Colin Angus: Rockin' and a Rowin' around Vancouver Island

VIMFF Kayaking Night
Wednesday, February 15, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
Location - Denman Cinemas
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A quest to break a human powered speed record around BC's biggest island.

Ryley Breiddal

VIMFF FEAT Canada Night
Sunday, February 12, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
Centennial Theatre
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Walking 40+km a day, for weeks in a row, with minimal human interaction is a different kind of challenge than most athletic pursuits. Long distance hiking requires mental fortitude, the strength to endure solitude, and just plain stubbornness. Between hiking from Canada to the Mexican border along the Continental Divide Trail (CDT) and the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) he walked over 8,000km, spending 250 nights in the wilderness.

Adam Campbell: An Ultra State of Mind

VIMFF  Trail Running Night
Thursday, February 16, 7:30 pm (doors 7:00 pm)
Pacific Cinematheque
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“Why do you run?” It’s a question that every runner has been asked by the sedentary. It’s also a question that every runner asks of themselves when faced with adversity in training and racing.

Steph Davis: Earth to Sky

VIMFF Climbing/Basejumping Night
Saturday, February 11, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
Centennial Theatre
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A story of free climbing and base jumping four classic desert towers in Moab, Utah: Ancient Art, Hindu Tower, Sister Superior and King of Pain.

Dominic Gill: Take a Seat Project

VIMFF Life on the Road
Saturday, February 11, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
Denman Cinemas
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The third International Take A Seat Project by Dominic Gill, who now takes his tandem bicycle to Egypt, the heart of the Arab uprising.

Paul Gleeson: Crossing the Swell – Rowing Across the Atlantic Ocean

VIMFF Great Ocean Traverses
Saturday, February 11, 7:30 pm (doors 7:00 pm)
Pacific Cinematheque
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What started out as an idea in an Irish pub, turned into a life changing experience for Paul Gleeson. Having never rowed a boat before, Paul decided to row across the Atlantic Ocean in 2006.

JD Hare

VIMFF FEAT Canada Night
Sunday, February 12, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
Centennial Theatre
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JD Hare is a Whistler-based extreme skier who has spent many years exploring wild peaks deep in the BC backcountry, and in some of the most remote ranges on the globe. His relationship with the mountains has defined his life, but that relationship is changing. He will recount the story of a recent adventure, a descent on the west face of Tantalus Mountain that tested his mental fortitude, and attempt to put the experience into context. JD plans on telling the chilling story with enough personal background detail to highlight the moral conflict he feels, doing his thing in the mountains as a family-man.

John Harlin III: Swiss Borders Adventure

VIMFF Opening Night
Friday, February 10, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
Centennial Theatre
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Though American by birth, John’s early years were spent in Leysin, Switzerland, where his father founded the International School of Mountaineering and his mother taught biology at the Leysin American School. After his father’s death on the Eiger in 1966, the family returned to the States.

Thirty Years of Insanity: a retrospective of the climbing cartoons of Tami Knight

VIMFF Women Rock!
Thursday, February 16, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
Denman Cinemas
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Starting in 1981 with Hamish Gets the Milk, and spanning three decades of books and magazines, Tami Knight still uses pens to draw the foibles and sillyness of the climbing community.

Mandy-Rae Krack

VIMFF FEAT Canada Night
Sunday, February 12, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
Centennial Theatre
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Mandy-Rae Krack was born and raised in Edmonton Alberta, far from the ocean that called to her since she was very young. Growing up her parents encouraged her to do whatever she loved, which always had to do with water. She was a competitive synchronized swimmer, life guard, swim instructor and at 15 years old-a scuba diver.

Jason Kruk: Alpine Artist

VIMFF Finale
Saturday, February 18, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
Centennial Theatre
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As one of a handful of motivated young alpine climbers in North America, Jason has made adventure climbing his priority, attempting bold new routes on legendary peaks like Cerro Torre and the North Twin. Always in the funniest style possible, whether light, fast, or free. It's simply a new way of looking at these historic faces.

Eliza Kubarska & David Kaszlikowski: Impossible Expeditions

VIMFF Polish Night (Eliza only)
Sunday, February 12, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
Denman Cinemas
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VIMFF Alpine Adventures Night (Eliza & David)
Monday, February 13, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
Denman Cinemas
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This is a story about the most important journey  -  life itself. Everybody has to find their own way to express themselves, so we keep searching for our passion and the truth.

Ryan Leech

VIMFF FEAT Canada Night
Sunday, February 12, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
Centennial Theatre
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Have you ever been hopelessly addicted to sport, needing your daily or weekly fix? It is this type of obsession that led Ryan to earn a reputation for being one of the most progressive and technically skilled mountain bikers in the world. He has spent the last 16 years showcasing his skills by performing stunt shows for more than a quarter million people. He’s known to make the impossible seem effortless, and takes the same approach to his new role as a Professional Integral Coach™.

