!! THE #SHADESOFWINTER FILMFEST IS BACK !!
Between the sea and the sky in search of Northern Lights in the Lyngen Alps in Norway, endless skiing possibilities below Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre in Patagonia, a multi-day ski touring adventure in the Austrian Alps, mental challenges through a sports career and the constant development of ideas, dreams and goals united in active life outdoors – that’s the #shadesofwinter FilmFest 2023, as usual, extraordinary. Inspiring. Connecting. Empowering.
After the successful #shadesofwinter FilmFest events in 2018 and 2019, founder of #shadesofwinter Sandra Lahnsteiner-Wagner is looking forward to the new edition in December 2023 with four events in Germany and Austria: ‘With this year’s program, Shades of Winter as a platform for female action sport athletes and their authentic stories shows an important development in this space and presents itself fit for the years to come,’ explains the entrepreneur.
The OPENING NIGHT of the third #shadesofwinter FilmFest will take place on Sunday, December 10th, 2023, at the BMW Welt in Munich. Over the following three days, the athletes will present their featured films in Vienna, Kitzbühel and Salzburg.
Get your tickets now and join Nadine Wallner, Silvia Moser, Hedvig Wessel, Viktoria Rebensburg, Sabine Schipflinger, Katharina Kestler, Catharina Schauer, Sandra Lahnsteiner-Wagner and more at the events!
Festival-goers can look forward to a varied program, inspiring stage talks and lots of new and unexpected things:
Professional freeride skier and filmmaker from Salzburg, Sandra Lahnsteiner-Wagner has brought back a film from Norway, ALIGNED, in which she, together with Tyrolian David Widauer, sets off in search of the Northern Lights.
For the first time ever, multiple Freeride World Tour champion and world record holder from Vorarlberg Nadine Wallner, who spent a summer skiing in Patagonia together with Italian Silvia Moser, will be screening her film INFINITA PATAGONIA.
Norway’s two-time Olympian turned pro big-mountain skier Hedvig Wessel showcases a deep insight into the world of being a freeride pro in her film HEADSPACE.
As a special highlight, “Bergfreundinnen” (mountain friends) Katharina Kestler, Catharina Schauer and Antonia Schlosser, known from the BR Podcast under the same name, will screen unseen footage of their BIKEPACKING ABENTEUER NACH PARIS at the #shadesofwinter FilmFest.
As usual, this year’s #shadesofwinter Film Fest will once again give up-and-coming rookies a space on the big stage, and young snowboarderOlivia Riedel will be there in Salzburg with her film IN-BETWEEN.
After the successful #shadesofwinter Film Festival tours in 2018 and 2019, founder of #shadesofwinter Sandra Lahnsteiner-Wagner is looking forward to the new edition in December 2023 withfour events in Germany and Austria. “With this year’s program, Shades of Winter as a platform for female action sport athletes and their authentic stories shows an important development in this space and presents itself fit for many years to come,” explains the multitasker. “Being able to build on long-standing partnerships such as with BMW, is the best basis for being able to focus on new projects again and again with joy!
