Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival Program 2017 by Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity

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Whether you want to relive your exhilarating outdoor adventures or just relax after the festivities, we have plenty of appetizing events and experiences to nourish your senses. Check out the spectacular dine & stay packages and signature menus prepared by some of Canada’s premier chefs. Don’t forget to share your stories with us at #TasteforAdventure

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Coinciding with the world-class Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival is Taste for Adventure, a 16-day culinary celebration of food and drink. From October 25 to November 9, top chefs in Banff and Lake Louise will be creating food as awe-inspiring and adventurous as the landscape.

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That moment I realized...

...nature is my festival

Welcome to Sleeping Buffalo Mountain… On behalf of the Festival team, welcome to Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity beside Sleeping Buffalo Mountain on Treaty 7 Territory, for the 42nd annual Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival. Every day in mainstream media we see news of changing landscapes. Changes to land policy, resource management, and human activity in the wild are some of the top headlines. We are asked frequently by friends, local politicians, or on social media to state our position on how we feel about sharing this planet with plants and animals and other outdoor enthusiasts. Books and films have always been an outlet for our voices, and this year, landscape is top of mind for many of our content providers. We welcome these voices as we’ve always done. It’s what makes us who we are. This year’s film program celebrates a variety of viewpoints when it comes to humans on the landscape. Local films like Living with Wildlife and Bison Return remind us that animals and humans can learn to live together and both can help each other in ways yet unexplored. Hunting Giants and The Hunt remind us that our resources are limited and that more often than not, vanity and greed can be characteristics of the landscape too. Films like Mountain and La Vallée

des Loups are sheer, visual feasts – celebrations of our planet and the peace we can find when we venture into high places. Climbers Greg Boswell and Nick Bullock will tell us their tale of a grizzly bear encounter and that perhaps, we still have much to learn. Conversely, researcher Doug Chadwick actively seeks out the rarest bears on earth, those that make the inhospitable Gobi Desert their home. For the first time this year the Festival will host two Indigenous Leaders’ Dialogues. Leaders from Canada, the United States, and New Zealand share traditional wisdom and stories about the power of place from a global perspective, how this could impact land use, and how recreationalists view the relationship to the land they are on. Banff Centre is also pleased to welcome artists from around the globe whose work reflects how landscapes and history can change us, hopefully for the better. Fleck Fellowship recipient Tessa Lyons will create work in situ with Sir Chris Bonington, Nico Favresse, and Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll as she explores their most memorable climbs for her project The Land That Shaped Us. Artist Sarah Uhl’s exhibit, Love Letters

to the Land, is both a beautiful and desperate plea to save national historic sites and public lands in the US, places that have long held significance to native populations. High altitude adventurers like Tamara Lunger and Mayan Smith-Gobat inspire us to be present when we venture out into the wild, and to hold these places in high regard – which can result in resigning ourselves to retreat as a form of respect for mountains larger than ourselves. One thing is clear, Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival fans are lovers of wild landscapes and we can’t imagine ourselves without it. We hope this year’s Festival takes you to a new place – one full of joy, peace, and respect. A place where you can find solace in nothing but your surroundings, where you can push your limits, but realize limitations. A place where you can find your voice, too.

Deb Smythe Joanna Croston Festival Director Programming Director

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Festival at a Glance Saturday

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

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OCTOBER 29

OCTOBER 30

OCTOBER 31

NOVEMBER 1

Mountain Art and Craft Sale

Mountain Art Exhibitions

Radical Reels

The Snow Show

Opening Weekend Film Screenings

Infused with Adventure: Reception and Dinner

11 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. Free | pg. 9, 11

Opening Weekend Film Screenings 12 p.m., 3:30 p.m. pg. 8, 9

Mountain Artwalk 4 p.m. | Free pg. 8

11 a.m. – 5:45 p.m. Free | pg. 9, 11

12 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. pg. 10, 11

Various venues Free | pg. 42, 43

7:30 p.m. | pg. 14

7:30 p.m. | pg. 16

The Dirtbag Café: Will Stanhope 7:30 p.m. | pg. 17

6:30 p.m. | pg. 48

Kids Program

2 p.m. – 3 p.m. | Free pg. 36/37

Sir Chris Bonington 7:30 p.m. | pg. 9

Borderless Mountains

7:30 p.m. | pg. 9

Mountain Art Exhibitions Throughout the Festival See pages 42–43

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Lux Cinema Screenings Throughout the Festival See pages 40–41

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

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NOVEMBER 3

NOVEMBER 4

NOVEMBER 5

Douglas Chadwick Mike Bown

Voices of Adventure: David Roberts

Mountain Marketplace

All Day Films: Program A

All Day Films: Program B

National Geographic Digtal Media Workshop

Indigenous Leaders’ Dialogue

Kids Program

Mountain Gallery Hop

Best of the Festival

10 – 11:30 a.m. | pg. 18

10 – 11:30 a.m. | pg. 22

Huw Lewis-Jones

12:30 – 1:45 p.m. | pg. 18

Bernadette McDonald

Steve Swenson Kevin Vallely

12:30 – 1:45 p.m. | pg. 22

Old Style Storytelling

2 – 3:30 p.m. | pg. 22

2 – 3:30 p.m. | pg. 19

4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Free | pg. 19

Constanza Ceruti Gudrun Pflüger Words and Wine: A Mountain Reading

8 a.m. – 10 p.m. | pg. 37

9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. | pg. 26/27

9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. | pg. 28/29

9 a.m. | Free | pg. 36/37

8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. | pg. 37

9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. | pg. 26/27

7:30 p.m. | pg. 21

Mountain Marketplace 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. Free | pg. 37

Film: Samuel in the Clouds 7:30 p.m. | pg. 25

Nico, Sean, The Coconut Connection and Films 8 p.m. | pg. 23

12:30 p.m. | Free | pg. 39

3 p.m. – 6 p.m. Free | pg. 45

Film: Beyond the Border, the Story of Ettore Castiglioni 7:30 p.m.| pg. 33

By Phone: 1.800.413.8368 or 403.762.6301 In Person: Banff Centre Box Office See page 47 for hours of operation

9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. | pg. 28/29

12:30 p.m. | Free pg. 39

4:30 p.m. | Free | pg. 22

Into Twin Galaxies, Book Awards and Films

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2 p.m. – 3 p.m. | Free pg. 36/37

7:30 p.m. | pg. 35

@BanffMtnFest

For all free events and special partner events, see pages 36–37

Tommy Caldwell and Films 8 p.m. | pg. 30

Psycho Vertical and Films 8 p.m. | pg. 24

Tamara Lunger and Films 8 p.m. | pg. 23

Photo:, Front cover: Larry Shiu, Cascade Mountain, Banff National Park © John Price; left: Image courtesy of Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll and Nico Favresse; right: Group yoga outdoors © Rita Taylor

Film: Fruition – The Life and Dreams of Nicolas Mueller 9:30 p.m. | pg. 25

Bullock, Boswell, and the Bear and Films 8 p.m. | pg. 31

Mayan Smith-Gobat and Films 8 p.m. | pg. 32

Film: Charged: The Eduardo Garcia Story 9:30 p.m. | pg. 33

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Saturday, October 28

Opening Weekend 12 P.M. FILM PROGRAM | ERIC HARVIE THEATRE | $15

3:30 P.M. FILM PROGRAM | ERIC HARVIE THEATRE | $15

Johanna

Person of the Forest

(UK, 2016, 4 min) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Director and Producer: Ian Derry Production Company: Archer’s Mark

For freediver Johanna Nordblad diving under the ice provides a surreal, calming environment that helps heal her injuries.

Planet Earth II, Mountains (UK, 2017, 60 min) Director and Producer: Justin Anderson* Production Company: BBC Natural History Unit

Only a few pioneering animals have what it takes to survive in the world's highest mountain ranges and they tend to be some of the most elusive and mysterious animals on the planet. Climb to a world that is beautiful but full of danger, where snow leopards, grizzly bears, and high altitude flamingos live and thrive.

Cabin Jams

(Canada, 2017, 7 min) Director and Producer: Leah Evans* and Jamie Tanner Production Company: DFTWD

Deep in the B.C. backcountry, musicians and athletes draw inspiration from nature and shared experience.

Chomo (UK, 2017, 42 min) subtitled CANADIAN PREMIERE Director: Maayan Arad Producers: Khaled Gad and Maayan Arad Production Company: The National Film and Television School

High in the Himalaya of India, Chomo and other exiled Tibetans live out days filled with meditation, study, hard work, and laughter. As twenty senior nuns prepare to receive their Geshema degrees – the first group of their kind to receive this level of religious education – Chomo, a cheerful young Indian nun, finds herself in the midst of her own journey.

1:20 P.M. (BREAK, 20 MIN)

Photos, right: From the film Johanna © Ian Derry; opposite page, top: From the film La Vallée des Loups; bottom, left to right: Sir Chris Bonington; From the film Person of the Forest © Tim Laman

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(USA, 2017, 17 min) Director: Melissa Lesh, Tim Laman Producer: Trevor Frost, Tim Laman Production Company: Emerging Earth Films

In the vanishing rainforests of Borneo, research is underway to uncover and understand the unique cultural behaviors in wild orangutans.

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

Explore mountain art and photography exhibits on Banff Centre campus, wrapping up with a reception in the Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Building Foyer. See page 42 for exhibitions

La Vallée des Loups (France, 2016, 90 min) subtitled Director: Jean-Michel Bertrand Producer: Jean-Pierre Bailly Production Company: MC4 Productions

This is a personal quest and the story of a crazy gamble taken on by a passionate dreamer. The goal is to encounter wolves in the wild, wolves who have finally returned to their natural habitat of the Alps. But will his encounters put the wolves at risk?

7:30 P.M. FILM PROGRAM | ERIC HARVIE THEATRE | $35

7:30 P.M. | MARGARET GREENHAM THEATRE | $20

Sir Chris Bonington

Borderless Mountains

Tonight's program begins with the presentation of the 2017 Summit of Excellence Award to Don Serl. Sponsored by Dr. John McCall Sir Chris Bonington is perhaps the most celebrated climber of his time. He has made first ascents around the globe including as expedition leader of the South Face of Annapurna in 1970 and the South West Face of Everest in 1975, reaching the summit of Everest himself in 1985. Now in his 80s, he is still active and climbing in the mountains.

Bonington – Mountaineer (UK, 2017, 80 min) WORLD PREMIERE Director: Brian Hall* Producer: Keith Partridge*

Join award-winning German authors Clemens Setz, Julia Franck, and Norbert Gstrein on stage in Banff as they Bonington – Mountaineer looks discuss how region and retrospectively at the poignant home define their writing life of one of the world’s best and what mountain culture known mountaineers – Sir means to them. Chris Bonington. From his This event is in partnership early rock climbing days in with The Goethe-Institute. the UK through to visionary expeditions in the high peaks of the Himalaya, this is an intimate journey of friendship, love, risk and devastating loss.

Mountain Art And Craft Sale Saturday, Oct. 28 11 A.M. – 7:30 P.M. Sunday, Oct. 29 11 A.M. – 5:45 P.M. Eric Harvie Theatre – Lobby | Free Find unique mountainthemed art and handcrafted items.

9:20 P.M. (BREAK, 20 MIN)

Sir Chris Bonington joins us in conversation with writer and climber, Geoff Powter.

* In person

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Sunday, October 29

Opening Weekend 12 P.M. FILM PROGRAM | ERIC HARVIE THEATRE | $15

Ascend

Tarfala

(USA, 2017, 6 min) CANADIAN PREMIERE Director and Producer: Simon Perkins* Production Company: Sharptail Media

(Germany, 2016, 26 min) subtitled CANADIAN PREMIERE Director and Producer: Johannes Östergård Production Company: Underlandet Films

As a young adult, Jon Wilson lost his leg to cancer. Mountain biking has played a critical role in helping him sink his teeth back into life.

Le Doigt de Dieu, Beyond Summits (France, 2017, 52 min) subtitled WORLD PREMIERE Director: Pierre Petit and Laurent Cistac Producer: Yvan Estiennes – Meije Production Production Company: Meije Production-Nomade Production

Between philosophy, action,and breathtaking landscapes, we enter an extraordinary vertical world where men and women travel, looking for what mountaineering is all about: self-discovery. 1:10 P.M. (BREAK, 20 MIN)

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Far north of the Arctic Circle, next to Sweden's highest mountain, one old man has chosen to spend his life as a caretaker of a lonely alpine hut. Retreating from obligations and everyday routines into the cold arctic winter storms, he's set on finding peace of mind with the life he has lived and those he has chosen to leave behind.

Lunag Ri (Germany, 2016, 18 min) Directors: Joachim Hellinger, Hans-Peter Stauber, Christian Schmidt Producers: Joachim Hellinger and Christian Gisi Production Company: HelliVentures Filmproduktions GmbH and Moving Adventures Medien GmbH

Austrian alpinist David Lama and his family have come to Nepal to see the green valleys and the little village where his father grew up. Accompanied by American alpine legend Conrad Anker, David’s plan is to conquer the unclimbed peak of Lunag Ri along the way.

3:30 P.M. FILM PROGRAM | ERIC HARVIE THEATRE | $15

Pedal (USA, 2017, 8 min) WORLD PREMIERE Director: Scott Hardesty* Producer: Hera van Willick* Production Company: Ultralite Films

Forty-three countries down, Hera van Willick rides her bicycle across continents, fully self-supported, sharing her journey and what she has learned along the way.

Becoming Who I Was (Republic of Korea, 2017, 96 min) subtitled Director: Moon Chang-yong Producer: Jin Jeon Production Company: Sonamu Films & Prosum

Padma Angdu is a Rinpoche, a reincarnation of a high Tibetan Lama reborn in Ladakh, India. The trials and tribulations of fifth grade are nothing for 10-year-old Padma as he and his elderly guardian seek to overcome existential obstacles when no disciples from his former monastery in Tibet come to claim him.

Photos, opposite page top: From the film Ascend © Simon Perkins; bottom: From the film Le Doigt de Dieu, Beyond Summits; This page top: From the film Pedal; bottom: From the film Becoming Who I was

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Visit Rocky Mountain Books at the Mountain Marketplace Author signings throughout the weekend

Sunday, October 29

Opening Weekend 7:30 P.M. FILM PROGRAM | ERIC HARVIE THEATRE | $15 Members of the International Alliance for Mountain Film will be introduced, and the Alliance Grand Prize announced. Proud to be a founding member of the

The 2017 Banff Mountain Photo Essay Competition Grand Prize will be presented to winner Jeff Kerby.

Walk on the Mountain (USA, 2017, 19 min) WORLD PREMIERE Director: William Gregg Producer: Julia Keahey* Production Company: 3 Point Productions Crew

Junior Walk, an anti-coal activist in southern West Virginia, takes us through his battle with mining companies and why he believes mountaintop removal methods should stop immediately on this land he loves.

Living with Wildlife (Canada, 2017, 23 min) Director and Producer: Leanne Allison* Production Company: Necessary Journeys

Can people and grizzly bears still coexist? This is the story of how communities in the Bow Valley have come together over the past 20 years to make room for large carnivores and other wildlife.

8:30 P.M. (BREAK, 20 MIN)

Bison Return (Canada, 2017, 44 min) Director: Dominique Keller Producer: Kevin Pennock Production Company: Fireweed Creative

After over a 100 year absence, Bison returned to Banff National Park in 2016. Brush shoulders with these amazing animals, witness history being made, and meet the experts that made it happen.

Eyes of Society (Canada, 2016, 9 min) Directors and Producers: Allison Smith and Joseph Crawford Production Company: Braid Films

Filmmakers Allison Smith and Joseph Crawford capture Haida Gwaii through the eyes of six artists, highlighting the imagery, emotion, and the artistic influence of natural spaces.

* In person

Photos, top: From the film Living with Wildlife; bottom: From the film Eyes of Society ÂŠ Joseph Crawford

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Tuesday, October 31

Radical Reels 7:30 P.M. | ERIC HARVIE THEATRE (LIVE) / MARGARET GREENHAM THEATRE (SIMULCAST) | $25 Sponsored by Dan Sparks & Associates. Radical Reels is a must-see Banff ritual for all ages, bursting with extreme sports, crazy adventures, wild athletes, and high energy films.

Surf the Line (France, 2016, 3 min) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Director: Jérémy Frey Producer: Arnaud Hiltzer Production Company: Hello Emotion

For The Flying Frenchies, thinking out of the box isn’t a choice – it’s a way of life.

Intersection: Micayla Gatto (USA, 2017, 5 min) Director and Producer: Lacy Kemp* Production Company: Juicy Studios

Mountain biker Micayla Gatto takes the viewer into her world as a painter and as an athlete, riding through beautifully created masterpieces where colours come to life and reality blends with art.

Photos, top: From the film Why © Jeremy Bernard; bottom: From the film Under An Arctic Sky © Chris Burkard; Opposite page: From the film Dreamwalkers – The Faroes Project © Chris Eyre-Walker

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Under An Arctic Sky (USA, 2017, 40 min) Director: Chris Burkard Producer: Elliott Perrigo Production Company: Chris Burkard FIlms

Take a journey to the most remote corner of Iceland in the middle of winter in search of perfect surf. A few days in, the worst storm in twenty five years blows through and shuts down the country, turning the search for waves into a life-threatening prospect.

Why (France, 2016, 8 min) Director: Hugo Clouzeau Producer: We Are Hungry Production Company: We Are Hungry

Iceland. A cold, rugged and forbidding landscape where powerful rivers plunge through bedrock gorges, over massive waterfalls toward the sea. A crew of French kayakers travel here to ask the question, “Why? Why do we do this?”

Where The Wild Things Play (USA, 2017, 5 min) Director: Krystle Wright* Producer: Aidan Haley

There's an ongoing dialogue of asking why aren't there more females in the adventure industry, whether it’s in big mountain skiing, climbing, or whitewater kayaking. Well it's about time we found out Where The Wild Things Play!

Safety Third (USA, 2017, 29 min) CANADIAN PREMIERE Directors: Taylor Keating and Cedar Wright Producer: Cedar Wright Production Company: Cedar Wright Productions

Brad Gobright is beyond bold. From his runout and poorly protected trad climbs to his unimaginable free solos, watch as Gobright recovers from a back-breaking fall and attempts some of the hardest ascents of his career.

Dreamwalkers – The Faroes Project (Australia, 2017, 29 min) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Director and Producer: Chris Eyre-Walker* Production Company: Chris Eyre-Walker Photography

Four friends set out on an adventure to be the first to highline in one of the most unlikely of places: the Faroe Islands.

The Mountain Idol Competion Celebrate youth, sport, and the spirit of the outdoors with the Mountain Idol competition. The 2017 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

9 P.M. (BREAK, 20 MIN)

Imagination: Tom Wallisch (Canada, 2017, 4 min) Director: David Mossop Producer: Mitchell Scott Production Company: Sherpas Cinema

Have you ever been that little kid sitting in the back seat of your parents car, wishing you were somewhere else? So you imagine a skier on the side of the road, your fingers commanding back flips and roof drops, improbable rail slides and huge airs. Well what if your imagination came to life?

Otemanu (France, 2017, 14 min) subtitled NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Director: Rodolphe Cassan and Mathieu Rivoire Producer: Rodolphe Cassan Production Company: Airshowevent

Otemanu rises abruptly from the turquoise waters surrounding the tropical island of Bora Bora, and for two wingsuit pilots, it’s the perfect peak to jump off.

* In person

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Wednesday, November 1

The Snow Show 7:30 P.M. | ERIC HARVIE THEATRE | $25 Sponsored by The Lake Louise Ski Resort and Summer Gondola The wait for powder is over! It’s time for first tracks, coveted lines, and big air in our annual night of snow films to get you amped for winter.

Ice Call – Backyards Project – Sam Favret (France, 2016, 3 min) WORLD PREMIERE Director: Antoine Frioux Producer: David Lacote Production Company: PVS Company

Try to keep up to freerider Sam Favret as he gives us a new perspective on the mythical Mer de Glace, at the heart of Mont-Blanc.

