Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival Brochure 2016

Oct 29 – Nov 6 2016 banffmountainfestival.ca

Welcome to the 2016 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival, the world’s largest mountain culture festival. Join us for #NineEpicDays of mountain film that includes profound journeys, unexpected adventures and groundbreaking expeditions told by authors, photographers, adventurers, and filmmakers from around the globe.

Tickets on sale now at banffmountainfestival.ca

Photos, cover: Ines Papert, Senja Island, Norway © Thomas Senf; This page: Courtesy of Ines Papert

Highlights include: • Over 75 films including North American and World Premieres.

• In-person appearances by iconic adventurers, filmmakers, and climbers including Lynn Hill, Catherine Destivelle, Ines Papert, Denis Urubko, Jeremy Jones, and more.

• Presentations and readings from authors sharing their latest adventures.

• Mountain Art and Craft Sale.

• Exhibitions and Art Walks.

• And much more!

“ Banff once again confirmed itself as an amazing, fertile and generous place – and there were so many ways to connect with people.”

– Author John Vaillant, 2015 Festival Guest

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29

Sonnie Trotter and Mirror Wall 7:30 P.M. | Eric Harvie Theatre | $25 Sonnie Trotter is one of the world’s most accomplished rock climbers, becoming the first Canadian to climb both 5.14c and 5.14d. Trotter has made first and second ascents of some of the hardest traditional climbs on the planet including Cobra Crack in Squamish, Canada.

Trotter joins us on the Banff stage to talk about life on the sharp end.

Presentation followed by: The North American premiere of Mirror Wall with filmmaker Matt Pycroft. In 2015 Pycroft and a team of climbers, including Leo Holding, climbed a new route on the North West face of the Mirror Wall, a 1,200 metre peak in remote Greenland.

Pycroft joins us on stage to talk about how they succeeded in the face of challenging conditions, illness, and prowling polar bears.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30

Florian Schulz 7:30 P.M. | Eric Harvie Theatre | $25

Mountain Artwalk 4 P.M. | Free | Meeting Place: Eric Harvie Theatre Patio

KONEL-INE: our land beautiful – and Films 7:30 p.m.

Margaret Greenham Theatre | $15 KONELINE: our land beautiful is a sensual, cinematic celebration of northwestern British Columbia, and all the dreamers who move across it.

Set deep in the traditional territory of the Tahltan First Nation, KONELINE captures beauty and complexity as one of Canada’s vast wildernesses undergoes irrevocable change.

KONELINE: our land beautiful will be followed by more films in competition.

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Photographer Florian Schulz’s mission is to connect the marine landscapes along the Pacific Coast of North America – think Yellowstone to Yukon but from the Baja to the Beaufort Sea. He brings to Banff his latest book The Wild Edge, which documents a journey of more than 13,500 kilometres that has taken him over 10 years to complete.

Presentation followed by films in competition.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY Daytime Film Screenings Saturday, Oct. 29 | 12 P.M., 3:30 P.M. Sunday, Oct. 30 | 12 P.M., 3:30 P.M. Eric Harvie Theatre | $12 PER PROGRAM Celebrate the 2016 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival on opening weekend with four unique film programs, delivering adventure from around the world. Film titles will be announced mid-October.

Mountain Art And Craft Sale Saturday, Oct. 29 | 11 A.M. – 7:30 P.M. Sunday, Oct. 30 | 11 A.M. – 5:30 P.M. Eric Harvie Theatre – Lobby Free Find unique mountain-themed art and handcrafted items.

Photo: From the film Mirror Wall

Adventure Amplified

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1

Radical Reels 7:30 P.M. Eric Harvie Theatre (Live) Margaret Greenham Theatre (Simulcast) $25 Radical Reels has become a Banff tradition! It’s a night of extreme sports, crazy athletes, and uberadrenaline, full of high-octane films. With climber and filmmaker Cedar Wright back as MC! Sponsored by MSR, BuffŽ, Yomads, Oboz Footwear, Google, Yeti Coolers, and locally by Dan Sparks & Associates.

