Mountainfilm on Tour – Beaver Creek
Join the Vail Symposium, the Vilar Performing Arts Center and emcee Jim Butterworth, an Oscar-award winning documentary filmmaker and tech entrepreneur, for a family-friendly evening of inspiring and captivating films handpicked from the Mountainfilm festival in Telluride, Colorado.
Founded in 1979, Mountainfilm is one of America’s longest-running film festivals. The annual festival is held every Memorial Day weekend in Telluride. Mountainfilm is a dynamic nonprofit organization and festival that celebrates stories of indomitable spirit and aims to inspire audiences through film, art and ideas.
Mountainfilm on Tour in Beaver Creek will feature a collection of culturally rich, adventure-packed and engaging documentary short films that align with Mountainfilm’s mission to use the power of film, art and ideas to inspire audiences to create a better world. The evening will feature a diverse custom film list celebrating “finding your journey,” engaging with nature, adventure and self-discovery.
“Jaunt” (Daniel Mitchell)
In a stark warehouse office, Justice is weighed down by mounting deadlines and an endless to-do list. But every day for one hour, he trades spreadsheets for speed and hits the trails. It’s more than a break – it’s his therapy, his freedom and his daily dose of peace. (USA, 2025, 4 min.)
“Fletcher Street” (Jannat Gargi, David Darg)
In the heart of North Philadelphia, where violence and instability are a daily reality, the Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club offers a safe haven. The club uses the power of horses to teach discipline, compassion and self-worth. But gentrification and development are closing in, threatening this sanctuary. Fletcher Street is a moving portrait of a community where love, mentorship and horses change lives. (USA, 2026, 34 min.)
“Fish for the Future” (Matthew Benton)
At the beginning of 2025 the Palisades fire ravaged the Santa Monica Mountains in Los Angeles. In the aftermath, conservation biologists and volunteers scramble to rescue one of the last endangered steelhead trout populations in the region before an upcoming rainstorm. The team has a short window to save as many fish as possible as mudslides threaten to wipe out their habitat. (USA, 2025, 5 min.)
“Good Luck, Kid” (Renan Ozturk)
Taylor Shaffer is an emerging photographer and expedition cinematographer, who joins Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell on a 2,500‑mile push into Alaska’s Tongass National Forest to attempt an audacious climb. The film traces Shaffer’s uncertain leap from student to storyteller, armed with a minimal kit and a restless curiosity. Good Luck, Kid asks what it takes to find a voice when everything is on the line, how risk tests character, how collaboration remakes ambition and how a single trip can redefine a life’s direction. (USA, 2026, 22min.)
“Pressure Drop: Valdez Segment” (Todd Jones)
From Norway to Jackson Hole, Pressure Drop follows the world’s top skiers and snowboarders through deep powder, huge cliffs and iconic lines. Born from a dream and forged on the edge, this is TGR’s 30th annual film — a tribute to the fleeting moment when breath slows, gravity takes over and everything else fades. (USA, 2025, 5 min.)
“Oh Whale” (Winslow Crane-Murdoch)
When news anchor Paul Linnman arrived in Florence, Oregon, he had no idea that the story he was about to tell would forever define his career. Chronicling a small Oregon town, an exploding whale, and the man who made the story famous, Oh Whale is about how we don’t get to choose our fate, only what we make of it. (USA, 2025, 26 min.)
