A 3 Day FILM FESTIVAL IN CELEBRATING
BIPOC+ STORIES IN THE OUTDOORS.
about
Based in Jackson, WY, the Mountains of Color Film Festival (MOCFF) creates spaces to showcase and celebrate BIPOC+ (Black, Indigenous, People of Color, + other intersecting minority groups) in outdoors, adventure, and conservation filmmaking to inspire our community and beyond to cultivate a welcoming and inclusive outdoor culture for all.
Jackson Hole Trout Unlimited is the festival’s fiscal sponsor and nonprofit partner. Coombs Outdoors and the Camina Conmigo program are also nonprofit partners of the festival.
EVENT SCOPE
In addition to nightly film screenings - built from a curated lineup of uplifting and inspiring stories that interweave adventure, the outdoors, and conservation with themes like connection, family, and belonging - the festival will include special experiences for panelists to make meaningful connections with other BIPOC+ filmmakers, industry professionals, and potential sponsors, as well as filmmaking and photography workshops.
“Mountains of Color Film Festival was such a supportive, uplifting, and incredible experience! Spending time in Jackson, WY with other creatives of color opened up doors for all of us”
-Cheshire Li, panelist and filmmaker of color
About the Co-Directors
Sofía Jaramillo is a Colombian-American filmmaker and National Geographic photographer based in Jackson, Wyoming. Jaramillo’s work focuses on uplifting and telling the stories of BIPOC in outdoor spaces. Her mission is to tell the stories she wished she'd seen as a kid. She strongly believes in the power of storytelling and now works as a Director and Executive Producer in filmmaking. She helped shoot the first adventure ski film to feature women of color and adaptive athletes called The Approach, was a Story Producer and cinematographer on OutWest film, an Executive Producer for the Soñadora film and Director for Wading for Change. She is a Ford Bronco Ambassador.
Sofía Jaramillo
Jr Rodriguez is a first generation bilingual bicultural mestizo filmmaker, photographer and BIPOC activist. His work focuses on the intersectional relationship between nature and people with projects that empower communities to tell their own stories. He has worked as director, cinematographer, and photographer domestically and internationally for REI, Ford Bronco, Feeding America, Patagonia, Hydro Flask, and National Geographic.
jr. rodriguez
Leslie Bahn Steen is Wyoming State Director for Trout Unlimited, where she works collaboratively with a broad suite of partners on stream restoration and reconnection projects for native trout and leads other collaborative efforts. Leslie is Korean-American and has called Jackson Hole home since 2007. Leslie’s previous experiences include communications and outreach for the Jackson Hole Land Trust, fisheries research, environmental consulting, science communications, producing an adventure film festival, and outdoor education with Outward Bound.