The Mountain Idol Competition celebrates youth, sport and the spirit of the outdoors. The 2016 winner will be announced during Radical Reels. Nominate an idol from the Bow Valley

by September 30, 2016.

The 2016 Mountain Idol will be announced on-stage during Radical Reels.

Mountain Idol is sponsored by Banff Mount Norquay, The North Face, and Alpine Club of Canada. banffmountainfestival.ca/idol

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2

The Snow Show 7:30 P.M. Eric Harvie Theatre $25 Sponsored by The Lake Louise Ski Resort It’s coming...fresh powder, first tracks, big air, and extreme lines.

Join us for our annual night of snow films to get you amped for the winter!

The Dirtbag Café with Jon Walsh 7:30 P.M. The Club, Theatre Complex $15 Canadian Jon Walsh has been putting up new climbs in Canada and abroad for the better part of the last decade. His insatiable appetite for exploring steep mountains with either skis, rock shoes, or crampons, has helped him accumulate dozens of first ascents and wild adventures in many corners of the globe – the steeper and more technical, the better.

Followed by films in competition.

Courtesy of Cedar Wright

Mountain Books

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3 Old Style Storytelling

True Exposure

8:30 – 9:45 A.M. Max Bell Building Room 252 Free

12:30 – 1:45 P.M. Max Bell Auditorium | $15

Back to traditional ways of storytelling, without the campfire – enjoy authentic and off-the-cuff tales from some of the Rockies’ best story-tellers including Urs Kallen, Dale Portman, Lynn Martel, Trevor Sexsmith, and Sharon Wood.

Hosted by Chic Scott.

Sixty Meters to Anywhere Brendan Leonard

Crocodiles and Ice Jon Turk

10 – 11:30 A.M. Max Bell Auditorium | $15

Sixty Meters to Anywhere is the painfully honest story of a life changed by climbing. When Brendan Leonard finished substance abuse treatment at age 23, he was lost. Then his brother gave him a climbing rope – and along that sixty-metre lifeline, Brendan gradually found redemption in the crags of the American West.

Expeditionist and conservationist Jon Turk has spent most of the past 40 years roaming the world’s most extreme landscapes. His latest book is the third in a trilogy chronicling his journeys. Crocodiles and Ice: A Journey into Deep Wilderness is the story of a scientist-adventurer’s profound attachment to wild places.

Book Signings follow most presentations

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Andy Kirkpatrick

Andy Kirkpatrick likes long, hard climbs in cold and dreary places.

His 2008 book Psychovertical and the 2011 Cold Wars were brimming with hilarious and dumbfounding stories from the British climber’s life on big walls and winter expeditions.

A gifted storyteller and world-class alpinist, Kirkpatrick is an alumni of the Banff Mountain and Wilderness Writing Program and returns this year to present some of his new fiction.

Warnings Against Myself David Stevenson

The Bold and Cold Brandon Pullan

2 – 3:30 P.M. Max Bell Auditorium | $15 David Stevenson is the author of the fiction collection Letters from Chamonix which won the Banff Mountain Book Award for Fiction in 2014. He will be speaking about his newly-published essay collection Warnings Against Myself. Based in Alaska, he has been the book reviews editor of the American Alpine Journal since 1995.

Over the past 100 years, climbers have been pushing standards with cuttingedge ascents in the Canadian Rockies.

Peaks such as Robson, Chephren, Kitchener, the Twins and Mt. Alberta elude many and reward few. Join local climber and author Brandon Pullan as he shares the 25 most classic routes in the Canadian Rockies and what impact their ascents have had in the world of international alpinism.

“ … this is what I love, what inspires me. I am relaxed for the first time in weeks because I am out here on this ledge, finding a line up a granite wall and following my instincts.”

