EXPLORE THE WORLD FROM PENTICTON
Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour Comes to Penticton
Grab Your Tickets to The Banff Film Festival World Tour Hosted by Nickel Plate!
- WHEN: Sept 13, 2024
- WHERE: Cleland Theatre, Penticton
- DETAILS: Doors at 6PM. Films at 7PM
Get ready for an exhilarating evening as Nickel Plate Nordic Centre proudly hosts the Banff Film Festival Night! Join us at the Cleland Theatre in Penticton on Friday, September 13th for a cinematic celebration of adventure, resilience, and the indomitable human spirit. Doors open at 6 PM for a night filled with stirring tales and breathtaking visuals from around the world.
This year’s lineup features a compelling collection of films that take you on an emotional ride through the landscapes of the heart and the great outdoors. With a record number of submissions in 2023, the quality of storytelling is unparalleled, offering insights into our collective journeys and the individual paths we navigate.
Whether you’re a seasoned adventurer or a lover of great stories, this event promises to be a memorable gathering for all. So grab your tickets, bring your friends, and prepare to be inspired by the power of the journey and the stories we share along the way. Let’s embark on this cinematic adventure together—see you at the movies!
Experience Adventure at the Film Festival!
Join us at the film festival for a vibrant lineup that’s all about pushing boundaries and exploring new horizons.
Get inspired by Georgia Astle as she conquers the rugged terrains of British Columbia in “Flip The Switch,” and experience the unique perspective of a blind climber in “Soundscape” as he ascends a Sierra Nevada peak using echo location. Revel in the unexpected journey of a rock star turned nature enthusiast in “Leo & Chester,” and feel the connection of heritage and adventure with two brothers in “Slides on the Mountain.” For thrill-seekers, “FUEGO” showcases breathtaking mountain biking across Latin America, and “Subterranean” offers a glimpse into record-breaking cave expeditions in Canada.
Film Lineup 2024
Georgia Astle: Flip The Switch
(2023, Canada, 3 min)
If you don’t have role models to look up to, it’s harder to progress as a rider. Georgia Astle grew up chasing her older brother. “If he could do it, I could do it” she figured. She got comfortable “flipping the switch” and pushing against the clock. Watch Georgia Astle explore some of British Columbia’s most striking landscapes, on a search for terrain to push her riding, inspired by a rising tide of female freeriders around the world.
Soundscape
(2023, USA, 14 min)
Soundscape shares the sightless experience of climbing a mountain via echo location, touch and imagination. Soundscape features Erik Weihenmayer, a global adventure athlete and author who is fully blind, as he ascends a massive alpine rock face deep in the Sierra Nevada. Using expert camera work from Mikey Schaefer and emotive, novel animation from Scott Hassell and Mitch Pond to bring to life a concept by adaptive climbing pioneer Timmy O’Neill, the film is a surprising and soulful adventure.
**CREATIVE EXCELLENCE AWARD **
Leo & Chester
(2022, Canada, 8 min)
Leo, a sought-after rock star with a promising career, turns his back on the industry to pursue a life on the land with a herd of buffalo
**BEST FILM MOUNTAIN CULTURE **
Slides on the Mountain
(2023, Canada, 30 min)
Two young brothers from the Lil’wat Nation set out to ski the sacred mountain they were raised beneath, pushing both themselves and their culture to evolve.
Fuego
(2022, France, 7 min)
n ode to escape and adventure travel, Fuego is a new mountain biking masterpiece. From Guatemala to Peru via Bolivia, the team scoured the most beautiful spots for two months bring back breathtaking images. Kilian Bron rides from the foot of the Fuego volcano the day before its historic eruption, to the colourful facades of Barrio Chualluma in La Paz, through the geological formations of the Valle de las Animas to an unforgettable meeting with the Cholitas Escaladoras.
Subterranean (Tour Edit)
(2023, Canada, 40 min)
In a remarkable year, two gritty teams of hobbyist cavers are poised to break records for the longest and deepest caves in Canada. After discovering a flooded underground chamber, Katie, a daytime accountant, becomes obsessed with returning to the Bisaro Anima cave in the Rockies to push the caving depth record. At the same time, a passionate Vancouver Island team is attempting to link two tunnel systems to create the longest known cave in the country. From abyssal, muddy crawls to heart-pounding, vertical pits, and underwater squeezes, these are places where no person has been before.
** BEST FILM ADVENTURE **
No Way
(Info TBA)
Jean-Baptiste Chandelier takes his unique low-flying, ground-skimming art combining paragliding and filmmaking to a whole new level.
Pioneers: Tandem XC Skiing (Tour Edit)
(2023, USA, 20 min)
After winning the American Birkebeiner – the largest cross country ski race in North America – Joe Dubay was disqualified for wearing the wrong bib. Now, 11 years later, Joe and his former roommate who lent him the bib -Chris – document their return to the Birkebeiner to pioneer a new sport: tandem cross country skiing.
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