Tim Emmett: Fast Times at Tim'mount High

VIMFF Opening
Friday, February 8, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
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After being rescued off the roof of his parents house when he was three years old, Tim Emmett developed a life around climbing and extreme sports. Tim's talk gives you an insight into some of the adventures he has encountered from opening new exit points and wingsuit flying off the Chief, to deep water soloing and first ascents in the Himalayas.  The last three years have been spent on his project  'Spray On Top'  the 230m vastly overhanging back wall of the cave at Helmcken Falls, BC.

Nina Caprez:  About a Different Life

VIMFF Swiss Climbing Show, presented by Consulate General of Switzerland
Wednesday, February 13, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
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VIMFF Swiss Climbing Show
Friday, February 15, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
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One of the world’s strongest female rock climbers Nina Caprez comes to VIMFF to tell about her different lifestyle as a pro climber and about the way she got there.

Bike Mountaineering - Harald Philipp Descending the Gnarliest Summits of the Alps

VIMFF Mountain Bike Show, presented by Arc'teryx and Norco Performance Bikes
Tuesday, February 12, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
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Wednesday, February 13, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
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Harald Philipp's multimedia presentation shows an European perspective on extreme mountain-biking. The audience joins him hiking and climbing up steep mountains and descending glaciers and via ferratas. Videos and photos show the most spectacular mountain ranges, from Matterhorn to the Dolomites and Tirol.

Sandy Briggs: Mountaineering on Vancouver Island

VIMFF Mountaineering Show
Sunday, February 10, 7:30 pm (doors 7:00 pm)
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Sandy comes from Victoria, BC, to share his stories and images from mountaineering and climbing in the BC's Little Alps on Vancouver Island.

Will Stanhope: if it was easy, well... then it wouldn't be that hard then would it?

VIMFF Finale
Saturday, February 16, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
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A journey to climb the Prophet on El Cap, pitfalls along the way, and a sneak peak at a Bugaboos mega project. A feel-good tale involving rickety British flakes, a bad whipper, broken bones, and two autumn attempts to ascend one glorious route on the right side of El Capitan.

Caroline Van Hemert and Patrick Farrell: Northern Limits
A 7,000 km human-powered journey from the Pacific Rainforest to the Chukchi Sea

VIMFF Great Traverses
Friday, February 15, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
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In 2012, Caroline Van Hemert and Patrick Farrell traveled from Bellingham, Washington to Kotzebue, Alaska--a distance of nearly 7,000 km--by rowboat, ski, packraft, foot, and canoe. This extraordinary journey followed a road-less, trail-less route through some of the most spectacular wild landscapes in North America.

Greg Hill: Manaslu Avalanche 2012

VIMFF Ski-Mountaineering Show
Saturday, February 9, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
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Known in the ski mountaineering community as ‘two mil Hill’ for his astonishing feat of skiing over two million feet in one year under his own steam, Greg Hill returns to VIMFF with his riveting tale of survival on Manaslu (8156, 8th highest mountain in the world).

Justine Curgenven: The World is My Sea-Kayak!

VIMFF Sea Kayaking Show
Monday, February 11, 7:30 pm (doors 7:00 pm)
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Stories, images, film clips and full docs from sea-kayking the most remote corners on Planet Earth, including Sicily and Tierra del Fuego.
Justine Curgenven is an award winning adventure filmmaker and expedition sea-kayaker from the UK, whose programs have aired on the National Geographic Channel, Channel 4, Channel 5 and the BBC. She runs Cackle TV and created the highly acclaimed This is the Sea series of sea kayaking DVDs which remain popular worldwide.

Fred Norquist: The Life in a Kayak

VIMFF WhiteWater Show
Friday, February 15, 7:30 pm (doors 7:00 pm)
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White-water kayaker and film maker extraordinaire Fred Norquist of the Soul Gypsy is a hell of a guy and lives a pretty cool lifestyle when semester is not in at college. He’s been kayaking around the world and done several drops over 70ft.

Dion Vuk: The Sky is Your Playground

VIMFF Big Air Show
Saturday, February 9, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
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Have you ever had the dream of being like superman: you outstretch your arms and start flying above the ground? Well, now you can.
Join iParaglide as Dion Vuk takes you on a guided tour of paragliding: from taking your first steps off the ground to flying ever greater adventures in the sky.

Damien Gillis: Fractured Land - A Transmedia Project

VIMFF Environmental Show
Tuesday, February 12, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
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Damien Gillis is a Vancouver-based documentary filmmaker with a focus on environmental and social justice issues – especially relating to water, energy and saving Canada’s wild salmon – working with many environmental organizations in BC and around the world. He is the co-founder, along with hall-of-fame broadcaster Rafe Mair, of The Common Sense Canadian, an online journal with news and views on resource and environmental issues.