– Brendan Leonard

Courtesy of Brendan Leonard

Mountain Books

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3

Catherine Destivelle and Book Awards 7:30 P.M. | Eric Harvie Theatre | $35 The program begins with the presentation of the 2016 Banff Mountain Book Competition awards.

Catherine Destivelle is one of the most celebrated alpinists of all time. She was climbing some of the highest peaks in the Alps by the age of 17. She was unbeatable at world cup competitions in the late 1980s, but was drawn towards the realm of mountaineering. She has since made solo winter ascents of the Eiger, the Grandes Jorasses and the Matterhorn.

Destivelle followed those feats with an unprecedented 11-day solo first ascent of the West Face of Les Drus in Chamonix as well as cutting-edge ascents in Pakistan and the Himalaya.

Presentation followed by films in competition.

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Courtesy of Catherine Destivelle

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4 Voices of Adventure: An Interview with Paul Pritchard

Wolf Spirit

10 – 11:30 A.M. Max Bell Auditorium | $15

Kevin Van Tighem

In the 1990s, British-born climber Paul Pritchard was at the top of the international climbing scene.

After winning the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature in 1997 for Deep Play, he spent his prize money on a climbing tour that found him ascending The Totem Pole in Tasmania – where he was hit by a boulder, sustaining a traumatic brain injury that left doctors questioning whether he would walk or talk again.

Despite this prognosis, Pritchard has made remarkable progress and joins climber, writer, and psychologist Geoff Powter for a conversation about recovery and possibility.

Wild By Nature Sarah Marquis

12:30 – 1:45 P.M. Max Bell Auditorium | $15 Sarah Marquis likes to go for long walks. From 2010 through 2013, she walked over 16,000 kilometres across Asia and then across Australia, scrounging for water in the desert to surviving dengue fever alone in the Laos jungle. The 2016 National Geographic Adventurer of the Year chronicles this epic journey in her book Wild by Nature.

Book Signings follow most presentations

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gudrun Pflüger

Heart Waters

2 – 3:30 P.M. Max Bell Auditorium | $15 Gudrun Pflüger may be the ideal wolf researcher – this Austrian has the physical stamina of an elite Nordic skier, a Master’s degree in Biology, and a unique and emotional connection to wolves. Author of the book Wolf Spirit, she now works with the European Wilderness Society as a large carnivore and human coexistence expert.

Since retiring from his job as superintendent of Banff National Park in 2011, Kevin Van Tighem has been busy honing his writing skills, and is here to talk about his his latest book, Heart Waters: Sources of the Bow River.

He is known for his broad ecological vision and deep commitment to conservation. The Homeward Wolf won the Jon Whyte Award for Mountain Literature in the 2014 Banff Mountain Book Competition.

Words and Wine: A Mountain Reading 4:30 P.M. Kinnear Centre Room 303 | Free Full bodied tales, with subtle hints of humour and undertones of adventure with mountain writers Jerry Auld, Ryan Correy, and Ian Welsted.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4

Jeremy Jones 8 P.M. | Eric Harvie Theatre | $35 Sponsored by MEC Jeremy Jones is arguably the most interesting and influential snowboarder in the world. He’s a legend for his creativity, commitment, and courage in the mountains, as well as for his humanitarianism and social responsibility.

The star of many films and author of the new book No Words for the Way Down, Jones is also the founder of Protect our Winters, a non-profit dedicated to reducing the effects of climate change.

Presentation followed by films in competition.

Ines Papert – and Films 8 P.M. | Max Bell Auditorium | $35 Ines Papert is one of the world’s strongest alpinists, following in the footsteps of legends in Patagonia, the Rockies, and at home in the Alps. She is four-time Ice Climbing World Champion and the first woman to climb the mixed grade of M11. She has shifted the realm of what is possible and has shown what it means to be an extreme climber and mother.

Presentation followed by films in competition.

