The signature image of the annual Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival represents the best in mountain adventure photography from around the world. Each year the call is put out to photographers and creatives from around the world. Each year the Banff Centre receives [...]
ICE CLIMBING, IN KENTUCKY?? PACK YOUR BAGS, LET’S GO!! This adventure documentary takes you on a bourbon-fuelled ride, deep into the bushy hollers of Appalachia with a crew of harmless misfits as they race to search out and climb new ice routes before they’re gone. In [...]
TRAILBLAZER, PIONEER, ADVENTURER, MOUNTAIN CLIMBER, POLAR EXPLORER, WRITER & MOTHER Myrtle Simpson is a name you won’t see in too many history books, despite her long standing history as pioneer in the outdoors. Her adventures were remarkable for many reasons, including the fact that she [...]
ARE YOU READY FOR AN ADVENTURE... WITH A ONE-YEAR-OLD?? You might already be familiar with one of the Jonesy’s… Justin, to be specific. He’s the ‘Jonesy’ half of ‘Cas & Jonesy’ and has been adventuring his whole life. These teen sensations set the pace for NEW [...]
A WEE BIKE RIDE AROUND SCOTLAND WITH DANNY MACASKILL If you asked Danny MacAskill to babysit your child, would you expect anything less than a cross country expedition, over mountains, over lakes, popping wheelies and doing flips... Well that's exactly what happened when Danny [...]
CHANGING UP A MORNING ROUTINE IN THE FRENCH ALPS Richard Permin is not your average skier. In the Banff Mountain Film Festival film, Good Morning, we see Richard expertly navigate the rooftops of Avoriaz (in the French Alps) to get his morning baguette. At only 4 [...]
LIVING LIFE LARGE AT 82? “NO PROBLEM!” Jacques Houot (pronouced ‘oooo ohh’) is an age-defying athlete. Some are even convinced that he’s found the fountain of youth! In the Banff Mountain Film Festival film, The Frenchy, we see 82-year-old Jacques live life with no thoughts [...]
Circumnavigating the globe with Sarah Outen C.S. Lewis once said “no one ever told me that grief felt so much like fear.” For Sarah Outen, years of fear and grief pushed her to an edge she wasn’t sure she’d ever come back from. The fear of slowing down, the fear [...]
Catching up with artist, designer, adventurer John Fellows Meet John. Artist, designer, adventurer and mastermind behind this year’s Banff Film Festival merch design. Hailing from Crested Butte, Colorado, John takes us through his tumultuous journey through the world of art and design, and the inspiration behind [...]
THROUGH RUNNING THABANG MABIDA HOPES TO END THE CYCLE OF POVERTY IN HIS HOMETOWN IN SOUTH AFRICA If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you practice a sport of some sort. Whether that may be competitively, or just for fun, there’s also a good chance that [...]
