Banff Fest Dhaka | 2023
Like every year, Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour will be in Dhaka soon. 2 hours of adventure movie marathon will be on the screen on (Date to be announced) at Bishwo Shahitto Kendro (বিশ্বসাহিত্য কেন্দ্র)
The Banff Mountain Film Festival is the most prestigious international film competition and an annual presentation of short films and documentaries about mountain culture, sports, and environment. It was launched in 1976 as The Banff Festival of Mountain Films by The Banff Centre and is held every October in Banff, Canada.
Since 1976, the Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival, a flagship program of Banff Centre, has been an industry leader in the celebration of Mountain Culture. We promote understanding and appreciation of the world’s mountain places by creating opportunities for people to share and find inspiration in mountain experiences, ideas, and visions. Following the festival each fall, our annual World Tour reaches more than 40 countries on 7 continents, making us the largest adventure film tour on the planet.
Approximately 375 films are entered into the film festival annually, and the top 80 films are selected by a pre-screening committee to be shown at the week-long festival in Canada. During the festival, the international film festival jury chooses the best films and presents awards in various categories including: Best Film on Mountain Sport, Best Film on Mountain Environment, Best Film on Mountain Culture, Best Film on Exploration and Adventure and more.
From this selection a program of over 2 hours of thought-provoking films, with subject matter ranging from remote landscapes and cultures to adrenaline-packed action sports are selected to tour Bangladesh this May.
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Films
A Baffin Vacation | Canada
Erik Boomer and Sarah McNair-Landry set off on a bold multi-sport 45-day expedition traveling through the remote landscape of Baffin Island in search of stunning cliffs to climb and unexplored rivers to kayak.
Year: 2022 | Country: Canada
Director: Erik Boomer, Sarah McNair-Landry
Producer: Erik Boomer, Sarah McNair-Landry, Rush Sturges
Production Company: River Roots
Has subtitles: No
Advisory: Coarse language
Colors of Mexico | Canada
Discover Mexico and its magnificent mix of backdrops with Kilian Bron and his team.
Year: 2021
Director: Kilian Bron, Pierre Henni
Clean Mountains | Nepal
During the pandemic there were no foreign climbers in the Himalaya, so a famous Sherpa family decides to climb Mount Everest to clean the garbage left behind by others – thus restoring the holiness of the mountain and calming the gods.
Year: 2021
Country : Nepal
Director: Geertjan Lassche
Producer: Jos de Putter
Production Company: Dieptescherpte BV
Walking on Clouds | Brazil
In the city of Praia Grande, Santa Catarina, Brazil, Rafael Bridi attempts the highest highline record in the world by setting his line above the clouds.
Year: 2021
Country: Brazil
Director: Renan Kamizi
Producer: João Juchem
Production Company: GO Visuals
Has subtitles: Yes
Creation Theory | United States
In Creation Theory, nature’s raw elements converge in the Westfjords of Iceland, taking us on a journey from the interstellar birth of gravity and rhythm, to their ultimate human creative
expression: surfer on wave, snowboarder on peak, and musician on stage.
Year: 2022
Director: Ben Sturgulewski
Producer: Ben Moon, Justin Sweeney
Production Company: SturgeFilm
Has subtitles: No
Advisory: Coarse language
RR: Bridge Boys | UK
A horizontal big-wall adventure on the longest, most ridiculous crack climb ever attempted.
Year: 2022
Country : UK
Director: Nick Rosen, Peter Mortimer
Producer: Zachary Barr
Production Company: REEL ROCK
Has subtitles: No
Advisory: Coarse language.
RR: Cenote | United States
A young papaya farmer discovers the pure joy of climbing in the
crystalline limestone sinkholes of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula.
Year: 2022
Director: Reed Rickert, Zachary Barr
Producer: Zachary Barr
Production Company: REEL ROCK
Has subtitles: Yes
Doo Sar: A Karakoram Ski Expedition Film | Poland
Andrzej Bargiel and Jedrek Baranowski set off to the Karakoram
for an adventure full of passion and love that has them freeriding
at over 6,000 m above sea level!
Year: 2021
Director: Jakub Gzela
Producer: Andrzej Bargiel
Production Company: Andrzej Bargiel Sport Promotion
Has subtitles: Yes
Tempo II | United States
A conceptual exploration of the shared feelings between music and mountains — Tempo II. Movements in Jungle is set in the world’s largest urban jungle, exploring styles of Brazilian
drumming and trail running.
Year: 2022
Director: Thomas Woodson
Producer: Kyle Richardson
Has subtitles: No
Do A Wheelie | UK
Join Danny MacAskill and a host of friends as he pushes the boundaries of the humble wheelie and learns a thing or two from friends old and new.
Year: 2021
Director: Jonny Ashworth
Producer: Lisa Annette
Production Company: Cut Media
Has subtitles: No
