Our Projects

Logline: When a legendary Yellowstone grizzly meets a tragic end, a wildlife guide turned community bear-conflict mitigator sets out to transform how one small town coexists with bears, before more are lost.

Synopsis: In 2016, wildlife guide Evan Stout saw something unforgettable: a massive grizzly, known as “769,” dragging a bison carcass from an icy pond in Yellowstone. It was the bear’s first meal of the year, and for Stout, the beginning of a conservation story. Over the years, as Stout mobilized a bear trashcan program on the northern border of Yellowstone Park, grizzly 769 devolved into an animal dependent on human food. When the bear was lethally removed in July 2024, it was reflected in an entire town's responsibility to be better. BEARPROOF follows Stout's heartfelt mission to prevent future tragedies and his evolution from a park tour operator to a community leader, supporting bear-safe initiatives through local action and education. With voices from biologists to local residents, the film explores the growing tension between humans and wildlife in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, and what it takes to foster real coexistence and community lead solutions.

Making the Cut

Project Title: Making the Cut

Timeline: Summer/Fall 2027 (estimated)

Director: Tyler Burr

Logline

Forced to decide whether or not to have her leg amputated, Alicia connects with the Canadian Para-Climbing team to discover what her new life could look like in their shoe(s).

Synopsis A chronic infection is forcing Alicia to consider an elective leg amputation. To understand what life and sport might look like as an amputee, Alicia turns to her climbing partner Nicolas Sabia, who is an amputee himself, and a member of Canada’s para-climbing team. With deep insight and an irreverent humour springing from lived experience, Nick and the adaptive community open Alicia’s eyes to the world of adaptive climbing and the daily realities of living with a disability. One obstacle sticks out to Alicia in particular: difficult approaches and added financial and logistical burdens limit the Para-climbing team from accessing much of Canada’s best outdoor climbing. Alicia decides to organise an adaptive training camp in Canmore in the summer of 2026. She’ll manage resources, support, and logistics—giving the team a chance to train together in the mountains while Alicia learns from their experiences and reaches a decision regarding her own amputation. Between mountain views, irreverent one-liners, and occasional prosthetic malfunctions, Making The Cut will prove that laughter in the mountains is the best medicine (next to anti-fungals), and introduce Canada’s para-climbing team through the eyes of someone who may soon stand in their shoe(s).

Five Winters

LOGLINE After five years shaped by pregnancy and the tragic loss of her sister, Sarah faces one final winter to prepare for her ski guide exam. With two young children at home and confidence worn thin by time away from the mountains, she confronts guilt, grief and self-doubt, driven by a quiet determination to reclaim a dream she never let go of.

SYNOPSIS After years of putting her dream on hold for motherhood and the loss of her sister, Sarah returns to the mountains to pursue her final ski guide exam. What began as a rigorous training journey over five years ago has been interrupted and reshaped by life’s profound challenges. With her children still very young and a looming deadline in April, she must find a way to balance family life while facing the physical and emotional demands of completing a certification long deferred. Doubts shadow every step: Am I good enough to be here? Why am I doing this when I could take an easier path? What if something happens to me in the field? Why is someone else caring for my children while I train? Beneath the guilt runs a deeper current, the knowledge that walking away now would mean abandoning ten years of work and a career she has sacrificed too much to lose. After two C-sections and years away from peak fitness, Sarah must reconcile the athlete she once was with who she is now. This film follows her journey not just as a test of skill, but as a story of resilience and self-discovery. Set against the Canadian alpine landscape, it captures the intimate realities of pursuing ambition while honouring family, navigating grief, and finding strength in persistence

EMBERS

After losing her home in the 2024 Jasper wildfire, aerial artist Sasha Galitzki is forced to reckon with catastrophic changes to her mountain home. Embers connects Sasha's loss in the wildfire and the glacial recession she has witnessed in her creative work to highlight their common root: climate change.

Featuring Sasha Galitzki

Directed by Trixie Pacis

Embers had its world premiere at the 2025 Banff Mountain Film Festival with a live performance by Sasha.

https://www.wild-aerial.com/embers

BANFF Pitch Session

In celebration of their 50th anniversary, the Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival launched its newest initiative to support emerging filmmakers in pitching their film ideas to an international jury in front of a live audience. We were proud to be a major sponsor of this event and are excited that we will be supporting the film Watermaker.

Waterkeeper (Kyrgyzstan)
By Nazgul Omurzhanova

Waterkeeper follows Nazgul's father, Rysbek, who has provided drinking water to a mountain village of 3,000 people for over 30 years. His work involves traveling 7 km through rugged terrain to a water base in the mountains 2–3 times a week, cleaning it, and sending water to the community. This year, due to health issues, Rysbek must leave his job, but no one in the village is ready to take his place. The film observes how the community faces this challenge, seeks a solution, and experiences the consequences of water scarcity. Through her father’s story, the film highlights the global challeng of limited access to clean drinking water and the vital role of individuals who sustain their communities.

$10,000 - Sponsored by Beyond Boundaries Films

FILMS WE HAVE FUNDED

BEARPROOF

Making the Cut

Five Winters

EMBERS

BANFF Pitch Session

Video

FILMS WE HAVE FUNDED

BEARPROOF

Making the Cut

Five Winters

EMBERS

BANFF Pitch Session

Video

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