Come enjoy the spirit of outdoor adventure at The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour hosted by Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center DOORS OPEN AT 7PM, SCREENING AT 7:30 P.M.
$20 General Admission (includes screening, a drink ticket & chance to win door prizes!) Or $75 Private Reception & Reserved Seating (includes private reception at River Mountain Lodge with appetizers, desserts & drinks, reserved seating at screening, a drink ticket at screening and chance to win door prizes!) Both $20 and $75 tickets are available online or at the door to the Riverwalk Center Amphitheatre on Friday, March 17 at 7:00 p.m. Hot on the heels of the largest, and one of the most prestigious, mountain film festivals in the world, the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour has hit the road, with stops planned in about 285 communities and 30 countries across the globe. This year’s tour features a collection of the most inspiring and thought-provoking action, environmental and adventure mountain films. Traveling from remote landscapes and cultures to up close and personal with adrenaline-packed action sports, the 2009/2010 World Tour is an exhilarating and provocative exploration of the mountain world. The Breckenridge Festival will feature films such as: New from renowned climbing filmmakers, Sender Films, First Ascent: Alone on the Wall follows 24-year-old Alex Honnold as he readies himself for an unbelievable challenge: the first free-solo of the ‘Regular Northwest Face’ route (VI, 5.12a, 23 pitches) on Yosemite’s Half Dome. What happens if you show up to climb one of the biggest frozen waterfalls in Canada but it isn't completely frozen? In Hunlen, Canadian boys Will Gadd and EJ Plimley kid their way through a nail-biting first ascent of B.C.'s remote Hunlen Falls. The climbing is technical—all 1,000 feet of it—but it’s the giant slabs of ice breaking free beside the route that makes the climbers nervous. Kranked – Revolve is a high-adrenaline mountain bike journey from the insane Megavalanche race in the French Alps to the lush coast of British Columbia, incorporating dirt jump, trail, freeride, slopestyle and downhill riding. Filmed and edited in just five days at the 2008 Nissan Outdoor Games in Chamonix, MedeoZ is the story of a photographer’s mission to capture six mountain sports in a single shot. As the world class climber, skier, snowboarder, speed rider, paraglider, and BASE jumper race to meet one another, Guillaume Broust readies himself for the perfect moment to close the shutter. An excerpt from the sequel to the 1980s cult ski film Apocalypse Snow, Mont-Blanc Speed Flying is a breathtaking continuous shot that follows a group of six speed riders from the upper slopes of Mont Blanc down to Chamonix. In Japan there is a cultural connection to the different signatures of terrestrial home - a sense that the rhythm of fall, winter, spring and summer influences the rhythm of the person, their energy, their riding style and the lines they choose. This special edit for the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, Signatures: Canvas of Snow, features skiers, snowboarders, a photographer and a noboarder—each in tune with this connection to winter and the environment they ride in. From incredible lines to insane avalanches, Ten— a Cameraman’s Tale looks at the behind-the-scenes world of freeride filmmaking through the lens of cameraman Guido Perrini. Featuring some of the world's best freeriders, including Jeremy Jones, Jonas Emery and Geraldine Fasnacht, in locations from Alaska and Canada to Chile and Russia, Ten delves into the passion, joys and dangers that are an everyday part of freeride skiing. Paul Pritchard was one of Britain’s most talented and outrageous climbers in the late 1980s. A head injury received while climbing the Totem Pole in Tasmania left Pritchard with hemiplegia. To the Rainbow documents Pritchard’s emotional return to climbing thirteen years later. Teaming up with his old climbing partner, the legendary Johnny Dawes, he takes on a 5.10 route on The Rainbow in Northern Wales. Showcasing some of the fastest skiers on Earth in juxtaposition with the sickest stunts in Nordic skiing, The Ultimate Skiing Showdown, puts the ‘X’ in x-country skiing. The BOEC thanks local sponsors: FirstBank, Town of Breckenridge, Harvest Catering, ResortQuest, Summit Daily News and Sir Speedy Centennial. 100% of the Banff Event proceeds support the BOEC! For more information contact Marci Sloan 970-453-6422 or marci@boec.org
Both $20 and $75 tickets are available online. Will call tickets will be available for pick up at 7:00 pm on Friday, March 19 at the doors into the Riverwalk Center Amphitheatre and $20 general admission tickets will also be available for purchase at the door at 7:00 p.m on Friday, March 19.
The Riverwalk Center is a covered and heated amphitheater with a 760 person capacity in the heart of Breckenridge. Alcoholic & non-alcoholic beverages as well as light snacks will be available during the show.