The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is gearing up to head out on its annual nationwide tour with the world's best new climbing and adventure films. More than 1,000 people are expected to attend the European Premiere at Leeds Town Hall which takes place on 27 January 2016.
Now in its seventh edition, the 2016 UK and Ireland leg of the Banff World Tour will be the largest Tour to date with more than 85 screenings and 55 tour locations right across the UK and Ireland. Globally, the World Tour is enjoyed by more than 500,000 people across 40 different countries.
FILMS
The festival tour showcases a diverse collection of the newest and very best films from the global mountain and adventure community. Two entirely different film programmes will be shown during the 2016 Tour – the Red and Blue Film programmes. Some of the films being featured during this year’s Tour include:
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 fuelled 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.
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 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.
Other highlights include skiing deep powder in Alaska, a race to complete a two-continent expedition (all in one weekend!), kayaking over 50 metre waterfalls in Central America and more!
To buy tickets and to view a full line-up of this year’s films, visit the website: http://www.banff-uk.com
TOUR DATES AND LOCATIONS
The 2016 Tour dates include:
27 January Leeds, Town Hall
28 January Leeds, The Carriageworks
30 January Edinburgh, Festival Theatre (matinee and evening)
3 February Leicester, De Montfort Hall
4 February Cardiff, St David’s Hall
5 February Leamington Spa, Royal Spa Centre
6 February Stockport, Plaza Cinema
9 February Truro, Hall for Cornwall
10 February Cambridge, Corn Exchange
11 February Shrewsbury, Theatre Severn
12 February Stafford, Gatehouse Theatre
13 February Poole, Lighthouse Theatre
16 February Glasgow, SECC
18, 19 February Inverness, Eden Court Theatre
20 February Pitlochry, Festival Theatre
23 February Guildford, G Live
24, 25 February Bath, Komedia
26 February Liverpool, Plaza Community Cinema
27 February Harrogate, Royal Hall
1 March Abingdon, Abingdon School
2 March Brecon, Theatr Brycheiniog
2 March Canterbury, Gulbenkian Theatre
3 March Dorking, Dorking Halls
3, 4 March Malvern, Malvern Theatres
4 March Salisbury, City Hall
5 March Birmingham, Town Hall (matinee and evening)
8-19 March London, Union Chapel (10 shows)
9 March Lancaster, Grand Theatre
10, 11 March Whitley Bay, Playhouse
12 March Stockport, Plaza Cinema
15 March Milford Haven, Torch Theatre
16 March Porthcawl, Grand Pavilion
17 March Llanelli, Ffwrnes Theatre
18 March Llandudno, Venue Cymru
31 March Shrewsbury, Theatre Severn
1 April Matlock Bath, Grand Pavilion
2 April Cambridge, Lady Mitchell Hall
5 April Portsmouth, The Kings Theatre
5 April Swindon, Wyvern Theatre
6 April Dorking, Dorking Halls
6-8 April Bristol, Victoria Rooms
7 April Tunbridge Wells, Assembly Hall Theatre
8 April Reading, The Hexagon
13 April Wimborne Minster, Tivoli Theatre
14 April Salisbury, City Hall
15 April Brighton, Brighton Dome
16 April Norwich, Uni if East Anglia (matinee and evening)
21 April Cheltenham, Town Hall
22 April Truro, Hall for Cornwall
23 April Weymouth, Weymouth Pavilion
26 April Hebden Bridge, Picture House
27, 28, 30 April Keswick, Theatre by the Lake
5 May Buxton, Opera House (on sale soon)
6 May Yarm, Princess Alexandra Auditorium
7 May Llandudno, Venue Cymru
9 May Wimborne Minster, Tivoli Theatre
10 May Abingdon, Abingdon School
11 May Poole, Lighthouse Theatre
13, 14 May Exeter, Corn Exchange
18 May Dublin, National Concert Hall
19 May Galway, Town Hall Theatre
22 May Cork, The Everyman
26, 27 May Newtownabbey, Theatre at the Mill
28 May Kilkenny, Watergate Theatre
Throughout the Tour, more than £50,000 of prizes and giveaways will be up for grabs during the Banff shows from our UK and Ireland Tour partners, including Keen, Cotswold Outdoor, Osprey, JetBoil, Buff, SueMe, Clif Bar and Banff Lake Louise Tourism.
More information about the events are available at http://banff-uk.com