On the 25th January, the biggest UK tour yet of the Banff Mountain Film Festival kicks off in Malvern, with a collection of adventure, action sports and environmental films.
Last year more than 10,000 people across the UK attended the viewings, which are sponsored by Arc’teryx, while in 2013 the Tour is returning with 36 screenings across the UK and Ireland with an expected audience figure of over 17,000. The tour is intended as more than a film night but also a chance for outdoor adventure lovers from all backgrounds to come together to celebrate mountain culture through inspirational short films.
The World Tour travels the globe every year visiting more than 390 communities and over 35 different countries. Produced by The Banff Centre, based in the Canadian Rockies, it features award-winning films and audience favourites from over 300 films entered in the annual festival.
Highlights include:
Crossing the Ice – Two Australians set off across the ice to be the first adventurers to walk from the coastline of Antarctica to the South Pole and back again, unsupported. This epic expedition is an immensely emotional and physical struggle for the duo and concludes with an incredibly surprising and deeply moving twist.
WideBoyz – American off-width crack climbing has spawned a counter-culture of rough and tumble characters who aren’t afraid to bleed their way up a route. Two proper British lads, Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker, crossed the Atlantic to test themselves on some of the gnarliest wide cracks in the US, including the first ascent of the world’s hardest off-width known as Century Crack. Their stunning success shocked both themselves and the American climbing world.
RELATED LINKS
www.banffcentre.ca/mountainfestival
Comments
The films sound really neat, and the picture of this post caught my eye. Amazing.