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The August 2020 Films

World Premiere!   R2R2R.alt   19 min   Jamil Coury/Steep Life Media
Jim Walmsley, Tim Fereriks, and Eric Senseman attempt to break the FKT on the R2R2R.ALT Route in the Grand Canyon. This alternate route first envisioned and attempted as a FKT by FKT godfathers Buzz Burrell and Peter Bakwin, does a double-crossing of The Canyon but uses the Bass Trail to avoid all the crowds of the normal Rim 2 Rim 2 Rim route. The Bass Trail doesn't have a bridge across the Colorado River so this run requires swimming the river twice to add to the challenge.  Watch Trailer

World Premiere!  Dick's Long Ride  29 min  Joel Ballezza/The Wild Ones
Tour De Volcanoes is the brainchild of Tacoma, WA based ultrarunner, mountaineer and skimo race director Richard "Dick" Kresser. Summiting each of the 16 volcanoes in the Cascade Mountain Range all human-powered including biking to and from home and each of the summits from Northern California to just south of the Canadian Border. Watch Trailer

World Premiere!    Swiss Peaks 360  23 min  Jeff Pelletier
The Swiss Peaks 360k with its 88,000 feet of elevation gain and 160-hour time cutoff is one of the toughest ultramarathons in the world. Lack of sleep and extreme weather are two more challenges runners must overcome while traversing this beautiful route through the Alps. Follow Canadian ultrarunner and filmmaker Jeff Pelletier on his journey to finish this incredible race. 

Brand New!    Balance   23 min  Caroline Cote
This documentary reveals the great adventure that Mathieu Blanchard embarked on 2 years ago facing the Ultratrail du Mont-Blanc, one of the largest ultramarathons in the world. Between the sea and the mountains, he creates his balance.

Brand New!   Ultra Woman  11 min  Sarah Tither-Kaplan/Kwanza Nicole Gooden
A female ultra runner struggles to finish a 100 mile ultramarathon race when her troubled past puts her extraordinary willpower to the test. Ultra Woman is a short film in the new anthology of films by female filmmakers called 'Los Angeless'. Black Mirror meets Easy in this anthology about life in Los Angeless - the darkness inherent in a city of illusion, and the defiant dreamers striving to succeed under the pressure of impossible ideals.

World Premiere!    Community Voices  3 min  Matt Trappe
An ongoing monthly compilation of short videos sent in by you, our audience, and weaved together into a common story of our community voices.

And the three Summer Epic Contest Winners!            


And in the 15 minutes before the show starts we'll have music from Tekla Waterfield & Jeff Fielder             ​

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And after the show we'll have a live Q&A with special guests TBD
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