Banff Film Festival on the road

This year’s Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is packed with remote adventure
This year’s Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour has more shows in the UK and Ireland than ever before.
The tour features two different collections of adventure films, all shot in some of the most remote parts of the globe and featuring some of the world’s top explorers. It includes the film 2.5 Million about a skier called Aaron Rice (above) who is attempting to ski 2.5 million human powered vertical feet in a calendar year, which will break a world record if he succeeds.
The tour is being shown at 100 different venues around the UK and Ireland — starting in Edinburgh earlier this month (13 January) and finishing in Newtownabbey in Northern Ireland on 19 May.
The films on the tour are chosen from hundreds entered into the prestigious Banff Mountain Film Festival, which takes place every year in the Canadian Rockies. Each screening brings together folk who love the outdoors and adventure, people who are into all sorts of outdoor pursuits — including skiing and snowboarding — and offers free prize giveaways too.
For more information on the tour and to book tickets, visit banff-uk.com
Tour highlights include:
THE FROZEN ROAD
Yorkshireman Ben Page is embarking on a solo bikepacking journey in the Canadian Arctic. He starts with romantic visions of perfect solitude, but as the latitude increases and the mercury falls below -30C, he discovers what it truly means to travel alone in this great emptiness.
INTO TWIN GALAXIES – A GREENLAND EPIC
Top adventurers Ben Stookesberry, Sarah McNair-Landry and Erik Boomer are on an extreme mission in Greenland. Using kite skis, the trio tow their white-water kayaks 1,000km over the Greenland Ice Cap to reach the northernmost river ever paddled – and then the challenge gets even tougher. With spectacular cinematography, remote wilderness and a large amount of suffering, this film shows what it’s like to be far out of your comfort zone.
Watch a trailer for the Banff Mountain Film Festival here
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