New York, NY – Snow Film Fest NYC has announced a packed lineup of ski and snowboarding films set to screen Nov. 19-20 at Tribeca Cinemas in Lower Manhattan. From documentaries to biographies to just pure shred flicks, this collection of ski and snowboarding films sheds light on every approach to the snow-covered mountains and the ways we carve our paths down them.n“I can’t believe the support we’ve received from the snow filmmaker community and how the industry has embraced our vision,” says event founder Morgan Rae Berk. “We are stoked to be able to collect and showcase all of these talented filmmakers in one weekend to create a true celebration of the ski and snowboarding film-making craft, the athletes that ride, and the mountain communities that support them.”

The film festival lineup includes:

LIKE A LION: A documentary feature film about the winningest and most controversial skier of the last decade, Like A Lion tells a story of adversity and self-confidence, tragedy and triumph. Following the high-risk, high-adrenaline life of seven-time ESPN X-Games Gold medalist Tanner Hall, Like A Lion is a film that goes beyond skiing, beyond action sports stardom, beyond the rock-star cliches to examine that special courage that allows the best of us to continually comeback from life’s toughest blows.
Inspired Media concepts, Produced & Directed by Eric Iberg Film

F*CK IT: Snowboarders across the globe know that each and every season has its fill of hardships. But, it’s how you respond that’s really going to matter. There are those who submit to Mother Nature or Murphy and his laws, but this project is dedicated to those who refuse to surrender and in the face of adversity have one solution for every problem … F’ It.
Forum, Executive Producer Bryan Know, Directors Mike Bishop & Jeremy Pettit

STANCE: By combining forces with the industry’s best brands and riders, Stance aims to both create the most innovative female snowboarding film to date, but also to start a larger initiative to push snowboarding’s creative and cinematic boundaries.
JMills Entertainments, Director: D.P., Editor: Jeremy Miller, Producer: Stan Evans, Motion, Assistant Editor: Ian Rigby, Additional Cinematography: Justin Turkowski, Ian Rigby

AT EQUILIBRIUM: At Equilibrium is the newest treasure of Blickinsfreie´s Eastern European snowboard documentaries. After “Poland – A snowboard documentary”, “Slovaki A true movie about snowboarding” and last year’s highlight “From Romania with Love” this documentary deals with the passionate people developing snowboarding in Bulgaria. Each one of those movies has its own direction, its own heroes who may not necessarily be known to a larger audience, but that all creates our common history. At Equilibrium makes clear that we are all one big family with every little part worth to get to know. This year’s flick is featuring riders from more than seven different countries.
Blickinsfreie Production

HELLO WORLD: From the minds behind Knockout and most recently Elektro, Alterna Films presents its global assault on snowboarding with its latest release titled Hello World. This film delivers inspired filmmaking and technical freestyle snowboarding at its highest level.
Alterna Films, Produced by Carlo Wein

THE WAY I SEE IT: Matchstick Productions takes you into the action with The Way I See It. This work features top-shelf skiing and cinematography swirled around an eclectic soundtrack. In addition to fueling your fire, this film provides several unique perspectives on our sport, and in the end brings you more epic skiing than you can shake a pole at. The winner of Powder magazine’s 2009 “Movie of the Year” bring you top athletes skiing faster, spinning while flipping and grabbing, and of course, stalking the deepest stashes of snow in the world in places including British, Columbia, Japan, Alaska, Colorado, Switzerland, Idaho, Washington and many other locations worldwide.
Matchstick Productions

MOUNT ST ELIAS: A dramatic and awe-inspiring feature documentary following three of the world’s greatest ski mountaineers to the Mount St. Elias in their attempt to realize the longest ski descent of the world. Set against the backdrop of Alaska’s dangerous beauty, Mount St. Elias is about a visionary borderline experience where unparalleled physical and mental pressure pushes them to the absolute limit. They find themselves in puristic situations, in which heroism cannot easily be distinguished from folly. Situations which can only be mastered if reason is supposedly abandoned and in which courage as well as trust in their own abilities and last but not least luck are used as guidelines.
Producer/Director Gerald Salmina

