Dear Past Attendees:
We are pleased to announce that the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour will be returning for its eleventh year to Mount St Mary's University in the Knott Auditorium, (16300 Old Emmitsburg Rd., Emmitsburg, MD 21727) at 7pm for two days -Monday, April 23 and Tuesday, April 24, 2018. Different films will be shown each night!
Mount St. Mary's University Outdoor Adventures will again be hosting the internationally acclaimed program.
Tickets are available now:
Mon-Thurs. 10pm – 7pm; Fri 10am -8pm; Sat. 9:30am -5:30pm; Sun 12pm – 5pm
Office of Outdoor Adventures at Mount St. Mary's University in the lower level of the McGowan Center, (next to Knott Auditorium). crux@msmary.edu
Tickets are $16 (students $13) in advance or $19 (students $16) at the door … if still available after 6:00pm the night of the show.
FILM MENU
Emmitsburg, MD
First Evening: Monday, April 23, 2018
SURF THE LINE (2016, France, 3 minutes)
The Flying Frenchies, thinking out of the box isn't a choice – it's a way of life.
EDGES (2016, USA, 9 minutes)
Classification: General
At the ripe old age of 90, Yvonne Dowlen has been ice skating for as long as she can remember. Edges is a celebration of a life lived well.
PLANET EARTH II – MOUNTAIN IBEX (Tour Edit) (2016, UK, 7 minutes)
Only a few pioneering animals have what it takes to survive in the world's highest mountain ranges and they tend to be some of the most elusive and mysterious animals on the planet. Climb to a world that is beautiful but full of danger, where only the most adventurous animals can hope to survive.
INTO TWIN GALAXIES – A GREENLAND EPIC (2016, Germany, 52 minutes)
Classification: PG - Coarse language
Three National Geographic "Adventurers of the Year" embark on an insane kayaking mission in Greenland. With kite skis they tow their whitewater kayaks over 1000 km of the Greenland Ice Cap to reach the most northern river ever paddled.
INTERSECTION: MICAYLA GATTO (2017, USA, 5 minutes)
Mountain biker Micayla Gatto takes the viewer into her world as a painter and as an athlete, riding through beautifully created masterpieces where colours come to life and reality blends with art.
KILIAN (2016, Canada, 14 minutes)
Filmmaker: Anthony Bonello, Switchback Entertainment Inc;
Kilian Jornet is considered the greatest mountain runner ever. But he doesn't consider himself a runner. Join Kilian in his new backyard in Norway as he attempts to ski and run the Seven Summits of Romsdalen in a single day, a 77 kilometre route with 9,000 metres of elevation gain.
THE LAST HONEY HUNTER (2017, Canada, 36 minutes)
Maule Dhan Rai is the last man in the remote Nepal village of Saadi who's been visited in a dream by a wrathful forest spirit called Rongkemi. If no one else in the village has the dream, a generations-old tradition may die.
ICE CALL - BACKYARDS PROJECT –SAM FAVRET (2016, France, 3 minutes)
Try to keep up to freerider Sam Favret as he gives us a new perspective of the mythical Mer de Glace, at the heart of Mont-Blanc.
FILM MENU
Emmitsburg, MD
Second Evening: Tuesday, April 24, 2018
WHERE THE WILD THINGS PLAY (2017, USA, 4 minutes)
There's an ongoing discussion of why there aren't more females in the adventure industry; whether it's in big mountain skiing, climbing, or whitewater kayaking. Well, it's about time we found out Where the Wild Things Play!
2.5 MILLION (2017, USA, 22 minutes)
American skier Aaron Rice sets out to ski 2.5 million, human-powered, vertical feet in the backcountry and set a new world record.
JOHANNA (2016, UK, 4 minutes) Classification: General
For freediver Johanna Nordblad, diving under the ice provides a surreal, calming environment that helps heal her injuries.
DUGOUT (TOUR EDIT) (2017, UK, 41 minutes)
Ben and James decide to travel to the Ecuadorian Amazon, live with an indigenous community, learn from them how to build a canoe from scratch, then take that canoe on a journey… What could go wrong?
MY IRNIK (2017, Canada, 16 minutes)
Originally from Montreal, Conor falls in love with the northern way of life, and a woman, in the Canadian Arctic. Now the young father helps to pass on the native traditions and ancestral culture to his son, as he learns them himself.
WHY (2016, France, 7 mins)
Iceland. A cold, rugged and forbidding landscape where powerful rivers plunge through bedrock gorges, over massive waterfalls toward the sea. A crew of French kayakers travel here to ask the question,"Why? Why do we do this?"
THE FROZEN ROAD (2017, UK, 24 minutes)
Ben Page sought an adventure of perfect solitude in the Canadian Arctic. Yet the harsh truths of travelling in such a formidable environment were a long way from the romanticisms of a Jack London book.
IMAGINATION: TOM WALLISCH (2017, Canada, 5 minutes)
Sherpas Cinema; Classification: General
Have you ever been that little kid sitting in the back seat of your parents' car, wishing you were somewhere else? So you imagine a skier on the side of the road, your fingers commanding back flips and roof drops, improbable rail slides and huge airs. Well, what if your imagination came to life?
Film menu and order of films subject to change.
The Banff program, including the intermission, is approximately three hours.
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Note: there will be two raffles.
When you enter the Knott Auditorium be sure to fill out the yellow ballot to be eligible for the free raffle to win prizes at the drawing held at the end of the intermission.
Also, The Trail House has again brought together another great lineup of prizes for the raffle with all proceeds benefiting the programs of Mount St. Mary's University Outdoor Adventures. Drawing held at the end of the show.
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Don't forget to forward this email to your friends and have them join you. Look forward to seeing you on the April 23rd and 24th or both.
Tom
