WELCOME
TO THE BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL WORLD TOUR!
THANK YOU for supporting the filmmakers and host organizations by believing in them and the organizations they represent, and for having faith in us – the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour organizers – to select the very best mountain and adventure stories from the over three hundred film submissions we receive annually. Trust us, it isn’t easy! Each year we’re honoured by filmmakers and athletes who entrust us with their creative works and feats of passion – and we are extremely grateful! Still, every year we’re asked over and over, “where are the women?”. It appears many of you folks who make up our audiences at over 750 screenings around the world are missing women’s stories, missing role models for your daughters, missing the women’s perspective. The stories are out there, that we know. Take just the last couple of years of live presentations during the annual Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival: Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, Dervla Murphy, Lynsey Dyer, Pat Deavoll, Edurne Pasaban, Sarah McNair-Landry, and Maria Coffey have all graced our stages and shared their adventures. As this magazine goes to press, final arrangements are being made for adventurer Cecilie Skog and big wall climber Silvia Vidal to travel with their tales to Banff. If you’re asking the question, “where are the women?”, we urge you to join us in supporting these women in their adventures, and all filmmakers in their creative ventures, through reputable online funding platforms, such as Indiegogo, Kickstarter. and RallyMe. If you don’t know where to start looking for projects to support, watch the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival’s Facebook page, Twitter account... or write to us at info@banffmountainfestival.ca. Breathe life into the stories you’d like to see! You might also want to donate to artist support at The Banff Centre, through programs such as the Banff Mountain Festival’s Adventure Filmmakers’ Workshop and Mountain and Wilderness Writing program. Thanks to our supporters and partners – and people like you – scholarship funding for these programs is available. As well, anyone looking to advance a film project is welcome to apply for a Film and Media residency at any point throughout the year. Details are available at banffmountainfestival.ca and banffcentre.ca. Finally, we invite you to consider coming to Banff yourself. Experience the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival and all The Banff Centre has to offer right here in Banff, Alberta! The Festival’s celebration of mountain culture and mountain life reflects who we are as a community. Our reverence for the mountains inspires our day-to-day lives and our vision for the future. And, each year through the Festival, we are able to share the joy that is Banff with the rest of the world. The Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival is proud to be a founding member of the
Joni Cooper Programming Director Banff Mountain Festival
Kerry Stauffer Executive Director Film & Media
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BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL WORLD TOUR Magazine Editor Debra Hornsby Executive Director, Film & Media Kerry Stauffer Programming Director Joni Cooper World Tour Manager Jim Baker Senior Producer, Film & Media Woody MacPhail Strategic Partnership Manager Laurie Harvey World Tour Coordinator Seana Strain World Tour Program Coordinators Cécile Neff, Meagan Stewart, Brenda Williams Technical Producer, Film & Media Leanne Allison World Tour Onsite Coordinators Kristi Beetch, Michelle de Camp, Holly Elliott, Nancy Hansen, Heather Hendrie, Paul Price, Ray Schmidt, Charla Sharp Tomlinson Festival Manager Deb Smythe Programming & Event Producer Joanna Croston Festival Coordinator Christine Thél Film Coordinator Karin Stubenvoll Festival Coordinator, Guest Relations Monica Meneghetti Film & Media Coordinator Patsy Murphy Production Admin. Coordinator Lana Hettinga Technical Assistants Mark Tierney, Doug Latimer, Willi Schmidt, Graham King MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Marketing Officers Nicky Lynch, Amelie Goulet-Boucher Media Relations Jill Sawyer Festival Design and Artwork Kelly Stauffer We wish to express our gratitude to Banff Mountain Film Festival founder John Amatt, and to former director Bernadette McDonald, whose visionary leadership elevated the Festival to the world stage. Banff Mountain Film & Book Festival Film & Media, The Banff Centre Box 1020, Banff, AB, Canada T1L 1H5 1-800-298-1229 email banffmountainfestival@banffcentre.ca Website banffmountainfestival.ca Banff Mountain Festival Box Office 1-800-413-8368 Published by Cottage Life Media 54 St. Patrick Street, Toronto, ON M5T 1V1, (416) 599-2000 Publisher Al Zikovitz Associate Publisher Randy Craig Art Director Michael Zikovitz Production Manager Jodi Brooks Assistant Production Manager Denise Gray email adsales@cottagelife.com © 2013 Cottage Life Media No part of the publication may be reproduced without the written consent of the publisher and The Banff Centre.
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