Jon Griffith, Andy Houseman, Link Sar West – and Films 8 P.M. | Margaret Greenham Theatre | $25 Link Sar in Pakistan was an obsession for UK alpinist and photographer Jonathan Griffith. He made three attempts on the peak before reaching the west summit in 2015 on his fourth try with British alpine phenom Andy Houseman. Capturing near disastrous circumstances with riveting video and breathtaking cinematography, Griffith and Houseman present their summit story with a world premiere of their film Link Sar West.

Presentation followed by films in competition.

Helen Mort No Map Could Show Them 8 P.M. | Rolston Recital Hall | $15 A young poet from England with a passion for trail running, climbing, and landscapes, Mort’s first collection, Division Street, was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize.

Her new collection, No Map Could Show Them was created during the Banff Mountain and Wilderness Writing Program.

Her work has been published in Climb and Alpinist and she is the author of the Lake District Trail Running Guide.

Courtesy of Jeremy Jones

Final Weekend

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY Daytime Film Screenings Saturday, November 5 Sunday, November 6 9 A.M. – 5:30 P.M. $55 for the day Journey to remote corners of the globe with unforgettable stories of profound journeys, epic adventures, and distant cultures – including many North American and World premieres.

Choose between Program A or B. Film titles will be announced mid-October.

Hot Topics Saturday, November 5 Sunday, November 6 12:30 P.M. Kinnear Centre Room 103/105 | Free Big mountain issues of today are tackled by a panel of experts – sometimes controversial and always engaging!

Visit website for details.

Mountain Marketplace From 7 P.M. Friday through 4:30 P.M. Sunday (Nov. 4 – 6) Theatre Complex | Free Check out the hottest gear and apparel from industry leaders, browse and buy top selling books and plan your next adventure.

Mountain Gallery Hop Saturday, November 5 3 - 6 P.M. | Various times and venues (Downtown Banff) See details page 18

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Lynn Hill © Heinz Zak

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5

Lynn Hill 8 P.M. Eric Harvie Theatre | $35 Sponsored by MEC Lynn Hill is a living legend. In 1993, she changed the definition of what is possible in rock climbing with her first free ascent of the most famous big wall climb in the world, The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite. The following year, she freeclimbed it again, that time in less than a day. Over 19 years later, Tommy Caldwell and Hill are still the only two people in the world to have succeeded in making an all free one-day ascent of The Nose. She joins us in conversation with renowned Australian-born author and climber, Greg Child.

Presentation followed by films in competition.

Denis Urubko – and Films 8 P.M. | Max Bell Auditorium | $35 Is there anything in the mountaineering world that accomplished Russian climber Denis Urubko hasn’t done? He has climbed all fourteen 8,000 metre peaks without supplementary oxygen, claimed the speed record up Mt. Elbrus, won the Piolet d’Or twice and has summited two 8,000 metre peaks in winter. Only K2 in winter remains for this seasoned, ambitious mountaineer. Urubko joins us in Banff for an engaging interview with award-winning writer Bernadette McDonald.

Presentation followed by films in competition.

Films in Competition 8 P.M. Margaret Greenham Theatre $25 From hundreds of entries submitted to the Festival, join us for a mixed program of films. Films will be announced online October 7.

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6

Best of the Festival: Awards Night and Films 7:30 P.M. | Eric Harvie Theatre $30 – Films and Awards 8 P.M. | Margaret Greenham Theatre, Max Bell Auditorium, Rolston Recital Hall $30 – Films Only One of most anticipated events at the Festival for both the audience and filmmakers – this is the night when the international film jury announces the Banff Mountain Film Competition award winners. Most of the winning films are re-screened, and the 2016 Summit of Excellence Award is presented.

From the film Mira © Lloyd Belcher

FESTIVAL WEEK

Lux Screenings Lux Cinema 229 Bear Street, Banff $12 at the door or at luxbanff.com

Want a night out in downtown Banff?

Missed a film on opening weekend that you are dying to see?

Won’t be able to make it to one of the other film screenings?

