Homage is a conversation shaped by distance.
It unfolds between two women, Julia and Kathi, whose lives have been formed by skiing and by the mountains they return to year after year. This time, however, they do not share the same altitude. One body moves through snow and steep light; the other is grounded, recovering, learning patience in stillness.
Julia watches from home. After a ski accident in January, her movement has been interrupted; her body altered, reconstructed, temporarily removed from the place where her sense of self once felt most intact. Kathi continues to ski.
There are conversations that happen only in high places, where the air is thinner and thought is sharper. Homage listens for such a conversation across space: between movement and immobility, between the mountain and the room.
Austria
Poland
Directors
Julia Fraczek
Filmography
2026 – Homage
Role: Rider & Creative Producer
Homage is a conversation shaped by distance. By Dominika Baerova, Julia Fraczek and Katharina Heisch.
2025 – Momentum
Role: Rider & Creative Director
A ski film about returning to the edge of being. By Dominika Baerova and Julia Fraczek.
2025 – Northern Lines
Role: Rider
A film about small group of friends seeking for big lines. Produced by Bartosz Baturo, created by Adam Losinski.
2024 – Carpathian Whiteout
Role: Rider
A ski film exploring new and untracked terrain in the Romanian Carpathians, blending freeride adventure with the spirit of exploration. Produced by Bartosz Baturo, created by Adam Losinski.
Dominika Baerova
Filmography
2026 – Homage
Role: Filmmaker
Homage is a conversation shaped by distance. By Dominika Baerova, Julia Fraczek and Katharina Heisch.
2025 – Momentum
Role: Photographer & Filmmaker
A ski film about returning to the edge of being. By Dominika Baerova and Julia Fraczek.
Katharina Heisch
Filmography
2026 – Homage
Role: Rider & Creative Producer
Homage is a conversation shaped by distance. By Dominika Baerova, Julia Fraczek and Katharina Heisch.
2025 – The (un)perfect line
Role: Rider & Producer
A short documentary film exploring different generations and mindsets in freeriding, featuring former Freeride World Tour Champion Aline Bock and skier Katharina Heisch.
Questions and Answers
Athletes
Julia Fraczek and Katharina Heisch
Co-Presenting Partners
Collaborators
Media Partners
Film Guide
SKI CATEGORIES
For this year’s iF3 Movie Awards, any and all films about skiing, snowboarding or a mixture of the two are eligible.
AMATEUR
- Amateur Film of the Year
- Amateur Skier of the Year
ATHLETE
- Female Skier of the Year
- Male Skier of the Year
- Breakthrough Skier of the Year
PRO
- Best Short Movie (under 20min)
- Best Street Segment
- Best Backcountry Segment
- Best Storytelling
- Jury’s Pick (both Ski & Snowboard films eligible)
- Best Cinematography
- Best Editing
- Film of the Year
SNOWBOARD CATEGORIES
Whether it’s focused on freestyle, freeride, street, backcountry, telemark skiing, mountaineering, adventuring, a documentary subject, or anything in between, your film is welcome at iF3.
AMATEUR
- Amateur Film of the Year
- Amateur Snowboarder of the Year
ATHLETE
- Female Snowboarder of the Year
- Male Snowboarder of the Year
- Breakthrough Snowboarder of the Year
PRO
- Best Short Movie (under 20min)
- Best Street Segment
- Best Backcountry Segment
- Best Storytelling
- Jury’s Pick (both Ski & Snowboard films eligible)
- Best Cinematography
- Best Editing
- Film of the Year
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