Ever wonder what it鈥檚 like travelling unassisted聽across Antarctica, lugging all of your food, shelter and supplies across thousands of kilometres of ice?
You can find out Sept. 24, as the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival鈥檚 Best of the Fest rolls into Jasper.
The event will showcase the very best entries to the VIMFF, all in one night.
The adventure, mountaineering and outdoor lifestyle films encompass everything from 60-second shorts to feature-length documentaries.
Kelly Green, the production manager of the festival, said they work hard to find films with interesting or unique perspectives on outdoor adventuring.
鈥淲e work really hard to avoid bike porn, or ski porn,鈥� she said, describing the YouTube-style videos that glorify tricks and stunts without exploring the people behind them.
The result is a mix of what Green calls intense, 鈥淩ed Bull鈥� films and 鈥渟horter, more artsy-type films.鈥�
As an example, she points to 鈥淭iny Livin,鈥� a light-hearted, 20-minute look at five people pulling their house behind them in a trailer as they search for the best skiing in America.
The winner of this year鈥檚 festival, 鈥淐rossing the Ice,鈥� is a feature-length documentary following two Australian adventurers鈥� harrowing three-month journey to the South Pole.
Tickets are already on sale at the Jasper Legion; pick them up for $12 in advance, or $15 the night of the show.
The doors will open at 6 p.m. and the films will start at 8 p.m. For more information on the festival, visit www.vimff.org.
There will also be an auction on the night of the screenings to raise money for the Jasper Freestyle Team.
