The Banff Mountain Film Festival is the largest and the most prestigious mountain festival in the world. The World Tour showcases award-winning films and audience favorites from approximately 650 films entered from over 50 countries with stops planned at 450 locations in all seven continents.
Traveling from remote landscapes and cultures to up close and personal with adrenaline-packed action sports, the tour is an exhilarating exploration and celebration of the spirit of adventure. Exhilarating and thought provoking, this is a must-see for mountain enthusiasts and those with a spirit of adventure. Through the big screen, audiences can visit remote cultures and the world’s last great wild places as well as experiencing footage of adrenaline packed action sports.
To see the awesome 2018 Banff Intro video go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1S1No9JL4k
FILM MENU - Wednesday, April 25, 2018
SURF THE LINE (2016, France, 3 minutes) - Filmmaker: Hello Emotion; Website: www.helloemotion.com, Classification: General
The Flying Frenchies, thinking out of the box isn’t a choice – it’s a way of life.
EDGES (2016, USA, 9 minutes) - Katie Stjernholm, Balcony Nine Media; http://edgesfilm.com; Classification: General
At the ripe old age of 90, Yvonne Dowlen has been ice skating for as long as she can remember. Edges is a celebration of a life lived well.
PLANET EARTH II – MOUNTAIN IBEX (Tour Edit) (2016, UK, 7 minutes) - Filmmaker: Justin Anderson, BBC Worldwide Website: http://bbcearth.ca/show/planet-earth-ii/; Classification: General
Only a few pioneering animals have what it takes to survive in the world's highest mountain ranges and they tend to be some of the most elusive and mysterious animals on the planet. Climb to a world that is beautiful but full of danger, where only the most adventurous animals can hope to survive.
INTO TWIN GALAXIES – A GREENLAND EPIC (2016, Germany, 52 minutes) - Jochen Small, Drehxtrem, Red Bull Media House; http://www.drehxtrem.de; Classification: PG - Coarse language
Three National Geographic “adventurers of the Year” embark on an insane kayaking mission in Greenland. With kite skis they tow their white water kayaks over 1000 km of the Greenland Ice Cap to reach the most northern river ever paddled.
INTERSECTION: MICAYLA GATTO (2017, USA, 5 minutes) - Lacy Kemp, Juicy Studios; http://juicystudios.com/ Classification: General
Mountain biker Micayla Gatto takes the viewer into her world as a painter and as an athlete, riding through beautifully created masterpieces where colours come to life and reality blends with art.
KILIAN (2016, Canada, 14 minutes) - Anthony Bonello, Switchback Entertainment Inc; www.switchbackentertainment.com, Classification: General
Kilian Jornet is considered the greatest mountain runner ever. But he doesn’t consider himself a runner. Join Kilian in his new backyard in Norway as he attempts to ski and run the Seven Summits of Romsdalen in a single day, a 77 kilometre route with 9,000 metres of elevation gain.
STUMPED (2017, USA, 25 minutes) - Filmmakers: Cedar Wright & Taylor Keating; http://www.cedarwright.com/ Classification: 14A - Coarse language & Violence
Maureen Beck has never let the fact that she is missing her lower left arm hold her back from climbing. She doesn’t want to be considered a good one-armed climber, or a good female climber…she just wants to be a plain good climber.
ICE CALL - BACKYARDS PROJECT - SAM FAVRET (2016, France, 3 minutes) Filmmaker: PVS Company Website: http://pvscompany.com, Classification: General
Try to keep up to freerider Sam Favret as he gives us a new perspective of the mythical Mer de Glace, at the heart of Mont-Blanc.
FILM MENU - Thursday, April 26, 2018
WHERE THE WILD THINGS PLAY (2017, USA, 4 minutes) - Krystle Wright; www.krystlewright.com; Classification: General
There’s an ongoing discussion of why there aren’t more females in the adventure industry; whether it’s in big mountain skiing, climbing, or whitewater kayaking. Well, it’s about time we found out Where the Wild Things Play!
2.5 MILLION (2017, USA, 22 minutes) - Tyler Wilkinson-Ray, T-Bar Films; http://www.t-barfilms.com/ Classification: General
American skier Aaron Rice sets out to ski 2.5 million, human-powered, vertical feet in the backcountry and set a new world record.
JOHANNA (2016, UK, 4 minutes) - Filmmaker: Ian Derry, Archer’s Mark; http://www.archersmark.co.uk; Classification: General
For freediver Johanna Nordblad, diving under the ice provides a surreal, calming environment that helps heal her injuries.
DUGOUT (TOUR EDIT) (2017, UK, 41 minutes) - Benjamin Sadd; www.trailtoanywhere.com Classification: PG - Coarse language; nudity
Ben and James decide to travel to the Ecuadorian Amazon, live with an indigenous community, learn from them how to build a canoe from scratch, then take that canoe on a journey… What could go wrong?
WHY (2016, France, 7 minutes) - Filmmaker: Hugo Clouzeau, We Are Hungry; https://www.wearehungry.fr/ Classification: PG - Nudity
Iceland. A cold, rugged and forbidding landscape where powerful rivers plunge through bedrock gorges, over massive waterfalls toward the sea. A crew of French kayakers travel here to ask the question,“Why? Why do we do this?”
MY IRNIK (2017, Canada, 16 minutes) - Filmmaker: Matthew Hood; http://hoodvisuals.com/ Classification: General
Originally from Montreal, Conor falls in love with the northern way of life, and a woman, in the Canadian Arctic. Now the young father helps to pass on the native traditions and ancestral culture to his son, as he learns them himself.
THE FROZEN ROAD (2017, UK, 24 minutes) - Ben Page; www.anotherhorizon.org; Classification: General
Ben Page sought an adventure of perfect solitude in the Canadian Arctic. Yet the harsh truths of travelling in such a formidable environment were a long way from the romanticisms of a Jack London book.
IMAGINATION: TOM WALLISCH (2017, Canada, 5 minutes) - Sherpas Cinema; Classification: General
Have you ever been that little kid sitting in the back seat of your parents’ car, wishing you were somewhere else? So you imagine a skier on the side of the road, your fingers commanding back flips and roof drops, improbable rail slides and huge airs. Well, what if your imagination came to life?
Film menu and order of films subject to change.
The Banff program, including intermission, is approximately three hours