Over the weekend of Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 November we will be screening 20 of the very best, audience and judges favourite feature films, one from each year. The event will take place at the Showroom, hosted by festival director Matt Heason. Over the 20 years Matt has watched more than 5,000 adventure films. These are the best of the best. They will be screened in order, split into 8 manageable blocks of between 90 and 150 minutes.
Sunday Features Programme Block A
The Frozen Road
Dir: Ben Page, 2018, 24mins
A self-filmed account of cycling through the Canadian Arctic in winter, Ben discovers the wonders, terrors and frustrations of travelling alone.
My Big White Thighs And Me
Dir: Hannah Maia, 2018, 25mins
A young woman has fallen out of love with her own body. Frustrated, she wishes they didn’t have to hang out quite so much. Committed to making a change, she sets herself the simple goal of swimming in open water at least once a month for a year. As she braves the elements throughout the seasons to swim in wild places, she also begins to appreciate the quiet heroism of female life.
The Bikes Of Wrath
Dir: Charlie Turnbull, Cameron Ford, 2019, 101mins
The Bikes of Wrath tells the story of five Australian friends as they attempt to cycle 2600 kilometres from Sallisaw, Oklahoma, to Bakersfield, California in honour of the mighty westward migration undertaken by ‘The Grapes of Wrath’s’ Joad family.
Duration
2h 35m