TMFF 2021 Festival Film Guide

For Alex Abbott, a winning dirt bike freestyle rider, the moment of truth came when his dirt bike landed on his head and became a quadriplegic. Ten years later, Alex is on the verge of finding his way back onto two wheels.

Despite the obstacles that stand in her way, born with multiple congenital birth defects and breast cancer, Angie Sandow is a force and doesn't let anything stand in her way including her dream to start riding a motorcycle.

Mount Everest serves as the backdrop to Siddharth Shukla's beautifully told and emotional story about a group of riders who make their way to Everest's North Face Base Camp, at 17,000 feet above sea level.

As a way to escape the boredom of the pandemic lockdowns, Emil and Mathias escape the city on motorcycles and travel as far as they can during the circumstances.

The rock stars of motorcycle design and the founder of the Haas Moto Museum find recovery and kinship on an improbable journey together.

The individuals in the motocross and Harley-Davidson stunt scene face both mental and physical strains, pushing the boundaries of physics and motorcycle riding, knowing full well that one wrong move could be the end.

A few years after the death of his son, Dieter Schneider takes to the road on a mission to travel the world and talk to people about depression and suicide prevention.

Five filmmakers capture the perspectives of five different adventure motorcycle riders across the country who share insights on how riding became even more of an outlet from them as the world changed in 2020.

Motorcycle gang Random Psÿcles is having fun in their odd way.

Aron Campisano's 80-200 is a fresh take on the Salt Flats story as James Hammond, at 80-years-young, races against his age and attempts to set a world record at the Bonneville Speed Trials.

Ex-combatant and conflict-affected youth make up the vast majority of Liberia’s 175,000 motorcycle taxi drivers who have not many options as a way to earn a living.

Told through her perspective, Céline provides the support required for her partner, Yohan, to open a motorcycle custom shop when his career in French sidecar cross comes to a halt because of an injury.

A piston is summoned to take the hero's journey and rebuild the 1993 KX250 2-stroke dirt bike engine it will live in.

Roxanne, Veronique and Catherine have different stories about how they fell in love with motorcycles and what they mean to them.

Sean Jackson's Race Night is a tour de force of visuals and beautifully told stories about family, where motorcycles carry the story from one family to the next, examining different stages of life and the sacrifices made for one another.

With about 1,000 km of riding from Prince George to the Pacific coast of Prince Rupert, four friends discover the beauty of Northern British Columbia.

Stéphane Gautronneau’s The Wall is a voyeuristic and moody introspective at the nearly 100 year old Motodrom wall of death through the eyes of one of its famed riders, Donald Ganslmeier.

Road trip challenges taken to the extreme. Five friends make their way through the most isolated corners of the world on four rusty old Ural sidecar motorcycles. Roads, swamps, rivers and ongoing breakdowns throw plans out the window.

Chrissy Rouse is a bike racer, podcast host and schoolteacher. In 2020 he had recovered from surgery and the loss of his ride to take the BSB National Superstock championship.

Going Beyond is a fresh take on the the epic road trip film, told through the eyes of an aging, and new, female rider intent on pushing back against what society thinks she should do at her age.

High pucker factor and eye opening, Dead Man Walking celebrates a new way of defining what is possible on a motocross bike.

Mark Potenza's Out There is a thought provoking narrative about finding your own way despite the pressures to follow what is expected.

Using recently discovered scrapbooks, photo albums, and film footage, filmmakers Ned and Michael Thanhouser tell the story of Ray Tauscher, forgotten World Champion motorcycle racer.

A cinematic ode to a group of four riders who push themselves far beyond where most people feel comfortable as they take on the Baja 1000, the longest non-stop, point to point, off-road race in the world.

Cameron Brunt’s Wide of the Mark is a wild and gritty two-week off-road adventure across Tasmania on hand-built motorcycles based on everyday commuter bikes.