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Adventure Night
Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is one of the largest and most prestigious mountain festivals in the world! Hot on the heels of the Festival that is held every fall in beautiful Banff, Alberta, the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour hits the road. With stops planned in over 600 communities and more than 40 countries across the globe, the Banff World Tour celebrates amazing achievements in outdoor storytelling and filmmaking worldwide.
From the over 400 entries submitted into the Festival each year, award-winners and audience favorites are among the films that are carefully selected to play in theatres around the world. Traveling to remote vistas, analyzing topical environmental issues, and bringing audiences up-close and personal with adrenaline-packed action sports the 2024/2025 World Tour is an exhilarating and provocative exploration of the mountain world.
This year's fall screening with feature all new films from the SANDSTONE Playlist. Please check any advisory before purchasing tickets.
The Streif | 2024, Austria, 4 min
Fabio Wibmer is back on snow! This time crashing the preparations for the most legendary ski race in the world: the Streif. River Mamma | 2023, USA, (11 min) Advisory: Coarse Language
River Mamma follows Elisha McArthur, a lifelong raft guide and single mom and her relationship with her teenage goth daughter, Charlotte, who has no interest in rivers at all.
109 Below (2024 Best Film - Mountain Sports*) | 2023, USA, 14 min
109 Below tells a tale of resilience and grit when elite rescue volunteers go out of their way to save the lives of strangers.
Keep It Burning | 2024, Spain, 32 min
The Karakora, is the wildest mountain range in the world and Nameless Tower beckons to climbers who approach. Edu Marin, his brother Alex and father Novato attempt the second free ascent of Eternal Flame 33 years after the first ascent by Wolfgang Guilich and Kurt Albert, and 13 years after Alex and Thomas Huber's first free ascent.
Welcome to the Pit | 2024, Canada, (15 min) Advisory: Coarse Language
in 2011, Steve Matthews had a bright idea. With his kids completely hooked on snowboarding, he rallied a few friends and set out to build Yellowknife's first and only rope tow.
Advisory: Coarse language
Dolomites (Tour Edit) | 2024, France, 33 min
Mountain biking free solo and more...Kilian Bron and his team take you on a thrilling and history-rich adventure, riding the steepest trails of the Dolomites.
Undammed | 2024, USA, 17 min
After witnessing a massive fish kill on her ancestral home waters, Yurok tribal attorney Amy Bowers Cordalis dedicated her life to reversing the generations-long destruction wrought by the Klamath River dams. Undammed follows her journey to free the Klamath, from testifying before Congress to passing down fishing traditions within her young family.
Show time: 7:00 PM, doors 6:00 PM
Tickets: $23
Advance tickets: Coming soon
Event website: www.banffcentre.ca