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FestivalTeam
25.10.2024

Matthias Weger: “For these tight couloirs, you really have to be angry”

“The Red-Face Zone” is an ironic, action-packed masterpiece. The Weger brothers can act as well as they can ski and snowboard. Matthias Weger explains why the film revolves around a mysterious anger-related illness and the descent of... more
FestivalTeam
25.10.2024

Marco Tribelhorn: “Through trust, I was able to draw out these bizarre things from them.”

In “The Red-Face Zone”, Jakob and Matthias Weger throw themselves into the gnarliest couloirs in the Dolomites with ski and snowboard. The ironic psycho-thriller's background story involves flushed red faces and a strange illness.... more
Festival
22.10.2024

Vali Werner-Tutschku: „At descents from 6,000 meters, every mistake is punished“

"Sariri" is the documentation of a grand adventure in the Andes. Vali Werner-Tutschku and his friends from Mountaintribe not only skied peaks at extreme altitudes but also heavily involved the local population in their explorations, as he... more
FestivalInterview
22.10.2024

Paul Schweller: “Sariri is something different from a classic ski film”

For "Sariri," filmmaker Paul Schweller had to ascend nearly 6,000 meters with his camera. Here, he talks about how he prepared for this unique journey into the Andes, what he took home from the experience, and why topics like... more
FestivalFestival
22.10.2024

Griffin Glendinning: “Svea Irving had never been filmed in the backcountry before”

"Stasis" is a mystical, melancholic portrait of Svea Irving, who competes for the US national team in the halfpipe. The film showcases her experiences in the wilderness and in nature in a cool and abstract way. In this interview, director... more
Festival
22.10.2024

Dino Flatz: “We wanted to make a comedy movie and include our ‘Scu'”

Ski pro Dino Flatz and Freeride World Tour snowboarder Timm Schröder – aka Timmy Shredder – are not just pretty good friends, but truly best friends. In "SCUrrari," they tease each other a lot. Dino tells us in this interview why a... more
Festival
22.10.2024

CHRIS RUBENS: „IN MY EARLY LIFE I WAS UTTERLY OBSESSED WITH SKIING”

As a celebrated freeride star, Canadian Chris Rubens traveled around the globe. During an expedition, he decided to completely change his life. He gradually reduced his carbon footprint and now runs an organic vegetable farm. But he still... more
FestivalInterview
24.09.2022

“The passion comes back. But with more wisdom, with more patience.”

With "Invisible Ground", Xavier De Le Rue and Elias Elhardt work through their feelings of irresponsibility after tragic avalanche accidents. In Part 1 of our interview series, French snowboarder Xavier De Le Rue talks about how painful... more
Festival
17.12.2021

Smoothe show, finest films: Thanks to all!

The second Worldwide Show of the Freeride Film Festival was such a nice evening. With five great films, cool interview guests and an exciting panel on the topic of "ski resort expansions". We thank everyone for the great support - and... more
Festival
15.12.2021

Worldwide Show: Winning made easy

Our Worldwide Show on 16 December not only offers an exciting, entertaining film programme. The exclusive prizes we are giving away online are also really something special. https://vimeo.com/640954940 Everyone can win When... more
Festival
03.12.2021

Get ready for the FFF Worldwide Show on 16 December 2021

We will do it again! After our first live stream event in December 2020 was such a great success, we are going global again with the FFF Worldwide Show. The start is on December 16, 2021 at 7 p.m. (CET). The tickets are available in three... more
Festival
20.12.2020

The FFF Worldwide Show 2020 in 70 Seconds

Flo Rudig is the owner of the studio "Hinterzimmer" from where we broadcasted our first FFF Worldwide Show. He just produced a really cool video of the movie night that sums up what's been happening on Dec 17th 2020. Thanks so much, Flo,... more
Festival
20.12.2020

FFF Worldwide Show 2020: Thanks for your great photos and feedback!

A premiere is a premiere. So we were not sure what to expect from the first ever online-event of the Freeride Filmfestival. But the FFF Worldwide Show on 17 December 2020 was so much better than we had dreamed of. And one of the most... more
Festival
17.12.2020

What a movie night! And the winner of the FFF Worldwide Show Raffle 2020 is …

We want to thank everyone who made the first ever FFF Worldwide Show possible. It was an amazing night with all the guests in the studio and via video calls. Five absolutely great movies with completely different backgrounds, each of them... more
Festival
16.12.2020

Welcome to the Studio for the FFF Worldwide Show

Only one night left for the FFF Worldwide Show on Dec 17th 2020 at 8 p.m. (CET). FFF-Co-Founder Harry Putz already had a test-run in the nice TV-studio in Innsbruck. The studio belongs to Flo Rudig. He was a journalist and moderator for... more
Festival
15.12.2020

Amazing Donation: Snowboard Olympic Champion Nicola Thost supports FFF with 100 tickets for free

She won the gold medal in the halfpipe contest at the Olympic Games in Nagano 1998, the first games ever where Snowboarding was part of. Today Nicola Thost is working as a personal coach with her own developed concept called “The... more