Postponed: Mountainfilm on Tour

Lennart Karlsson and Karin Persson, in The Last Observers, an inspiring story of dedication.

POSTPONED UNTIL JUNE 29. WE WILL PROVIDE MORE DETAILS IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

April 22, 2025—Mountainfilm on Tour comes to Cinestudio on the campus of Trinity College, Hartford, this week, for a special 10-film showing to benefit the environmental education work of Connecticut Audubon’s Greater Hartford program.

This high quality, single-screen theater is ideal for the immersive Mountainfilm experience.

The event is scheduled for Thursday, April 24, 7 p.m., at Cinestudio, on the Trinity campus.

Tickets are $30 for Connecticut Audubon members and $40 for non-members.

What do you get for the price? Here are descriptions of the films.

Judy’s Creek – Discovering the secret life of the streambed
Jeremy Monroe & David Herasimtschuk 
Follow ecologist, educator and author Dr. Judy Li into the world of caddisflies, the artisans of
the aquatic world. With contagious passion, Judy shares how her childhood curiosity led to acareer in freshwater science and how she has found ways to share the joys of science with audiences of all ages. 
(USA, 2023, 5 min.)

I am the nature
Taliesin Black-Brown
I am the nature is a poetic documentary honoring the philosophy and cultural expression of the Achuar people from the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador. Narrated by Chumpí Washikiat, a local leader, the film dives into the insights of a man who has walked between worlds, echoing ideas of unity, empathy and harmony. 
(USA, Ecuador, Brazil, 2023, 5 min.)

Unseen Peaks
Roo Smith
After enduring discrimination and trauma due to her blindness, Addie seeks freedom through skiing, ice climbing and rock climbing, facing both the challenges of these activities and the need for acceptance within the outdoor community as a disabled person. She believes exposure is the most powerful antidote to fear and dreams of a world where everyone has the safety and freedom to experience the outdoors.
(USA, 2023, 7 min.)

Mr. Cato
Ryan Ross
Mr. Cato is an elementary school teacher and pro BMX flatlander who changes his students’ lives by teaching them how to ride and care for bikes, as he attempts to bring his sport back from the brink of extinction in the U.S. While overcoming his struggles and vying for a spot in the Summer Olympics, Mr. Cato uses the two wheels that have given him so much in order to make the world a better place.
(USA, 2024, 23 min.)

Desert Wings
Nathan McBride
Desert Wings brings the unique sport of paramotoring to light, showcasing talented pilots exploring dramatic landscapes of the American Southwest
(USA. 2023, 3 min)

A highlight of Mountainfilm is “Re,” a 6-minute film by Iz La Motte about the life and work of photographer Re Wikstrom.

Re
Iz La Motte 

Twenty years ago, Re forged a new path in the outdoor sports community as one of the few women in her field. As an action sports photographer, she is dedicated to working with and showcasing the strength and individual personalities of female athletes. Re landed the first cover shot of a woman for Backcountry Magazine and the first all-female cover shot for Skiing

Magazine. She views her work as a catalyst, fostering a social shift in the perception of female athletes in popular culture.
(USA. 2023, 6 min.)

Healy
Maya Craig 
For millions of years, the Arctic Ocean has been covered by a permanent sheet of ice. Soon, it will melt in its entirety during summer for the first time in human history. Healy follows a crew of scientists and sailors through a two-month research mission to try and understand why the northern ice cap is melting even faster than climate models have predicted — and how the transformation is altering life on Earth.
(USA, 2023, 14 min.)

Fall Harvest
Keenan DesPlanques
At Crankworx Cairns in 2023, Nicholi Rogatkin had a season-ending injury, marking the first time in his career that he had to sit out a season. Fall Harvest highlights how time seems to move more slowly while healing and the magic of getting back on a bike again.
(USA, 2023, 2 min.)

The Last Observers
Maja Karlsson
Lennart Karlsson and Karin Persson have recorded weather measurements every three hours — temperature, air pressure, wind, wave height and cloud types — at a lighthouse on the southwestern coast of Sweden for 36 years. The dedicated couple have amassed over 100,000 observations and seen rapid changes in recent years as migratory birds arrive earlier in the spring, and heavy rains and drought become more frequent. Theirs is the last remaining manual weather station in the country and it too will soon become automated. In The Last Observers, the pair reflect on their simple yet joyful life where they find true happiness through symbiosis with nature.
(Sweden, 2024, 24 min.)

To Scale: Time
Alex Gorosh
On a dry lakebed in California, a group of friends attempt to build a scale model of time: a true illustration of cosmic evolution and our place within it. Over miles, they lay out tiny lights representing important moments in the history of the universe: the Big Bang, the meteor that killed the dinosaurs and the beginning of human civilization. The result is time represented by distance and the recognition that although we are alive for the briefest moment — in this demonstration, the width of a hair — our lives are a gift from the universe that we must spend wisely.
(USA, 2023, 10 min.)

Thank you to our sponsors!

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