Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour WED SEP 26

Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour

When: Wednesday, September 26 (7:00 PM)
Where: Robert B. Moore Theatre

The BMFF World Tour features an international selection of films that present a vast range of outdoor adventures and portraits, including climbing, mountain expeditions, remote cultures and the world’s last great wild places!
Admission:
$12 for advance tickets; $15 at the door; $5 for OCC students with current ID. Save $3 on admission at the door by donating three or more books, DVDs or CDs per person! This discount does not apply to $5 student admission. Click here to purchase tickets online! -  OCCTickets.com
Tickets are also available at local REI stores in Huntington Beach and Tustin. For general information, call (714) 432-0202 x21058. Free parking will be offered at OCC lot C and at the OC Fairgrounds across the street. All proceeds benefit OCC Friends of the Library.
Watch the preview for the 2018 BMFF World Tour  - 




BMFF World Tour Playlist:


Intersection: Micayla Gatto
USA, 2017, 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.
  
2.5 Million
USA, 2017, 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
United Kingdom, 2016, 4 minutes
2017 Best Short Mountain Film
For freediver Johanna Nordblad diving under the ice provides a surreal, calming environment that helps heal her injuries.

DugOut (Tour Edit)
United Kingdom, 2017, 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?

WHY
France, 2016, 7 minutes
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?”

Tarfala 
Germany, 2016, 26 minutes
Far north of the Arctic Circle, next to Sweden's highest mountain, one old man has chosen to spend his life as a caretaker of a lonely alpine hut. Retreating from obligations and everyday routines into the cold Arctic winter storms, he's set on finding peace of mind with the life he has lived and those he has chosen to leave behind.

Safety Third
USA, 2017, 29 minutes
Brad Gobright is beyond bold. From his runout and poorly protected trad climbs to his unimaginable free solos, watch as Gobright recovers from a back-breaking fall and attempts some of the hardest ascents of his career.

Ice Call - Backyards Project - Sam Favret
France, 2016, 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.