February 19, 2009 Issue
Banff Mountain Film Festival Returns to ASU March 27 and 28
The Banff Mountain Film Festival is coming back to Boone on Friday, March 27, and Saturday, March 28. For 33 years, ‘Best of the Festival’ video presentations have been inspiring audiences by showcasing the world’s best films highlighting mountain adventure, culture and the environment.
A popular and critically acclaimed international film event, the Banff Mountain Film Festival is hosted by ASU Outdoor Programs and takes place at ASU’s Farthing Auditorium. The 2009 screening is the 13th anniversary of Banff Film Festival screenings in Boone, annually one of the largest screenings in all of North America.
The 2008-09 World Tour is traveling to more than 275 communities in more than 30 countries on all continents, including Antarctica. The Boone screenings have a history of selling out quickly, so organizers recommend planning ahead to get tickets, which are currently on sale at Farthing Auditorium, by clicking to www.op.appstate.edu or at Footsloggers in downtown Boone.
Local tour hosts, such as ASU Outdoor Programs, choose the program from the best of more than 300 films submitted to the Banff Film Festival in November. Two completely different screenings will be shown on March 27 and 28.
“We will highlight award winning mountain films each night that combine elements of mountain adventure, culture and the environment,” said ASU Outdoor Programs Associate Director Rich Campbell. “We try to keep each night well balanced but entirely different and unique so audiences are exposed to as many different films as possible during the festival.
“We had another very successful event last year, underscoring how strongly this festival is received in our mountain community. This year, there is a strong resurgence of mountain culture films that captures the spirit of the unique relationship between people and their remote, mountain environments. Some of the films this year highlight extraordinary and rare aspects of mountain culture from Borneo, Papua New Guinea, Peru and Alaska,” continued Campbell.
“The films selected at the Banff Film Festival to go on tour this year are very well balanced with regard to mountain culture, cutting edge mountain adventure and mountain environments. I think our audience will be very pleased with the quality, diversity, creativity and passion the films highlight this year,” added Campbell. “The comments from the Banff Centre of Mountain Culture—the organization who produces the Banff Film Festival—indicate that this is one of the strongest selection of films in years. We can’t wait to present the films this year, in part as a way to contribute to our own mountain community, which is so strong.”
The Banff Mountain Film Festival is an annual international competition celebrating its 33rd year featuring the world’s best films on mountain themes. In November 2008, the festival screened more than 50 finalist films, chosen from more than 300 entries from 37 different countries. The Banff Centre organizes the film festival for Mountain Culture in Banff, Canada. For information, click to www.banffmountainfestivals.com
For more information about the Banff Mountain Film Festival at ASU, click to www.op.appstate.edu or contact Rich Campbell at campbllrh@appstate.edu. ASU Outdoor Programs and Footsloggers Outdoor and Travel Outfitters are the presenters of this event.
Advance tickets are now available. Purchase from the Farthing Auditorium Box Office at
1-800-841-2787 or 828-262-4046, by clicking to www.op.appstate.edu or from Footsloggers Outdoor Travel and Outfitters in downtown Boone at 828-262-5111.
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