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Documentary Shorts Block

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Entropy

Directed by: Inuk Jørgensen

Country: Greenland

Premiere: New York Premiere

The vast Greenlandic ice sheet has been created over thousands of years but today climate change is threatening the close and sacred connection between the land moulded by ice and the Inuit who live there. Told from an Indigenous perspective the film celebrates Greenlandic mythology as much as it laments the nature we are all losing.

The League - A Future for Freeskiing

Directed by: Mathias Skaarup Schmidt

Country: Denmark

Premiere: North American Premiere

A decade after freeskiing became an Olympic discipline, many riders are longing for an alternative to the current trajectory of the sport. Instead of rigid contest structures and national teams, they dream of a new kind of freeski event, something more true to the sport’s unruly origins. And so, in the fall of 2022, an idea begins to take form…

THE LEAGUE is the untold story of how the Jib League came to be. It’s an intimate documentary following Ferdinand Dahl, James “Woodsy” Woods and Øystein Bråten on their path to creating one of the most instantly beloved events in freeskiing. Enjoy this unfiltered, behind-the-scenes journey from frustration to inspiration, doubt to certainty and worry to jubilation as three friends strive to create something original, and to push the sport they love in a bold new direction.

Fat Dance

Directed by: Kirsikka Saari

Country: Finland

Premiere: North American Premiere

Dancehall dancer Evaleena Vuorenmaa gains 40 kilos and is forced to face the judging gaze of her employers, society and even herself. Fat Dance is a short documentary about a woman, who decides to take the power into her own hands and build her image the way she wants it to be. Is it really true that sexiness is not about size?

PG-13: Brief Nudity

Earlier Event: October 17
Elskling - Opening Night Film
Later Event: October 18
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin