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A still from The Tangerine Dream Photograph by Adam Clark/TGR Courtesy of The Banff Centre
Enjoy selections from the most recent Banff Mountain Film Festival, at this world tour presented by Dunham Bootmakers and National Geographic. Some films contain graphic language.
MONDAY, MARCH 6 High Fly Summits. (France, 2005, 13 min.) The French Soulflyer team uses BASE jumps, skiing, and skydiving to fly over many of the planet’s emblematic summits. Becoming a Man in Siberia. (France, 2004, 52 min.) Heirs to an ancient nomadic culture, three children of the tundra experience rites of passage on the way to adulthood. The Khumbu Mighty Mites. (USA, 2005, 3 min.) The children of Nepal’s Khumbu enjoy a day of fun after a big snowstorm. Return2Sender-Parallelojams. (USA, 2005, 45 min.) Alpine Club of Canada Award for Best Film on Climbing. The challenges and characters of modern desert crack climbing. Solilochairliftquist. (USA, 2005, 4 min.) A ski bum experiences profound revelations while riding chairlifts.
TUESDAY, MARCH 7 Hockey Night…in Ladakh. (Canada, 2005, 9 min.) Canadian Embassy staff play high-altitude hockey in the Himalaya. Off Road to Athens. (USA, 2005, 51 min.) Eight mountain bikers struggle and sacrifice to make the U.S. Olympic Team. Never Say Nevis Again. (Canada, 2003,10 min.) Scottish whitewater (and weather) on the River Nevis. Charles, Edouard, ou le temps suspendu. (France, 2003, 26 min.) Best Film on Mountain Culture. For two elderly brothers on a mountain farm, isolation is a way of life. Person as Projectile. (USA, 2005, 4 min.) Skiier Julian Carr is more than an adrenalin-driven rock star. The Ozarks. (USA, 2005, 19 min.) Bouldering in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8 Baffin Island BASE Jump Adventure. (USA, 2005, 21 min.) A month-long expedition to Baffin Island with some of the world’s most experienced BASE jumpers. Unconquerable Summit. (Kazhakstan, 2002, 40 min.) The life and climbs of famed alpinist Anatoli Boukreev. The Retrospective – Red Bull Rampage. (Canada, 2005, 17 min.) The legacy of free-ride mountain biking’s legendary Red Bull Rampage event. Praszczur (Grandpa). (Poland, 2005, 26 min.) Best Film on Mountain Sports. Riding the winds with a 79-year-old paraglider. The Lost People of Mountain Village. (USA, 2005, 15 min.) A lost skier stumbles upon evidence of a vanished “civilization” in the mountains.
THURSDAY, MARCH 9 Return2Sender: Bug Out. (USA, 2005, 10 min.) A profile of a 10-year-old climbing phenomenon. The Magic Mountain. (Canada, 2005, 50 min.) Peoples' Choice Award. An intrepid educator hikes through the Himalaya to benefit the region’s people. Harvest Moon. (USA, 2005, 29 min.) Pioneering a new route on Thalay Sagar. The Hatch. (USA, 2005, 18 min.) The unique ecosystem of Colorado’s Gunnison River Gorge. Balancing Point. (USA, 2004, 6 min.) Special Jury Award. A meditational manipulation of gravity and time.
FRIDAY, MARCH 10 Grand Canyon Dreams. (Canada, 2005, 15 min.) A paragliding first. Sur le fil des 4000. (France, 2005, 50 min.) Grand Prize. A pair of climbers attempt to climb all 82 4000-meter summits in the Alps. The Tangerine Dream. (USA, 2005, 17 min.) Around the world with the Teton Gravity Research team. Middle Kaweah. (USA, 2004, 21 min.) A first descent of a river in the Sierra Nevada. Cavewoman. (Scotland, 2005, 14 min.) A Scottish climber tackles one of the hardest routes in the world.
SATURDAY, MARCH 11 Solilochairliftquist. See March 6 description. Return2Sender – Bug Out. See March 9 description. The Magic Mountain. See March 9 description. Lost People of Mountain Village. See March 8 description. Charles, Edouard ou le temps suspendu. See March 7 description. Balancing Point. See March 9 description. Return2Sender: Parallelojams Fundamentals. (USA, 2005, 18 min.) A hilarious look at modern desert crack-climbing with Timmy O'Neill.
Location
Tickets
The Grosvenor Auditorium
National Geographic Society Headquarters
1600 M Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
+1 202 857 7700
