Ashima, a film about an elite young Japanese American boulder climber, who has a complicated relationship with her father, will be one of two feature films at the film festival associated with the inaugural Outside Festival at Civic Center, May 31-June 2. There will be 21 films, shown at the Denver Art Museum. .
The list includes two feature films and 19 shorts. Outside received more than 100 submissions, Dorn said. “Ashima is a film about a bouldering champ who is putting up some of the hardest bouldering routes in the world, and her relationship with her father, who is very passionate and demanding,” Dorn said. “It’s a human relationship film as much as it is a climbing film.”New outdoor festival coming to Denver this spring to help fill void left by Outdoor Retailer
Subjects of short films include a group of paracyclists who set out to ride the challenging White Rim trail near Moab, a traverse on a highline strung between two hot-air balloons in Brazil, and the quest of three Costa Ricans searching for waterfalls in the jungle.