The Time Within (USA, 2017, 5 min) WORLD PREMIERE Director: Ben Sturgulewski Producer: Dan Benshoff and Stephan Drake Production Company: DPS Cinematic and SturgeFilm

Minutes, hours, and days pass. Summer moves into winter. Snow falls and awaits. What will you do with your time on this planet? Photos, right: From the film Ice Call – Backyards Project – Sam Favret © Fabian Bodet; opposite page, top: From the film The Tales of Vienna; bottom, left to right: From the film Depth Perception; Fred Beckey, Red Rocks 2009 © Dave Oleske

Depth Perception (USA, 2017, 63 min) CANADIAN PREMIERE Director: Chip Taylor* Producer: Travis Rice* Production Company: Rubble Film & Collective Rubble

Depth Perception showcases the fantastic layers of the super natural world, which ultimately becomes the perfect backdrop for some of the most empowered free-riding Travis Rice has ever had. 9 P.M. (BREAK, 20 MIN)

Tsirku (Canada, 2016, 20 min) Director: Eric Crosland and Tim Symes Producer: Malcolm Sangster* Production Company: Sherpas Cinema

Having to endure particularly adverse conditions preventing this team of skiers access onto the Tsirku Glacier at the Yukon/Alaskan border, the athletes face bigger obstacles once at the base of their mountain, Corrugated. Mammoth cornices block their intended lines and mountain guide Sam Anthmatten helps them find a way onto the snowy spine wall.

* In person

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The Tales Of Vienna (Canada, 2017, 15 min) Directors: Riley Leboe, Mike Henitiuk, Joe Schuster, Matt Margetts Producers: Seeking Nirvana, Edge TV Production Company: Seeking Nirvana

The inlets of the British Columbia coast are especially prone to winter storms, gale force winds and relentless precipitation. Five big line skiers embark on a journey aboard the Vienna, a 36-foot sailboat, in search of rough seas and secluded mountainous areas.

Numinous (Canada, 2017, 45 min) Directors: Nicolas Teichrob* and Kye Petersen Producers: Athan Merrick* and Nicolas Teichrob Production Company: Dendrite Studios

Born and raised in the BC backcountry from a bloodline alive with adventure, Kye Petersen is about to blow the doors off of big mountain skiing. With a style carved from the mystery of the supernatural, Petersen seeks connectivity with the wild, bringing him into the purest state of being.

The Dirtbag Cafe 7:30 PM | THE CLUB, THEATRE COMPLEX | $20

The Dirtbag Café with Will Stanhope Will Stanhope loves granite. A climber since age eight, he is now one of Canada’s top climbers and spends most of his time in Squamish, British Columbia. He has made many first ascents and has free-climbed big walls in Yosemite. In 2015 he completed the first free ascent of one of the world’s hardest alpine big walls with Matt Segal, the Tom Egan Memorial Route (5.14), Bugaboos, BC. Presentation followed by films in competition. 8:40 P.M. (BREAK, 20 MIN)

Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey (USA, 2017, 95 min) Director: David O’Leske Producer: Jason Reid Production Company: Fred Beckey Film LLC

Hailed as one of the most influential climbers of all time, Fred Beckey is the original “Dirtbag"– one who abandons societal norms and material comforts in pursuit of a nomadic mountaineering lifestyle. Through the 1950s and 60s, Beckey’s accomplishments exceeded anyone in the sport. He shattered records with an unparalleled string of superhuman first ascents, bushwhacking trails, and pioneering direct routes thought previously impassable.

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Thursday, November 2

Mountain Books DAYTIME PROGRAM | MAX BELL BUILDING

Tracking Gobi Grizzlies

Explorers’ Sketchbooks

The World’s Most Travelled Man

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

Douglas Chadwick

Mike Spencer Bown

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

From whales in the sub-Antarctic to snow leopards in the Himalayas, Douglas Chadwick has studied wildlife around the world. A biologist and National Geographic reporter, Chadwick creates a portrait of a species’ fight for survival in one of the harshest environments on earth in his latest book, Tracking Gobi Grizzlies. He has been arrested more times than he can count, was the first official tourist in wartorn Mogadishu, Somalia, and has lived and hunted with the Mbuti Pygmy tribe in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mike Spencer Bown has been travelling light, hitchhiking around the world since 1990 – and has explored all the world’s countries on all seven continents.

Photos, top: © Douglas Chadwick; bottom: Image courtesy of Steve Swenson

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Huw Lewis-Jones

Witness the art of exploration across high mountains, barren deserts, and lush rainforests from the 1600s until today – through sketchbooks of 70 explorers. From Charles Darwin to Wade Davis, British historian and award-winning author Huw Lewis-Jones delivers stunning profiles, expedition details, and artwork of pioneering explorers, ecologists, mapmakers, and anthropologists in his latest work.

Karakoram

Old Style Storytelling

Rowing the Northwest Passage

4:30 P.M. Kinnear Centre for Creativity and Innovation, Room 303 Free

2 – 3:30 P.M. Max Bell Auditorium | $15

Sit back and enjoy authentic, heartfelt, and unscripted tales from some of the Rockies’ best story-tellers including Bill Hanlon, Bridget Jones, Brandon Pullan, Sara Renner, and Jim Thorsell.

Steve Swenson

Kevin Vallely

World-class alpinist and author Steve Swenson shares tales from highaltitude expeditions set against the backdrop of harsh conflict between China, India, and Pakistan for control of Kashmir in his latest work, Karakoram: Climbing Through the Kashmir Conflict. With nearly 50 years of climbing experience, Swenson has made ascents of K2 and Everest without supplemental oxygen. In this gripping first-hand account, explorer and author Kevin Vallely achieves one of the last “firsts” remaining in the world of polar exploration. Together with three other seasoned adventurers, he navigates a sophisticated, hightech rowboat across the Northwest Passage, possible only because of the dramatic impacts of global warming in the high Arctic.

