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TMFF Selects
A curated collection of films, handpicked by TMFF. Watch on demand.
Includes past TMFF selections and noteworthy films curated by our programming team.
WINTER SPOTLIGHT
Emil Duvander
TMFF Favourite ∙ Filmmaker ∙ Sweeden
Emil Duvander’s films explore what it means to ride, and live, when the road is cold, quiet, and unforgiving.
A longtime TMFF favourite, Emil has attended the festival in person multiple times, traveling from Sweden to share his work with our audience.
Related: Scandinavian Winter on a Motorcycle (Book by Emil Duvander)
Days in January
In the quiet desolation of a Scandinavian winter, Emil embarks on a journey of solitude, where the only companion is his own reflection in the snow.
Polarcirkeln
Adventurer Emil Duvander rides up to the Arctic Polar Circle from his home in Sweden. It's February and the winter storms, ice and rapid weather changes bring struggles.
Inland Road (Inlandsväg)
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.
Blue Mountains in the Arctic
Emil and his friend Mathias travel to Scandinavia's most northern point, North Cape, Nordkapp in Norwegian, the northernmost point in Europe that can be accessed by car and the northernmost public road in Europe.
TMFF 2024 Selects
Movies from last year's Festival – now streaming online.
Despite so many victorious finishes and meticulous preparations, one would assume the script is written for the Baja 1000-winning 7x team to podium again, but things don't always go as planned.
Motorcycling allows Nate Bressler to connect with his late father and reflect on family memories.
An immigrant's meditation on the joy, pain, and uncertainty that goes into resurrecting old motorcycles and searching for the American Dream.
To beat death, an aging financier aims to break a world speed record on a one-of-a-kind motorcycle. When things take a devastating turn, he must face death at the finish line.
Friends set out to ride off road from LA to Guatemala, passing through forests, the Baja coastlines and 17,000 ft mountains. In the process, they discover the true spirit of adventure and the bond that unites them.
In a celebration of freedom, enduro riders from diverse cultures soar through breathtaking landscapes, pulling trick after trick, reminiscent of the classic spirit found in surfing and skiing films.
Not who, but why. Inspiring personal stories of passion and brilliance are an extension of the love to ride.
After months of feeling trapped and disconnected from her true self, Rosie Gabrielle embarks on a journey to reclaim her freedom through the exhilaration of riding, rediscovering the profound connection between life, adventure, and the open road.
After experiencing the unexpected loss of his long time partner, Aaron’s relationship with his bike took on a deeper meaning than he could have imagined.
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Open Road Stories
Bold journeys, remote landscapes, and unforgettable two-wheeled odysseys.
Friends set out to ride off road from LA to Guatemala, passing through forests, the Baja coastlines and 17,000 ft mountains. In the process, they discover the true spirit of adventure and the bond that unites them.
Not who, but why. Inspiring personal stories of passion and brilliance are an extension of the love to ride.
Ondřej has been travelling across the globe for over a decade and his experiences have him questioning what is truly important in life.
Explorer and adventurer Mike Horn and Dakar rally winner Cyril Despres join forces to explore the wilderness of Mongolia.
A community of international moto-adventurists who each raise funds and travel through rugged and remote locations to personally deliver and donate new motorcycles and other gear desperately needed by the world's environmental protectors.
Golnoosh Namazi is an adventure rider, trying to carve her own path. Unpaved explores Golnoosh's place in the riding community as she comes to terms with becoming the role model she never had.
The Darién Gap is a roadless, lawless, sometimes hopeless stretch of jungle between Panama and Colombia. It’s about the last place in the world anyone would want to ride a motorcycle.
Des, his daughter Kitty, and friend Myles travel across the US on 1965 motorcycles in the wheel-tracks of Robert Pirsig of Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance fame.
A loose plan to find adventure and chase the "magic hour" for some epic photography takes friends around Oregon on a trip where things don't always go as planned.
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.
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.
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.
In February, 2020, the International Jampot Rally for Matchless and AJS motorcycle riders, set off on what is possibly the last tour around the South Island of New Zealand.
Recreating a photo his of his late father may be more significant than Frank first thought.
What happens when a group of women combine a motorcycle ride with a spiritual quest? Over two days on Vancouver Island, these women found out.
