The Film

Sugar Mountain is a new wave ski adventure film by award winning director Richard James.

The film chronicles the story of eight friends. Together they leave their urban latte-lives to exist - alone and unassisted - on a remote glacier in Alaska, searching for Sugar Mountain. It is an inspiring story of discovery - a tale of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.    Set in the wilds of the Chugach Range, Sugar Mountain brings a unique outlook to the adventure documentary genre. It interweaves cosmic animation alongside bleeding edge drone technology, to capture a breathtaking story of nature and mateship. 

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Official Trailer

• Sugar Mountain is by award winning director Richard James of White Silk Road (2012) on snowboarding in Afghanistan, and Thirty Thousand: A Surfing Odyssey from Casablanca to Cape Town (2011)

• A narrative documentary, created using world-first drone technology in in the remote Chugach Range of Alaska 

• Premiered in November 2014 at the Capitol Theatre in Melbourne, Australia to over 800 people

• Film trailer viewed by over 1M people on social platforms and primetime TV through Channel Nine’s Wide World of Sports

• Sold-out North America Theatrical Tour in winter 14/15. Included stops in New York, San Francisco, Aspen & Lake Tahoe.

• Film festival accolades so far include best film at Robot Film Festival San Francisco (2014) and Sheffield Adventure Film Festival (2015)

• Features an awarding winning original score by Geordie Miller & Client Liaison. Showcases collaboration with animator & street artist Celeste Byers 

• Key brand partners include Helly Hansen, K2 Skis, and 3D Robotics

• Produced by two brothers from Australia - Oscar and Watkin McLennan - cofounders of actions sports film festival SoO Airtime

Quick Facts

Winner Robot Film

Festival

2014

Winner Mt Buller

Film Festival

2014

Finalist NZ Mountain Film Festival

2015

FinalistSheffield

Adventure Film Festival

2015

FinalistInternational Freeride Film

Festival2015

Finalist

Breckenridge Film Festival

2015

Publicity

Industry Support

Sold-out International Premiers

Sydney, Australia November 22, 2015

Melbourne, Australia November 24 2015

Mt Hotham, Australia July 13, 2015

Mt Buller, Australia July 18, 2015

Jindabyne, Australia July 26, 2015

Lake Tahoe January 12 2015

San Francisco January 21 2015

Breckenridge January 29 2015

Aspen February 4 2015

New York February 11 2015

Fans and accolades

“The best ski film ever made? Adventures use drones to capture frozen landscapes, terrifying falls and life camping on a glacier only accessible by plane.” Daily Mail

“Sugar Mountain probably has the best ski footage you’ve ever seen. And four Aussies made it.” news.com

“In Sugar Mountain we see what really happens on the search for the big drop on an Alaskan Glacier. It’s terrifying, and resoundingly creative... These are real ski-adventurers.” Sheffield Film Festival 

Stunning Animation and Gallery Series by Street Artist Celeste Byers

Original Musical Score by Geordie Miller featuring Client Liaison

AN ALASKAN ADVENTURE EPIC