The Boreal Theater

Date: Saturday, September 12, 2026
Time: Doors: 6:30PM, Films: 7PM
Admission: $10, or donation of your means
Location: The Boreal Theater
Presented by: The Boreal Theater. To learn more about the Boreal Theater, visit their website: https://borealtheater.org
Program Notes: The film program will last about two hours.

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Screening Program*:

THE RIVER’S GIFT | 17.3 minutes | by Patrick Kirby | from: Maine | Short synopsis: The Tallapoosa River brings a community of veterans together to find peace, connection and of course, red eye bass. Wind through Alabama’s pines, meet Rowell and his friends, and cast a line or two with them while hearing about their healing connection to this community and this special place.
RODEO ON ICE | 5.5 minutes | by Lindsey s Hagen | from: United States | Short synopsis: Lifelong equestrian Britta Nancarrow seeks to progress as a professional competitive skijorer. Join along as she trains with Skier Mike King and Snowboarder Sandra Hillen, taking their on-snow skills to the next level at their very first competition.
CHASING LIONS | 22.75 minutes | by Eric Braker, Cameron Mellin, Stephen Catalano | from: United States | Short synopsis: The hunt to save the America’s most elusive predator. With fascinating and rugged characters, to up-close encounters with one of the most feared and elusive predators of the West, “Chasing Lions” is a film that puts the audience in the action, tracking and collaring mountain lions in one of the last great American wilderness areas. A story of passion, sacrifice, duty and dedication.
GAULEY GUIDE | 8.8 minutes | by Logan Bockrath | from: United States | Short synopsis: The Upper Gauley River is legendary throughout the whitewater world and the words “I’m an Upper Gauley Guide” give you instant street cred.The path to becoming a Gauley Guide is not quick or easy. It takes years of flips, swims, early mornings, late nights, and guide ejections to get to where smooth lines through class V rapids is the norm.Gauley Guide follows Michael Anderson as he works to become an Upper Gauley Guide!
THE WEIGHT OF SNOW | 16.1 minutes | by Dylan Bechill | from: United States | Short synopsis: Dade Bunnell, a freeride snowboarder’s world is turned upside down when he and his father are buried in an avalanche. How will he deal with his fathers death and will he be able to still climb the world junior ranks and qualify and win Worlds?
WILD RIDE | 6.2 minutes | by Allie Rood | from: United States | Short synopsis: This is a story about women who don’t hold back—gritty, hard charging, and completely in their element. Sunny, Mo, and Galen are leading the second annual Women’s Snowmobile Clinic, drawing riders from across Alaska to take control of their sleds and their confidence.
A LIFE ALOFT | 12.8 minutes | by Clayton Simoncic | from: Maine | Short synopsis: A portrait of Paul Stumpf, hot air balloon pilot and New England’s last balloon repairman, reflecting on a life lived aloft within a close-knit community of balloon builders and pilots.
LAST OF A KIND | 13.2 minutes | by Chris Flaherty, Dan Sullivan | from: United States | Short synopsis: Will, an aging Vermont woodsman, reflects on his lifelong pursuit of antler hunting and other outdoor passions at a time when both the environment and the culture are endangered. In a rapidly developing landscape, how much longer will there be space for the moose…and for people like him?