Ultramarathon open water swimmer and painter Katie Pumphrey hopes to become the first person to swim 24 miles from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge to Baltimore's newly swimmable Inner Harbor. As she trains for and promotes this difficult swim, Pumphrey must face a public who thinks she’s crazy to swim in the historically polluted waters.
From Courtroom to Capital: Lincoln’s Path to the Presidency is a short film about Abraham Lincoln’s time as a lawyer in Illinois. The film examines how Lincoln’s legal career helped launch him to the Presidency in 1860 and how he utilized his legal training as President. The film was created by the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area in collaboration with the Abraham Lincoln Association.
Ski mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel becomes the first person to climb Mount Everest and ski back to Everest Base Camp without supplementary oxygen. After nearly 16 hours climbing in the high altitude “death zone” (above 8,000m where oxygen levels are dangerously low), Bargiel clipped into his skis on the summit of the tallest mountain on earth and started his descent via the South Col Route. He reached Camp II that night and rested - the summit ridge and Hillary Step had taken longer than planned, meaning darkness made it dangerous and difficult to navigate further that day. The next morning, he skied through the treacherous Khumbu Icefall - guided by a drone flown by his brother, Bartek - before safely arriving at Base Camp to become the first person to ascend and descend Mount Everest on skis with no supplementary oxygen.
A whisper in the white. A reckoning in silence. Where stillness is louder than words. Where the mountain speaks – and you listen. A descent through fear and forgiveness. The new short film by the FFF audience favorites should not have been made this way, but sometimes life takes over. And it wouldn’t be our Weger Brothers if they hadn’t accepted this invitation from life and shared their reflections on a life-changing experience with us.
A lifelong resident of a small Oklahoma town desires to revitalize his dying community by erecting a giant 50-foot-tall leg lamp in the heart of main street. What started out as a holiday tourist trap would ultimately unleash a conflict that would nearly tear the small town apart. From city council outbursts to accusations of objectification and fraudulent spending, viral news coverage to Warner Brothers cease-and-desist, this is a dramatic yet hilarious documentary all based around a five story "major award."
A young woman leaves for New York to collect the belongings of her deceased great aunt Gea Koenig, slowly growing to understand the art and meaning of preserving moments through photographs.
The Edmund Fitzgerald, once the largest carrier on the Great Lakes, met its untimely end on a stormy November night in 1975. To commemorate five decades since this maritime disaster, FOX6 delves into the ship's history and legacy, examining the construction of the "Mighty Fitz," the key figures involved, and the night that forever changed the Great Lakes shipping industry.
In an exclusive sneak peek, Angela Bishop heads down the yellow brick road to the land of Oz with the Wicked for Good cast, who spill some tea before the movie lands in cinemas on November 20.
This film takes us inside the mind of Parkin Costain. When his younger self shows up late for school, he begins to wonder what life beyond the classroom might look like. What follows is nothing short of epic: in 2025, Mother Nature revealed her very best in his home mountains — and Parkin made the most of it. It marks his first personal project, with Parkin himself taking on the roles of producer, director, and editor. Backed by the world-renowned ski film crew of Teton Gravity Research, he delivers a piece that proves why he is one of the most extraordinary athletes of his generation — redefining skiing on a global scale.
A skier on melting ice — caught between motion and impermanence. This short film explores the fragile threshold between natural forces and human traces, drawing viewers into the glacier’s breath and immersing them in its fading soul. The melting glacier becomes the stage for a visually poetic disintegration. Its echo reverberates in the skier’s mind, pulling him into the depths of his own psyche. Snow fractures into digital shards; space dissolves into a shimmering breath of transience. A visual resonance of the climate crisis — fragmented, displaced, yet impossible to ignore. Created as a film school graduation project, this art film is both visually stirring and emotionally unsettling, realized with remarkable professional dedication. It marks a bold and entirely new approach to the ski film genre.
When skier Janina Kuzma becomes pregnant, she must grow into her new identity as a mother. Confronted with the fear of losing her work as a mountain guide or being judged as a professional athlete, she still finds peace in the mountains. Together with snowboarder Leanne Pelosi and skier Evelina Nilsson, Janina ventures deep into New Zealand’s Southern Alps to uncover the extraordinary strength of motherhood. With this film, director Corinna Marie Halloran offers an intimate and empowering perspective on motherhood in professional sports — a story that demands to be told.
This film takes us deep into Mongolia’s Altai Mountains. Camille Armand, Pierre Hourticq, and Victor Daviet share a passion not only for the mountains, but also for exploring remote and unfamiliar terrain. Tavan Bogd — “The Five Sacred Mountains” — refers to a group of peaks steeped in symbolism and legend. For two weeks, a yurt becomes their base camp as they set out to explore this little-known massif on skis and snowboards. But
what are they truly searching for in these mountains? Director Yannick Boissenot, who gained recognition in 2024 with PACHAMAMA (featured in the FFF archive), once again showcases his eye for storytelling and the camera. With subtle sensitivity, the protagonists merge with the landscape and the locals who accompany them — letting the sacred mountains themselves take the leading role.
2 years after former staff writer Nick Karmia ended the MOTS series (Man on the Street) with a SPLASH at the College of DuPage’s (COD) Annual Boat Race, the Courier finally brings back the beloved series. With an invitation by COD’s Engineering and Technology Club to cover the same event years later, what better way than with a fun hat and 48 fl oz of applesauce? Little did anyone know the absolute insanity that would inevitably unfold on this very day…
West Point Rugby's 2023 season after their National Championship win, exploring the team's distinctive culture while offering insight into both rugby and military academy life.