Two Swiss best friends leave family and friends behind to travel around the world on their motorcycles covering 85,000 km over the span of two years.
After 200,000 km across four continents, the road comes to an end at the Darién Gap. Dylan has no choice but to take to the sea, on a raft powered by his motorcycle.
With tongue-in-cheek humour, freestyle motocross rider Jimmy Hill pulls technical tricks and nohanders through Iceland's black sand beaches. abundant glacial masses and grey overcast skies.
Endless | Mexico follows freestyle motocross rider Jimmy Hill's shenanigans in Guadalajara, Mexico during the Dia De Los Muertos festival.
The city is still asleep and its tranquility doesn’t seem to be troubled by the machine roaring through. The perfect moment to break the routine and leave behind our everyday life.
Chased by wild elephants. Caught in the cross-fire of a police-smuggler gunfight. Stranded by engine trouble in a civil war zone. A geographer and a film-maker trade-in their daily routine for life on the road.
Peter Puurman has ridden his Ducati 998 through 51 countries and racked up nearly 100,000 km in the process.
Two friends ride motorcycles across the Utah desert through some of the most rugged and beautiful country in the great Southwest.
Shot in frigid -35℃ temperatures, Canada's lone ice road motorcyclist battles the odds on two wheels.
Bios & Personal Journeys
Deeply personal rider stories, life-changing rides, and portraits of riders whose lives are shaped by motorcycles.
To beat death, an aging financier aims to break a world speed record on a one-of-a-kind motorcycle. When things take a devastating turn, he must face death at the finish line.
Not who, but why. Inspiring personal stories of passion and brilliance are an extension of the love to ride.
After months of feeling trapped and disconnected from her true self, Rosie Gabrielle embarks on a journey to reclaim her freedom through the exhilaration of riding, rediscovering the profound connection between life, adventure, and the open road.
After experiencing the unexpected loss of his long time partner, Aaron’s relationship with his bike took on a deeper meaning than he could have imagined.
An immigrant's meditation on the joy, pain, and uncertainty that goes into resurrecting old motorcycles and searching for the American Dream.
The open road presents a point of departure to process deep-seated grief. Revisiting the formative experiences that drove her ambition, lozinski examines the influence of her parents in the present light of day.
Hunter S. Thompson's "Hell's Angels" is given new meaning when set against the hell-raising antics of a group of fierce and free-wheeling women who hit the road on their own terms.
Kortel "Korta - T" Autrey uses the power of motorcycles to influence inner-city youth away from gang violence.
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.
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.
High pucker factor and eye opening, Dead Man Walking celebrates a new way of defining what is possible on a motocross bike.
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.
Custom motorcycle craftsman, Cristian Sosa, a metalworker in Las Vegas explains his work process and philosophies while building a new custom motorcycle.
What happens when a group of women combine a motorcycle ride with a spiritual quest? Over two days on Vancouver Island, these women found out.
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.
After 200,000 km across four continents, the road comes to an end at the Darién Gap. Dylan has no choice but to take to the sea, on a raft powered by his motorcycle.
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.
Situated between the memories and desires of Jane, a young woman who’s rejection of her conservative Southern upbringing has introduced her to the moody world of New York City motorcycle culture.
Peter Puurman has ridden his Ducati 998 through 51 countries and racked up nearly 100,000 km in the process.
After hanging off the side of her father’s 1968 BMW sidecar shortly after getting her license, Marja Elisat began racing in the German Historic Championship and the Klassik Trophy.
At the age of 94, WWII veteran and AMA Hall of Famer Ed Fisher still rides everyday, and even continues to race as an amateur. His lifelong passion for motoculture serves as both an inspiration and glaring symbol of living life to its fullest.
Do you remember the first time you rode a motorcycle? Your first bike? That magical moment became a lifetime memory. First Ride acts out the imagination of one boy discovering motorcycles. One child whose life is forever changed.
Gevin Fax is the oldest member of the women motorcycle collective, The Litas. Growing up in Los Angeles as an African American lesbian in the 1960s wasn’t always forgiving.
Shot in frigid -35℃ temperatures, Canada's lone ice road motorcyclist battles the odds on two wheels.
Wide Open Throttle
Racing, risk, and the pursuit of velocity – on track, off-road, and everywhere in between.
To beat death, an aging financier aims to break a world speed record on a one-of-a-kind motorcycle. When things take a devastating turn, he must face death at the finish line.
