Over the weekend of Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th October 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.
ShAFF Weekend Pass We'd really like to encourage our die-hardest of fans to sign up for the whole weekend, to immerse yourselves in a true evolution of adventure film. As such, until September 20 we will only be selling a full weekend ticket. If there are seats left after September 20 we will release both Saturday and Sunday tickets, as well as individual session tickets.
Sunday Features Programme Block B
The Horse Tamer
Dir: Hamid Sardar, 2021, 85mins
For centuries, the Darhat people have protected the border between Mongolia and Russian Siberia. A nomadic population, the Darhat are famous for breeding powerful white horses with which they migrate from steppe to steppe. But for the last few years, thieves have been seizing the Darhat's horses and selling them to Russian slaughterhouses. The thieves belong to the Tuvan tribes and live on the Russian side of the border. To get the horses across, they are helped by the Tsaatan, reindeer herders, who live on the Mongolian side of the border. When his white stallion disappears, Shukhert, a Darhat horseman, decides to pursue the bandits with many odds against him to find his horse and bring him back in time for winter.
Learning To Drown
Dir: Ben Knight, 2022, 40mins
Learning to Drown follows the life and career of professional snowboarder Jess Kimura as she unapologetically shatters stereotypes with her own brand of unwavering determination and go-for-broke mentality. After the tragic death of Jess's partner at the height of her career, she spiralled into a cycle of self-destruction, grief and despair. Compounded by head injuries and mental health issues, the circumstances seemed insurmountable. Jess's only way out was within — as she faces her deepest fears, she reminds us that not all wounds are meant to heal.
Duration
2h 10m