Goosebump Alert: Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is back!

Posted on 8 October 2012

The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is back in South Africa. Banff is one of those increasingly rare occasions where one can say ‘awesome’ and it still has real meaning.

This remarkable series of films, hosted by Cape Union Mart for the 7th consecutive year, includes nine short films presented as a single screening will be running from 26 Oct 2012 until 1 Nov 2012.

Extreme snow sports, rock climbing, kayaking, mountain biking and slacklining are all captured on film and feature breath taking scenery and spectacular sites from across the globe.

Check out the snapshots and drool at the video at the end but before you go diarise this:

Date:

26 October to 1 November 2012

Time:

20h15 daily

Venue:

Banff will be screened at five Ster-Kinekor cinemas across the country:

CapeTown: Cavendish Square and Tygervalley Centre

Johannesburg: Sandton City

Pretoria: Brooklyn Mall

Durban: Gateway Centre (one screening only on 1 November)

More info:

www.banff.co.za

All.I.Can: The Short Cut An excerpt from the award-winning feature delivers inspirational performances from the world’s best skiers while ground-breaking cinematography expands our vision of the natural world.

 


Concrete Dreams – Bobtrack downhill skateboarding didn’t actually exist— until Danny Strasser decided to do a tour of Europe’s tracks
From The inside out – A partnership between standard setting Anthill Films and the progressive riders of The Coastal Crew, this is a free ride mountain biking film from the athletes themselves.

 

Frontier From Mexico to Iceland – Frontier features huge waterfalls, remote areas, breathtaking scenery and some of the most challenging whitewater ever paddled.

 

Reel Rock: Origins – Obe & Ashima Nine-year-old Ashima Shiraishi from New York City is taking the bouldering world by storm. Guided by her coach and former bouldering star Obe Carrion, this tiny master is crushing competitions and raising the bar for her peers. A trip to the bouldering mecca of Hueco Tanks in Texas, USA, provides a glimpse of the past for Obe and the start of amazing new adventures for Ashima.

 




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