The 2024 HIFF Overall Audience Choice Award-winning film, “Champions of the Golden Valley,” is back for an encore screening in partnership with Exodus Refugee! Don’t miss your second chance to see the documentary that won the hearts of Heartland International Film Festival attendees. After the screening, there will be a Q&A with two Afghan refugees who work with Exodus.

“Champions of the Golden Valley”
The Basile Event Center at Heartland Film HQ
Thursday, May 1

6:30 PM | Doors Open
7 PM | Film and Q&A

Tickets are just $10, and Heartland Film Members receive a 20% discount!

In the high peaks of Afghanistan, young villagers from rival ethnic groups build makeshift wooden skis and convene for an exuberant mountain race that requires incredible camaraderie and resilience – lessons they must call upon when they experience the shocking collapse of their country.