Summer Shorts Showcase

Thursday, August 10, 7pm

Aspen Film Isis Theatre | 406 E Hopkins Ave, Aspen

2023 Summer of Cinema

$20 Aspen Film
$25 General Admission

Event Details

Aspen Film and 5Point Film Festival are partnering on a screening of select short films from the 5Point Festival. Q+A with special guests to follow.

Panelist Bios:

Tony Drees
Tony is a Gulf War Veteran who survived “The Deadliest Scud Missile of the Iraqi War.” 30+ years and 75 surgeries later he is a ski instructor at Aspen Ski School. At 55 he plans a backflip on one ski to raise awareness of physical barriers and obstacles faced by disabled individuals.

Presented With

Films

THE BLACKCOUNTRY JOURNAL

9 MIN

A skier contemplates his connection to skiing and the mountains. As he hurries through the streets of LA, his path takes a turn after bumping into a jazz musician who helps him discover the correlation between jazz and skiing—an expression of art, skiing, and black culture.

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LEO & CHESTER

9 MIN

Canada

Alienated from his rock and roll lifestyle, Leo Downey seeks connection in the Sierra Madre Mountains. A spiritual experience there prompts him to leave California for the Canadian Rockies, where he is now learning to become a buffalo rancher and redefine himself through his relationship with the herd.

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LET ME LIVE

18 MIN

UK, IRELAND

As a surfing outsider, British big wave surfer Tom Lowe paves his own path to surfings highest level through pure grit, determination, and a little help from his friends. Cutting his teeth in Ireland and pioneering unknown waves with a small group of surfers, Tom found meaning in pushing himself to the limit.

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ONE FOR ALL

15 MIN

Tony Drees actually considers himself to have “good fortune,” despite being born into an abusive household, surviving a bombing in the Gulf War, getting cancer, and having his leg amputated up to his hip. After it all, and through his newly found passion for skiing, Tony sets an ambitious goal for this season…

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THE TRAPLINE

12 MIN

Canada

A trapper in the twilight of his career, passes along his ethos and his trapline to Syd, a woman determined to carry on his work.

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TRANSITION

2 MIN

FRANCE

After several years on the freestyle ski cup circuit, in 2022 Ben decides to take a new turn and a new career start, TRANSITION.

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WHATEVER FLOATS YOUR GOAT

6 MIN

Nico is a woman in her late 20s who lives in her sprinter van with 2 goats, 3 chickens and a dog. In this quirky 6 minute film you’ll spend a day with Nico goat-packing a raft up to a high mountain lake. We take a dive into her lifestyle, the goats’ personalities, and Nico’s deeper mission to use her unique lifestyle for sustainability education.

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4DWN

17 MIN

CEO and co-founder, Rob Cahill, makes it 4DWN's mission to sustainably foster the health of kids, families, communities and environment providing free programs emphasizing recreation, education, cultivation and conservation.

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Summer Shorts Showcase

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