This is where some of the hot Festival films and audience favourites will be re-screened all week.

On Sale Friday, October 7.

Watch for the film schedule online.

Tickets Tickets only available at luxbanff.com or at the Lux Cinema Banff, 229 Bear Street, after October 7. (subject to availability)

© Florian Schulz

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Mountain Art

Mountain Gallery Hop Saturday, November 5 3 – 6 P.M. Various Venues Free Visit banffmountainfestival.ca

for specific events at each gallery

Head down to the heart of Banff for some inspiration at local art galleries – indulge in some refreshments and engage with artists in attendance.

Participating galleries: Banff Community Foundation, Canada House, Willock & Sax, Gingko & Ink, Banff Public Library and The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.

All Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival exhibitions are FREE.

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© Sheila Kernan; © Glen Boles

Downtown Banff: Banff Mountain Photo Essay Competition Grand Prize

Sky Islands Prasenjeet Yadav BANFF COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, 214 BANFF AVENUE

The Moment of Golden Hour in the Canadian Rockies

Sherwin Calaluan (PHL)

What Endures

Barbara Milne THE WHYTE MUSEUM OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES, 111 BEAR STREET October 21 – January 29, 2017

Walter Phillips JEANNE AND PETER LOUGHEED BUILDING, MAIN FLOOR

The Grammar of Emptiness

THE WHYTE MUSEUM OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES, 111 BEAR STREET

(CAN)

October 21 – November 20

Finding the Alpine

Out & About

Allan Harding MacKay RCA

CANADA HOUSE GALLERY, 201 BEAR STREET

1976 Inaugural Exhibition Display

Glen Boles: Climber, Photographer & Artist

BANFF PUBLIC LIBRARY, 101 BEAR STREET

Sheila Kernan

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity:

WILLOCK & SAX GALLERY, 210 BEAR STREET October 26 – November 23

November 2 – 14

The Spirit of Travel – Travel Journals

Niccela Churchill and Joan Gregory GINGKO & INK ATELIER, 111 BANFF AVE, HARMONY LANE

Karen McDiarmid MAX BELL BUILDING HUSKY ENERGY FOYER

No Visible Horizon

40 Years of Walter Phillips Gallery WALTER PHILLIPS GALLERY, MAIN SPACE

Tricksters and Teachers

Colleen Campbell (CAN) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTRE

You Can Go Anywhere

Dan Austin (USA)

Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival exhibitions are sponsored by

WALTER PHILLIPS GALLERY, THE PROJECT SPACE

Festival at a glance

OCTOBER From the film Mira © Lloyd Belcher

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Mountain Art and Craft Sale

Opening Weekend Daytime Film Screenings

TUESDAY Radical Reels 7:30 p.m. | EHT (LIVE) / MGT (SIMULCAST) | $25

11 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.

EHT Lobby | Free

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WEDNESDAY The Snow Show

12 p.m., 3:30 p.m. | EHT | $12

7:30 p.m. | EHT | $25

Mountain Artwalk

The Dirtbag Café: Jon Walsh

4 p.m. | Meet: EHT Patio Free

Sonnie Trotter, Mirror Wall and Films 7:30 p.m. | EHT | $25

KONELINE: our land beautiful and Films 7:30 p.m. | MGT | $15

30 SUNDAY Mountain Art and Craft Sale 11 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

EHT Lobby | Free

Opening Weekend Daytime Film Screenings 12 p.m., 3:30 p.m.

