(18 mins) Chris Chase, NZ, World Premiere.
What began as seven friends strapping their skis to their bikes and riding to a ski field in Wānaka, New Zealand has become something nobody expected: a movement.
This film follows the humble Greensteam bike ride in its next chapter: a zero-carbon ride to the ski field that now runs simultaneously across two mountains, two cities, and two communities who never set out to be part of anything bigger than a good day out.
Through the voices of the event’s creator, its organisers, and the people who showed up — including a woman in Queenstown who watched the first film, felt something, and built her own version from scratch — the film asks a simple question: in a country that loves its mountains, what does it mean to actually take care of them?
Funny, honest, and quietly urgent, Greensteam: More Than a Movement is a film about grassroots change: how ideas travel, how movements grow, and why sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is just strap your skis to your bike and see what happens.
*(Not) Making an Impact Award