DATE
Thursday November 16th, 2023.
Venue & Reception: National Music Centre - Performance Hall & Mezzanine
Films: Soul Of Miistaki Cultural Climbing Camp, Continuum, Space Craft, Æther, The Pass, 109 Below
EVENT INFORMATION
Join us in-person for an evening to explore ideas, share stories, and get stoked for winter. Scroll down to check out the featured films premiering for the first time in Calgary.
We are excited to announce that films will be preceded by special musical guest, stay posted here for further details!
Refreshments by Establishment Brewing and Kokums Bannock Kitchen.
100% of ticket proceeds will support Soul of Miistaki.
LOCATION
National Music Centre Performance Hall
850 4 St. SE, Calgary, AB T2G 1R1
ITINERARY
Doors 6pm
Reception 6-7pm
Films begin at 7pm
ABOUT SOUL OF MIISTAKI
Creating connections to the traditional lands of Indigenous people through movement, personal growth, and inclusive access to outdoor activities.
Soul of Miistaki (mountain) “Miis-dah-gee”, was founded by a Blackfoot woman with the intention of offering diverse people an inclusive experience of the outdoors. Involvement in outdoor activities has the power to transform lives. We break barriers by offering the BIPOC community an earlier introduction to outdoor sports and promote representation in activities that are situated on traditional lands of the Indigenous people in Treaty 7 — fostering connection and healing.
The term “movement is medicine”, has been used in various Indigenous communities to encourage physical activity not only in prevention of disease but healing that Indigenous people need from the historical events and that has caused immobility Indigenous people experience on reserves.
Soul Of Miistaki offers a BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour) cultural climbing camp where participants learn climbing skills, build commuity and learn from Elders. An important element of the climbing weekend is the opportunity to share our experiences and interact with Elders who will guide discussions and teach Indigenous traditions. Short film by Cody Shimizu.
Featuring: Soul of Miistaki
Film Time: 15 min
From rubbish to resource, a tent was assembled from 137 unrepairable jackets. The kaleidoscope of colour is a creation from material well used and deserving of more life. Exploring the possibilities of circularity, Michelle Parker, Elena Hight, Spencer O’Brien, Lucy Sackbauer, Robin Van Gyn, and Tatum Monod take the tent on a winter journey in its new form, creating their own memories and moments with its walls.
Featuring: Michelle Parker, Elena Hight, Spencer O'Brien, Lucy Sackbauer, Robin Van Gyn, Tatum, Tatum Monod
Film Time: 20 minutes
The dream of man. The long, impossible dream to reach out to the moon. Fly along with Sam Kuch as he explores the parallels between skiing and space travel. A mastery of weightlessness and gravity, this is an ode to the ultimate explorers of our time. 10 seconds and counting.
Featuring: Sam Kuch
Film Time: 10 minutes
Æther 5 is a short visual journey of self discovery featuring the snowboarding of Spencer O’Brien. Allowing her mind to tune into the pace of the world around her, she blurs the line between reality and the ethereal. It is an exploration of the ancient concept of æther, the fifth element. The space between matter - a place where light stands still. As a tribute to this theme, every frame on screen was captured directly in-camera, unaltered.
Featuring: Spencer O'Brien
Film Time: 8 minutes
Rogers Pass represents one of the most complicated avalanche programs in the world. Ski touring through its storied terrain is only possible thanks to the visionary mountain guide who architected the ski system years ago, and the woman she mentored who’s now at the helm of that avalanche program. The stakes are higher than most skiers could ever imagine.
Film Time: 15 minutes
A tale of resilience, grit and elite rescue volunteers going out of their way to save the lives of strangers, 109 BELOW traces how an attempted rescue on Mount Washington in 1982 changed not only the course of two climbers’ lives - but also the lives of the rescuers who attempted to save them, and the future of prosthetics, forever.
Film Time: 14 minutes
