In the early 1990s, young dirt beggars begin to flock to Joe’s Valley, Emery County in southeastern Utah, USA, where most locals are Mormons who don’t even drink coffee or tea. For the locals, Joe’s Valley is just a nature reserve, but to climbers, it’s a bouldering paradise. Since it was introduced in mountain magazines, the region became increasingly known around the world, but the local distrust towards the climbers remained. The film presents ways for a sport or a festival to harmonize and coexist with local culture, while also sounding the alarm. An open mind from both sides is a prerequisite to coexistence that can also be applied in a broader sense to coexistence with nature through environmental protection. (Jinna LEE)

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-Drive In UMFF (Drive-in Theater) / 10.23.Fri / 20:00(KST) / UMFF Cinema