Shawn Leclair

VIMFF FEAT Canada Night
Sunday, February 12, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
Centennial Theatre
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Shawn Leclair, co-founder of Suburban RUSH adventure race is not a notable climber, trials rider or kayaker. She has never participated in the Olympics or done an international expedition. In fact if you Google her, you probably won’t find much about her. Her modest accomplishments include paragliding off a mountain, mountain biking in Dominican Republic, adventure racing, and jumping out of plane.

Bernadette McDonald: Freedom Climbers

VIMFF Polish Night
Sunday, February 12, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
Denman Cinemas
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Freedom Climbers tells the story of a group of extraordinary Polish adventurers who emerged from under the blanket of oppression following the Second World War to become the world’s leading Himalayan climbers.

Pat Mulrooney: Long Live Long Rides.... Back-country mountain biking in Southwest B.C.

VIMFF Mountain Biking Evening
Friday, February 17, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
Centennial Theatre
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Pat Mulrooney will take you on a photographic journey into some of British Columbia's best multi day mountain bike rides

Anders Ourom

VIMFF FEAT Canada Night
Sunday, February 12, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
Centennial Theatre
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Anders Ourom is an unlikely climber. He has been climbing since the early 1970s, and has done many modest routes at Squamish and elsewhere in B.C., and in the U.S. west, England and Norway, as well as lots of mountaineering and backcountry skiing.

Ryan Pogue

VIMFF FEAT Canada Night
Sunday, February 12, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
Centennial Theatre
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Ryan is all about living a spontaneous, active and adventurous lifestyle – without regret and full of love. Finding warm water and big waves is his passion, and finding time to teach and build is how he gives back. He believes that your only real competitor is yourself and you can and should try everything you want! He will talk about his adventures racing outrigger canoes around Canada, the US and elsewhere, the rewards and benefits of paddling and how he brought his passions in sport and life together to form a career that helps motivate and inspire others to enjoy life on the water.

Michael Schratter

VIMFF FEAT Canada Night
Sunday, February 12, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
Centennial Theatre
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Michael Schratter is a teacher and columnist for Vancouver 24H. On August 1, 2010, he embarked on his Ride Don’t Hide campaign, cycling 40,000km solo through 33 countries and six continents to increase awareness of mental illness, combat the stigma surrounding it, and raise funds for the Canadian Mental Health Association BC. While cycling around the globe Michael published over thirty educational articles on mental health issues.

Hayley Shephard

VIMFF FEAT Canada Night
Sunday, February 12, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
Centennial Theatre
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VIMFF Ocean Epics
Monday, February 13, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
Centennial Theatre
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An Alert Bay resident with a kiwi accent, Hayley, once a teacher moved her class outdoors where she spends most of her time on the ocean sharing in the company of whales, bears and penguins. Hayley leads expeditions from Antarctica to the Arctic and throughout the Pacific Northwest. Introducing people to our natural wild environment is Hayley’s passion.

Margo Talbot: Adventure Addicts

VIMFF Women Rock!
Thursday, February 16, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
Denman Cinemas
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Why do certain people thrive on risk, while others remain content surfing channels on their flat screen TV?

Jon Turk: Ellesmere Circumnavigation

VIMFF Ocean Epics
Monday, February 13, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
Centennial Theatre
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A journey so bold that they were nominated National Geographic 2012 top ten athletes. Jon Turk, Spirit Wolf, Eric Boomer.

John Vaillant:  The Tiger - A True Story of Vengeance and Survival

VIMFF Tiger Night
Tuesday, February 14, 7:30 pm (doors 7:00 pm)
Pacific Cinematheque
Vaillant's talk will cover his first encounter with Snow's film, how a cold call turned into a warm friendship and a surprising collaboration, and what tigers mean in a world increasingly threatened by habitat loss and illegal wildlife trade.

Nick Waggoner: Human Power: The Ski Films of Sweetgrass Productions

VIMFF Ski Night
Thursday, February 16, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
Centennial Theatre
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also on: Friday, February 17, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
Denman Cinemas
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Nick Waggoner from Sweetgrass Productions (Signatures, Hand Cut) is coming up from the USA to present their latest film Solitaire along with stories from the end of the earth, making award-winning ski films with human power.

Vikki and Stacey Weldon: Climbing - Serious Fun

VIMFF Women Rock!
Thursday, February 16, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
Denman Cinemas
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Join sisters, Stacey and Vikki Weldon, as they recollect growing up in the world of climbing. Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, the sisters share their stories of sibling squabbles, competition highs and lows, and their discovery that climbing really doesn’t need to be taken too seriously.

Rich Wheater: The Good, the Rad, & the Gnarly - The Dirt Behind Vancouver Trail Running

VIMFF  Trail Running Night
Thursday, February 16, 7:30 pm (doors 7:00 pm)
Pacific Cinematheque
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Join Rich live as he talks about the inspiration behind, and the exhausting production of his guidebook.