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WHERE
Big Sky | Montana
WHEN
Sept. 19-21 | 2025

PROGRAM

SEPTEMBER 19-21

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11:00am | Location: The Waypoint

Short Film Block #1 – Montana Stories

- A Little Imagination

- Loving Town

- Modify

- The Language of Belay

- Frozen Frames: Murphy's Yellowstone

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1:00pm | Location: The Waypoint

Feature Film: Lost Wolves of Yellowstone 

Directed by: Thomas Winston

In-Person Appearance and Q&A by Thomas Winston, Director

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3:00pm | Location: Arts Council Building

Roundtable / Panel - Indigenous Representation in Cinema/Media

Led by Dr. Shane Doyle of the Crow Nation and Paulette Fox of the Blackfoot Confederacy. All are welcome and encouraged to attend this discussion.

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5:00pm | Location: The Waypoint

Short Film Block #2 – Resilience

- Trokas Duras
- Kusi Smiles
- Gloria
- Swimming with Butterflies
- Pavilhão

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7:30pm | Location: The Waypoint

Feature Film: Champions of the Golden Valley

Directed by: Ben Sturgulewski

In-Person Appearance and Q&A by Baktash Ahadi, Producer

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9:30pm | Location: Blue Buddha Sushi Lounge

Blue Buddha After Party

Show a purchased ticket to any film to get in!

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11:00am | Location: The Waypoint

Short Film Block #3 –Determination

- Kin
- Hellbent
- Janelle Niles: Inconvenient
- Where The Earth Meets The Sky
- Courage

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1:00pm | Location: The Waypoint

Feature Film: Runa Simi

Directed by: Augusto Zegarra

In-Person Appearance and Q&A by Augusto Zegarra, Director

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3:30pm | Location: The Waypoint

Feature Film: Cutting Through Rocks

Directed by: Sara Khaki, Mohammadreza Eyni

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6:00pm | Location: The Waypoint

Feature Film: Sing Sing

Directed by: Greg Kwedar

In-Person Appearance and Q&A by Brent Buell, who is the Producer, Writer and Inspiration for the Film

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8:30pm | Location: The Waypoint

Closing Ceremony & Celebration

A tremendous thank you and farewell from Lone Peak Film Festival!

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4pm - 8pm | Big Sky Center for the Arts

American Indian Council MSU Installation & Lone Peak Impact Fair

Available all three days of the festival, starting at 4 PM on Friday, this free installation and fair will include the moving films How the Land Remembers Us (Director: Jared Wahkinney) and Learning I’m Home (Director: Victoria Cheyenne), a special installation by the American Indian Council MSU, honoring Indigenous culture and history in the Big Sky area, and an impact fair highlighting local NGOs connected to our films.

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5:00pm | Len Hill Park

Welcome Ceremony

A public welcome ceremony for our attendees and the Big Sky community led by Shane Doyle of the Crow Nation and Paulette Fox of the Blackfoot Confederacy. 

Rancho Picante Bison Burgers available for purchase 5:30pm - 7pm at the park

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7:00pm | The Waypoint

Directed by: Daniel Glick, Ivan MacDonald, Ivy MacDonald.

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9:00pm | The Waypoint

Opening Night Hangout

Open to all festival attendees to hang out at the Waypoint and connect with filmmakers and other movie lovers. 

GET TICKETS HERE

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4:00pm - 8:00pm

Big Sky Center for the Arts

American Indian Council MSU Installation & Lone Peak Impact Fair

Available all three days of the festival, starting at 4 PM on Friday, this free installation and fair will include the moving films How the Land Remembers Us (Director: Jared Wahkinney) and Learning I’m Home (Director: Victoria Cheyenne), a special installation by the American Indian Council MSU, honoring Indigenous culture and history in the Big Sky area, and an impact fair highlighting local NGOs connected to our films.

FREE

FREE EVENT
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5:00pm

Len Hill Park

Welcome Ceremony

A public welcome ceremony for our attendees and the Big Sky community led by Shane Doyle of the Crow Nation and Paulette Fox of the Blackfoot Confederacy. 

Rancho Picante Bison Burgers available for purchase 5:30pm - 7pm at the park

FREE

FREE EVENT
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7:00pm

The Waypoint

Directed by: Daniel Glick, Ivan MacDonald, Ivy MacDonald. 

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9:00pm

The Waypoint

Opening Night Hangout

Open to all festival attendees to hang out at the Waypoint and connect with filmmakers and other movie lovers. 

FREE EVENT

GET TICKETS HERE

GET YOUR
LONE PEAK
FESTIVAL PASS

LIMITED TO JUST 40

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For sold-out screenings, a limited number of standby tickets will likely be available for each screening. However, availability cannot be guaranteed and is subject to capacity. Standby seating is first come, first served and begins 10 minutes prior to showtime.

For screenings that are not sold out, tickets will be available for purchase at the door. At-the-door tickets also cannot be guaranteed as they are subject to capacity. 

We encourage guests to arrive early if they wish to purchase at-the-door or standby tickets.