LIGHT THE WICK: This winter the Teton Gravity Research crew of athletes traveled around the world to uncharted destinations, as well as some of their favorite stomping grounds. Follow the crew as they discover the previously unskied big mountain playground of Petersburg, Alaska, find the best snow Croatia has seen in fifty years, ski deep pillows in undiscovered Italy, hit full throttle riding in British Columbia, and experience epic free-riding at Ripley Creek and North Cascades Heli.
Teton Gravity Research

THE STORMING: The latest from Standard Films spans from the Tahoe backcountry to the looking peaks of Iceland. On top of that, it is featuring the riding of some of the most progressive riders in the business including Torstein Horgmo, Kazu Kokubo and the Helgason Brothers.
Standard Films, Film By Mike Hatchett & Travis Robb

WORK IT OUT: From record-breaking five-foot blizzards in Washington DC to 10 inches of rain in New England, Meathead Films spent the winter of 2010 scouring the East Coast on the hunt for epic days. No matter the weather, the crew was forced to roll with the punches and just work it out. Tag along as their relentless search takes them to the craggy White Mountains backcountry, back alleys of Maine, custom park jumps in New Jersey, and even to the “Far East” of Hokkaido, Japan on their first ever overseas voyage. Filmed in High Definition, 16mm and Super 8mm film, Work It Out showcases the spirit, creativity, and unwavering determination it takes to be an Eastern skier.
Meathead Films, Directed- Geoff Mcdonald & Chris James

SWIFT SILENT DEEP: Relive the story that changed the face of hardcore ski culture in America and ultimately redefined a sport. From a parking lot in Sun Valley in 1948 to the first World Extreme Skiing Championships in 1991, Swift Silent Deep explores the roots of North America’s most infamous secret ski fraternity, the Jackson Hole Air Force, and the evolution of extreme skiing. Put yourself in the boots of these pioneers as they push the boundaries of what was possible on skis.
Produced by Jon Klaczkiewicz & Troy Beauchamp

POWDER AND RAILS: Shawn Farmer is a big mountain snowboarding pioneer. VBS.TV’s Powder & Rails takes you to the Legends of Tahoe event at Donner Ski Ranch, then we visit Shawn’s home to check out a few of his inventions and chat him up for a few classic snowboarding stories. From his first video scenes to his preference for gigantic boards, no stone is left unturned. For two seasons now, VBS.TV’ s Powder & Rails has delved through the history of snowboarding with an emphasis on how it transformed from a novelty for yuppie two-plankers to something bored skateboarders did in the winter to one of the most anticipated events in the Olympic Games. For its upcoming third season, the show explores the popularization of snowboarding in the ’80s through today, the ever-changing trends of snowboard culture, and the sport’s incessant technical progression.
VBS.TV

EYE TRIP: Skiing’s counterculture continues to buck the trends of what’s come before them. Follow the Level 1 crew as they experiment with one of the largest gap jumps ever built in Sun Valley, Idaho, hit a record snowfall in Helsinki, Finland, and harvest the vast resources of Alaska… or perhaps it’s all just a lucid dream?
Level 1, Directed & Produced by Josh Berman

TRANSITIONS: Transitions follows the meteoric rise of the sport of freeskiing through the eyes of Simon Dumont, one of action sport’s most dynamic and relevant personalities. Shot over the course of the last two years, Transitions reflects the paradigm shift taking place in sports and youth culture today. Featuring interviews from Simon and some of the world’s best skiers, fans will witness what the journey has been like to go from participating in an “extreme sport” to gaining mainstream athletic acceptance, from the unique perspective of those at the forefront of the freeskiing movement.
Film By Riley Poor

NOWHERE: Movement can give the illusion of progress. And they say that all the world is illusion. So what is the difference between exploring and being lost? In a winter that brought an exceptional amount of challenges to riders all over the world, Absinthe’s newest snowboard film reminds us how much our reality is affected by what we make of it. Whether you are lost…or exactly where you want to be…all depends on how you look at it.
Directed/Produced- Justin Hostynek & Patrick Armbruster

TODCAST THE MOVIE: Quiksilver teams up with VBS.tv to bring you Todcast the Movie, a movie about Todcast the Movie. Follow Todd Richards and his crew on their misadventures through New Zealand, Alaska, and beyond as they look for snow, waves, skateparks, massage parlors, and mischief. Also featuring Travis Rice, Sage Kotsenburg, Brian Fox, and some Canadians.
Quiksilver & VBS.TV

