This Mountain Life
The awe that mountainous landscapes evoke is universal, yet most seldom venture into true wilderness. Martina and her 60 year-old mother Tania embark on a six-month trek through the treacherous Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada in a journey that has never before been completed by a duo.
Their adventure is interspersed with beautifully crafted portraits of high-altitude human endurance and passion—an avalanche survivor, a snowshoe artist, a snowbound convent—that are by turns captivating and inspiring.
19 festival awards including Best Snow Sports Film at Banff and Grand Prize at Tegernsee Mountain Film Festival
Theatrical runs in Canada, Germany, New Zealand and Australia
NOMINEE Best Cinematography - 2020 Canadian Screen Awards
WINNER Best Direction Feature Length Documentary - 2019 LEO AWARDS
WINNER Best Cinematography Feature Length Documentary - 2019 LEO AWARDS
NOMINEE Best Feature Length Documentary - 2019 LEO AWARDS
NOMINEE Best Musical Score - 2019 LEO AWARDS
Details
- Feature Documentary
- Director: Grant Baldwin; Producer: Jenny Rustemeyer
- Release: 2018
- Length: 78 mins
- Aired on: Knowledge Network
- Festival Premiere: Hot Docs
“Ravishingly shot… a love letter to the outdoors”
— POV Magazine
“Splendid… The film rises above the astonishing absence of depth that somehow still prevails in many snow-based films”
— Outside Magazine
“Soul food for anyone who has an affinity
for or understanding of mountain life.”
— The Barnyard Cinema
