Saturday afternoon
2pm, Saturday 6 December 2025 at Abertay University
2 legs is 2 easy
Film 2024, Canada, 6 minutes, Director Tamara Susa
Colorado’s Steve Karczewski was born with bone cancer in his left leg. After a year of chemotherapy his leg was amputated above the knee in order to prevent the cancer from spreading. Steve has never known what it is like to have two legs, and that hasn’t prevented him from doing anything and everything he’s ever wanted as an outdoor athlete. He played different sports and picked up skiing and mountain biking right around middle school. Steve was recruited by Challenge Aspen in 2008 and they trained him to ski without the prosthesis and with outriggers (skis at the end of his poles). Steve decided to ditch the outriggers as well, and continue his skiing career with regular poles, and on one ski, which is uncommon amongst amputee athletes.
Barefoot Pilot
Film 2024, Canada, 15 minutes, Director Leo Hoorn and Steve Henderson
This short film follows professional skier and stuntman, Rory Bushfield, as he grapples with his past by living in the present. His latest idea is something only he could have dreamt up – to barefoot waterski behind his airplane. A journey through Rory’s past reveals the experiences that have shaped him. From skiing and aviation to love and loss – these are the pillars of his life that drive him to live large.
Egoland
Film 2022, Spain, 20 minutes, Director Ignasa Lopez
Marek Molek and Bruno Grassi are on the verge of reaching the summit of The Great Troll, the last and most difficult unclimbed mountain. A heavy storm, exhaustion and adverse snow conditions prevent them from actually reaching the summit, which is very near. Bruno and Marek argue about whether or not they should tell the truth. During the hazardous descent, one of them will attempt to persuade the other one by any means. The film is an animation and the story and mountain are fiction.
Freya
Film 2024, Norway, 4 minutes, Director Natasha Brooks
Feel inspired by 9-year-old Freya, who shares how she uses climbing as a practice to lean into discomfort and fear to help her navigate her neurodiversity. A heartfelt and inspiring short film about a young girl with autism who embarks on a climbing adventure with her family. Through her eyes, we are reminded of how a simple climb can deepen bonds and bring out the best in us.
Tien Shan Dream
Film 2024, Canada, 26 minutes, Director Kai Smart and Morgan Tien
This film follows a team of international skiers as they embark on a two-week glacier traverse through the Northern Tien Shan mountain range in Kazakhstan. These 4000+ metre peaks host an active scientific community, which are home to some of the longest-standing glacier and cosmic radiation experiments in the world. Through one of the most challenging endeavours each team member has ever attempted, discover what it takes to pull off an expedition of this magnitude.
Interval of 30 minutes
Chasing the Unknown
Sean Green
Sean Green is called the “Grizzly Munroist”, and while Shona Marshall’s constant companion is her dog, Sean’s is his mountain bike. Sean has ridden or carried his mountain bike over the summits of all 282 Munros – sometimes climbing them with the bike on his back and, perhaps more scaringly, cycling down them. It’s taken him eight-and-a-half years and puts a different slant on the phrase “top gear”! It’s estimated around 8,000 have “completed” all the Munros, but few and far between can match Sean’s efforts and his combined love for the outdoors and mountain biking