Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival

Becoming Who I Was takes Grand Prize at the 2017 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival

Becoming Who I Was takes Grand Prize at the 2017 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival

The Climbers takes the Grand Prize in the 2017 Banff Mountain Book Competition

The Climbers takes the Grand Prize in the 2017 Banff Mountain Book Competition

Acclaimed Mountaineer Don Serl Announced as 2017 Recipient of Summit of Excellence Award

Acclaimed Mountaineer Don Serl has received the 2017 Recipient of Summit of Excellence Award.

2017 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival lineup announced

Sir Chris Bonington headlines the 2017 Festival in Banff, Canada.

Writers sitting in a studio with open books.

Program Dates October 25, 2019 - November 16, 2019

Mountain and Wilderness Writing

This intensive writing program open to all genres is focused on mountain narratives, environmental journalism, wilderness adventure, or projects with an environ

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Roundtable: The Risks and Rewards of Adventure FIlmmaking

We talked to Jeremy Jones, Angie Payne and Jon Griffith about what it's like to be in front of and behind the camera, their challenges and favourite moments, an

Banff Mountain Book Competition announces 2016 Award Winners

The award winners for the 2016 Banff Mountain Book Competition have been described as “irreverent”, “intoxicating”, and “magical”, and were picked from a longli

Banff Mountain Book Competition Announces 2016 Long List

Check out our long list for the 2016 Book Competition, chosen from the best in mountain and adventure literature, mountain fiction, mountain image, mountain gui

My Next Adventure After Climbing the Dawn Wall: Writing a Book

After two decades of obsessing over a single hunk of granite, Tommy Caldwell searches for the truth in it all.

Lydia Bradey

Climbers and authors Greg Child and Lydia Bradey talk about the controversy surrounding the climb that made her the first woman to summit Mt. Everest without su

Jon Griffith

In this episode, mountain sport photographer Jon Griffith talks about how in order to be a good alpine climbing photographer, you first have to be able to keep

Summit of Excellence Award

Change to Summit of Excellence Award

The annual Summit of Excellence Award has been broadened to include entries from individuals who have made a significant contribution to mountain life from acro

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