SAPPORO SHORT FEST 2024

OUTDOOR ADVENTURE CINEMA

PUSHING INTO MODERNITY

Documentary on a group of skateboarders confronting generational and paradigm shifts in Thimphu, Bhutan.

Patrik Wallner

Documentary, Community | USA | 2025 | 0:11:56

ISLYCKAN

My passion is Nordic Skating. In the 2023-2024 season I skated 10000 km with my friend. In the film I tell you about my season and why Nordic skating is so important to me.

Anne Niskala

Documentary, Outdoor | Finland | 2024 | 0:04:47 | School Film

KEEP GOING

What’s the secret to discovering gems hidden in plain sight? Join climbers Josh Levin, Sierra Knott, and Ryan Lieberman as they explore the Upper Red Springs area of Red Rocks in search of first ascents.

Miguel Villegas, Josh Levin

Outdoor, Adventure | USA | 2025 | 0:16:25

SALT CURED LIFE

Food, water and the power of community. Take a journey to the heart of Key West, the southernmost point in the United States to learn how people come together to live on one of the United States most unique islands. Follow local chef, waterman and community local, Paul Menta and learn what it means to treat every day like it’s a hurricane.

Cassidy Rast, Odin Wadleigh

Documentary, Community | USA | 2025 | 0:15:00

MOOKIE, MO, AND ME

'Mookie, Mo, and Me' is a stunning visual documentary of a man and his dog enjoying their morning routine, a 600 meter open ocean swim; accompanied with an audible introspective and philosophical storytelling of trauma, nature, loss, and love.

Ryan McInerney

Documentary, Nature | USA | 2024 | 0:11:57

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