"A melted drop in Antarctica ripples throughout the rest of the world"
A journey across both poles, After Antarctica directed by Tasha Van Zandt follows polar explorer Will Steger's life journey as an eyewitness to the greatest changes to the polar regions of our planet. In 1989, Steger led an international team of six scientists and explorers on the first coast-to-coast dogsled traverse of Antarctica. The ultimate mission of the expedition was to draw global attention to Antarctica’s changing climate and use the expedition as a tool to renew the Antarctic Treaty, which would protect the continent from mineral exploitation.
Even with his background in science and knowledge of the changing climate, Steger could never have expected what he would soon discover. This arduous expedition opened his eyes to the most pressing issue of our time and ultimately changed the course of his life forever.
Now, thirty years later, Steger heads out on the ice once again, this time to the opposite end of the Earth, recounting the life-changing journey that led him to where he is today. After Antarctica is a film about a legendary expedition unlike any other - not only were Steger and his team of renegade explorers the first to complete this historic feat, but due to the melting of the ice on their original route, they were also the last.
“After Antarctica awes with its images of stark and stunning Arctic and Antarctic landscapes. ”
Festivals & Awards
2021 SFFILM Festival McBaine Bay Area Documentary Feature Award
2021 Mountainfilm Charlie Fowler Best Adventure Film Award
2021 Jackson Wild Media Awards in the People & Nature Category
2021 Twin Cities Film Festival Audience Award
2021 Kendal Mountain Film Festival Best Adventure & Exploration Film
2021 Nordic Adventure Film Festival Best Outdoor Culture Film of the Year
2021 Torelló Mountain Film Festival Gran Premi "Vila De Torelló" Award
2021 Hamptons Doc Fest Best Environmental Film
2021 Mountainfilm Graz Alpine Camera in Gold Award
2021 Bilbao Mendi Film Festival Best Adventure Award
2021 Port Fairy Film Festival Special Jury Award
2022 Salem Film Fest Cultrera Cuts Edit Award
2022 Festival Gorniškega Filma Main Prize
2022 New York WILD Film Festival Best Feature Award
2022 Sedona International Film Festival Best Environmental Film
2022 Cervino Cine Mountain Festival Grand Prix des Festivals
2022 Bansko Film Festival Grand Prix
2022 The New York Times Netting Zero Series
2022 COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland
2022 The Redford Center Friday Night Films Series
2022 The Great Northern at Science Museum of Minnesota’s Omintheater
2022 Climate Week NYC screening with DCEFF
2022 Hot Docs Doc Soup screening
2022 Woods Hole Film Festival
2022 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
2022 New York WILD Film Festival at The Explorer’s Club
2022 Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital
2022 Cleveland International Film Festival
2022 Victoria Film Festival
2022 Trento Film Festival
2022 Sedona International Film Festival
2022 Salem Film Fest
2021 SFFILM Festival
2021 Mountainfilm Festival
2021 Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival
2021 Boulder International Film Festival
2021 Camden International Film Festival
2021 Woodstock Film Festival
2021 Jackson Wild
2021 Twin Cities Film Festival
2021 Portland Film Festival
2021 Hamptons Doc Fest
2021 Kendal Mountain Film Festival
2021 Port Fairy Film Festival
2021 Nordic Adventure Film Festival
2021 International Outdoor Documentary Film Festival of China
2021 Newport Beach Film Festival
2021 Doc5 Festival
2021 Port Townsend Film Festival
2021 Breckenridge Film Festival
2021 Friday Harbor Film Festival
2021 Doctober Festival
2021 Austin Film Festival
2021 Ridgefield Independent Film Festival
2021 Mountainfilm Graz
2021 Inkafest Film Festival
2021 Dutch Mountain Film Festival
2021 Tahoe Film Festival
2021 Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival
2021 Torelló Mountain Film Festival
2022 Festival Gorniškega
2022 Omaha Film Festival
2022 Cervino Cinemountainfilm Festival
2022 Heartland International Film Festival