Join us Banff Mountain Film Festival

Schedule:

Matinée 1 pm

The Streif

(2024, Austria, 03:21 min)

‍Director: Fabio Wibmer, Christoph Thoresen

Production Company: Legs of Steel in cooperation with Sick Cinema  

Fabio Wibmer is back on snow. This time crashing the preparations for the most legendary ski race in the world - the Streif.

River Mama

(2023, USA, 10:30 min)

‍Director: Sarah Hamilton  

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, 13:49 min)

Director: Nick Martini

Production Company: Stept Studios  

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  

Production Company: Petzl  

The Karakoram is the wildest mountain range in the world and Nameless Tower beckons to climbers who approach. Edu Marín, his brother Alex and father Novato attempt the second free ascent of Eternal Flame 33 years after the first ascent by Wolfgang Güllich and Kurt Albert, and 13 years after Alex and Thomas Huber’s first free ascent

Welcome to the Pit

(2024, Canada, 14:45 min)

Director: Seth Gillis  

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.

Dolomites (tour edit)

(2024, France, 33:07 min)

‍Director: Kilian Bron, Valentin Birant

Production Company: VB Films  

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.

Undamned

(2024, USA, 17:00 min)

‍Director: Shane Anderson

Production Company: Patagonia Films, Swiftwater Films

‍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.

Evening- 7pm

Home from Home

(2024, USA, 07:48 min)

Director: John Peirce Dellanno

‍A glimpse into the lives and hearts of some of the best Japanese freeride skiers in the world. Home from Home explores the intersection between Japanese athletes and the natural world.

Wolf of Wingsuit

(2024, Australia, 03:41 min)

Director: Aaron Garcia

‍The beautiful and towering mountains of Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland, are a paradise for BASE jumpers and wingsuit professionals seeking thrills during the off-season. Avalon, an American wingsuit pilot, and a Filipino-Australian documentary filmmaker unite to capture Avalon's audacious quest to leap from the mountainside as many times as humanly possible.

Canyon Chorus

(2024, USA, 16:32 min)

Director: Chris Cresci

Production Company: Wondercamp

Advisory: Coarse language    

Set against the backdrop of Desolation Canyon, UT, Mikah Meyer, a world-record traveler and LGBTQ+ advocate and his friends reflect on their stories and the power of mentorship within the queer community.

Dropping Molly

(2024, USA, 30:04 min)

‍Director: Cedar Wright

Production Company: Cedar Wright Productions

Advisory: Coarse language, violence

Follow Molly Mitchell's roller coaster journey to climb Crank It, one of Colorado's most dangerous routes. After breaking her back on the climb, Molly must face her rocky mental health and embark on a journey of therapy, self-discovery, and growth.

Eliot Jackson - Drop the Mic

(2024, Canada, 02:07 min)

Director: Scott Secco

Production Company: Scott Secco Films

‍Eliot Jackson has sneaky superpowers. He is one of the most hardcore riders to ever scrub-whip a mountain bike.

The Bird in My Backyard

2024 Best Short Film

(2024, Canada, 20:07 min)

‍Director: Ryan Wilkes

‍Production Company: CBC, Trochilus Films

The Bird in my Backyard follows a window salesman turned hummingbird expert as he documents the secret lives of the hummingbirds that nest in his urban backyard.

Wild Days (tour edit)

2024 Best Film - Snow Sports

(2024, France, 49:58 min)

‍Director: Yohan Guignard  

Production Company: L'Endroit

‍Advisory: Coarse language      

‍Four friends from Savoie have a crazy idea: 50 days of self-sufficiency in Alaska's Denali massif. Wild Days takes us overland on a grueling overland journey to a place where time drifts, spirits wander off, and where friendships are created and then tested by commitment.

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