Obsession is a sports documentary exploring the culture of snowboarding and the deep, often irrational passion that keeps riders returning to the mountains.
Filmed over several years in remote locations including Kyrgyzstan, Kamchatka, and the Alps, the film follows snowboarders, filmmakers, and mountain guides who share a common drive - the need to experience those fleeting seconds of freedom when gravity briefly loses its power.
Without staged scenes or actors, the film captures authentic moments of risk, friendship, exhaustion, and inspiration.
Russia
Kyrgyzstan
France
Director
Sergey Firsov
Filmography
2012 / The Rope, 43 min, documentary
2017 / The Rope-II, 120 min, documentary
2025 / OBSESSION, 65 min, documentary
Questions and Answers
Athletes
Yaroslav Lenchevsky, Andrey Moskvin & Svetlana Buzenkova
Co-Presenting Partners
Our Amazing
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 Ski Mountaineering Segment
- Best Storytelling
- Jury’s Pick (Dedicated to Kai Smart)
- 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 (Dedicated to Jeff Keenan)
- Best Cinematography
- Best Editing
- Film of the Year
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