Despite so many victorious finishes and meticulous preparations, one would assume the script is written for the Baja 1000-winning 7x team to podium again, but things don't always go as planned.
Friends from North Idaho try to race two bikes in the longest, biggest, and baddest race, the Baja 1000.
Kamil Holán, one of the best Czech motorcycle racers, pushes everything to flat 6 – that moment when the bike is in top gear and at max revs.
A spoof based loosely on the iconic motorcycle film, On Any Sunday.
Kortel "Korta - T" Autrey uses the power of motorcycles to influence inner-city youth away from gang violence.
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.
High pucker factor and eye opening, Dead Man Walking celebrates a new way of defining what is possible on a motocross bike.
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.
You’re doing 140 miles per hour around a mile-long track at one of the oldest motorcycling sports venues in the world. A closeup look at the people involved in Flat Track Racing and the community they have developed.
After hanging off the side of her father’s 1968 BMW sidecar shortly after getting her license, Marja Elisat began racing in the German Historic Championship and the Klassik Trophy.
At the age of 94, WWII veteran and AMA Hall of Famer Ed Fisher still rides everyday, and even continues to race as an amateur. His lifelong passion for motoculture serves as both an inspiration and glaring symbol of living life to its fullest.
Stories of racing told by Giovanni Burlando; 75 years old and with about 850 races under his belt competing with some of the best racers in the world such as Agostini and Pasolini.
Custom Culture
A tribute to the builders, tinkerers, and visionaries turning wrenches and shaping metal into works of art.
To beat death, an aging financier aims to break a world speed record on a one-of-a-kind motorcycle. When things take a devastating turn, he must face death at the finish line.
Not who, but why. Inspiring personal stories of passion and brilliance are an extension of the love to ride.
An immigrant's meditation on the joy, pain, and uncertainty that goes into resurrecting old motorcycles and searching for the American Dream.
A piston is summoned to take the hero's journey and rebuild the 1993 KX250 2-stroke dirt bike engine it will live in.
Custom motorcycle craftsman, Cristian Sosa, a metalworker in Las Vegas explains his work process and philosophies while building a new custom motorcycle.
A visual poem about motorcycle builder Toshiyuki Osawa and the 1944 Indian Chief, named "Silver Arrow", he built for Larry Smith and unveiled at Born Free Motorcycle Show.
Made in Canada
Homegrown stories showcasing Canadian filmmakers, riders, and landscapes from coast to coast.
After months of feeling trapped and disconnected from her true self, Rosie Gabrielle embarks on a journey to reclaim her freedom through the exhilaration of riding, rediscovering the profound connection between life, adventure, and the open road.
The open road presents a point of departure to process deep-seated grief. Revisiting the formative experiences that drove her ambition, lozinski examines the influence of her parents in the present light of day.
Golnoosh Namazi is an adventure rider, trying to carve her own path. Unpaved explores Golnoosh's place in the riding community as she comes to terms with becoming the role model she never had.
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.
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.
What happens when a group of women combine a motorcycle ride with a spiritual quest? Over two days on Vancouver Island, these women found out.
Shot in frigid -35℃ temperatures, Canada's lone ice road motorcyclist battles the odds on two wheels.
Timeless Machines
Classic bikes, timeless aesthetics, and stories from motorcycling's past.
When he was 20 years old, Keith Hale scraped together enough money to buy a Ducati 750ss. He had no idea that what he was buying what would later be known as the most rare and beautiful bike ever built.
In February, 2020, the International Jampot Rally for Matchless and AJS motorcycle riders, set off on what is possibly the last tour around the South Island of New Zealand.
After hanging off the side of her father’s 1968 BMW sidecar shortly after getting her license, Marja Elisat began racing in the German Historic Championship and the Klassik Trophy.
At the age of 94, WWII veteran and AMA Hall of Famer Ed Fisher still rides everyday, and even continues to race as an amateur. His lifelong passion for motoculture serves as both an inspiration and glaring symbol of living life to its fullest.
Stories of racing told by Giovanni Burlando; 75 years old and with about 850 races under his belt competing with some of the best racers in the world such as Agostini and Pasolini.
A leather‑clad café‑racer rider on a vintage Norton Commando encounters a stylish woman at a London traffic light.
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