
Sat Feb 11 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm)
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What happens when four like-minded adventurers head into one of the world’s wildest mountain ranges with nothing but their mountain bikes and enough food to survive for 10 days?
LIGHT CYCLES
Directed by Mike Gamble
Canada, 2016, 3 minutes
Mountain Bike Show
Sat Feb 11 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm)
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LIGHT CYCLES began as a dream, developed into a problem and spawned into a burning desire to create something that had never been done before. – “How can we create a Tron Light Bike effect, on a mountain bike?”
CHASING RAINBOWS
Directed by Michael Sousa
Canada, 2017, 5 minutes
Mountain Bike Show
Sat Feb 11 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm)
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WORLD PREMIERE
Follow us all the way to Peru, up to 17,000 feet, on our journey to find the rainbow as we summit peak after peak of far out, mesmerizing alpine terrain.
SHIFT
Directed by Kelly Milner
Canada, 2016, 28 minutes
Mountain Bike Show
Sat Feb 11 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm)
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SHIFT is a half hour documentary about a group of First Nations youth who have spent the past 10 years converting traditional trails around their hometown of Carcross, Yukon into a world-class mountain biking destination – and transforming their community and themselves along the way.
Guest Speakers:
REBECCA RUSCH
Mountain Bike Show
Saturday Feb 11 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm)
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Rebecca Rusch is the Queen of Pain with a heart of gold. Join Rebecca as she shares what it takes to be a professional athlete for over three decades. The 7x World Champion has continually tested her own limits, and shattered the glass ceiling in whatever sport she tackles.
JUSTA JESKOVA & STEVE STOREY
Mountain Bike Show
Saturday Feb 11 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm)
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The Ups and Downs Of Bikepacking At 15’000 feet is the story of the highs and lows of 3 mountain bikers week long journey around the Ausangate mountain of Peru.
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