Festival films
Wild Aerial
Director: Trixie Pacis / CAN / 2024 / 15 min /
Wild Aerial is a short documentary film that follows Adventure Aerialist Sasha Galitzki to dramatic ice-bound locations in the Canadian Rockies. She overcomes extreme cold and dizzying heights to perform aerial, connect with nature, and draw attention to the beauty and fragility of these rapidly changing icescapes.
Blending techniques from the disparate worlds of mountaineering and acrobatics, adventure aerialist Sasha Galitzki performs gravity-defying routines in subzero temperatures, all without being ‘tied in’. Her aerial adventures require immense physicality, sound risk-assessment, and unwavering confidence much like free soloing—only with flips, spins, and occasional splits.