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
16 / Buy tickets: banffmountainfestival.ca
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.