The Whistler Film Festival Society presents the third annual Adventure Film Series, from May 21 to 22, during Whistler’s Great Outdoors Festival.

It's part of the GO Fest, which features four days of events championing outdoor activity in Whistler over the Victoria Day long weekend. 

The Adventure Film Series features nine films programmed over two days, with themes such as mountain climbing, surfing, biking, and dogsledding. Each film is a premiere in its own way—be it the Canadian, B.C., or Whistler premiere.

Highlights for May 21 include The Rider & The Wolf at 4 p.m., a look into the mysterious disappearance of Mountain Bike Hall of Fame’s Mike Rust. Rust, who helped put mountain biking on the map in the U.S. through his technical innovations, vanished without a trace in 2009 in a remote area of Colorado. The mystery still lingers today.

Also highly anticipated is Meru, winner of Sundance Film Festival’s Audience Award and shortlisted for best documentary at this year’s Academy Awards, playing at 9 p.m. Following three close friends after dramatic setbacks shake their lives, the professional climbers attempt to scale the Shark’s Fin on Mount Meru, the most complicated, dangerous, and unconquered peak in the Himalayas.

On May 22, one title to note is Racing Extinction at 1 p.m. Oscar-winning director Louie Psihoyos assembled a team of innovators and artists, such as Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk and famous activist Jane Goodall, to expose never-before-seen images of endangered species and mass extinction. Between guerilla-style infiltrations of infamous black markets to scientifically exploring environmental changes, Racing Extinction offers a different view of the world and our place within it. 

Wrapping up the Adventure Films Series at 7 p.m., We Are Blood features many of the world’s greatest skateboarders. The documentary celebrates and explores the bonds created by skateboarding, passing through countries as varied as Brazil, China, Dubai, Spain, and the U.S.

Individual film tickets are $12, and the series ticket package is $60 (or seven tickets for the price of five). The films will be shown at Maury Young Arts Centre (4335 Blackcomb Way, Whistler). For more details, visit the WFF website.