Our Best Documentaries

Solving for Z

Solving for Z explores the relationship of Zahan Billimoria, a UIAGM guide and family man, with the mind-blowing highs and devastating lows of a life in the dangerous world of big-mountain skiing.

Alex Megos had never found a route he couldn't climb quickly...

On his way to Bibliographie, Alex Megos faced doubts, injuries, and even qualified for the Olympics. But it wasn't until COVID turned the world upside down that he was able to find the time to return to Céüse and close the chapter on one of the world's most difficult routes.

Lessons from Jeju

Join Kimi Werner on her journey in Lessons from Jeju, where she learns about motherhood, culture, diving, and provisioning from South Korea's sea women, the haenyeo. "The world doesn't seem to accept how tough motherhood is," says Kimi.

"Public Trust," a film about the fight for public lands in America.

What happens to public lands? What is the purpose of political governance? How do these decisions affect climate change?

These are 259 million hectares of public lands, managed through a trust by the federal government for all citizens of the United States. These places are a symbol against climate change, sacred to Indigenous peoples, home to wildlife, and intrinsic to the national identity.

Today they face unprecedented threats from extractive industries and the politicians who profit from them.

Stone Locals

Climbing has always been more than a sport. It provides a way of life and a makeshift family for misfits who share a passion. This film tells the stories of five people, the Stone Locals, who keep the soul of climbing alive and nurture it as the sport evolves.

A line across the sky

Long considered impossible, coveted by many and attempted by a few, the Fitz Roy traverse has fueled the imagination of climbers in Patagonia for decades.

Through failure and success

Alex Megos strives to be the best climber in the world.

They call themselves the “Fun Hogs”.

In 1968, five friends embarked on a journey to climb Mount Fitz Roy and documented everything on a Bolex 16mm camera.

The film explores the path to extinction of wild salmon.

The threat posed by hatcheries and fish farms, and our continued loss of faith in nature.

In a country known for the massive extraction of its resources, salmon farming is now Chile's second largest industry, second only to copper.

With lax regulation and a trail of destruction in their wake, the largest salmon farming companies are expanding across the pristine Magallanes and Tierra del Fuego region. Ramón Navarro exposes the effects of this activity on the ecosystem, its negative impacts, and traces the origins of the industry and the highest per capita consumption of Chilean farmed salmon globally. Surprisingly, everything points to the same country: Japan.

Blue Heart

More than 3,000 hydroelectric dams and artificial canals are planned or under construction on the wild rivers of the Balkan Peninsula. Almost half of these rivers are located in protected areas.

Blue Heart documents the battle to save Albania's largest undammed river, the Vjosa; the effort to save the endangered Balkan lynx in Macedonia; and the women of Kruščica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, who are leading a 24/7 protest to protect their community's only source of drinking water.

Douglas Tompkins: A Wild Legacy

Douglas Tompkins was an avid nature advocate, mountaineer, organic farmer, kayaker, but above all, he was one of the most successful conservation philanthropists in history. For decades, he and his wife, Kristine McDivitt Tompkins, dedicated themselves to restoring degraded agricultural lands and creating protected areas, thus expanding the national parks of Argentina and Chile.

His devotion to activism is reflected in this documentary.

Dirt Magic

Downieville, California, has transformed from a crumbling mining town into a cycling mecca. Inspired by a desire to save their home and fueled by the sport's loudest festival, Downieville's newest dirt miners are using that reputation to create a community that serves as a model for other struggling mountain towns around the world.

The Right to Walk

Hop in the van with Marie-France Roy and Alex Yoder as they make their way across Scotland, exploring how personal responsibility enables universal access to land and the ancient farming shelters that help mountain people move freely.

Fishpeople

Fishpeople tells the stories of a unique cast of characters who have dedicated their lives to the sea. Starring Dave Rastovich, Kimi Werner, Matahi Drollet, and more. Available online for the first time!

Most of our food is produced using methods that reduce biodiversity, decimate the soil, and contribute to climate change.

We believe that our food can and should be part of the solution to the environmental crisis: grown, harvested, and produced in ways that restore our land, water, and wildlife.

In search of an honest adventure from their back door, a group of skiers and snowboarders travel south from Reno, Nevada, on bikes loaded with ski and camping gear.

This short film highlights the hope and tenacity of young activists in Wilmington, California, as they pressured the Los Angeles City Council to ban new and existing oil and gas drilling operations within 700 meters of homes, schools, and hospitals.

Why recycle?

This short video examines the current global challenges facing the recycling system and explains why Patagonia is switching to 100% renewable and recycled materials. Through interviews with material designers and industrial ecologists, this film will make us question our own consumption habits and analyze the impact the garment industry has on people and the planet.

Natural, misunderstood, legal.

This is the story of hemp in the United States, a fiber banned in the country for almost five decades, until 2018.

Usá lo usados ​​(Worn Wear) reflects on excessive consumption and aims to celebrate the things we already have.

The film, produced by Patagonia, tells different stories about people and their clothing. This short takes us to a surf camp in Baja California, a family that produces honey syrup in Vermont, and an organic farm in California.

The documentary tells the story of one of the most fragile and vulnerable ecosystems in our country.

It seeks to reflect on the environmental, economic, and social costs of hydroelectric dams. And it questions the development model for Argentina, proposing alternative solutions.

They were looking for the biggest waves in the world to surf on the remote and isolated island of Alexander Selkirk.

Exploring among giants, surfers Kohl Christensen, Ramón Navarro, Patricio Mekis, and Léa Brassy will find treasures greater than they expected. How will these island outsiders discover that a small group of people can make a big difference?