Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival

Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival Live Shows in Sandpoint at the Panida Theater

Schedule

QUARTZITE, SUNDAY PROGRAM

ANYTIME – SWITZERLAND (TOUR EDIT)

2024, Canada, Mountain biking

Advisory: No advisory

Set in the Lenzerheide Bike Park this segment will highlight the fact that good times are at the core of it all. Leaveyour preconceptions behind and join the revolutions as these women prove they’re not just riding – they’re reigning.

JAMROCK: THE BIRTH OF JAMAICAN ROCK CLIMBING

2024, USA, Rock climbing

Advisory: No advisory

Kai Lightner, a 12 time national US climbing champion embarks on a transformative mission into the heart of Jamaica’s emerging climbing community, where passion and determination thrive despite limited resources and recognition.

OF A LIFETIME

2024, Switzerland, Adventure snowboarding

Advisory: Coarse language

Of a Lifetime chronicles the renowned De Le Rue family’s journey as Xavier, Victor and 18 year old Mila sail across the Drake Passage to ride the unimaginably steep icy line of the white continent.

THE SMOKE THAT THUNDERS (2024 CRATIVE EXCELLENCE AWARD)

2024, Canada, Kayak

Advisory: No advisory

Aiming to paddle the fabled Minus rapids at the base of Victoria Falls on the Zambezi river, Ben Marr’s biggest challenge is to access them by trekking upstream. A total assault on the senses awaits as the force of the river speaks for itself.

THE LAST OBSERVERS (2024 SPECIAL JURY MENTION)

Culture

Advisory: No advisory

For decades, every third hour around the clock, every day of the year, Karin Persson and Lennart Karlsson have gone outside to observe and record the weather. At one of the last manual weather stations on the planet, there are no days off.

REEL ROCK: JIRISHANCA

2024, USA, climbing, alpine adventure

Advisory: Course language

Renowned alpinists Josh Wharton and Vince Anderson attempt a free ascent of the Jirishanca, an epic 6000-metre peak in the Peruvian Andes. The duo will have to tackle 5.13 face climbing, horizontal ice roofs, technical mixed terrain, and treacherous snow mushrooms as they reconcile the inherent risk of climbing with their love of alpine adventure.

SLIDING

2024, US Virgin Islands, sledding

Advisory: No advisory

A female athlete skips the crowded ski slopes to traverse the Swiss Alps on her sled…Idaho style, headfirst.

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Date: January 17 - 19, 2025