Experience adventure filmmaking at its best!!!
2022-2023 BANFF CENTRE MOUNTAIN
FILM FESTIVAL WORLD TOUR
Tickets $25 per night.
Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is the premiere international film competition featuring the world's best footage on mountain subjects, adventure, exploration, remote cultures, and the world's last great wild places. The Festival began modestly as a one-day community event during the fall of 1976 and has grown to nine days of learning opportunities and international competitions celebrating the best in films, books, and photography. The Festival is held each fall at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Banff, Alberta, Canada.
Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour offers you the opportunity to see the best of the films shown at the festival. The World Tour reaches over 550 locations and 40 countries, bringing films to an audience of over 550,000 worldwide. The World Tour brings the best of the Festival to you.
The Details
The World Tour films will once again be shown over two nights at the Fox Theatre in Redwood City. Different films will be shown each night.
| Dates: | Friday, March 10, 2023 Saturday, March 11, 2023 |
| Where: | Fox Theatre in Redwood City 2215 Broadway St Redwood City, CA 94063 |
| Time: | Doors open at 6:00 PM. Films begin at 7:00 PM |
Tickets are on sale now. Click the button above to purchase tickets directly from the Fox Theatre website.
Click here for a map showing the location of the Fox Theatre.
If you are unable to join us for this in-person event or unwilling because of Covid-19 concerns, Banff is offering an online, streaming option for world tour films and selected other films from past and present festivals. See here for their offerings. Do note that the online programs are not the same as the films being shown at world tour in-person events and that Snowlands does not benefit from the online rentals.
Covid-19 Policy
The Fox Theatre will be observing and enforcing all Covid-19 requirements as set by the State of California and San Mateo County in effect at the time of the event. Currently, this means that masks are strongly recommended but not required. Click here to read the measures that Fox Theatre has taken to ensure the health and safety of its customers. Click here and sign up for our events alert list to be notified of any changes in Covid-19 protocols for this event.Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour Intro
Film List
Friday, March 10, 2023 (Juniper Program)
Alta
2022, Switzerland, 5 min Filmmaker: Etienne Mérel, Tim Harty, The Faction Collective; Advisory: Coarse language
A team of high-performance riders travels to Alta, Utah for a spring freeskiing session that delivers all styles and conditions of skiing.
REEL ROCK 16: Bridge Boys
2022, USA, 28 min Filmmaker: Nick Rosen, Peter Mortimer, Zachary Barr, Reel Rock; Advisory: Coarse language
A horizontal big-wall adventure on the longest, most ridiculous crack climb ever attempted.
Continuum
2021, Canada, 2 min Filmmaker: Harrison Mendel, Harrison Mendel Inc.
Everything is connected. Each ride is an extension of the one before and each re-entry is a transition to the next launch. Each experience builds toward a flow state of endless progression.
Before They Fall
2021, Canada, 40 min Filmmaker: Cam MacArthur, Momme Halbe, Ecologyst Films; Advisory: Coarse language
A decades-long battle to protect old-growth forests in British Columbia escalates when conservation groups, First Nations, scientists, and land defenders block a logging company from accessing the last unprotected watershed on southern Vancouver Island.
A Baffin Vacation
2022, Canada, 12 min Filmmaker: Sarah McNair-Landry, Erik Boomer, Rush Sturges, River Roots; Advisory: Coarse language
Erik Boomer and Sarah McNair-Landry set off on a 45-day expedition through Baffin Island in search of stunning cliffs to climb and unexplored rivers to kayak.
Wood Hood
2021, USA, 16 min Filmmaker: Alexander Cullen, Andy Isaacson, Manny Almonte, Resonant Pictures
DeVaughn (15) from New York City craves a "quiet place" to escape the chaos of his home, the city, and kids that steal from him. On a weekend-long group camping trip, we witness the joy and growth that is possible when kids have an opportunity to find that "quiet place".