Hosted by Chic Scott. Cash bar. Book Signings follow most presentations.

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Thursday, November 2

Mountain Books and Films EVENING PROGRAM | 7:30 P.M. | ERIC HARVIE THEATRE | $35 The program begins with the 2017 Banff Mountain Book Competition awards.

Into Twin Galaxies – A Greenland Epic (Germany, 2016, 52 min) CANADIAN PREMIERE Director: Jochen Schmoll* Producer: Nicola McQuiston Production Company: Red Bull Media House, Drehxtrem

Canadian adventurer Sarah McNair-Landry grew up on a diet of snow and ice, reaching both poles by the age of 18. Together with whitewater kayaking specialists Erik Boomer and Ben Stookesberry she embarks on a kite-ski and kayak mission of epic proportions across Greenland to reach the most northern river ever paddled. In the film Into Twin Galaxies, these three National Geographic Adventurers of the Year push themselves to their limits and discover the unexpected.

Dedicate: Diving Free (France, 2017, 8 min) Director: Shams and Alex Aimard Producer: Red Bull Production Company: Satori Factory

Jacques de Vos is an underwater photographer who spends most his time freediving with orcas. This time he ventures North, to the arctic circle in Norway, in search of these majestic creatures.

The Canoe (Canada, 2017, 27 min) Director and Producer: Goh Iromoto

“If it is love that binds people to places in this nation of rivers and in this river of nations then one enduring expression of that simple truth, is surely the canoe.” – James Raffan

9:10 P.M. (BREAK, 20 MIN)

Following the film, Sarah McNair-Landry, Erik Boomer, Ben Stookesberry, and Jochen Schmoll join Keme Nzerem for an on stage conversation about adventure.

Photos, top: Into Twin Galaxies, Sarah McNair-Landry, Erik Boomer, and Ben Stookesberry

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Friday, November 3

Mountain Books DAYTIME PROGRAM | VARIOUS VENUES

Voices of Adventure: An Interview with David Roberts

Art of Freedom

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

Award-winning mountain author Bernadette McDonald chronicles one of the greatest alpinists of all time, Voytek Kurtyka, in Art of Freedom. This Polish climber’s visionary approach has resulted in many renowned ascents, including what has been dubbed as the “climb of the century”, an unrepeated alpine-style ascent of the Shining Wall on the West Face of Gasherbrum IV.

The indomitable David Roberts is one of the most well-known climbing authors and American alpinists of his generation. With hundreds of magazine articles and over 28 books to his name, his work has appeared on many award shortlists and is considered must-read climbing literature. Despite being diagnosed with Stage IV throat cancer, Roberts continues to write and contribute to the genre. He joins us in conversation with climber and writer, Geoff Powter.

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

Book Signings follow most presentations.

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High Altitude Archaeologist

Words and Wine: A Mountain Reading

Wolf Spirit

4:30 P.M. Kinnear Centre, Room 303 Free

Constanza Ceruti Gudrun Pflüger 2 – 3:30 P.M. Max Bell Auditorium | $15

Argentinean anthropologist, mountaineer, and author, Constanza Ceruti is the only female Andean highaltitude archaeologist in the world. She has climbed over 100 mountains above 5000 metres, has explored sacred mountains in Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, and brings a lifetime of mountain culture exploration to Banff. Gudrun Pflüger is a biologist, cancer survivor, and author. In 2016 she released the autobiographical Wolf Spirit: A Story of Healing, Wolves and Wonder, the absorbing story of the transformative and healing power of nature, motherhood, and one woman’s goal to save the wolves she admires.

Full-bodied tales, with subtle hints of earthy humour and undertones of adventure, featuring mountain writers Julia Lynx, Sharon Wood, and Niall Fink.

Photos, left: Image courtesy of Voytek Kurtyka; right: Gudrun Pflüger surrounded by the coast wolf alpha pair; opposite page: From the film Blood Road © Josh Letchworth

Friday, November 3

Films and Speakers 8 P.M. | ERIC HARVIE THEATRE | $35

8 P.M. | MAX BELL AUDITORIUM | $35

Nico, Sean, The Coconut Connection – and Films

Tamara Lunger – and Films

Sponsored by MEC Nico Favresse and Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll have been in a few tight spots together over the years while climbing and making first ascents around the world. But they always seem to push the harsh realities of life on the big wall aside with the help of a few musical interludes and the occasional bout of nonsensical behavior. They recently had some laughs on The Coconut Connection (5.12d), a challenging big wall route on Baffin Island. Festival audiences may remember their antics from the popular 2016 Festival film Dodo’s Delight. They will join us on stage for a handful of great stories and if we’re lucky, a special musical performance with a friend or two. 9:10 P.M. (BREAK, 20 MIN)

DugOut (UK, 2017, 53 min) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Director and Producer: Benjamin Sadd Production Company: Trail to Anywhere

Ben and James decide to travel to the Ecuadorian Amazon, live with an indigenous community, learn from them how to build a canoe from scratch, then take that canoe on a journey… what could go wrong?

