Vote and win in the Whistler Blackcomb Coldfront Online Film Festival

It is no small feat to produce a snowboarding film. To those who have, you know the vision required from the initial concept, the actual filming, then piecing everything together during the long and tedious editing process. The Whistler Blackcomb Coldfront Online Film Festival is a competition to discover who has that vision to orchestrate a stunning cinematography experience but it is not decided before a panel of judges; you get to determine who takes home the coveted $10,000 purse.

But the filmmakers are not the only winning parties. Just for placing a vote in Coldfront, you are immediately put in the running to win “Gear for a Year.” So what does that mean? It means getting fully kitted with board, boots, bindings, GORE-TEX® outwear from Arc’teryx, a GoPro setup, Icebreaker Merino wool base layers, a gift card worth 500 big ones, a Whistler Blackcomb season pass and bragging rights that you got to take home over $5000 in spoils.

There are six teams competing for the Coldfront title, each from different walks of life and influences. From Canada, to Australia, to Japan, their roots have brought them together in Whistler Blackcomb for a chance of film glory. Over a span of four weeks you have the opportunity to move the needle in favor of the production you deem worthy of the ultimate prize.

Voting begins September 29th on the official Whistler Blackcomb Coldfront website. Get stoked.

Below you will find the brief biographies of each contender in the Coldfront competition, the trailer, and bracket breakdown.

Olliepop Films — Jeremy Richardson

Area of focus: Snowboarding
Country of origin: Australia
Inspiration: Mack Dawg Productions’ Follow Me Around, Robot Food’s Afterlame, DC Mtn Lab 1.5
Recent work: The “When in Whistler” web series

Heart Films — Keiji Tajima

Area of focus: Snowboarding
Country of origin: Japan
Inspiration: Anything by Robot Food
Recent work: Akifumi Hiraoka full part

Ryan Kenny & Benjamin Webb

Area of focus: Snowboarding
Country of origin: Canada
Inspiration: Robot Food’s Afterbang, Standard Films’ TB10 Optigrab
Recent work: Showdown Over the City

Geoff Hewat

Area of focus: Skiing
Country of origin: Canada
Inspiration: X10, Teddybear Crisis, All I Can
Recent work: Westward Episode 3

Nuulife Cinema —John Swystun & David Craig

Area of focus: Snowboarding
Country of origin: Canada
Inspiration: Simple Pleasures, Decade, The Resistance, Back in Black, Afterlame, Lame
Recent work: The “WILDLIFE” series

Graeme Meiklejohn