Gutsy Girls Adventure Film Tour
Get inspired for life at the Gutsy Girls Adventure Film Tour. Featuring a unique selection of films of varying lengths from independent filmmakers from around the globe that showcase the inspiring women of the adventure world.
Strap yourself in as the 2022 Gutsy Girls Adventure Film Tour takes you running the length of New Zealand, to the summit of Mt Everest, solo hiking in sub-zero temperatures, mountain biking in Utah, breaking through barriers and more.
Showcasing a 2 1/2 hours program of the most heartfelt, inspiring and entertaining films celebrating adventurous women from independent film makers around the globe.
These amazing stories of courage, grit, determination, and outdoor inspiration are focused on bringing the female adventure experience under the spotlight around Australia. Redefining femininity in adventure and championing female athletes is a key part of the Gutsy Girls Adventure Film Tour. Come and celebrate the bold, vibrant women of adventure at one of the 30 screenings around Australia this July and August.
Experience the incredible highs, stunning natural landscapes and emerging communities of the world’s adventurous women. Offering something for all ages, genders and adventure lovers the Gutsy Girls Adventure Film Tour is packed full of adrenaline, inspiration and fuel to fire your passions. The 8 films in the 2022 program promise to delight everyone from the hardcore to the armchair adventurer in equal measure.
BREAKING TRAIL
30 minutes: USA
Emily Ford, 28, Black, LGBTQ, sets out with Diggins a borrowed female Alaskan Husky sled dog to become the first woman and person of colour to thru-hike the 1,200-mile Ice Age Trail in winter. As the 69-day journey through subzero temperatures tests her physical and mental endurance, Emily and her canine protector develop an unbreakable bond as they embrace the unexpected kindness of strangers and discover they’ve become figureheads in the movement to make the outdoors more accessible for everyone. What begins as an extraordinary physical journey also becomes a spiritual adventure.
THE LONG PATHWAY
36 minutes : Australia
Australian trail runner Lucy Clark has long dreamed of setting the speed record for running the Te Araroa in New Zealand. In 2019, she geared up to run the 3,000k trail in less than 70 days. Averaging over a marathon a day, she is faced with lonely days on the trail, wrong turns, dangerous river crossings and solo nights in remote backcountry huts. Has she bitten off more than she can chew?
ADVENTURE HAS NO AGE LIMIIT
3 minutes : USA
Chau Smith has never been one to follow others’ expectations. This sneakered senior sets crazy goals, such as running a marathon on all 7 continents in 7 days. Also surprising ... at age 74, she’s on zero medications, has no special diet, and she just might run 80 kilometres in a day if she so chooses.
INTO THE MOUNTAIN
7 minutes : Brazil
Nicole Barreto is a base jumper who lives at the foot of the iconic and mystical Pedra da Gávea mountain, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After hundreds of climbs to practice the base jump, Nicole developed a connection with the mountain and its forest, considered by many to be a mystical mountain.
With a striking photograph and an intimate narrative, Nicole shares her feelings and all the wisdom taught by the mountain, and reflects on how small we are in the face of nature.
FUEL FOR LIFE: BLAKE HANSEN
7 minutes : USA
Some people spend their entire life discovering who they really are, and what they're meant to do. Blake Hansen knew early on. The hardest part? Acceptance.
Now a professional mountain biker Hansen is a woman on a mission, committed to a relentless pursuit of personal progression.
UTA: CLIMB FOR KOSOVO
19 minutes : Kosovo
34 year-old Uta Ibrahimi is the first person from Kosovo to attempt to climb Mount Everest. Her goal os to inspire a new post-war generation in Kosovo to move on from the war and help create a better future for their country.
On the surface, this is a film about mountain climbing; human versus the most unforgiving terrain on the planet, but underneath it is a film about recognition, about empowerment and about having the courage and the determination to step forward and keep going - for Uta and for Kosovo. Uta mirrors her homeland, its history, its sense of place in the world and its battle for recognition. Uta and Kosovo, in that respect, are one and the same.
FUEL
4 minutes : USA
Skier, mountain lover, muffin maker, ukulele player: Madison Rose Ostergren is a professional big mountain skier and four-season outdoor athlete, based in Jackson Hole, WY and Salt Lake City, UT. See her in her element in the 4 minute fun packed film.
SKIN SWIMMER
7 minutes : Canada
Waking up on a cold, rainy Vancouver morning, most people choose to stay inside gripping their steaming coffee. This is not the case for Roberta Cenedese, as her mornings look drastically different. Instead, she wakes up and heads for the ocean to dive into the frigid waters of the Pacific Northwest, only wearing a bathing suit. Through triumph and failure, Roberta trains for one of the most challenging feats in action sports; an ice mile in three degree water. Joint resident seals on this gripping and adventurous journey, where Roberta’s intimate connection to the Salish Sea is front and center.
Byron Bay, Byron Bay Theatre: Saturday, 30 July