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Adventure Night
Brought to you by Bicycle Trip and Gazelle
Supporting Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship
After a two year hiatus the fall screening of the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour Adventure Night is back with all new films!
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 2023/2024 World Tour is an exhilarating and provocative exploration of the mountain world.
Fuego
(2023, France, 7 min)
Filmmakes: Pierre Henni, Kilian Bron Advisory: None
Kilian Bron rides from the foot of the Fuego volcano the day before its historic eruption, to the colourful facades of Barrio Chualluma in La Paz, through the geological forma- tions of the Valle de las Animas to an unforgettable meet- ing with the Cholitas Escaladoras.
The Best Skier You’ve Never Heard Of
(2023, Sweden, 8 min)
Filmmakers: Marcus Ahlström, Mattias Fredriksson, Stellar Equipment
Advisory: None
After a successful ski racing career, Adrien Grabinski ventured West from Alberta. He discovered his true calling at Shames Mountain, a remote little co-op non-profit ski area near Terrace, B.C. The mountains, the snow, and the big lines first captivated him, but the local ski community truly stole his heart.
One Degree° #Peru
(2023, France, 15 min)
Filmmaker: Alex Lopez, Riding to Explore Advisory: None
Armelle Courtois and Martin Thomas seek out the highest glacial lakes – over 5000m above sea level – to try and break the altitude record for kitesurfing. Their sporting challenge quickly takes on a new objective: to raise awareness about the consequences of melting glaciers and inspire change.
Subterranean (Tour Edit) Best Film: Adventure
(2023, Canada, 40 min)
Filmmakers: François-Xavier De Ruydts, Jenny Rustemeyer, Cold Fingers Films Advisory: Coarse language
Two gritty teams of hobbyist cavers are poised to break records for the longest and deepest caves in Canada. From abyssal, muddy crawls to heart-pounding, vertical pits, and underwater squeezes, these are places where no person has been before.
Mustafa Ceylan
(2022, Switzerland, 12 min)
Filmmakers: Jules Guarneri, Benoît Goncerut, Cause Advisory: Coarse language
This is the story of a young Turkish immigrant, destined to play football and take over his parents’ kebab restaurant. But one day, fate put a pair of skis in his way.
Driving Sweep
(2023, USA, 10 min)
Filmmakers: Greg Cairns, Cairns Film Advisory: Coarse language
Few river guides ever get the chance to drive Idaho’s Iconic sweep boat. Join Katie Veteto as she learns how to “drive sweep” down the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. She’s learned the rapids and the river. Now she learns to drive 4,000lbs down steep rocky rapids.
Range Rider
(2023, USA, 30 min)
Filmmakers: Colin Arisman, Wild Confluence Media Advisory: Coarse language
As wolves repopulate Washington State, conflict is heating up with rural ranching communities. When wolves are suspected of killing livestock, the consequences for packs can be fatal. Range rider Daniel Curry’s job is to patrol wild areas on horseback, creating a buffer between wolves and the cattle herds.
Two Point Four
(2023, United Kingdom, 20 min) Filmmakers: Natasha Brooks, Leo Houlding Advisory: Coarse language
Not your typical family holiday... but this is not your typical family! Leo Houlding, his wife Jess, and their two children Freya (9 years) and Jackson (5 years) climb Norway’s national mountain via a 2,000 ft big wall.
Show time: 7:00 PM, doors 6:00 PM
Tickets: $23
Advance tickets www.eventbrite.com
Event website www.banffcentre.ca
