ShAFF 2022: Adventure Bites

Colours Of Mexico 5 minutes

Discover Mexico and its magnificent mix of backdrops with Kilian Bron and his team. This is a melting pot of unusual images captured in the craziest and unique places across the country! Let yourself be transported from the tops of Mexico's most active volcanoes to the steep and colourful streets of historic villages. Prepare to feast your eyes on a month’s worth of road trip turned into five minutes of images! And let's not forget, a particular mention to the complete conception of the music, in direct link with the culture of the country and the places we visited. A whole project that we can’t wait for you to see, listen to and read, through our various forms of media.

If You Give A Beach A Bottle 5 minutes

Five years ago I returned from an ocean plastics clean-up on the remote shores of Kayak Island in Alaska. I wanted to share about the amount of marine debris and the solutions to address this problem, but the more I looked into it the more overwhelming and complex the issue became for me. This slow-moving tsunami of plastic sat in the back of my head until I returned home and had time to look at this issue in a new light. I still find marine debris overwhelming and complex but sharing the big picture helps me see the ways amazing people from all over could come together to find solutions.

Flow 5 minutes

FLOW, an aerial and symphonic journey with skier Sam Favret, in the heart of a closed resort during this very special winter of 2021. A dose of unreality, serenity and Sam's powerful skiing. But above all the pleasure of rediscovering a playground back to its wild state.

The Farmer 3 minutes

The Farmer spends his winters harvesting one of the most precious crops on earth: Powder. A local legend in the Wasatch Mountains, this film explores how his passion for efficiency and sustainability were utilized to maximize a lifetime of skiing. UPDATE: In the months following the release of this film David Van Dame AKA 'The Farmer' was diagnosed with bladder cancer. After a difficult fight with the illness, he sadly passed away Oct 17 2021. This has been a heartbreaking loss, however his community, friends, family and loved ones find solace in the knowledge that Dave lived his life to the fullest, placing his priority on the things that matter most in life. Dave was very happy about the opportunity to share his story and perspectives on skiing, efficiency, and conservation in this film, and through his struggle with cancer felt uplifted knowing that these messages could connect with people around the world for years to come.

Midair 4 minutes

In scaling rocks by the hardest routes, boulderers seek to escape gravity in an endless quest to achieve weightlessness and momentarily leave the world behind.
MIDAIR is a metaphysical bouldering film featuring some of the UK's strongest climbers in iconic Lake District locations, set to a pumping techno soundtrack (Leftfield, Lanark Artefax and Tessela).
Starring Jim Pope with Frances Bentley, Aidan Roberts and Holly Toothill
A Film by Louis-Jack

Danny MacAskill - Climate Games BTS 8 minutes

How much of the world’s energy comes from sustainable sources? Danny is given free reign at a renewable energy factory to show you exactly how much in the best way he can - with some epic tricks! A behind the scenes look at the film.

Zero° 4 minutes

In January 2021 28 Wild Swimmers pledged to swim everyday of the month for the Homeless Charity Crisis. To date, ‘The Daily Dippers’ have raised over £60,000 in what was the coldest January in over a decade. Sequence 13 wanted to make a short film to reflect on and pay tribute to all of the swimmers who took part in an amazing effort to raise money for an incredible cause. Our film features Gilly McArthur, one of ‘The Daily Dippers’. Gilly McArthur said: “Getting into cold water is a choice and a privilege for me but for many people getting cold is a not a choice. It’s wonderful to be supporting Crisis at this time, as they help people who are at the really sharp end of poverty. Homelessness right now is so bad, and the work Crisis does is absolutely crucial.”

The Mystery 10 minutes

There’s a subculture of kayaking known by few and understood by fewer. The paddlers don diving goggles and neoprene and slide into thin, uncomfortable boats not meant to float but designed to sink. Below the waterline, their goal is to stay underwater as long as they can. This is squirt boating. After squirt boating’s heyday in the early 1990s, the scene has all but disappeared. But when it comes to the history of squirt boating, the legend starts with Jim Synder. The Mystery offers a rare glimpse into this obscure sport and the dedicated few who continue to keep the tradition alive. Directors Statement: We were both admittedly a bit jaded with the outdoor scene when we started talking about the project--squirtboaters are essentially the antithesis of an influencer; they literally disappear underwater, and do a sport that only about a hundred people really care about. All of our sports and pursuits are like that, whether they seem vain or not--they're just a "perfect waste of time" like Jim Snyder says about squirtboating.

Maneuvers 4 minutes

"Maneuvers (Manöver)" is an experimental animation combining skiing with stop-motion animation.

Wanderlust Way 12 minutes

You can buy just about anything in this world but time, and Craig Bierly is a man who truly understands the sacred and finite gift of time. After dedicating 26 years of his life to the aerospace industry, he could have comfortably retired to a sedentary life in a big house, but he opted instead for a nomadic life in his van—long before #vanlife became a hipster trend and hashtag. More than a decade after his retirement, Bierly is still on the road, chasing his dream of riding as much United States singletrack as he possibly can until his own time on the Earth runs out.