Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival

Image from the film Wall of Shadows

The Wall of Shadows

The Wall of Shadows tells the story of an encounter between a young Sherpa boy and an experienced western mountaineer at the foot of Khumbakarna Mountain.
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Image from the film Pushed up the Mountain

Pushed Up The Mountain

Pushed up the Mountain is a poetic and emotionally intimate film about plants and the people who care for them.
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Godspeed, Los Polacos

Godspeed, Los Polacos!

Five university students risk it all to fight for democracy in the Eastern Bloc after claiming the first descent of the world’s deepest canyon.
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Image from the film Lost at Sea

Lost at Sea

An epic tale of the sea, told through one young man's personal journey to understand his father, who died while rowing the Pacific.
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Image from the film Nahanni River of Forgiveness

Nahanni River of Forgiveness

Nahanni River of Forgiveness - a sacred, healing journey to reclaim whatever has been lost.
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Image from the film Cholitas

Cholitas

Five Indigenous Bolivian women embark on a unique expedition as a symbol of liberation and empowerment. Their goal? The highest peak in the Americas, Aconcagua.
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Image from the film Picture of His Life

Picture of His Life

 Amos Nachoum, the legendary underwater photographer always dreamed of swimming with a polar bear and capturing it face-to-face on film. 
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Indigenous Dialogues

Indigenous Dialogue - What's in a Name

Indigenous Dialogues will focus on Indigenous place names and includes a sharing circle on how reinstating Indigenous names for rivers, peaks and landscape is a
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Image courtesy of Barry Blanchard

Voices of Adventure – An Interview with Barry Blanchard

IAGM/IFMGA Mountain Guide Barry Blanchard will be interviewed by local climber and writer Geoff Powter.
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Tales and Ales Part 1

Tales and Ales Part One – David Smart, Pete Whittaker, Helen Mort, Lynn Martel

Enjoy undertones of adventure and subtle hints of earthy humour with full-bodied tales featuring mountain writers.
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Tales and Ales Part II

Tales and Ales Part Two - Bernadette McDonald, Ed Douglas, Eva Holland

Enjoy undertones of adventure and subtle hints of earthy humour with full-bodied tales featuring mountain writers. 
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Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison (C) Nick Kalisz

Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison – Lhotse Ski Descent

Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison are the first to successfully ski Lhotse in the Nepal Himalaya. The program includes an online screening of the film The North F
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