Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour Santa Cruz

Friday, September 17, 2021
7:00 PM 10:00 PM 19:00 22:00

Rio Theatre for the Performing 1205 Soquel Ave Santa Cruz, CA, 95062 United States (map)

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The Rio Theatre reopening safety protocols, include proof of full vaccination or a negative Covid19 test within 72 hours for all shows, no exceptions

Acceptable forms of proof are :
• Vaccination Record Card with proper identification to match
• California State QR code (www.myvaccinerecord.cdph.ca.gov )
• Negative Covid19 test taken within 72 hours of the performance time

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Presenting Partners: Rab, Buff®, and Banff & Lake Louise
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Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour is coming to the Rio Theatre on September 17

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 about 550 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 2020/2021 World Tour is an exhilarating and provocative exploration of the mountain world.

Be moved. Be inspired. Don’t miss out. Reserve your tickets today.

ACCOMPLICE: The Passport
2020, USA, 8 minutes
Filmmaker: Jeremy Grant, Teton Gravity Research
Hannah Bergemann and Veronique Sandler travel to the high Himalayas near Ladakh, India to explore remote mountain ranges and ride unexplored lines in this segment from Teton Gravity Research’s mountain bike film, ACCOMPLICE.

Mount Logan
2020, France, 13 minutes
Filmmaker: Alexandre Marchessau, Arthur Ghilini
48 days of adventure, 250km of ski touring, 3800m of ascent up Mt. Logan, a first descent down the East Ridge and a 400km river trip back to the sea. Fully unsupported, three adventurers redefine what it means to take a long journey.

Cholitas (Tour Edit)
2019, Spain, 53 minutes
Filmmaker: Jaime Murciego, Pablo Iraburu, Arena Comunicación Audiovisual
Five Indigenous Bolivian women embark on a unique expedition as a symbol of liberation and empowerment. Their goal? The highest peak in the Americas, Aconcagua.

Pathfinder – Life Beyond Fear
2019, Norway, 10 minutes
Filmmaker: Dan Lior, Adam Rubin, Raised by Wolves
Follow six slackliners on a mission deep in the Norwegian mountains as they attempt walking a highline elevated in the vastness between two colossal cliffs, illuminated only by the mystical northern lights.

Ten Thousand Bolts
2020, USA, 18 minutes | Advisory: Coarse language
Filmmaker: Duncan Sullivan, Alex Levin, Ashley Benzwie
A portrait of Toni Arbones, a professional rock climber and route bolter who, over the course of 30 years, has single-handedly turned Siurana, Spain into one of the most popular rock climbing areas in Europe.

K2: The Impossible Descent (Tour Edit)
2020, Austria, 23 minutes | Advisory: Coarse language
Filmmaker: Slawomir Batyra, Michal Zamencki, Sławomir Richert, Tom Fish,
Red Bull Media House K2, the ‘Savage Mountain’, holds a mythical place in the hearts of climbers around the world — 1 in 4 do not return from it. On July 22, 2018, Polish ski-mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel makes ‘the impossible descent’ from its summit.