NIGHT ONE AWARD NIGHT | TUE 4 AUGUST 2026 7PM

Total Run Time: 122 Minutes

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Mia

(6 mins) Director Marco Noe, Australia.

Ten-year-old Mia is determined to land her biggest skating trick yet — again. For Mia, practice isn’t just routine; it’s progress in motion. BEST SHORT FILM

Mountain Of Mystery

(34 mins) Director Jake Hopfinger,Justin Fann, Eric parker USA.

Deep in British Columbia’s most remote landscapes, a group of friends ski, kayak and surf their way through wild country. More than an extreme sports film, this is a story about shared challenge, laughter and the kind of unforgettable moments that only happen far from the beaten path. BEST ADVENTUROUS SPORTS & LIFESTYLES

Hunter’s Moon

(15 mins) Director Christina Lusti & Gee Pierrel, USA.

Mountaineers Christina Lusti and Gee Pierrel are the first to ski an extremely steep line on the East Face of Aoraki. BEST SNOW SPORTS FILM

K2 – Chasing Shadows

(67 mins) Director David Arnaud & Hugo Clouzeau, USA, subtitles.

A record breaking alpinist attempts a fast, oxygen-free ascent of K2 one of the world’s deadliest peaks in a quest that pushes far beyond physical limits into deeply personal territory. GRAND PRIZE FILM

NIGHT TWO PURE NZ | TUE 11 AUGUST 2026 7PM

Total Run Time: 126 minutes

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Jerry on the Jerry

(10 mins) Director Huw Miles, NZ.

A team of packrafters make a second attempt at a first descent of the Jerry River deep in Fiordland

Race Be Run

(15 mins) Director Richard Carey & Prabhjit Sabharwal, Canada/NZ

Dressed as Superman, a man runs solo along Canada’s highways to raise funds for cancer charities, transforming the grief of losing both parents into a quiet, inspiring mission of hope

Project redLine.

(30 mins) Director Matheson Brown, NZ.

A blue-collar nobody from New Zealand goes up against a mountaineering elite in an attempt to strip him of what is widely believed to be an illegitimate world record.

Alone on Makalu

(13 mins) Director Nick Kowalski, NZ.

Matthew Scholes attempts to summit the world’s fifth-highest mountain without supplementary oxygen.

  

The Pole of Inaccessibility

(25 mins) Director , Danny Warley & Ned Brannigan NZ.

A paraglider embarks on a multi-day bivouac flight across New Zealand’s Southern Alps, navigating glaciers
and vast wilderness to reach the country’s most remote point, the Pole of Inaccessibility. He then faces the challenge of getting back out.

100 Days in Fiordland

(24 mins) Director Dan Sutherland, NZ.

Three kayakers spend 100 winter days deep in Fiordland National Park, sea kayaking, hunting, fishing and searching for unexplored whitewater in one of New Zealand’s most demanding wilderness expeditions.