VIMFF On the Road Night

The 15th VIMFF rides onward with On the Road Night, featuring keynote speaker Dominic Gill and three films that find beauty in the journey, not just the destination!

Dominic Gill will be speaking about his third International Take A Seat Project. For this iteration of the project he takes his tandem bicycle through Egypt, the heart of the Arab uprising. Dominic explores the country, its politics and rich history while inviting Egyptian people to take a seat and help him pedal through the heat of summer, and he grows to understand their hopes for the country's future. In turn, they will experience the rawest of road trips, with no doors or windows protecting them from reality - painful, beautiful and everything in between.

He will also be showing a film that resulted from this sweltering ride, Take a Seat: Egypt

23 Feet

23 Feet is film about a community of people who make the conscious choice to live simply to do what they love in the great outdoors. Three women set out across the west in their 23 foot, 1970 Airstream to search for the stories of people who have turned their backs on the creature comforts of society and live in school buses, vans, and other small spaces. From an inspiring campfire chat with legendary Yosemite climber Ron Kauk, to hearing the powerful story of a woman who changed her whole life for surfing, 23 Feet gives an intimate look at the ups and downs of dedicating your life to your outdoor passion.

Journey on the Wild Coast

Using only a hand-held video camera, newlyweds Bretwood "Hig" Higman and Erin McKittrick document their audacious bid to hike, paddle and ski from Seattle to Alaska's remote Aleutian Islands.

We hope you'll take a seat and spend the evening with us!
-The VIMFF Team