Mountain Festival

2021 Category Finalists

Banff Mountain Book Competition category finalists announced

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is pleased to announce the long list of category finalists for the Banff Mountain Book Competition. The prescreenin
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Basecamp, Denali National Park, Alaska, Photo by Christian Pondella

Mark your calendars – 2021 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival

The 46th Annual Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival will take place this year as a hybrid event from October 30th to November 7th, 2021.
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Basecamp, Denali National Park, Photo by Christian Pondella

Signature Image 2021

We are proud to announce the 2021 signature image to represent the Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival and World Tour in over 40 countries!
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2021 Banff Mountain Photo Essay Competition Grand Prize, Monlam, David Marciano

2021 Banff Mountain Photo Essay Competition Winner Announced

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is pleased to announce Monlam by David Marciano – winner of the 2021 Banff Mountain Photo Essay Competition.
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Richard K. Nelson exploring Alaska

Raven’s Witness: The Alaska Life of Richard K. Nelson wins Grand Prize in the 2020 Banff Mountain Book Competition

Winning author Hank Lentfer is awarded the Grand Prize and $4000 in prize money sponsored by Rab.
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Two skiers climb into the Sierra Nevada backcountry for some ski touring.

2020 Virtual Edition: Mountain Film and Book Fest

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is proud to announce details about this year’s virtual festival, including an exciting line-up of 75 incredible fil
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Banner showing a beautiful mountain valley with a lake in the middle.

The Adventure Continues

The iconic Mountain Film and Book Festival will proceed online in 2020. Using a digital platform festival loyalists and newcomers will be able to access the sam
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Two skiers climb into the Sierra Nevada backcountry for some ski touring.

Signature Image 2020

Each year we put out the call to photographers and receive a diverse range of mountain and adventure images. One image is then selected to represent the Festiva
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Image from the film Piano to Zanskar © Jarek Kotomski

Piano to Zanskar wins Grand Prize in the 2019 Banff Mountain Film Competition

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is thrilled to announce Piano to Zanskar as winner of the Grand Prize in the 2019 Banff Mountain Film Competition.
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Down From The Mountain by Bryce Andrews

Down from the Mountain: The Life and Death of a Grizzly Bear by Bryce Andrews takes the Grand Prize in the 2019 Banff Mountain Book Competition

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is pleased to announce Down from the Mountain: The Life and Death of a Grizzly Bear by Bryce Andrews as Grand Prize
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2019 Banff Mountain Book Competition category award winners

Banff Mountain Book Competition announces 2019 category award winners

Banff Mountain Book Competition unveils category award winners set to compete for the Book Competition’s Grand Prize on October 31 at this year’s Banff Centre M
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Image from the film Queen without Land

Banff Mountain Film Competition announces 2019 Film Finalists

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is excited to announce that 100 films have been chosen as finalists in the Banff Mountain Film Competition.
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