The film line-up for the 2016 Banff Mountain Film Festival UK Tour has just been announced! Check out
http://www.banff-uk.com/films for all the details
The Tour will feature the world's best new climbing and adventure films across two entirely different film programmes - the Red and Blue programmes. Each of the programmes will showcase a diverse collection of the newest and very best adventure and climbing films.
Some of the films that will feature include:
A LINE ACROSS THE SKY, 40 mins Best Film - Climbing
The Fitz Roy traverse is one of the most sought after achievements in modern alpinism. Long considered impossible, coveted by many and attempted by a few, the Fitz Traverse has fueled the imaginations of climbers in Patagonia for decades. Tracing the iconic skyline of Cerro Fitz Roy and its six satellite peaks, it spans four miles and 13,000 feet across snow and ice-covered rock. Seizing their chance during a rare extended weather window, Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold went big. The pair completed the first ascent in a five-day push, earning them the prestigious Piolet d’Or award.
OPERATION MOFFAT, 20 mins Special Jury Mention
Operation Moffat takes inspiration and wit from the colorful climbing life of Britain’s first female mountain guide Gwen Moffat. Writer Claire Carter and filmmaker Jen Randall scramble, swim and barefoot climb through Gwen’s landscapes, grappling with her preference for mountains over people, adventure over security and wilderness over tick lists.
ECLIPSE, 31 mins Best Film - Snow Sports
The odds are low, the risks are high - photographer Reuben Krabbe is determined to capture an impossible photo of a skier in front of the 2015 solar eclipse in Svalbard. Up in the high arctic though, the weather is bad, the guide is sketchy, the pressure is massive, and the skiers just want to ski.
UNBRANDED, 43 mins People’s Choice Award
Four young Texas horseman hatch an outrageous plan to adopt, train and ride a string of wild horses 3,000 miles from the Mexican border to Canada through some of the American West’s wildest terrain. Their aim is to prove the worth of wild horses and raise awareness about their plight. What ensues is an epic journey of self-discovery, danger, friendship and big landscapes that entails runaway horses, perilous mountain passes, debilitating injuries, and one sassy donkey.
The tour will visit more than 55 theatres across the UK and Ireland and the UK premiere is set for Leeds Town Hall on 27 January 2016.
Tickets are available from venues nationwide - head to http://banff-uk.com for more Tour details.
2016 TOUR DATES
JANUARY
27
LEEDS Town Hall
28
LEEDS The Carriageworks
30
EDINBURGH Festival Theatre
FEBRUARY
3
LEICESTER De Montfort Hall
4
CARDIFF St David's Hall
5
LEAMINGTON SPA Royal Spa Centre
6
STOCKPORT Plaza Cinema
9
TRURO Hall for Cornwall
10
CAMBRIDGE Corn Exchange
11
SHREWSBURY Theatre Severn
12
STAFFORD Gatehouse Theatre
13
POOLE Lighthouse Theatre
16
GLASGOW Lomond Auditorium (SECC)
18, 19
INVERNESS Eden Court Theatre
20
PITLOCHRY Festival Theatre
23
GUILDFORD G Live
24, 25
BATH Komedia
26
LIVERPOOL Plaza Community Cinema
27
HARROGATE Royal Hall
MARCH
1
ABINGDON Abingdon School
2
BRECON Theatr Brycheiniog
2
CANTERBURY Gulbenkian Theatre
3
DORKING Dorking Halls
3, 4
MALVERN Forum Theatre
4
SALISBURY City Hall
5
BIRMINGHAM Town Hall
8 - 19
LONDON Union Chapel
9
LANCASTER Grand Theatre
10, 11
WHITLEY BAY Playhouse
12
STOCKPORT Plaza Cinema
15
MILFORD HAVEN Torch Theatre
16
PORTHCAWL Grand Pavilion
17
LLANELLI Ffwrnes Theatre
18
LLANDUDNO Venue Cymru
31
SHREWSBURY Theatre Severn
APRIL
1
MATLOCK BATH Grand Pavilion
2
CAMBRIDGE Lady Mitchell Hall
5
PORTSMOUTH The Kings Theatre
5
SWINDON Wyvern Theatre
6
DORKING Dorking Halls
6 - 8
BRISTOL Victoria Rooms
7
TUNBRIDGE WELLS Assembly Hall Theatre
8
READING The Hexagon
13
WIMBORNE MINSTER Tivoli Theatre
14
SALISBURY City Hall
15
BRIGHTON Brighton Dome
16
NORWICH Lecture Theatre 1 (UEA)
21
CHELTENHAM Town Hall
22
TRURO Hall for Cornwall
23
WEYMOUTH Pavilion - Theatre
26
HEBDEN BRIDGE Picture House
27 - 30
KESWICK Theatre by the Lake
MAY
6
YARM Princess Alexandra Auditorium
7
LLANDUDNO Venue Cymru
10
ABINGDON Abingdon School
11
POOLE Lighthouse Theatre
13, 14
EXETER Corn Exchange
18
DUBLIN National Concert Hall
19
GALWAY Town Hall Theatre
22
CORK The Everyman
26, 27
NEWTOWNABBEY Theatre at the Mill
28
KILKENNY Watergate Theatre