Banff Mountain Film Festival
Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour is coming back to Fairbanks on Sunday March 2, 2025!
Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is one of the largest and most prestigious mountain festivals in 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. Join Nanook Recreation when Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour brings the spirit of outdoor adventure to Fairbanks, at the Davis Concert hall on Sunday, March 2nd. Doors open at 5:30 and the show starts at 6:00 p.m. The great hall will be open before the show (5:15PM), intermission and after with a variety of local and state organizations to chat with about your adventures.
Tickets are available at the door or in advance at the Outdoor Adventures office, the Wood Center, and Beaver Sports.
Ticket prices: In Advance $16 student / $18 public. Day of $18 student / $20 public.
For tickets and information contact the Outdoor Adventures office at 907.474.6027
Film program: Sandstone playlist
The Streif
(2024, Austria, 03:21 min)
Director: Fabio Wibmer, Christoph Thoresen
Producer: Tobi Reindl, Thomas Wernhart
Production Company: Legs of Steel in cooperation with Sick Cinema
Advisory: No advisory
Film Synopsis: 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, 10:30 min)
Director: Sarah Hamilton
Producer: Sarah Hamilton Film, Ryan Weigman
Production Company: N/A
Advisory: Coarse language
Film Synopsis: 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 Banff Mountain Film Competition: ***BEST FILM: MOUNTAIN SPORTS***
(2023, USA, 13:49 min)
Director: Nick Martini
Producer: Sarah Stewart, Ben Osborne, Lex Hinson
Production Company: Stept Studios
Advisory: No advisory
Film Synopsis: 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, 32:40 min)
Director: Guillaume Broust
Producer: Manu Moreau
Production Company: Petzl
Advisory: No advisory
Film Synopsis: The Karakoram is the wildest mountain range in the world and Nameless
Tower beckons to climbers who approach. Edu Mar铆n, his brother Alex and father Novato
attempt the second free ascent of Eternal Flame 33 years after the first ascent by
Wolfgang
G眉llich and Kurt Albert, and 13 years after Alex and Thomas Huber鈥檚 first free ascent.
Welcome to the Pit
(2024, Canada, 14:45 min)
Director: Seth Gillis
Producer: Charl猫ne Brochu
Production Company: N/A
Advisory: Coarse language
Film Synopsis: 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鈥檚 first
and only
rope tow.
Dolomites (Tour Edit)
(2024, France, 33:07 min)
Director: Kilian Bron, Valentin Birant
Producer: Kilian Bron
Production Company: VB Films
Advisory: No Advisory
Film Synopsis: 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, 17:00 min)
Director: Shane Anderson
Producer: Shane Anderson
Production Company: Patagonia Films, Swiftwater Films
Advisory: No advisory
Film Synopsis: 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.
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