Join us for the world premiere of Life Happens Outside (Director's Cut), a film by No Umbrella Media presented by Teens to Trails, following the Mountain Valley Outdoor Club and the students it's shaped.
Doors open at 5:30pm, with the program starting at 6pm with brief remarks from Teens to Trails on 20 years of getting Maine kids outside. This will be followed by a curated selection of outdoor adventure and conservation films from the MOFF Flagship Festival, a raffle at intermission benefiting the MVHS Outdoor Club (raffle tickets available for purchase the day of), and closing with the premiere of Life Happens Outside and a Q&A with the filmmakers, club members, school leadership, and community partners.
Curated selection of outdoor adventure and conservation shorts from the MOFF Flagship Festival:
- It Takes Two to Tandem (6.6 min, United States/Canada) — A feel-good short following longtime riding partners Sam and Jazz as they take a tandem bike across favorite trails, marking ten years since their first ride together.
- Steward·Ship: A Love Letter to the Maine Coast (8.1 min, Maine) — A young sailor navigates Maine's rugged coastline aboard a wooden boat, learning that the freedom to explore comes with the responsibility to care for it.
- Beyond Beliefs (4.73 min, United States) — A young woman from Cleveland earns a scholarship for a river trip through the Green River's Gates of Lodore Canyon, despite being terrified of water.
- Get Lost, Find Yourself (2.7 min, Denmark) — Norwegian cold water surfers explore Norway's West Coast in search of new waves, and find more than they expected.
- The Marks We Leave (6 min, United States) — A short documentary following Bozeman artist Hailey Hosken as she paints a piece inspired by climbing Spare Rib in Gallatin Canyon.
- Last of a Kind (13.2 min, United States) — An aging Vermont woodsman reflects on a lifetime of antler hunting and outdoor pursuits as the landscape and culture around him change.