EHT | $12

Florian Schulz and Films 7:30 p.m. | EHT | $25

31 MONDAY Mountain Art Exhibitions Various venues (See pg. 18) Free

Photos, left: From the film Mirror Wall; right: © Jon Griffith

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7:30 p.m. | CLB | $15

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THURSDAY Old Style Storytelling 8:30 – 9:45 a.m. | MBB 252 Free

Brendan Leonard Jon Turk 10 – 11:30 a.m. | MBA | $15

Andy Kirkpatrick 12:30 – 1:45 p.m. | MBA | $15

Brandon Pullan David Stevenson 2 – 3:30 p.m. | MBA | $15

Catherine Destivelle, Book Awards and Films 7:30 p.m. | EHT | $35

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FRIDAY Voices of Adventure: Paul Pritchard 10 – 11:30 a.m. | MBA | $15

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SATURDAY

Mountain Marketplace

8 a.m. – 10 p.m. | TC | Free

8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. | TC Free

Daytime Film Screenings: Program A

12:30 – 1:45 p.m. | MBA $15

9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

EHT/RRH | $55

Gudrun Pflüger Kevin Van Tighem

Daytime Film Screenings: Program B

2 – 3:30 p.m. | MBA | $15

9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

MGT/MBA | $55

4:30 p.m. | KCCI 303 Free

Mountain Marketplace 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. | TC | Free

Jeremy Jones and Films 8 p.m. | EHT | $35

Jon Griffith, Andy Houseman, Link Sar West and Films

National Geographic Workshops 9 a.m. & 11 a.m.

KCCI 201 | Free

Hot Topics 12:30 p.m. | KCCI 103/105 Free

Mountain Gallery Hop 3 p.m. – 6 p.m. | Various downtown galleries | Free

Lynn Hill and Films

8 p.m. | MGT | $25

8 p.m. | EHT | $35

Ines Papert and Films

Films in Competition

8 p.m. | MBA | $35

8 p.m. | MGT | $25

Helen Mort

Denis Urubko and Films

8 p.m. | RRH | $15

SUNDAY

Mountain Marketplace

Sarah Marquis

Words and Wine: A Mountain Reading

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8 p.m. | MBA | $35

Daytime Film Screenings: Program A 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

MGT/MBA | $55

Daytime Film Screenings: Program B 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. | EHT $55

National Geographic Workshops 9 a.m. & 11 a.m.

KCCI 201 | Free

Hot Topics 12:30 p.m. | KCCI 103/105 Free

Best of the Festival 7:30 p.m. | EHT $30 – Awards and Films 8 p.m. | MGT, MBA, RRH $30 – Films Only

All Festival films are entries in the Banff Mountain Film Competition.

By Friday, October 7, film finalists are chosen, and a detailed 2016 screening schedule is unveiled on our website.

Programs and speakers are subject to change without notice.

Please check back for updates, including the full schedule at: banffmountainfestival.ca

Banff Centre Venues CLB The Club, Theatre Complex EHT Eric Harvie Theatre, Theatre Complex KCCI Kinnear Centre for Creativity & Innovation MBA Max Bell Auditorium MBB Max Bell Building MGT Margaret Greenham Theatre, Theatre Complex

Additional processing fees apply; $2 per ticket to a maximum of $16 per order.

RRH Rolston Recital Hall Music & Sound Building TC Theatre Complex WPG Walter Phillips Gallery

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Box Office Info

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Visit Banff Centre Box Office Located in the Eric Harvie Theatre Lobby Open Tuesday to Saturday Noon – 5 p.m. box_office@banffcentre.ca

Program A and Program B Two different daytime film programs are shown on Saturday, November 5 and Sunday, November 6. If you are attending both days, you will likely be in the same theatre on both days, and will see a different program on each day.

The Fine Print Programs and speakers are subject to change without notice.

Tickets are non-refundable.

All audience members must have a ticket (including infants).

Processing fees apply: $2 per ticket to a maximum of $16 per order.

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Theatres and Seating We’ve heard your feedback and have made some changes: All Festival evening presentations in the Eric Harvie and Margaret Greenham Theatres are now Reserved Seating EXCEPT for Radical Reels and The Snow Show. Other evening venues and all daytime events are General Admission.

Parking at the Festival!

Watch our website for improvements and options for Festival parking.

