There are a number of environmental events being planned for mid November in north east Victoria.
In mid November Friends of the Earth will be hosting walks on the Buffalo plateau and the following day Protect Our Winters and Upper Ovens Landcare will co-host a planting day, followed by a film night in Bright.
Continue reading “Walks, forums, ecological restoration in north east VIC”
We’re bringing ‘Liquid Heart’ to Melbourne!
Liquid Heart is a film that shifts the narrative.
The film demonstrates the power of collaboration led by Nature with First Nations voices, grassroots communities, practitioners and land managers in healing Country to restore balance to one of Australia’s most loved yet fragile landscapes—the Australian Alps.
The story of our natural world doesn’t have to be doom and gloom; it can be one of hope, resilience and regeneration.
This Is Home’ is an immersive environmental film and conversation night presented by Mont Adventure Equipment. Across stories of eucalyptus forests, alpine rivers, and the Snowy Mountains, the night explores the pressures placed on wild places and the choices we face to protect them.
Setting the tone of the night is Mont’s documentary, Softly Spoken, which threads together the values that guide Mont: respect for the wild, decisions made with integrity, and a commitment to safeguarding wild places for the future.
Together, the films, conversations, and Mont’s story create an immersive experience that asks us to reflect on what is lost, and what can still be protected.
Tuesday October 7th, at 7:00PM
Geez, the world is grim right now, isn’t it? Wars and genocide grind on, authoritarian ‘leaders’ seek to take over democracies, removing basic human rights that have taken decades to secure. The climate crisis continues to escalate, while the large fossil fuel companies and their allies block meaningful action.
But, of course, the world is still an amazing place, full of beauty and goodness. Sometimes that’s what you need to focus on, so you can deal with the other stuff.
Skiing makes me happy. It is one of the great joys in my life. And I love the culture that exists around a love of winter and snow. One of the many manifestations of mountain culture is, of course, the genre of skiing and snow boarding films. Many are joyous celebrations of the mountains, of deep powder, freedom, connection and community.
Continue reading “Completing the Trilogy: All.I.Can, Valhalla, Fire on the Mountain”
Thursday 24th of July | Tickets start from $10pp
Doors open 6pm for Dinner | Films start 7.30pm | Duration of films total 2.5hrs
The Backcountry Film Festival is a winter institution in Melbourne, screening each year since 2011. The program is put together by Winter Wildlands Alliance, and celebrates the power and spirit of humans in winter. The festival features 13 films over 2 and a half hours and will be re-screening at Wolf of the Willows in Mordialloc on the evening of Thursday 24 July, 2025.
No allocated seating so get in early to reserve your spot.
The backcountry film festival is a pre winter institution in Melbourne. We have been screening the festival each year since 2011. This is a first announcement for the 2025 screening and a call for local backcountry films to be included in the festival.
The festival will happen on Sunday May 11, 2025.
Apart from the program of films produced by the Winter Wildlands Alliance, the festival will freature the first Australian screening of Papsura: Peak of Evil.
Continue reading “First Australian screening of Papsura: Peak of Evil”
The backcountry film festival is a pre winter institution in Melbourne. We have been screening the festival each year since 2011. This is a first announcement for the 2025 screening and a call for local backcountry films to be included in the festival.
The festival will happen on Sunday May 11, 2025.
Last winter already seems like a dream. It was so brief (with some moments of absolute powder glory) but gone so soon. Living through the second short season in a row makes us all worry about what’s coming as climate change keeps kicking in (the recently released ‘Victoria’s changing climate report – available here – highlights the fact that snow pack has been in decline in Victoria since the 1950s).
But to be a skier or rider in Australia is to be an eternal optimist. So we plough on, hopeful that next winter will break the current losing trend.
And, when we can’t get to the snow, there is always the Backcountry Film festival!
Continue reading “Do you have a film to include in the 2025 backcountry film festival?”
Each autumn, the Backcountry Film Festival comes to Naarm/ Melbourne. Timed to inspire some pre season stoke, the program is put together by the Winter Wildlands Alliance (WWA) in Idaho and is a one night festival featuring up to 12 short films. Last year there were 2 films with an Australian connection.
As well as the WWA package, we like to screen one or two locally produced backcountry films – and maybe that’s where you come in! In the 2024 season we showed local films 36o South and Spring Shralpinism on Sentinel Ridge.
If you plan to make a short backcountry inspired film after this winter and would like to show it to an enthusiastic audience, then please get in touch. Cam.walker@foe.org.au
The 2025 screening will happen some time in April or May 2025.
Alpine Odyssey, a film by Ivan Hexter, tells the story of Huw Kingston’s winter 2022 journey along the 700km length of the Australian Alps, a journey he first undertook 27 years ago. His 50-day traverse also saw him skiing at each of the dozen mainland Australian snow resorts en route.
“It was a journey across country I have loved for decades” said Huw. “A journey to celebrate the mountains and communities that make up this very special, very small part of Australia. But with love also comes concern and care.”
Screenings will raise funds for Save the Children and Protect Our Winters (POW). Whilst the film will be core to each event there will be other elements to entertain and POW will also be presenting details on some of the important work they are doing here in Australia to highlight the impacts of a changing climate.
Continue reading “Alpine Odyssey Film – Screening Dates Announced, Bookings Open”
The annual Backcountry Film Festival is put together by the Winter Wildlands Alliance (WWA), screens around the world, and is hosted locally by Friends of the Earth and RMIT Outdoors Club.
The 2024 season will screen in Naarm/ Melbourne on Monday April 22.
It will be screening a collection of short documentaries and ski movies about the pursuit of adventure in the mountains, artistic vision, friendship, and how the snowsports community is adapting to a changing environment.
Continue reading “2024 Backcountry film festival Melbourne screening – April 22”
The 19th Annual Backcountry Film Festival is put together by the Winter Wildlands Alliance (WWA). It will be screening a collage of short documentaries and ski movies about the pursuit of objectives and ideals in the mountains, artistic vision, friendship, and how the snowsports community is adapting to a changing environment.
We are yet to set the date for the 2024 festival: it will happen in Melbourne in late April or early May.
We normally start with some speakers from local backcountry groups and feature a couple of short locally made backcountry films, then get into the WWA program.
Continue reading “2024 Backcountry film festival lineup announced”
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