This week the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity returns to the University of Wyoming as part of its film festival world tour.
After showing Wednesday, the films will also run 7 p.m. tonight in the Arts and Sciences Auditorium. The event is co-sponsored by 7220 Entertainment’s Film Committee and the UW Outdoor Program and the Haub School.
“The Banff Mountain Film Festival has come to the University of Wyoming for 21 years including this year and has become a tradition at the University of Wyoming that we are happy to carry on into the future!” said Hannah Lewis, 7220 Entertainment Films Committee coordinator in an email.
The festival will include approximately two hours of movies showings, ranging from short films to longer films that won awards in the 2018 festival last fall. These films will center around around adventures in the mountains. The first half of the showings will be family friendly, but the second half may include some profanity.
The films being screened this evening, descriptions provided by Banff, are:
- “Boy Nomad”: 9-year old Janibek lives with his family in Mongolia’s Altai Mountains. His first love is racing horses, but this winter, his father will bring him on the toughest journey in a nomad’s life: the winter migration.
- “This Mountain Life”: A mother-daughter team set out on a six-month ski traverse in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada.
- “Beaver Believers”: Sherri Tippie, a hairdresser/Certified Live Beaver Trapper is working to restore the North American Beaver, the most industrious, ingenious, furry little engineer, to the watersheds of the American West.
- “Craig’s Reaction”: Since a 100-foot fall in 2002 that took his right leg and left him with spinal injuries, Colorado climber Craig DeMartino has led one hell of a life, including lauded First Disabled and In-A-Day Ascents on El Capitan. But his day-to-day life story is the one that should be making headlines.
- “Grizzly Country”: After serving in the Vietnam War, author and eco-warrior Doug Peacock spent years alone in the Wyoming and Montana wilderness observing grizzly bears. This time in the wild changed the course of his life. With the protection of Yellowstone grizzlies now under threat, Peacock reflects.
The Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival started in 1976 in Banff, Alberta, as a gateway for creators such as authors, filmmakers, photographers and adventurers to share their epic stories from around the globe. It is an annual competition, centered around the environment, mountain culture and adventure sports, according to the Banff and Lake Louise Alive webpage.
After a positive response to the festival, the Banff Centre began the World Tour for the Film Festival in 1986 to share the niche films with those outside Alberta. This year it is traveling to 40 countries and 550 locations within them.
This year’s local sponsors for the event include Atmosphere Mountainworks, Laramie’s Basecamp, NU2U Sports, Pedal House and All Terrain Sports.
Additional information is available
at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity webpage at BanffCentre.ca/ and by contacting the Campus Activities Center at 307-766-6340.
