Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival

Two skiers are having a break from hiking.

Live your Dream - Short Films

The adventure packed program all about Canada takes us climbing on Baffin Island, exploring visual beauty in Squamish BC, on a heartfelt family canoe trip, and
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An athlete is walking on a slackline amongst snowcapped mountain peaks.

High Altitude Dreams - Mixed Films

From solving a decades old mystery from the top of Everest to highlining in the crisp air of The Alps to a crazy flying/skiing idea born to fruition, High Altit
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An island in the ocean

Ebb and Flow - Mixed Films

This mixed film program is all about water.  Meet conservationists, marine biologists, photographers, and adventurers as we visit some of the planet’s most remo
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A paraglider is flying over mountains.

Earth Tones - Mixed Films

Three very different approaches to visiting special places but two common goals – the preservation of wild landscape and the need for human awareness.  Can huma
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A female climber hanging over a cliff

Climb the World - Short Films

Gear up and tie in for three stories of personal climbing goals.  Whether it’s a scary 9a in North Wales, a first female ascent in The Alps, or a life-long comm
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Image from the film Bear-Like

Bear-Like (DER BÄR IN MIR)

Two adventurers engage in close contact with grizzly bears in Alaska experiencing first-hand the struggle for survival and dramatic fighting scenes.
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Image from the film Gitonga

Gitonga

Gitonga is a film about a Kenyan father who rediscovers his love for hiking and sets out to follow his dream of becoming the first black Kenyan to climb Mount E
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Image from the film Running the Roof

Running the Roof

Like all good stories, this one begins with a drunken bet. Three friends, bonded by a love of running, were desperate to ditch their desks and go on an adventur
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Image from the film K2: The Impossible Descent

K2: The Impossible Descent

On July 22, 2018, Polish ski-mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel makes ‘the impossible descent’ from its summit. He does it solo, and without supplemental oxygen.
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Image from the film Iran, Teaching among the Nomads

Iran, Teaching among the Nomads

Hoomayun, a young Iranian school teacher, sets off on a journey to accompany a group of Bakhtyari nomads as they migrate with their flock across the Zagros moun
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Image from the film The Cull - Scotland's Deer Dilemma

The Cull - Scotland's Deer Dilemma

The future of the Scottish Highlands is under threat. With red deer dominating the ecosystem, should these landscapes become wild once more? 
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Image from the film Will Power

Will Power

Will Power follows Red Bull Athlete Will Gadd as he travels with local friends to the Taihang Mountains of China in the hopes of finding new ice climbing routes
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