New Ski Films In Adventure Film Festival In London Next Week
Ski film season arrives early in London this September as Holmlands Adventure Film Festival brings 13 independent adventure films to the big screen at Charlotte Street Hotel across two special evenings, Thursday and Friday 3rd/4th September.
While the festival programme spans a broad spectrum of adventure, exploration, wildlife and the natural world, skiing and snow culture feature prominently, with four films offering very different perspectives on life on snow — from a remarkable ski-mountaineering achievement in New Zealand to a 69-day expedition through the remote landscapes of Baffin Island.
On Thursday 3rd September, ‘Hunter’s Moon’ will receive its UK Premiere, following mountaineers Christina Lusti and Gee Pierrel as they ski Mt. Cook in New Zealand, naming their descent “Hunter’s Moon.”
The Friday programme then heads much further north with ‘A Baffin Vacation, Love on Ice’. Directed by Rush Sturges and Skip Armstrong, the film follows Erik and Sarah on a 69-day adventure in remote Baffin, kite skiing north along the coastline while combining ski travel with mountain climbing, glacier crossings and whitewater kayaking.
Also screening on Friday is ‘Kids’, making its UK Premiere, an evocative short set in the heart of the Japanese winter. Three skiers move through a dreamlike snowy landscape while a child’s voice questions what adults lose as they grow up — exploring play, mischief and the simple pleasure of being outside. Blending live action and animation, the film offers a very different take on the culture and feeling of skiing.
Joining the Friday evening festivities will also be, Director of ‘La Trace’, Clément Lefer who will be introducing his shirt film which tells the incredible story of athlete Arnaud Naudan.
Five months after falling thirty metres into an ice crevasse and being rescued by helicopter, Arnaud chose to return. La Trace follows his attempt at the Summum Mont Blanc: 3.8 km of cold-water swimming, 180 km of cycling with 3,000 meters of elevation gain, and the ascent of Mont Blanc from Saint-Gervais, nearly 4,000 meters of vertical climb. All in a single day.
The wider programme also explores the changing relationship between winter sports and the natural world. Born of Ice, screening Friday as another UK Premiere, follows Olympic kayaker Erik Holmer through Norway’s Sjoa region, where retreating glaciers are threatening the water systems that have helped make the area legendary among whitewater paddlers. The film becomes a meditation on water, winter landscapes and a planet in transition.
Together, the films form part of a wider programme that moves beyond traditional adventure-sports filmmaking to explore why we seek out wild places, what happens when we push ourselves into them, and how those experiences shape us.
The London programme features 13 films from filmmakers around the world, including nine UK Premieres and one World Premiere, with completely different selections screening on Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th September. Tickets are £25 plus booking fee each night or you can save £10 by purchasing a festival pass for both evenings for £40 plus booking fee.
Audiences will also be welcomed with live music before each evening’s films, with ‘Sam Horan’ performing on Thursday and ‘We Are All Fossils’ on Friday.
Holmlands Adventure Film Festival 2026 takes place at Charlotte Street Hotel, London, on Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th September, with doors at 7:30pm and films beginning at 8:00pm.
Tickets and passes for London can be purchased directly here, where Holmlands will then be taking the Festival to Langholm in Scotland on Thursday 10th September and Wreay in Cumbria on Friday 18th September, with a completely different programme of films featured each night.
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