Standby & At-the-Door Tickets

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5:00pm

Len Hill Park

Welcome Ceremony

A public welcome ceremony for our attendees, mentors, filmmakers, and friends. 

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7:00pm

The
Waypoint

Directed by: Daniel Glick, Ivan MacDonald, Ivy MacDonald. 

GET TICKETS HERE

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5:00pm

Len Hill Park

Welcome Ceremony

A public welcome ceremony for our attendees, mentors, filmmakers, and friends. 

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7:00pm

The
Waypoint

Directed by: Daniel Glick, Ivan MacDonald, Ivy MacDonald. In-Person Appearance and Q&A by Ivan MacDonald and Daniel Glick, Co-Directors

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MISSION

Lone Peak Film Festival champions inspiring stories, builds community, offers mentorship, and supports local and Indigenous filmmakers, all to spark positive change and catalyze action.

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By offering stories of kindness, perseverance, resilience and positive action in the face of injustice or adverse circumstances, we will create spaces where people can come together and honor the goodness in humanity and build a nurturing community. It will be a counterweight to the relentless negativity of the mass media, offering compelling and well crafted stories that entertain as much as they move and inspire. 

 

By bringing these stories to a place like Big Sky, we hope to connect the filmmakers, and the perspectives they provide, with people who can help them build their careers and expand the social impact of their films, all while creating an event that will be entertaining and will bring the community of Big Sky together. We want to create opportunities for the sparks of hope offered in these stories to be fanned into flames that can make a positive impact locally and across the nation.

VISION

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Special Thanks to Big Sky Resort Area District 

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BAYARD DOMINICK

Bayard Dominick is Vice President of Planning and Development of Lone Mountain Land Company. In his role with LMLC, Bayard is primarily involved with overseeing the firm’s commercial, residential, and hospitality projects in the Town Center neighborhood, and developing workforce housing projects throughout the greater Big Sky area.

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BILL WEINSTEIN

Bill Weinstein has spent 25 years in the media business. He started his career at Endeavor, then co-founded and ran a talent agency, Verve, from 2010 to 2024. During that time, he structured deals for his clients to be involved in award winning and commercial hits like Inside Out, Inside Out 2, Lord of the Rings, Wandavision, Toy Story 3, Soul, Crazy Rich Asians, Hidden Figures, House of the Dragon, and more.

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BROOKE PEPION SWANEY

Brooke Pepion Swaney, an enrolled Blackfeet tribal member and a Bitterroot Salish descendant, works to tell Indigenous stories, and stories from marginalized people. Recent work includes: Daughter of a Lost Bird (PBS America Reframed), her first feature documentary, Lily Gladstone: Far Out There (PBS American Masters and AMC+), and Tinder on the Rez (the Blacklist’s Inaugural Indigenous List). She holds an MFA in Film from NYU, teaches screenwriting at the Institute of American Indian Arts, and lives and works in her homelands, aka Polson, Montana.

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DANIEL GLICK

Daniel Glick is an Emmy-winning filmmaker who has directed and produced two feature documentaries and more than a dozen shorts – both narrative and documentary - over the past two decades. Five of his most recent projects, including the Emmy-winning short Iniskim, were set on the Blackfeet Reservation. His work has been supported by The Redford Center, Doc Society, The Sundance Institute, SFFILM and The Gotham.

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DYLAN HALE THORNTON

Dylan Hale Thornton is a father, ski guide, social responsibility consultant, community builder, and descendant of civil rights pioneers. As the founder of Hale Creative Consulting he specializes in providing social responsibility solutions for the outdoor sports and recreation industry and beyond. He also collaborates with art and cultural heritage organizations to promote diverse and inclusive events across the Greater Yellowstone Region.

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IVAN MACDONALD

Ivan MacDonald is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and an enrolled member of the Blackfeet Tribe. His work has been seen on Showtime and ESPN and has been supported by ITVA, Sundance, IDA, Vision Maker Media, Firelight Media and Illuminative.

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Laynee is a transformative advisor tackling today's complex environmental and infrastructure problems with technology and innovation. She has a background in environmental consulting, transportation, and major events including the Olympics and Sundance Film Festival.

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Lucía Ortega Toledo is a writer, director and producer whose work has been supported by the 4th World Indigenous Media Lab. She has a B.A. in Communication Studies and a Masters and Doctorate in Hispanic Literature from Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico. Lucia’s other professional experience includes academic research, writing, teaching, translation, curating and story editing.

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Rene Jones is a Partner & Chief of Social Impact at United Talent Agency (UTA), the leading global talent, sports, entertainment, and advisory company. In 2004, she launched the UTA Foundation, advancing the company’s social impact efforts for employees and clients across the agency.

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THAD BEATY

Having toured for nearly 2 decades with Grammy winning, multi platinum country juggernaut Sugarland, guitarist Thad Beaty has shared the stage with everyone from Beyoncé to Bon Jovi. Now making his home with his family in Big Sky, Montana, Thad performs in the area with his wife Annie (bassist Sugarland/Maren Morris/Amos Lee) and is an entertainment manager with Lone Mountain Land, bringing world class music, household names and the best musicians of the Montana region to Big Sky.

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