THIS ACCOUNT IS NO LONGER ACTIVELY MONITORED. A Festival in Banff + World Tour that seeks to inspire through stories of adventure &conservation in the outdoors.
Banff, Alberta, Canada
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🚨2024 FILM COMPETITION IS NOW OPEN🚨
Roughly 85 films are accepted and screened at the Festival where they will compete for $35,000 in prize winnings! Filmmakers and protagonists of these films will also be invited to participate in the Festivities!
➡️ banffcentre.ca/film-fest/com…
Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival retweeted
NOW OPEN: The 2024 @BanffMtnFest Photo Essay Competition!
This annual comp showcases the best mountain-themed essays w/n culture, adventure, wildlife, sport, environment or natural history.
$3K grand prize—enter by May 6 👉 bit.ly/3GvaSPw
📷: '23 Winner Armando Vega
🚨The 2024 Signature Image search is on!🚨
One remarkable photo is selected each year to represent our Festival; this ‘Sig Image’ is used at both the Festival in Banff and on our World Tour which now has over 1700 screenings in 50+ countries.
Details @ bit.ly/3u9qOni
📸The 2024 Mountain Photo Essay Competition is now open!
We're looking for 3-5 professional quality photos that share a moving story of mountain cultures, sports or environments + short text giving context.
Win $3K and a trip to the Festival!
Apply: bit.ly/3CPR6xP
Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival retweeted
Missed your chance to experience the 2023 @BanffMtnFest ⁉️
We've curated two on-demand bundles from this year's award-winning films, available now until November 8 @ 11:59 PM MST.
Start renting 🎥 👉 bit.ly/3UCy6tJ
ALT From the film Descendance, winner of the Special Jury Mention, photo by Daniel Schiessl
Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival retweeted
We're at the tail end of this year's #nineepicdays 💥 Throw on a warm coat and join us up the hill for mixed film programming, the Festival marketplace, sunrise hikes, happy hours & and MUCH MORE!
View this weekend's @BanffMtnFest schedule 👉 bit.ly/3qk004j
Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival retweeted
CONGRATS to all the '23 Banff Mountain Book Competition category winners as chosen by our esteemed international jury 👏 📚
Each author receives $3K & is eligible for the $5K Grand Prize, to be announced on-stage at the Festival tomorrow!
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/46UgP5O
Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival retweeted
The November issue is out now!✨
Featuring:
• An exclusive #interview with Lawrence Sher ASC, #DOP on #jokerfolieadeux
• A deep-dive into adventure #filmmaking with @BanffMtnFest
• #Production stories on #Foe, Heart of Stone and more!
Read here: bit.ly/3FFPNTO
Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival retweeted
Come out to🍻 Happy Hour w/ us, @mec and @YETICoolers at the @BanffMtnFest and grab one of these beauties! Can you identify the peak on the Rambler this year? 😍
Proceeds will be supporting the ACC Facilities Fund~
🗓️ filmfest.banffcentre.ca/sche…
Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival retweeted
Maria Coffey's new memoir, Instead: Navigating the Adventures of a Childfree Life, won the Adventure Travel Award in the 2023 @banffcentre Book Competition!
Stop by our booth at the @BanffMtnFest on Saturday 11AM-12PM to meet @BooksCoffey and get your copies of Instead signed🎉
Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival retweeted
Missed the October 28 screening? No worries!
LOSING BLUE is also part of @BanffMtnFest's virtual offer! 📽️ Info here → bit.ly/3FGG0wJ
The blue colour of ancient mountain lakes is fading due to climate change🌍
'Losing Blue' is a cinematic poem that explores what it means to lose a colour & features lakes in Banff National Park.
It's screening at #BanffMountainFilmFestival on Oct 28th🎬
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Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival retweeted
9 epic days. 84 films. 12,000 attendees. Happy 48th anniversary @BanffMtnFest!!! You're such an important part of how we celebrate mountain art, culture, and how amazingly hardcore and inspiring people can be. Stoked to be part of opening day! @banffcentre
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@BanffMtnFest kicks off this weekend.
Rab athlete Ian Welsted and climbing partner Graham Zimmerman will be taking to the stage on 3rd November to chat about their recent trip to Pakistan.
Tickets👇
bit.ly/3Mfymgx
#TheMountainPeople #WeAreRab #BanffMountainFestival
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The '23 @BanffMtnFest starts NOW 💥 For those with tickets, you did a good, good thing 😉 For those that couldn't make it, if you're in 🇨🇦 or 🇺🇸, you have until Nov 1 to secure an Online Film Pass 👉 bit.ly/3UCy6tJ
Otherwise, catch the rest on the #BanffWorldTour 🙌
🏆 The 2024 Summit of Excellence winner is Andy Genereux!
He was one of the main figures in bringing modern-era rock climbing to the Canadian Rockies. Andy has established more than 2000 pitches of climbing, along with being and author and mentor.
➡️ bit.ly/37YGGvK
💥 ARE YOU READY? 💥
All film program details are now online! From Radical Reels to world premieres, Best of Fest and all the rest - with 84 films screening in Banff there's a huge range of programs to enjoy.
Online Film Passes are also on sale! ➡️➡️➡️ bit.ly/BCMFBFtix
Congratulations to all our film finalists! This year a total of 486 films from 40 countries were submitted, with 84 films from 13 countries selected as finalists.
All film program details are now online, grab your tickets!
➡️ filmfest.banffcentre.ca/film…
The 2023 Book Competition longlist is here! Congratulations to all the category finalists📚
We received 215 book submissions from authors in eight countries, this was narrowed down to a longlist of 33 finalists.
Check out this quality reading list!
➡️ bit.ly/2VOM4zQ
