The Road to Patagonia (Surf Film Nacht Kiel)

Only on Thursdays February 27 and March 6 at 8:30 pm: The European premiere tour of the award-winning travel documentary "The Road to Patagonia". Original English version without subtitles, partly in Spanish and Mentawai (then subtitled in English)

"The Road to Patagonia" is a breathtaking travel documentary - and an intense love story. First, we accompany Matty Hannon on his incredible surfari by motorcycle along the west coast of America, from the tip of Alaska to the tip of Patagonia. But deep in the wilderness - alone with wolves and bears - the solo traveler's plans unexpectedly come to nothing. Having lost everything and on the verge of giving up, he meets the girl of his dreams: Heather runs a small farm in Northern California and soon throws everything overboard to travel further south with Matty.

The 50,000 km long surfing odyssey is wonderfully complicated by their decision to switch from motorcycles to horses in South America, along with their surfboards. On their way to Patagonia, the pair discover lonely, perfect waves, experience the highs and lows of slow travel and meet Zapatista rebels and Amazonian shamans along the way, whose striking words leave the adventurers with existential questions.

In this award-winning film, Matty and Heather succeed in capturing not only the breathtaking beauty of the endless coasts of North and South America, but also the deeply human moments of their expedition.

Original version: The Road to Patagonia is a stunning, intimate and unflinching series of love letters within a documentary - firstly, a love between two people, and secondly between humanity and the Earth. Ecologist Matty Hannon begins an incredible solo adventure, to surf the west coast of the Americas by motorcycle, from the top of Alaska to the tip of Patagonia. But deep in the wilderness - alone with the wolves and the bears - the journeyer's plans unexpectedly fall to pieces... Shot over 16 years, the result is an adventurous exposé on the more-than-human-world, offering a physical and spiritual odyssey to better understand our place in Nature.