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The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour showcases the efforts and talents of the world's finest mountain filmmakers. Every year the Banff Centre in Canada receives hundreds of hopeful entries. These are narrowed down until only the very best films on Mountain Culture remain.
In 1986, the Banff Centre began an outreach programme to bring the tour to other communities across the world... and so the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour was born.
20 years later, in 2006, Cape Union Mart first bought the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour to South Africa, to Cape Town. 2012 heralds the seventh year of Cape Union Mart's partnership with the tour… and it promises to be as amazing as ever!
The tour enables you to experience the adventure of climbing, base jumping, alpine skiing, kayaking, mountain expeditions, remote cultures, and the world's last great wild places - all brought to life on the big screen.
Cape Union Mart invites you to join them for this remarkable series of films, screening once daily at selected Ster Kinekor cinemas around the country.
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Stunning time-lapse sequences, creative visuals, great skiers, and deep powder are highlights of this excerpt from the award-winning feature film that looks at snow sports and the environment.
Director: Dave Mossop, Eric Crossland | Runtime: 11min
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The Ennedi Desert of Chad is a hot, sand-scoured and unfriendly place. But from its vast belly rise clusters of breathtakingly lovely spires, towers, and rock formations. Veteran climber Mark Synnott – known more for his far-flung adventures than his technical accomplishments – brings young climbing stars Alex Honnold and James Pearson to the Ennedi to explore its untouched landscapes.
Director: Renan Ozturk | Runtime: 14min |
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From Mexico to Iceland, Frontier features huge waterfalls, remote areas, breathtaking scenery, and some of the most challenging whitewater ever paddled.
Director: Rush Sturges | Runtime: 20min |
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There's a nine-year-old girl from New York City taking the bouldering world by storm, and her name is Ashima Shiraishi. 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 provides a glimpse of the past for Obe and the start of amazing new adventures for Ashima.
Director: Josh Lowell | Runtime: 23min |
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Some of the world's best kayakers come together for a six-stage competition on spectacular whitewater.
Director: Patrick Camblin | Runtime: 4min |
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One man's quest to revolutionize the world of animal avalanche rescue.
Director: Adam Bailey | Runtime: 8min |
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A partnership between standard setting Anthill Films and the progressive riders of The Coastal Crew, this is a freeride mountain biking film from the athletes themselves.
Director: Dylan Dunkerton, Kyle Norbraten
and Curtis Robinson
| Runtime: 13min
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Bobtrack downhill skateboarding is a sport that didn't actually exist— until Danny Strasser began his tour of Europe's tracks.
Director: Danny Strasser | Runtime: 8min |
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American climbing dirtbag Andy Lewis is taking the discipline of slacklining into the future as he solos the world's longest high-lines and masters the hardest aerial tricks, while pushing his equipment to the limit. As Andy goes higher, harder, and faster with climbing, slack, and B.A.S.E., we all wonder how far he can go before it'll be one step over the line.
Director: Peter Mortimer | Runtime: 22min |
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| DATE |
Friday 26 October - Thursday 1 November 2012
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| TIMES |
There will be one screening per day at 20:15.
Each screening contains all 9 films, and the total length is approximately 2 hours 10 minutes. |
| CINEMAS |
| We are screening at five Ster-Kinekor cinemas across the country: |
| Cape Town |
Cavendish Square & Tygervalley Centre |
| Johannesburg |
Sandton City |
| Pretoria |
Brooklyn Mall |
| Durban |
Gateway World (one screening ONLY, 1 November) |
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| BOOKINGS |
Bookings can be made through Ticketline on 082 16789 and electronically at www.sterkinekor.com.
Bookings open at the beginning of October 2012.
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Click here to view the answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about BANFF. |
www.banffmountainfestival.ca
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