Loved By All: The Story of Apa Sherpa (Canada, 2017, 14 min) WORLD PREMIERE Director: Eric Crosland Producer: Malcolm Sangster* Production Company: Sherpas Cinema

Born in Southern Tyrol in 1986, Tamara Lunger is the daughter of a famous Italian ski mountaineer. She holds numerous ski mountaineering national titles, is the youngest woman to have reached the summit of Lhotse, and has summited K2 without supplementary oxygen. In 2016, with Simone Moro she made an attempt on the first winter ascent of Nanga Parbat, turning away only 100 metres from the top. 9 P.M. (BREAK, 15 MIN)

Blood Road (USA, 2016, 96 min) Director: Nicholas Schrunk Producer: Sandra Kuhn Production Company: Red Bull Media House

Blood Road follows the journey of ultra endurance mountain bike athlete Rebecca Rusch* and her Vietnamese riding partner, Huyen Nguyen, as they pedal 1900 arduous kilometres along the infamous Ho Chi Minh Trail through the dense jungles of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Their goal: to reach the newly discovered crash site and final resting place of Rebecca’s father, a U.S. Air Force pilot shot down over Laos some 40 years earlier.

Apa Sherpa* has climbed Mount Everest 21 times, but he wouldn't wish this upon anybody. Having grown up in the remote Khumbu region of Nepal, Apa was forced to leave school and work as a porter at the age of 12. For Nepal’s rural people, the income earned as a high altitude porter conflicts with the dreams made possible only through education and knowledge.

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Friday, November 3

Films and Speakers 8 P.M. | MARGARET GREENHAM THEATRE | $25

Psycho Vertical (UK, 2017, 64 min) WORLD PREMIERE Director and Producer: Jen Randall* Production Company: Light Shed Pictures

Follow Britain’s unlikeliest hero-mountaineer and funny-man, Andy Kirkpatrick*, on an 18-day solo ascent of El Capitan, Yosemite in the world premiere of Psycho Vertical – a raw and intimate portrait of one of climbing’s most interesting figures. Inspired by the best-selling autobiography of the same name, the film explores themes of identity, fatherhood, and how our pasts shape us.

Bruhwiler Country (USA, 2016, 7 min) CANADIAN PREMIERE Director: Keith Malloy* Producer: Jennifer Sullivan McBride Production Company: Bimarian Films

Pro surfer Raph Bruhwiler cut his teeth in the woods and waves of Vancouver Island. Today he teaches his love of the wild to his kids who are more than eager to learn more.

Kilian (Canada, 2016, 14 min) Directors: Mike Douglas and Anthony Bonello* Producer: Mike Douglas Production Company: Switchback Entertainment Inc

Kilian Jornet is considered the greatest mountain runner ever. But he doesn't consider himself a runner. Join Kilian in his new backyard in Norway as he attempts to ski and run in a single day the Seven Summits of Romsdalen, a 77 kilometre route with 9,000 metres of elevation gain.

Searching for Christmas Tree (China, 2017, 15 min) subtitled, WORLD PREMIERE Director: Lie Feng Producer: He Chuan Production Company: Liefeng TV Studio

A university teacher breaks free from a life of routine in China and embarks on a quest to climb a mysterious frozen waterfall.

9:30 P.M. (BREAK, 15 MIN) Photos, top: From the film Psycho Vertical; bottom: From the film Mothered By Mountains © Renan Ozturk; opposite page: From the film Samuel in the Clouds © Johan Legraie

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EVENING PROGRAMS ROLSTON RECITAL HALL | $15 PER PROGRAM

Mothered By Mountains (Nepal, 2017, 16 min) WORLD PREMIERE Director: Renan Ozturk Producer: Ben Ayers Production Company: Camp4 Collective

When a punk rock singer from Kathmandu and a world class Sherpani get together to climb a peak in the Himalaya, they discover what being women in modern day Nepal can really mean.

The Curve Of Time (Canada, 2017, 23 min) WORLD PREMIERE Director: Jordan Manley* Producers: Mike Douglas Anthony Bonello*, Laura Yale, Mike Gamble Production Company: Switchback Entertainment Inc

7:30 P.M. Program

9:30 P.M. Program

Samuel in the Clouds

The End of Snow

(Belgium, 2016, 70 min) subtitled Director: Pieter Van Eecke Producer: Hanne Phlypo Production Company: Clin d’oeil Films

In Bolivia, the glaciers are melting. Samuel is an old ski lift operator whose family has lived and worked for generations in the snowy mountains, but now the snow fails to fall. While scientists are discussing and measuring ominous changes, Samuel honours the ancient mountain spirits as clouds continue to drift by.

(USA, 2016, 20 min) CANADIAN PREMIERE Director: Morgan Heim Producers: Neil Losin, Nate Dappen, Jane Zelikova, Kori Price, Morgan Heim Production Company: Day’s Edge Productions

Ecologist Dr. Jane Zelikova embarks on a journey into the mountains to find tales of past, present, and future snow. There will be adventure. Friendships will form. She will dig holes in the name of research and she will fall down those holes.

Fruition – The Life and Dreams of Nicolas Mueller (Switzerland, 2016, 65 min) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Director: Martin Luchsinger Producer: Nicolas Mueller Production Company: Tasty Productions

Nicolas Mueller is one of the most revered and iconic snowboarders of all time. In a world which often demands us to obey things we might not believe in, Nicolas shows how he tackled these obstacles in order to find his true path towards self-realization.