Paul Colangelo: Surviving Todagin

VIMFF Environmental Show
Tuesday, February 12, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
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National Geographic Explorer Paul Colangelo recounts living in the wilds of Todagin Mountain for five months to photograph one of the most important herds of Stone’s sheep before it is lost to mining.

Zack Embree: #bluedrops #uberdrop

VIMFF Environmental Show
Tuesday, February 12, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
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Zack Embree's practice traverses photo journalism, digital storytelling, activism and contemporary art. Much of his recent work has focused on the people and places that are being adversely affected by major resource extraction projects both in Canada and internationally.

Mary and John Theberge: The Intricacies of Wolves

VIMFF Wolves Show
Thursday, February 14, 7:30 pm (doors 7:00 pm)
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The Theberges’ presentation, illustrated with slides, describes the several wolf species and subspecies and their prey in various parts of North America.  Their talk also focuses on their current wolf research in Yellowstone and with the Mexican wolves in Arizona, and the results of their previous, intensive wolf-prey research in Algonquin Park, Ontario and its conservation success.

Raphael Slawinski: Sixty minutes, six mountains

VIMFF Polish Night
Tuesday, February 12, 7:30 pm (doors 7:00 pm)
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"There are places in the mountain world that have a special significance for me, places I return to time and again. Some are real mountains with a real summit; others are simply vertical arenas. Most of them are in the Rockies, others near the Arctic Circle or half a world away in the Karakoram. What they all have in common is that they're places I've dreamed about, laughed and been afraid in, and felt more alive in than anywhere else." [Raphael Slawinski]

Eagle Walz: The Sunshine Coast Trail - A Trail Runner's Dream

VIMFF Trail Running Show
Sunday, February 10, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
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Eagle Walz, who envisioned the 180 km long Sunshine Coast Trail over 20 years ago, will speak about what has happened on the trail since the movie XSNRG was filmed in 2004. His photographs and stories will highlight the features and attractions of the trail from the perspective of a hiker or runner as they trek from Sarah Point in the north to Saltery Bay in the south. You can expect to learn about the 29 K Marathon Shuffle trail run in late April and other opportunities for runners, hikers and peak-baggers to enjoy one of BC's undiscovered trail gems.

Gary Robbins: Fueled By Cheese – Trail Running in the Alps

VIMFF Trail Running Show
Sunday, February 10, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
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The Ultra Trail Du Mont Blanc (UTMB) is a 168km lap around the 4800 meter Mont Blanc, the highest summit in the Alps. Along the course runners have to overcome more than 9600 meters of elevation gain and loss while travelling through three countries to beat a 46 hour cutoff. With 2300 runners from 60 different countries, the UTMB is often referred to as the default world 100-mile running championships. It has continually attracted the best runners on the planet since its inception in 2003.
In August of 2012, North Vancouver ultramarathon runner Gary Robbins went to Chamonix, France to compete in the UTMB.  In his 20-minute presentation, Gary will share his ups and downs and detail why he feels that the loop around the Mont Blanc massif is a journey that every fit and adventurous soul needs to add to their bucket list.

Dave Cressman: 18 Years Of Snowshoeing And All I Have To Show For It Is This Ugly T-shirt!

VIMFF Trail Running Show
Sunday, February 10, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
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Snowshoe running?  Sounds a bit odd, but when you think about it, it's just trail running when the trails are covered with snow.   Snowshoeing, and snowshoe running, have grown explosively in popularity over the past decade. Dave Cressman was one of the early adopters of the aluminum snowshoe and one of the first to introduce running on snowshoes to British Columbia.

Pushpa Chandra: Running on Ice - A Trail Runners Perspective on the North Pole and Antarctica

VIMFF Trail Running Show
Sunday, February 10, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
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Some folk run for fun, some for the competition, others find inner peace and spirituality in running.  Pushpa Chandra is woman of small stature and great accomplishments.  She has run in some of the most harsh conditions on some of the most difficult terrain on the planet.  For roughly 20 minutes, Pushpa will share some images from her running adventures to Antarctica and the North Pole and interpret how these accomplishments have changed her perspectives on life.

David Crerar, Ken Legg, and Ean Jackson: Adventures in Baggery

VIMFF Trail Running Show
Sunday, February 10, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
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David Crerar, Ken Legg, and Ean Jackson will present slides and stories on the Bagger Challenge, a fun and informal peak-bagging contest for the Vancouver North Shore mountains.  From de Pencier Bluff to Mt Apodaca, to Mt Capilano Mountain, to Mt Dickens.  Since 2009, this Club Fat Ass-sponsored event runs from April Fool's Day to Halloween and currently includes 57 peaks on its list. This promises to be an entertaining presentation highlighting the mis-adventures that occur in a contest that blends the skills of the ultra-runner with the skills of the mountaineer.