REVOLVER: Revolver, the 2010 film from Poor Boyz Productions, presented by Salomon, focuses on the progression and the factors that have coincided with many great advancements of the sport of skiing. This season Poor Boyz Productions plans to showcase today’s raw talents of skiing in a high action, retrospective, yet progressive look at what things are pushing the sport today.
Poor Boyz Productions

IN COLOR: TransWorld Snowboarding’s new feature film documents an action-packed winter with a diverse crew of snowboarding’s most talented riders. From the Canadian backcountry to the streets of the East Coast to Scandinavian park sessions, the riding is heavy. Legends like Devun Walsh and Jusse Oksanen back up young chargers like Keegan Valaika and Mikkel Band. Jake Olson-Elm and Phil Jacques eat up the streets. Filmed in Alaska, Norway, Whistler, Minnesota, California, Quebec, Calgary and beyond, In Color paints a vivid picture of the current state of snowboarding.
Transworld Snowboarding

WITNESS THE SICKNESS: This video is built from a year of snowboarding that was truly sick. The team hit snow just right in Japan for waist deep conditions, witnessed Scotty Lago’s Olympic adventures, found some of the best rail spots throughout Minnesota, while hitting up parks across the country, making this year’s video a truly well rounded and complete snowboard experience.
Flow Snowboards

HOOKED: Hooked is Pirate Productions’ newest treasure featuring all aspects of snowboarding. Expect mad rail slaughtering, natural backcountry snowboarding and fine cinematography. The movie represents the potential of European snowboarding at it’s best, and even comes out in a 100-page art book. This analog bonus material covers other talents of involved pirates and friends. Shot on location in: Stockholm, Sweden; Oslo, Norway, Helsinki, Finland; Arlberg, Austria; Avoriaz, France; Madonna di Campiglio, Italy; Jackson Hole, Wyo.; Lake Tahoe, Calif.; Montana; Akureyri, Iceland; and many many more locales.
Pirate Productions

SAY MY NAME: Say My Name follows female professional skier Grete Eliassen as she travels the globe with the goal to inspire and evolve women’s skiing. Stacked with a handful of skiing’s elite female lineup, this high definition film features Lynsey Dyer, Sarah Burke, Keri Herman, Ana Segal, Kaya Turski and Suz Graham. See the world this international ski superstar roams, from a world record hip jump in 2010 to her exploration of the rugged backcountry.
Stan Evans Photography, Directed by Stan Evans & Jeremy Miller

RIGHT BRAIN LEFT BRAIN: This season Think Thank heads back in to the human mind with Right Brain Left Brain (a Think Thank “Double Feature”). Bringing together some of snowboarding’s most powerful and talented creative juggernauts, Right Brain Left Brain is recreating what it means to be a freestyle snowboarder and how a snowboarder uses their brain to open new, amazing possibilities. Filmed in locations from Wasilla to Westfield.
Think Thank

THE SATURDAY NIGHT RIDE: When an ex-pro snowboarder is released from prison for a crime he didn’t commit, the snowboarding world he thought he could return to has become something far beyond his wildest dreams. Pro wrestling and snowboarding have become fused into an all-new sport. Every Saturday night, championship bouts are broadcast live on prime time TV. The riders have all become obsessed with battling each other in the ring and on the jump, in a quest to gain the world championship belt. Big back country booters, huge cliffs, lines, and technical rails are the training grounds as the riders take each other out, and a man seeks his former glory as well as his revenge for his unjust time behind bars.
Wild Card Movies

BLIZZARD OF AHHHHS: Blizzard of Aahhh’s is ski filmmaking icon Greg Stump’s rockumentary style look at the known and unknown heroes of the 1980’s ski world. Featuring cliff-jumper Scot Schmidt, extreme skier and bad boy Glen Plake, and precision skier Mike Hattrup, this classic movie contains some of the best ski action ever filmed from some of the premier steep skiing destinations in the world, from France’s Chamonix Valley to the awe-inspiring Squaw Valley in California.
Directed by Greg Stump

For more information on the Snow Film Fest NYC visit www.SnowFilmFestNYC.com. Tickets will go on sale Nov 1, 2010.