Around the World The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour and the Radical Reels Tour hit the road following the Festival, bringing the best in mountain and adventure films to over 500,000 people in approximately 45 countries.

Visit our website to find a location near you. banffmountainfestival.ca/tour

Festival Passports Opening Weekend Passport SAVE $5 PER TICKET Purchase a ticket to THREE or more of the following seven events on October 29 or 30 and save $5 per ticket.

• Saturday Daytime Film Screenings (12 p.m., 3:30 p.m.)

• Opening Night: Sonnie Trotter/ Mirror Wall (7:30 p.m.)

• KONELINE: our land beautiful and Films (7:30 p.m.)

• Sunday Daytime Film Screenings (12 p.m., 3:30 p.m.)

• Sunday Evening: Florian Schulz and Films (7:30 p.m.)

Film Passport SAVE $5 PER TICKET Includes a ticket to each of the following FOUR film events from November 4 – 6: • Friday evening guest speaker and films (choose 1 of 3 events) • Saturday Daytime Film Screenings (9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.)

Book Passport

• Saturday evening guest speaker and films (choose 1 of 3 events)

SAVE $2 PER TICKET

• Sunday Daytime Film Screenings (9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.)

Purchase a ticket to THREE or more of the following nine events from November 2 – 4 and save $2 per ticket:

Everest Pass | $2,000

• Wednesday Dirtbag Café (7:30 p.m.)

THE EXCLUSIVE FESTIVAL ADVENTURE

• Thursday guest speakers (10 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m.)

Be a Festival “insider”– see and do it all! Each Everest Pass includes a full Festival pass, priority seating, access to VIP socials, and a $1,000 taxdeductible donation to Banff Centre in support of the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival.

• Catherine Destivelle and films plus book awards presentation (7:30 p.m.)

• Friday guest speakers (10 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m.)

• Friday Evening Helen Mort, 8 p.m.

Photo: Sonnie Trotter © Mikey Schaefer

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Banff Centre Mainstage James Ehnes @ 40 Thursday, September 15 Bruce Cockburn A Banff Mineral Springs Hospital Fundraiser Saturday, September 24 Harry Manx Saturday, November 19 Louise Lecavalier Battleground Saturday, November 26

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The Gryphon Trio Christmas at the Banff Springs Hotel Friday, December 2 CBC’s This is That Saturday, December 3 David Myles and Jenn Grant Christmas Show Wednesday, December 7

Louise Lecavalier, Robert Abubo Battleground (2016) Photo: AndrĂŠ Cornellier

Art of Stillness Weekend

Mountain Escape

September 30 – October 2 Featuring talks and live music with world-renowned artists and thinkers including author Pico Iyer and Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry; a choice of activities including yoga workshops, meditative walks, tea ceremonies; and so much more.

View full schedule at banffcentre.ca/stillness-weekend Weekend Pass $160 plus $4 box office fee.

Slow Supper In the spirit of the slow food movement, join us for a celebration of Alberta’s rich agricultural heritage.* * Please note the Stillness Weekend Pass does not include access to the Slow Supper.

Stay with Us

Dine with Us

From $129 per night.

Visit our website for special Festival dining offers at Banff Centre.

Stay in the heart of the Festival and enjoy dining outlets, access to our on-site art gallery, fitness and aquatics centre, climbing gym, and property-wide Wi-Fi. Festival ticket order number must be provided when booking a room.

Room rates available for single or double occupancy, plus fees and taxes.

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Surreal landscape photography from w.i.p. [work/witt] in progress

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Receive a 25% discount on the Banff Airporter’s shuttle service between the Calgary Airport and Banff.

Locally owned and operated Banff Airporter is the official airport shuttle provider of the Banff Centre. Sit back, relax and enjoy the scenery as you travel into the Canadian Rockies.

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Based on single or double occupancy. Valid Oct. 1 – Nov. 30, 2016, excluding Oct. 8 – 10, 2016.

