Celebrate women and gender expansive folks with grit, hustle, determination, and boundless passion at No Man’s Land Film Festival. Venture Outdoors is bringing this incredible film festival back to Pittsburgh for the 4th year. Hosted once again at the Velum Fermentation Brewery Warehouse. BYOCC (Bring Your Own Camping Chair) enjoy games, cocktails, mocktails, prizes, and films with friends.

Unseen Peaks

Director: 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.

Diagonal

Directors + Producer: Ryan Ernstes

Feeling stuck in life, 54-year-old India Wood bucks the traditional way of recreating and strikes a novel path across the state of Colorado. Taking a uniquely in-depth look at the world around her, India’s walk is a celebration of the originality that makes us human and delights in doing things a little bit differently.

Groundwork | Building Community through Regenerative Rubber

Director: Lindsey Hagen
Producer: Lauren Todd

The second installment of Groundwork, The North Face’s series on internal sustainability initiatives, takes an intimate dive into the life of one rubber farmer in Thailand. Chorthip Pragpree, is a multigenerational farmer and an essential contributor to TNF’s industry-leading regenerative rubber program. As a steward of her community, she works with brands like TNF to establish sustainable programs and equitable pay

Won’t Give Up

Director: Abdul Kassamali
Producers: Davis Goslin, Katie Graham

Every social justice movement has a song that serves as an anthem for the movement. Why is there no anthem for the climate movement? Critically acclaimed drag queen and vocalist Pattie Gonia joined 19-time Grammy award-winning cellist Yo-Yo Ma and Indigenous trans musician and Tiny Desk Contest winner Quinn Christopherson to write a climate change anthem.
‘Won’t Give Up’ is a song about not giving up on this planet and not giving up on each other. The three artists traveled to Alaska (Christopherson’s native lands) to create a music video for ‘Won’t Give Up’ and performed the track in front of Holgate and Exit Glaciers – two glaciers that are dying because of climate change.

Forward

Director: Palmer Morse
Producer, Sound Mix + Design: Matt Mikkelsen

While navigating a myriad number of life challenges from being her mom’s caretaker and, working several jobs, to facing housing insecurity, Anjelica Avella turned to the outdoors in her mid-twenties to improve her mental health. Despite feeling the benefits of time spent outside for her well-being, the lack of other plus-size women of color she was encountering on the trail was noticeable.

In an effort to form community, Anjelica began leading weekend hikes and trips for other women who too were seeking others with shared lived experiences. Forward chronicles Anjelica’s perspective in a space that has historically excluded individuals like her and shares a profound connection between women who once felt sidelined and are now a catalyst for change.

Pedaling with Purpose

Director: Ian Fohrman
Producers: Denise Chariya, Kelly Miller, Renee Jones, Bryan Harris

When professional mountain biker Britt Greer first reached out to Brooke Goudy, co-leader of Black Girls Do Bike Denver, to see how she could aid Brooke in introducing more women of color to the mountain biking community, Britt was met with some hesitancy. Was this white saviorism? After reflection from both Britt and Brooke, they decided to partner together to become mentor and mentee, as well as fast friends. To grow their relationship and help Brooke prepare for her first time leading a mountain biking clinic, Brooke and Britt hit the road for an RV camping trip.

Trailblaze

Director: Marie-Louise Nkashama
Producer: Gabby Piamonte

Denver’s Urban XC program is helping to grow the sport and helping young runners to expand their horizons. When they first entered high school, Julieta and Paola Ochoa had never heard of cross country. Now, they are grateful for the community and beautiful places running has taken them.

The Fabulous Life of Nancy Greene Raine

Director: Andrea Wing
Producer: Lainey Mullins

N.G.R. has spent a lifetime showing the world what it means to love a sport. As a ski racer, coach, Olympic champ, mountain-resort visionary and Canadian Senator, Nancy Greene Raine is an inter-generational household name for many Canadians. But how much do you really know about Sun Peaks’ local celebrity?

Turning 80 in 2023 and surpassing a milestone that a younger N.G.R. had never predicted, she’s left her footprint on both the resort and sport communities she’s led. Not only has she constantly empowered the next generation of skiers, she helped put Sun Peaks on the map as a world-class destination, and a welcoming community. A place where whether you’re a local or a visitor, you always feel at home. Hold on to your toques because we’re dropping in, to a masterclass in how to live life at 120 km/hour. Weave through her exciting life story at a Nancy-approved pace!

The Right to Joy

Director: Jay Melena, Tim Kressin
Producer: Davis Goslin, Abdul Kassamali

As a trans-masculine cyclist and policy scholar, Izzy Sederbaum was searching for community and acceptance within the sport. After surviving a rare cougar attack on a ride outside of Seattle in early 2018, Izzy was hospitalized with severe facial trauma while hateful anti-trans rhetoric filled comment sections of news articles that he had
little to no control over.