It's our 8th year and our biggest festival with 80 films and 6 screens. It's looking like the Showroom will be busier than ever. Ticket sales are already up on this time last year. Award-winning film-maker Al Lee's produced another amazing trailer with soundtrack by Sheffield 6 piece Screaming Maldini (20,000+ views already).
© ShAFF (Jen Randall, Alex Ekins
For the first time we'll also have an outdoor screen as Red Bull host a FREE Saturday evening 'Cityscape Cinema' at the amphitheatre above the train station with films and athlete Q&As.
Best of British climbing highlights full A to Z listings here.
© ShAFF (Jen Randall, Alex Ekins
For more on the films below, click the links.
Autana (Posing Productions)
Push It (Light Shed Productions)
Echoes (Polished Project)
Dave (Polished Project)
Driven to Despair (Image Impossible)
Meltdown (Adam Hocking)
WideBoyz (Hot Aches)
Other Highlights
Premiere of Alex Ekins' WideBoyz stills never-before-seen photos taken during Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker's ascent of Century Crack. Adventure Photography Exhibition.
Climbing lectures: WideBoyz (Hot Aches) and Nick Bullock on his acclaimed autobiography 'Echoes'.
Gordon Stainforth talking about 'Fiva' (winner of Banff Best Mountain and Wilderness Literature book)
Pete Whittaker on the ascent of Century Crack.
Everest The Old Way - Proving it's not always about getting to the top you can also hear the story of the first recorded trek to Mt.Everest by five local students in 1968. Two of the team, David Peckett and John Driskell, have recently written a book about their adventures and will give a talk at ShAFF.
Lukasz Warzecha - one of the best known and respected names in climbing photography - is also exhibiting as part of our MyOutdoors photography exhibition and will give an illustrated lecture on his life as a photographer and film-maker.
Plus...
Don't forget also that the Climbing Works International Bouldering Festival will be on just down the road.
Got any spare kit you want to shift? Bring it along to our second hand kit sale.
And on Friday night the one and only Niall Grimes will be hosting the ShAFF Adventure Quiz.
Plus: Live music in the bar all weekend, 4 Young Adventure Showings, 2 Teen Screens.
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