theBreaker.news Podcast: Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival goes virtual in 2021

February 21, 2021 00:30:42
theBreaker.news Podcast: Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival goes virtual in 2021
theBreaker.news Podcast
theBreaker.news Podcast: Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival goes virtual in 2021

Feb 21 2021 | 00:30:42

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Show Notes

For the week of Feb. 21, 2021:

Host Bob Mackin welcomes people from both sides of the lens of adventure sports documentaries featured at this year’s Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival.

Beyond the Break director Missy McIntosh (left) and Eastbound filmmaker Thomas Hogben.

Hear Beyond the Break filmmaker Missy McIntosh discuss what drew her to the story of Vancouver 2010 Paralympian Sam Danniels and learn why Danniels built his own surfboard.  

Also, hear Scotland’s Jenny Graham, the Guinness world record holder for cycling around the world in 124 days. Graham’s epic 2018 journey, which included a cross-Canada ride, is the subject of filmmaker Thomas Hogben’s Eastbound.

The 24th edition of VIMFF is online-only in 2021, due to the pandemic.

Also on this edition, headlines from the Pacific Rim and Pacific Northwest.

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