Doo Sar: A Karakoram Ski Expedition Film (Tour Edit)
2021, Poland, 20 min Filmmaker: Jakub Gzela, Andrzej Bargiel, Andrzej Bargiel Sport Promotion
Andrzej Bargiel and Jędrek Baranowski set off to the Karakoram for an adventure full of passion and love that has them freeriding at over 6,000 metres above sea level!
North Shore Betty
2021, USA & Canada, 12min Filmmaker: Travis Rummel, Darcy Hennessey Turenne, Felt Soul Media, Well Travelled Collective; Advisory: Coarse language
Betty Birrell picked up mountain biking at age 45, in the misty forests above North Vancouver, after a career as a mountaineer and professional windsurfer. Three decades later, she is proof that you're never too old to send.
Saturday, March 11, 2023 (Aspen Program)
Colors of Mexico
2021, France, 5 min Filmmaker: Pierre Henni, Kilian Bron, Commencal
Discover Mexico from the tops of its most active volcanoes to the steep and colorful streets of historic villages with rider Kilian Bron and his team.
Eco-Hack!
2022, USA, 17 min Filmmaker: Josh Izenberg, Brett Marty, Speculative Films; Advisory: Coarse language
Biologist Tim Shields has watched desert tortoise populations in the Mojave Desert plummet since the 1990s. The latest threat? Ballooning populations of ravens. Tim quits traditional observational biology in exchange for direct intervention.
Fabric: A Documentary Series, Ep 4 Heritage (Tour Edit)
2021, Canada, 10 min Filmmaker: Robin Van Gyn, Justin Taylor Smith, Yulin Olliver, FBRC Media Ltd., Happy Okay Pictures
Embracing identity and tradition to empower future generations of Indigenous youth, Hawaiian surfer Mainei Kinimaka preserves ancestral tradition through stewardship of language and tradition.
Balkan Express
2022, Germany, 40 min Filmmaker: Jochen Mesle, Max Kroneck, Johannes Müller, Philipp Becker, El Flamingo GmbH; Advisory: Coarse language
Freeskiers Max Kroneck and Jochen Mesle of Ice and Palms reunite for another adventure – a 2,500 kilometre journey by bike and ski, exploring the mountains of the Balkans.
The Process
2021, UK, 15 min Filmmaker: Matt Pycroft, Matt Hardy, Coldhouse Collective; Advisory: Coarse language
Climber Tom Randall is known for his commitment to training and outrageous challenges he sets himself. This time, he has set his mind on fell running and a link-up of 15 classic Lakeland rock climbs, 42 summits, and 142 kilometres in 24 hours.
Clean Mountains
2021, Netherlands, 19 min Filmmaker: Geertjan Lassche, Jos de Putter, Dieptescherpte BV
During the pandemic there were no foreign climbers in the Himalaya. A Sherpa family decides to climb Mount Everest and clean up the garbage left behind – restoring the holiness of the mountain and calming the gods.
Sheri (Tour Edit)
2022, USA, 19 min Filmmaker: James Q Martin, Emily L. Doig, Q Stories; Advisory: Coarse language
Sheri Tingey started a company at age 50 that has revolutionized the outdoor industry. This is a film about the hurdles she overcame to launch the company and about the ways she hid from view so that people would judge the boats, not her role in creating them.
Walking on Clouds
2021, Brazil, 7 min Filmmaker: Renan Kamizi, João Juchem, GO Visuals
In the city of Praia Grande, Santa Catarina, Brazil, Rafael Bridi attempts the highest highline record in the world by setting his line above the clouds.
More information and clips of selected films at www.banffcentre.ca.
Screenings of the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour in Canada and the USA are presented by: Rab, Buff®, and Banff & Lake Louise Tourism. Sponsored by: Oboz Footwear, YETI coolers, Lowe Alpine, Kicking Horse Coffee, Lake Louise Ski Resort and Summer Gondola, World Expediions, and Doña Paula.
A benefit for Snowlands Network