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Ali Fisher (she/her) is an executive editor at Tor Publishing Group within Macmillan Publishers. Since 2016, she has acquired and edited fiction and nonfiction for adults, teens, and middle-grade readers, and published more than ten books onto the New York Times best seller lists. She acquires for all of Tor Publishing Group's imprints—Tor, Forge, Nightfire, Bramble, Tordotcom, Tor Teen, and Starscape—primarily speculative fiction and humorous nonfiction.

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Sarah Berman is a journalist covering crime, politics and culture. Her first book Don't Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of NXIVM has been shortlisted for a Kobo Emerging Writer Prize and a Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence. She has co-written and produced investigative podcasts including CBC’s Pressure Cooker and State of Play: Summer Games on PRX. Berman’s reporting is featured in the popular Netflix series Escaping Twin Flames. She is a former senior editor at VICE and past contributor to Reuters, the Guardian, the Globe and Mail, Maclean's, and many more publications.

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Join artsPlace Canmore and the Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival to celebrate International Mountain Day, designated by the United Nations since 2003 to recognize and create awareness about the importance of mountains to life, to highlight the opportunities and constraints in mountain development, and to build alliances that will bring positive change to mountain peoples and environments around the world. 

This year, we’re celebrating International Mountain Day with a screening of the film Champions of the Golden Valley. This film won the Grand Prize and the Audience Choice Award at the 2024 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival. 

In the remote mountain villages of Bamyan, Afghanistan, a newfound passion for skiing attracts young athletes from rival ethnic groups to the slopes. With minimal gear and makeshift skis, the determined ski coach Alishah Farhang organizes a thrilling ski race that fosters camaraderie, joy, and triumph.
“The ultimate underdog story.” - Variety

Champions of the Golden Valley
(USA, 2024, 81 min)
Director: Ben Sturgulewski
Producers: Sturgefilm, Tideshift Studio, Katie Stjernholm, Baktash Ahadi

"The current state of global unrest, the increasingly destructive effects of climate change (and the impending election, if you’re American like me), can leave us overwhelmed and at times guilty for finding delight in the mountains. This film reminds us we are multitudes: joy and grief, hope and despair, coinciding in times of political crisis and persecution. There are beautiful wide-ranging shots that juxtapose the stark black and white present to the bright colorful images looking back, almost wistfully, at an enchanted past memory. One gets a sense of unfettered freeness in the pockets of snow. The lasting impact of the fleeting moment in time can be felt as the ski program continues to be resilient, to foster the joys of being in the mountains, and its sparkling feeling of hope."
- Shelma Jun, Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival 2024 jury member

Proceeds from the event will go to the Avalanche Canada Foundation in support of youth education, community outreach, research, and public safety programs.

Tickets: $20 | Youth $10 (Under 18)

From the film Champions of the Golden Valley, photo by Ben Sturgulewski
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Don't miss a screening of Champions of the Golden Valley, winner of the Grand Prize at the 2024 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival.
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Reel Time features some of the best films from the Toronto International Film Festival. Organized by Banff Centre, Reel Time has brought alternative cinema to the Bow Valley for over fifteen years.

A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a farcical and occasionally sinister scandal in this riotous mystery comedy. Based on a stranger-than-fiction true story, Wicked Little Letters follows two neighbours: deeply conservative local Edith Swan (Olivia Colman) and rowdy Irish migrant Rose Gooding (Jessie Buckley). When Edith and her fellow residents begin to receive wicked letters full of unintentionally hilarious profanities, foul-mouthed Rose is charged with the crime. The anonymous letters prompt a national uproar, and a trial ensues. However, as the town's women -- led by Police Officer Gladys Moss (Anjana Vasan) -- begin to investigate the crime themselves, they suspect something is amiss, and Rose may not be the culprit after all. Directed by Thea Sharrock.

Banff Centre gratefully acknowledges our partnership with Film Circuit, presented by TIFF, and its sponsors and supporters. For more information about Film Circuit and to view a full list of their sponsors and supporters, please visit www.tiff.net/filmcircuit.

