3500+ Films - 2.5 million words – 1 million viewers! Founder and Curator Carmela selects some of our most entertaining, powerful and inspiring Adventure films at We Are Moving Stories. These include shorts and features covering drama, animation, women’s imagined and real journeys; and endurance.
Total length of this section: 23 films.
<DRAMA>
2 Weeks in Lagos - A 2 weeks business trip to Nigeria becomes a thrilling love adventure. Length: 1 hour 50 minutes. Writer/Director/Producer Kathryn Fasegha:
Arg Stairs - A comedy adventure about a resourceful caveman that conceives one of the most overlooked creations in human history: the stairs. Director/Producer Kyle Romanek:
The Adventures of Adderall Boy follows a distressed college student who experiments with a “miracle drug”. Little does he know the pill will invite supernatural abilities, certain challenges, and inherent dangers. 22.13 Minutes. Writer/Director Conor Holway:
The Adventures of Penny Patterson - High school senior Penny Patterson faces growing obstacles to winning the science fair after Steve, her lab partner and boyfriend, becomes a superhero overnight. Length: 19 minutes. Writer/Director Stephanie Donnelly:
A Night At The Movies - A shy movie fan must overcome his confidence issues when he and his crush, the theater concession stand girl, are pulled into a 1930s adventure film. Length: 16 minutes. Writer/Director Erik Carlson and Producer Lily Marroquin Scheib:
The Love Bathroom - What would you do if you had an opportunity to have one last adventure before you say “I DO!” and would you still say “I DO?” Length: 5 minutes. Writer/Director Anna Fishbeyn:
<ANIMATION>
ZOUA - When the imagination of children comes to life, a young boy goes on an adventure to escape a deserted island surrounded by hungry piranhas. Length: 7.12 minutes. Director/Actor Nicolas Wendl:
The Yogi Walrus - A Journey of a little adventures Walrus Emi. Length: 4.20 minutes. Writer/Director/Producer Marohnda Bay:
<WOMEN’S JOURNEYS>
DARE TO BE WILD - A romantic adventure based on the true story of Mary Reynolds, a modern-day heroine, and environmentalist Christy Collard, whose shared passion for the wild takes them from the green hills of Ireland, to the arid deserts of Ethiopia and then to London’s Chelsea Flower Show as they reach for their dreams, one garden at a time. Length: 100 minutes. Writer/Director Vivienne deCourcy:
The Benefits of Gusbandry - Love is SO gay. At her debaucherous 40th birthday party, serial relationship-killer Jackie meets handsome and charming thirty-something River—the perfect guy, who happens to be gay. Their ensuing adventures in self-medication, late-blooming, and questionable judgment lead them to discover a raucous new kind of significant otherness. Total Season Length (6 episodes): 77 minutes. Director Alicia J. Rose:
Heads or Tails - Lilly convinces her best friend René to join her on a nocturnal trespassing adventure. Length: 9.16 minutes. Writer/Director/Producer Eva von Schweinitz:
The Couch (web series) - In this Make It Yours dramedy series, a psychology graduate student must see four therapists at the same time in order to complete her required hours in time for graduation. Length: 7 episodes, approx. 55 minutes total. Producer and Lead Actress Ayelette Robinson:
<WOMEN’S DOCUMENTARY JOURNEYS>
Equal Footing - Wyoming’s remote and vast wilderness provides the perfect canvas for Alpinist’s Kim and Julia to redefine preconceptions of the feminine. Isolated and exposed on the raw granite peaks of the Wind River Range, the experience of these two women explores the fabric of loss, life, and friendship. Length: 7.32 minutes. Director/Producer Dan Holz:
Breath (Aliento) - Fear, breathing, movement, presence. Breath, an inside look at Margarita Cardoso’s process to climb one of the most technically difficult and beautiful sport climbing routes at Los Dinamos, Mexico City. Length: 17 minutes. Writer/Director/Producer Ulises Fierro:
This Mountain Life - Six riveting portraits of human passion set high in the awe-inspiring peaks of British Columbia as a mother and daughter attempt an impossible journey on skis. Length: 78 minutes. Writer/Director Grant Baldwin:
Love Birds - An American woman travels deep into the Amazon jungle discouraged with her marriage and on a quest for adventure, wild nature and a new sense of belonging. She unexpectedly meets Noe, an amazonian painter who teaches her what true belonging really means. Length: 7.40 minutes. Writer/Director/Editor Ashley Mosher:
<DIVERSITY>
Rewilding - REWILDING follows Anthony Dejesus, a 27-year-old budding artist and former inmate of Rikers Island, as he leaves New York City for the first time with Jesse Spiegel and Vitek Linhart, two avid rock climbers determined to create a program to take formerly incarcerated men into the wild. Little did they know, their adventure would become a dramatic illustration of the conflicts surrounding race and privilege gripping our nation today. Actor/Director/Producer Jesse Spiegel:
SHU-DE! - A Musical Adventure Half a World Away. Length: 85 minutes. Director Michael R Faulkner:
My Irnik - A young father teaches his son about the value of shared adventures, exploration and his ancestral Inuit heritage. Length: 15 minutes. Writer/Director/Producer Matthew Hood:
<ENDURANCE>
The Tough - A discovery arouses a man's imagination and propels him forward in an uncouth and obsessive way. Step by step, the camera participates as he explores places hitherto unknown to humankind, which offer increasing resistance to human delicacy. Length: 14 minutes. Writer/Director Marcin Polar:
Resurgence - The survival story of a professional canyoneer after a near-death accident in the canyons of Southern Utah. Length: 19:00 minutes. Writer/Director/Producer/Editor Krushan Naik:
At 23000 feet - What does it take to reach the top of the world? A question everyone once in their life always thinks After creating the first world record for the fastest climb on Black Peak Mountain which is at an altitude of 6387 meters in 6 days, Kovid Mittal is all set to climb a 23000 feet mountain, his last chapter before he climbs Mount Everest, but will he be able to climb this 23000 feet monster despite his little to no experience? A Journey of a young boy battling his own emotions and demons in the hope that one day he shall climb Mount Everest. Length: 1 hour 30 minutes. Director/Actor Kovid Mittal:
Adventure Unknown - Professional wakeboarder, Alexa Score, perseveres through pain and impossible odds. Director/Producer Dana Johnson: