2025 iF3 Movie Awards Winners
Photos by Oisin McHugh
Following four fun-filled days of premieres, parties and activations in the shadow of the already snowy mountains that surround Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, the 18th edition of the iF3 Festival concluded on Saturday evening with the iF3 Movie Awards.
The awards gala, which was hosted by the Low Pressure Podcast’s Mark Warner and professional snowboarder Darrah Reid-McLean, went down in front of a capacity crowd at the Maury Young Arts Centre, and was streamed live on festivalif3.com.
Over the course of the event, 25 awards were bestowed upon various ski and snowboard films and athletes, following the iF3 Jury—which consisted of Forecast Ski Magazine’s Jeff Schmuck, renowned ski filmmaker Jake Strassman, and longtime professional freeskiers Will Wesson and Nat Segal on the ski side of things, and filmmaker Ralph Samson, industry veterans Guillaume Morisset and Hugues Beauchamp, and snowsports marketing expert Jen Girardi on the snowboard panel— collectively watching and judging over 31 hours of ski and snowboard movies after a record-breaking grand total of 133 film projects were submitted to the iF3 Festival.
Here’s a look at who brought home the 2025 iF3 Movie Awards…
SKIING
Film of the Year
Blank Collective Films - Cold Calls
Head Freesking & Jeff Thomas Creative - Out of the Ordinary
Matchstick Productions - After The Snowfall (Winner)
Summit Lunch - The Edge of Reason
The North Face - Trango
Best Editing
Blank Collective Films - One Step Ahead
Graeme Meiklejohn x Alex Armstrong - Slipstream
Head Freesking & Jeff Thomas Creative - Out of the Ordinary
Strictly Create - Seeing Flowers
The North Face - Trango (Winner)
Best Cinematography
Chris Benchetler - Mountains of the Moon
Matchstick Productions - After The Snowfall
Simply. Recreation Club - Inefficient Joy (Winner)
The North Face - Trango
Ty Urlich - Visions From The North: A Portrait of Etienne Geoffroy-Gagnon
Standout Female Skier of the Year
Arianna Tricomi in Troublehaus - Talking Transition
Emma Patterson in Blank Collective Films - Cold Calls
Jess Hotter in Head Freesking & Jeff Thomas Creative - Elevate: The Head Freeskiing Women
Maggie Voisin in Teton Gravity Research - Pressure Drop
Manon Loschi in Bug Visionaries - Endorphin (Winner)
Standout Male Skier of the Year
Craig Murray in Matchstick Productions - After The Snowfall (Winner)
Karl Fostvedt in Matchstick Productions - After The Snowfall
Mac Forehand in Jacques Price Productions - Duo
Parkin Costain in Teton Gravity Research - Pressure Drop
Phil Casabon in Armada Skis - ORNADA
Breakout Skier of the Year
Ben Richards in Matchstick Productions - After The Snowfall
Daniel Bacher in Armada Skis - ORNADA
Jonathan Rollins in Head Freesking & Jeff Thomas Creative - Out of the Ordinary (Winner)
Olivia Asselin in Armada Skis - ORNADA
Teal Harle in Teton Gravity Research - Pressure Drop
Jury's Pick - Dedicated to Jeff Keenan
(All Ski & Snowboard Films Eligible)
Arc’teryx - Between Days (Winner)
Dasha Agafonova - Inferno
Joey Kraft x Jonathan Rollins - Process
Megafauna - The Realm
Strictly Create - Seeing Flowers
Best Short Movie (Under 20 Minutes Long)
Blank Collective Films - One Step Ahead (Winner)
Entourage Productions - Too True
Graeme Meiklejohn x Alex Armstrong - Slipstream
Simply. Recreation Club - Inefficient Joy
Strictly Create - Seeing Flowers
Best Backcountry Segment
Chris Benchetler - Mountains of the Moon: Chris Benchetler, Dennis Ranalter, Michelle Parker & Sam Kuch (Winner)
Matchstick Productions - After The Snowfall: Craig Murray, Dennis Ranalter, Logan Pehota & Mark Abma
Summit Lunch Productions - The Edge of Reason: Cody Townsend, Elyse Saugstad & Nikolai Schirmer
The North Face - Trango: Christina Lustenberger, Jim Morrison & Chantel Astorga
The Wester Experience - Return To The Why: Jacob Wester, Jakob Weger & Matthias Weger
Best Urban Segment
Armada Skis - ORNADA: Kuura Koivisto
Armada Skis - ORNADA: Phil Casabon
Dasha Agafonova - Inferno: Dasha Agafonova
Éloïc Hamel & Jacob Monfils - Impetuous: Phil Langevin
Line Skis - Rendition: Tucker Fitzsimons (Winner)
Best Storytelling
Blank Collective Films - One Step Ahead
Ellen Bradley - Let My People Go Skiing
Joey Kraft x Jonathan Rollins - Process
Krate - Queen of the Catskills
Summit Lunch Productions - The Edge of Reason (Winner)
Amateur Film of the Year
Bungee Breakers - Tell Me I Belong
CHEF - Third Party
El.Makrell - Bucket Clips 4
Éloïc Hamel & Jacob Monfils - Impetuous
OS Crew - Vortex (Winner)
Amateur Skier of the Year
Andreya Zvonar in Calvin May - Evergreen (Winner)
Dillon Flinders in AnD Motion - RIFF
Floyd Guy in CHEF - Third Party
Hannah Langes in El.Makrell - Bucket Clips 4
Kyle Johnston in OS Crew - Vortex
SNOWBOARDING
Film of the Year
Arc’teryx - Between Days
Burton x Red Bull Media House - Paved (Winner)
Finlay Woods - The Sound of Japan
Red Point Movie - Into Altai
Best Editing
Alex Heitler & Victor De Le Rue - In Cold Blood
Arc’teryx - Between Days
Burton x Red Bull Media House - Paved
Finlay Woods - The Sound of Japan (Winner)
Best Cinematography
Arc’teryx - Between Days (Winner)
Burton x Red Bull Media House - Paved
Finlay Woods - The Sound of Japan
Red Point Movie - Into Altai
Standout Female Snowboarder of the Year
Anna Gasser in Burton x Red Bull Media House - Paved
Iris Pham in Nitro Snowboards - Spike
Tiphanie Perrotin in The Ridge Films - Instinct
Ylfa Rúnarsdóttir in Burton x Red Bull Media House - Paved
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott in Burton x Red Bull Media House - Paved (Winner)
Standout Male Snowboarder of the Year
Ben Ferguson in Burton x Red Bull Media House - Paved (Winner)
Brin Alexander in Megafauna - The Realm
Danny Davis in Burton x Red Bull Media House - Paved
Darcy Sharpe in Megafauna - The Realm
Breakout Snowboarder of the Year
Cass Jones in Teton Gravity Research - Pressure Drop (Winner)
Emil Leenderts in Emil Leenderts - Caught The Bug
Jack McDougall in Megafauna Films - The Realm
Mia Jones in Teton Gravity Research - Pressure Drop
Nick Puenter in Nitro Snowboards - Spike
Best Short Movie (Under 20 Minutes Long)
Arc’teryx - Between Days (Winner)
Emil Leenderts - Caught The Bug
Finlay Woods - The Sound of Japan
The Ridge Films - Instinct
Best Backcountry Segment
Burton x Red Bull Media House - Paved: Zoi Sadowski-Synnott
Megafauna - The Realm: Brin Alexander (Winner)
Megafauna - The Realm: Darcy Sharpe
Emil Leenderts - Caught The Bug: Emil Leenderts
Best Urban Segment
Buster Crew - Buster 2: Denver Orr
Nitro Snowboards - Spike: Dominik Wagner
Nitro Snowboards - Spike: Iris Pham
Sidehit Films - No Big Deal: Seb Toots (Winner)
Best Storytelling
Alex Heitler & Victor De Le Rue - In Cold Blood
Burton x Red Bull Media House - Paved
Emil Leenderts - Caught The Bug
Jones Snowboards - In the Shadow of the Diable
Red Point Movie - Into Altai (Winner)
Amateur Film of the Year
Cumulus Nimbus - Sky Above Sky Below
Legit Films - First Day of Winter
Patagonia Sur Films - Patagonia Sur
Paul Veron - Low TV: When Style Meets Sustainability (Winner)
RAD Movie Production - Whip It Up
Amateur Snowboarder of the Year
Federico Romano in Patagonia Sur Films - Patagonia Sur (Winner)
Paul Veron in Paul Veron - Low TV: When Style Meets Sustainability
Shawna Paoli in Celina Weber - The Underdogs
The iF3 Festival would like to congratulate all of the winners and nominees of the 2025 iF3 Movie Awards, and give a big thank-you to the sponsors of the iF3 Festival, iF3 Movie Awards and iF3 World Tour for their gracious support: The North Face, Coast Mountain Brewing, Maxx Fish, Ski Lachance, Forecast Ski Magazine, Low Pressure Podcast, King Snow, Newschoolers, Blizzard Tecnica, Nordica, Rab, Head & Tyrolia, Whistler Blackcomb, The Raven Room, Aava Whistler, Whistler Executive Transportation, XL Audio Visual, Rossignol, Salomon, Atomic, Stone Snowboards, Lucky Ski Depot, and Snowvana.
Stay tuned for more from iF3, which will now head to Ski Mont Blanc, Quebec on October 25th and Whitehorse, Yukon on November 1st for the iF3 Big Mountain Sessions, before making its way over the Atlantic Ocean for the 5th annual iF3 Chamonix in the heart of the French Alps on December 4th to 7th.
For more information on the iF3 Festival and iF3 Movie Awards, visit festivalif3.com.