ENCORE - WOMEN IN THE WILD: A CELEBRATORY FILM EVENT FOR INT’L WOMEN’S DAY

148 Anderson Street,Portland ME 04101

09 March, 2023

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Encore Presentation: Thursday March 9, 2023 - MOFF Presents A Celebratory Film Event For Int'l Women's Day MOFF Presents Women in the Wild: 8 woman-driven outdoor adventure and conservation films. Join The Maine Outdoor Film Festival for a block of women-made + women-focused* short films on outdoor adventure and conservation in celebration of International Women’s Day. - The film program will last about two hours, including a 10-minute intermission. - The screening will be inside at Après in their back room and is limited to 60 attendees. - Seltzer, Cider, and Baxter Brewing Beer are available for purchase with ID. - Portion of Proceeds To Benefit: The Pink Boots Society who aims to assist, inspire and encourage women and nonbinary individuals in the fermented/alcoholic beverage industry to advance their careers through education. - MOFF ‘s Women in The Wild screening is presented by Baxter Brewing. *MOFF strives for an inclusive and equitable world where all genders and identities experience a sense of belonging without fear or judgment. Film Program (subject to change):  SKIN SWIMMER - 6.9 minutes - by Hannah Walsh - from British Columbia - Short synopsis: Waking up on a cold, winter Vancouver morning, most people choose to stay inside sipping their steaming coffee. This is not the case for Roberta Cenedese, as her mornings look drastically different. Instead, she wakes up and heads for the ocean to dive into the frigid waters of the Pacific Northwest, only wearing a bathing suit. Through triumph and failure, Roberta trains for one of the most challenging feats in action sports; an ice mile in three degree water. Join resident seals on this gripping and adventurous journey, where Roberta’s intimate connection with the Salish Sea is front and center. MANDATORY GEAR - 15.7 minutes - by Emily Hopcian - from Michigan - Short synopsis: Three women and one man challenge history and stereotypes in adventure racing, competing as a reverse co-ed team in Expedition Oregon, North America’s toughest race. DREAMS INHERITED - 9.2 minutes - by Jessica Wilde - from Florida - Short synopsis: Dreams Inherited is a short documentary about the search for adventure in a life away from the luxuries of land. It is about the realization of dreams that were passed down by family folklore through hard work and small moments of meaning. It features Jessica Wilde, Josh Fody and Ling Ling, their 42-year-old Kelly Peterson sailboat that they spent years renovating and eventually sailing up and down the East Coast from the Florida Keys to Maine. MARDI & THE WHITES - 11.45 minutes - by Paula Champagne - from Massachusetts - Short synopsis: Mardi has a rich relationship with nature that has evolved and deepened throughout her life. In the last 20 years she’s dedicated much of her time to exploring the landscape in the White Mountains (unfortunately coined “The Whites” by New Englanders) on Abenaki land. In that time Mardi summited all forty-eight 4,000 footers multiple times, often as the only Black person on the mountain. She has experienced great joy from communing with this landscape, but the overwhelmingly white hiking community that is so seeped in white supremacy and colonialism complicates her experiences. Recently, she has focused on creating more opportunities for Black folks to join her in appreciating this magnificent wilderness. Enjoying this land with her community has been a liberating balm that has strengthened her sense of identity as an outdoorswoman.“Mardi & the whites” is a peek into Mardi’s relationship with the White Mountains, the great outdoors, and the community that surrounds them; Above all, it’s a celebration of Black liberation in the wild. UNSINKABLE SHIPS - 7.8 minutes - by Lamia Lazrak, Josie Colt - from Maine - Short synopsis: Unsinkable Ships is an animated film that explores the ideas of theorist Buckminster Fuller through the voices and stories of Maine Islanders. WE ARE LIKE WAVES - 12 minutes - by Jordyn Romero - from New Mexico - Short synopsis: We Are Like Waves is an intimate look into how surfing changes Sanu’s life, documenting the struggles and breakthroughs of becoming one of the first female Sri Lankan surfers. INTERMISSION NORMAL PEOPLE WOULD DRIVE - 22.7 minutes - by Olivia Holt, Patrick Wood - from Australia - Short synopsis: A team of middle-aged women, who have never considered themselves athletes, head to the remote Australian outback to test their physical and mental limits in a desert ultramarathon. WALKING TWO WORLDS - 29 minutes - by Maia Wikler - from British Columbia - Short synopsis: It’s more than just polar bear scenes in the Arctic. With the threat of oil drilling in the Refuge and Yukon Flats along the Yukon River, Indigenous communities face grave threats to their way of life, food security and identity. Fueled by an unwavering love and responsibility for the land, Han Gwich’in 19-year old, Quannah Chasinghorse, and her mother, Jody Potts, are taking a stand to defend their sacred homelands. Protecting the Arctic is often advocated from a polarizing perspective of old school conservationism pitted against economic development. This documentary film instead wields the power of empathy and relationships through the untold perspective of an Indigenous, women-led fight to protect the Arctic and reclaim Indigenous identity.