...to move the mainstream
FINDING TRACTION
Awards
Emmy Award, Documentary - Topical, National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Northwest Chapter, 2016
Best Mountain Sports Film, Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival, 2015
Best Women in Adventure Film, Sheffield Adventure Film Festival, 2015
Best Running Film – Silver Award, Sheffield Adventure Film Festival, 2015
Television Non-Commercial Program of the Year, Montana Broadcasters Association, 2015
Best Action Film, Danish Adventure Film Festival, 2014
Finalist, Mountain Film Competition, Banff Mountain Film Festival, 2014
Television Broadcasts & Online Distribution
Online distribution via Netflix, available for streaming in over 190 countries, 2016–present
VOD on Amazon Prime, available for streaming in over 200 countries, 2015–present
VOD on Hulu and apps for Apple/Android devices, 2015–present
Cable broadcast in Europe and North Africa via AB Groupe and YLE, 2015
Representation by APT Worldwide for four years in international markets, 2015–2019
National public television broadcast on NETA, with repeated broadcasts on MontanaPBS, 2015
Selected Premieres
US Premiere: Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, 2015
World Premiere: Banff Mountain Film Festival, 2014
European Premiere: Danish Adventure Film Festival, 2014
Asian Premiere: Mumbai International Women’s Film Festival, 2014
Selected as the headliner for the 2015 Trails in Motion 3 World Tour, stopping in 167 cities in 26 countries, 14,000+ audience members
Additional Festivals
Official Selection, Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival. Vancouver, Canada, 2015
Official Selection, Sheffield Adventure Film Festival. Sheffield, United Kingdom, 2015
Official Selection, Green Mountain Film Festival. Montpelier, VT, 2015
Invited, Danish Adventure Film Festival’s Traveling Tour in Greenland, 2015
Invited, Trail Running Film Festival. Special Showings in Ashland, OR and Seattle, WA, 2015
Invited, Run Deep Film Festival. Boulder, CO, 2015
Invited, Livingston Film Festival. Livingston, MT, 2015
Selected Screenings
Girls on the Run, non-profit screening and fundraiser. Kalispell, MT, 2018
Gender Equality & You Conference, Montana State University, public screening. Bozeman, MT, 2017
James P. Taylor Outdoor Adventure Series, Green Mountain Club. Waterbury Center, VT, 2017
Montana Premiere Screening, Emerson Cultural Center. Bozeman, MT, 2015
Montana Premiere Screening, The Shane Center for the Arts. Livingston, MT, 2015
Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts, public screening. Blacksburg, VA, 2015
Vermont Premiere 3-City Screening with Girls on the Run. Burlington/Brattleboro/Rutland, VT, 2015
Carroll College, public screening. Helena, MT, 2015
Run YHA, public screening. England and Wales, 2015
Junior State Team Orienteering, public screening. South Australia, 2015
Petzl America, public screening. Salt Lake City, UT, 2015
Birmingham Ultra Trail Society, public screening. Birmingham, AL, 2015
Recharge Sports, public screening. Bend, OR, 2015
Seven Hills Running Shop, public screening. Seattle, WA, 2015
Zoot Enterprises, public screening. Bozeman, MT, 2015
California 89 Adventure Film Series, public screening. Truckee, CA, 2015
Girls on the Run, non-profit screening. Steamboat Springs, CO, 2015
Trail Running Conference, non-profit screening. Estes Park, CO, 2015
East Hampton Library, non-profit screening. East Hampton, NY, 2015
Green Mountain Club, non-profit screening. Waterbury Center, VT, 2015
Race Montana, non-profit screenings across the state of MT, 2015
Work in progress screening at the University Film & Video Association's 68th Annual Conference. Bozeman, MT, 2014
Trailer screened in the Trail Running Film Festival, 30+ stops in the USA, 2014
In an age where obesity is the #1 killer in America, FINDING TRACTION presents the inspirational story of endurance specialist Nikki Kimball's quest to become the fastest person in history to run Vermont's 273 mile Long Trail.
This project grew out of idea Rick Smith had a for a human endurance film that I just couldn't let go. Luckily, Jaime Jacobsen (and Danny Schmidt, and many others) had the energy, care and time to make this project the fine film it is today. I'm very honored to be this film's co-producer/director.