Two veteran professional skiers contemplate the impact their love for adventure has on the very environment that sustains and fulfills them. As they peer into the future, they realize there is a more sustainable path ahead, but it won't be easy.

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Saturday/Sunday

Film Program A EHT & RRH – SATURDAY NOVEMBER 4 | MGT & MBA SUNDAY NOVEMBER 5 | 9 A.M. – 5:30 P.M. | $60

Ice Call – Backyards Project – Sam Favret (France, 2016, 3 min) WORLD PREMIERE Director: Antoine Frioux Producer: David Lacote Production Company: PVS Company

Try to keep up to freerider Sam Favret as he gives us a new perspective of the mythical Mer de Glace, at the heart of Mont Blanc.

Lindsey Ross: A Less Convenient Path (USA, 2017, 12 min) CANADIAN PREMIERE Director: Andrew Schoneberger* Producer: Brett Williams Production Company: Bimarian Films

In an age of speed, convenience, and ease, artist Lindsey Ross does things the hard way. Packing her truck with unwieldy vintage cameras and gallons of chemicals, she makes arresting portraits and lovely pictures of iconic Yosemite landmarks using century-old techniques.

Photos, top: From the film Shifting Dreams © Chris Prescott; bottom: From the film The Last Honey Hunter © Renan Ozturk

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Karl Meltzer: Made To Be Broken (USA, 2016, 41 min) Director: Matt Katsolis Producer: Tronica Johnson Production Company: Interpret Studios/Red Bull Media House

Ultrarunner Karl Meltzer has dreamed of setting the speed record for completing the Appalachian Trail as long as he's been running. Now Karl sets out for his third and final attempt to run the 3,523 kilometres from Maine to Georgia in less than 46 days, 8 hours and 6 minutes.

Hunting Giants (Canada, 2017, 24 min) Directors and Producers: Sean Horlor* and Steve Adams* Production Company: Nootka Street Film Co.

A wilderness explorer struggles to find the biggest tree in Canada, outside a logging town on the brink of collapse. Meanwhile the local aboriginal community's fight to save itself from extinction takes a surprising turn. 10:40 A.M. (BREAK, 20 MIN)

Surf the Line (France, 2016, 3 min) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Director: Jérémy Frey Producer: Arnaud Hiltzer Production Company: Hello Emotion

For The Flying Frenchies, thinking out of the box isn’t a choice – it’s a way of life.

2.5 Million (USA, 2017, 22 min) WORLD PREMIERE Director and Producer: Tyler Wilkinson-Ray* Production Company: T-Bar Films

American skier Aaron Rice* sets out to ski 2.5 million, human-powered, vertical feet in the backcountry and set a new world record.

The Last Honey Hunter (USA, 2017, 36 min) CANADIAN PREMIERE Director: Ben Knight Producer: Ben Ayers Production Company: Felt Soul Media

Maule Dhan Rai is the last man in the remote Nepal village of Saadi who's been visited in a dream by a wrathful forest spirit called Rongkemi. If no one else in the village has the dream, a generations-old tradition of honey gathering may die.

Enjoy a full day of watching films – choose from 2 different film programs (Program A or B) EHT & RRH – SATURDAY NOVEMBER 5 | MGT & MBA SUNDAYM NOVEMBER 6 | 9 A.M. – 5:30 P.M. | $49

Johanna (UK, 2016, 4 min) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Directors: Reinhold Messner, Hans-Peter Stauber Producer: Ewerhard Engels, Riva Film Production Company: Archer’s Mark

For freediver Johanna Nordblad, diving under the ice provides a surreal, calming environment that helps heal her injuries.

Still Alive ... Drama on Mount Kenya (Austria, 2016, 86 min) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Directors: Hans-Peter Stauber, Reinhold Messner Producer: Ewerhard Engels Production Company: Servus TV

On September 5th, 1970 two young Austrian climbers summit Mount Kenya and begin their descent down the North Face. Suddenly, a rock breaks loose and sends one of them plummeting downwards. With his leg severely injured, there is no chance of getting him down the mountain to medical attention any time soon. 3:35 P.M. (BREAK, 20 MIN)

The Bothy Project (UK, 2016, 11 min) Director: Jen Randall* Producer: Alex Messenger Production Company: Light Shed Pictures

Artists Tessa Lyons* and Natasha Brooks*, along with writer Claire Carter* and filmmaker Jen Randall*, take themselves into the vast emptiness of the Sheneval bothy in the Scottish Northwest to let go and unwind. Each woman’s experience is about exploring the wilds on your own terms, in your own style.

Shifting Dreams (UK, 2016, 30 min) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Director and Producer: Chris Prescott Production Company: Dark Sky Media

Shifting Dreams is the story of Caroline Ciavaldini's move from world class competition climber to trad climber and alpinist as she tackles the Voie Petit on the Grand Capucin.

The Hunt (Nepal, 2017, 12 min) WORLD PREMIERE Director: Renan Ozturk Producer: Ben Ayers Production Company: Camp4 Collective

Two American hunters travel to the remote mountains in Nepal in search of the elusive blue sheep.

Daytime Film Program Schedule

PROGRAM A Saturday, November 4 EHT AND RRH Sunday November 5 MGT AND MBA A.M. 9:09

Ice Call – Backyards Project – Sam Favret