Tickets: $13 each
Buy all 3: $35 at the Door (Oct/Nov/Dec)
Crossing | Oct 7 
Wicked Little Letters | Nov 18 
Sing Sing | Dec 9 

Still from the film Wicked Little Letters
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When profane letters shock Littlehampton, the rowdy Irish migrant, Rose, is blamed. Suspicious, the town’s women band together to investigate.
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Reel Time features some of the best films from the Toronto International Film Festival. Organized by Banff Centre, Reel Time has brought alternative cinema to the Bow Valley for over fifteen years.

From acclaimed director Levan Akin (And Then We Danced), Crossing is a moving and tender tale of identity, acceptance and unlikely connection that transcends borders and generations. Lia, a retired school teacher living in Georgia, hears from a young neighbour, Achi, that her long-lost niece Tekla, a transgender woman, has crossed the border into Turkey. Hoping to bring Tekla home after a period of estrangement, Lia travels to Istanbul with the unpredictable Achi to find her. Exploring the hidden depths of the city, they cross paths with a transgender lawyer called Evrim, who helps them in their search. Humanistic and compassionate, Akin’s fourth feature is a heartfelt portrayal of overcoming the degrees of separation that divide us.

Banff Centre gratefully acknowledges our partnership with Film Circuit, presented by TIFF, and its sponsors and supporters. For more information about Film Circuit and to view a full list of their sponsors and supporters, please visit www.tiff.net/filmcircuit.

Tickets: $13 each
Buy all 3: $35 at the Door (Oct/Nov/Dec)
Crossing | Oct 7 
Wicked Little Letters | Nov 18 
Sing Sing | Dec 9 

Still from the film Crossing by Levan Akin
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A retired teacher’s journey to reunite with her transgender niece in Istanbul leads to unexpected friendships in a heartfelt tale of identity and acceptance.
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Amber Bedard is a member of Piikani First Nation of the Blackfoot Confederacy in Alberta and Montana. Amber has a diverse background in Indigenous research and consultation, primarily working within program evaluation in the public and private sectors. She is passionate about ensuring research and evaluation is done in a culturally responsive and safe manner, while also advocating for deep learning and creating space for Indigenous knowledge. Amber believes that this work must center, appreciate, and uplift the strengths of Indigenous communities and histories, and work to create mutually beneficial pathways that honour Indigenous ways of knowing and doing. Amber now resides on the unceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw, and mi ce:p kʷətxʷiləm Nations.

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Nina Lee Aquino, a Filipino Canadian, is a renowned director, dramaturge, and artistic leader. Her journey began as the inaugural Artistic Director of fu-GEN Asian Canadian theatre company, where she organized the first Asian Canadian theatre conference and edited a seminal anthology of Asian Canadian plays, alongside co-editing an award-winning book on the subject. She became Artistic Director at Cahoots Theatre Company and Factory Theatre, leading to her current role as Artistic Director of English Theatre at the National Arts Centre.

Aquino's directorial work has garnered prestigious awards, including the Ken McDougall Award, John Hirsch Prize, Toronto Theatre Critics Award for Best Director, and three Dora Awards for Outstanding Direction. She co-authored the play Miss Orient(ed) and serves as an Adjunct Professor at York University. Additionally, Aquino was the President of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatre from 2018-2024. In 2019, she was honored with the Toronto Arts Foundation’s Margo Bindhart and Rita Davies Cultural Leadership Award.

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Anna is a theatre practitioner and educator specializing in movement, choreography, intimacy and ensemble development. Her breadth of work ranges from live theatre to international mega-events.  In 2014, Anna Co-Created and Co-Directed Circle Game: Reimagining the Music of Joni Mitchell which toured to 13 cities in western Canada from 2017-2019, garnering 11 award nominations and winning 4 including an Ovation Award for Best Production and an SAT Award for Best Choreography.

Internationally, Anna has worked on the Mass Movement Team of mega-events. Most recently, she spent 2 years living and working in Dubai, UAE for Expo 2020 as a choreographer, movement director, and dance captain for on the nightly entertainment in Expo’s marquee venue – Al Wasl Plaza. These productions integrated actors, dance, and puppetry which interacted with sophisticated projection technology.

Anna holds an MFA in Movement Direction and Teaching from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, and trained as an Intimacy Director with Intimacy Directors International and Theatrical Intimacy Education. She  is currently a full-time Faculty Member at MacEwan University in Edmonton. 
 

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