Booking Promo Code: FILM

1.888.762.2900 | brewstermountainlodge.com

Buffalo Mountain Lodge

Save 15% off your room when you book the Canadian Rockies Package!

True mountain lodging – enjoy a glass of wine in front of your own fieldstone fireplace before falling into your cozy feather duvet. Breakfast featuring Rocky Mountain Cuisine is included in the Package.

Lodge rooms starting at $198 per night, plus taxes.

Package includes special room rate. Valid Oct. 25 – Nov. 12, 2016.

Subject to availability

1.800.661.1367 | crmr.com/buffalo

Charltons Banff

Special Festival Rates: Sunday to Thursday – $119 Friday & Saturday – $139

EVERY SEAT IS THE BEST SEAT

IN THE HOUSE. With multiple interactive exhibits, a state-ofthe-art immersive theatre and more mouthwatering dining options to enjoy, the new Banff Gondola experience takes the summit of Sulphur Mountain to all new heights.

Now open.

banffgondola.com

Classic Alpine Comfort Relaxed, comfortable and 10 minutes from downtown. Enjoy the indoor pool and hot tub, free continental breakfast and free parking and wifi.

Based on single or double occupancy.

Use or ask for promo code “FILM”

1.800.661.1379 | charltonsbanff.com

Elk + Avenue Hotel

Stay at the Elk + Avenue Hotel or Mount Royal Hotel during the Banff Mountain Film Nightly rates starting at just and Book Festival, and receive Elk + Avenue Hotel – $119 a 2 for 1 ticket to the all-new Mount Royal Hotel– $99 Banff Gondola experience.

Get 2 for 1 at the Banff Gondola

Valid for stays from Oct 28 to Nov 7, 2016. Offer has no cash value and must be booked directly with the participating hotel.

1.866.606.6700 | brewster.ca/hotel-travel-deals

Willock & Sax Gallery

Finding the Alpine mixed media paintings by Allan Harding MacKay, RCA October 26 – November 23 3 – 6 p.m.

Contemporary and historic paintings by a senior Canadian artist that explore transitions, the dramatic moments, and the clash of weather systems; all predicated on the idea of alpine defined by the Swiss Alps and the Canadian Rockies.

Reception, Saturday, November 5, artist in attendance.

1.866.859.2220 | willockandsaxgallery.com

Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Come and explore the culture shaped by this mountain landscape.

Exhibitions on now include: Glen Boles, Climber, Photographer & Artist October 21 to November 20, 2016.

Photograph by Glen Boles (2005 Summit of Excellence Award), A Spire in the Opal Range (detail), 1975.

403.762.2291 | whyte.org

Take the paths less travelled Quality small group adventures & exclusive departures

WELCOME TO YOUR CLASSROOM The world’s first massive open online course in interdisciplinary mountain studies, free for anyone, anywhere.

Photo: Cam Cope

trekking • biking • safari polar voyages • mountaineering

worldexpeditions.com 1.800.567.2216

@WorldEx_america 47 William St., Ottawa (ON) K1N 6Z9 - TICO retail & wholesaler permits

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Elevate Thanks artists to new heights

Presenting Partners

Elevate artists to new heights

Major Partners

Donate to our Artists’ Fund help launch an artist’s care Supporting Partners

Image from Journey to the Moon, a film by Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity faculty member Kutlu˘g Ataman.

Donate to our Artists’ Fund and help launch an artist’s career. banffcentre.ca/support-us or call Sybil Choles at 1.888.495.4467

banffcentre.ca/support-us or call Sybil Choles at 1.888.495.4467

Image from Journey to the Moon, a film by Banff C for Arts and Creativity faculty member Kutlu˘g Atam

Proud to be a founding member of the

Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival #NineEpicDays October 29 – November 6 Since 1976 Tickets Banff Centre Box Office banffmountainfestival.ca Tuesday – Saturday, 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.

1.403.762.6301 | 1.800.413.8368 @BanffMtnFest