Talk:Banff Mountain Film Festival

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I am a film major at TCU and wanted to expand this sight after attending the World Tour stop in Fort Worth. I would like to expand on the World Tour and its history and on the history of the festival in Banff. Eataboo (talk) 19:26, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

The Tour

 * Chico, California (2001)


 * the fourth consecutive year, this highly regarded festival made its way to Chico and drew a standing-room-only audience.


 * The 25-year-old festival has grown from a small annual event in the Canadian Rocky haven of Banff to an international festival.


 * This year 213 entries, 44 finalists.
 * 25 films made a tour of 24 countries.
 * For extreme-sports enthusiasts, this is the Academy Awards.
 * The collection definitely had a young, gonzo attitude.
 * A balance of cultural exposure and social/political awareness.
 * Artfully done to the accompaniment of appropriate music.
 * Nurpu, a short film about extreme kayaking mostly in Nepal. Expert kayakers were shown descending through narrow chutes, playing in giant waves and plunging over huge waterfalls (sometimes successfully, sometimes not).
 * No Strings Attached, a film about bouldering (climbing small walls and large rocks with no protection) in British Columbia. The climbers went for moves that they would not attempt on higher walls while their mates stood below ready to catch them (or get squashed) if they fell. My hands hurt just watching them grab rough rock and lose their grip.
 * Para-sailing in Nepal. We began in the Chugash Range Alaska with a group of young men from Telluride searching for the “perfect line” in the premier helicopter skiing site. After they found what they were looking for in skiing, they moved on to para-sailing, eventually making their way to Nepal, where they glided above steep, green terraced Nepalese valleys within sight of the highest mountains in the world.


 * An entertaining, three-hour evening of outdoor film entertainment at its finest.


 * Boise, Idaho (2008)


 * Huntsville, Ontario (2012)


 * Annual event for Huntsville.
 * The Banff Mountain Film Festival, a program of The Banff Centre, is the largest and one of the most prestigious mountain festivals in the world.