25th exhibition

MEDIA RELEASE www.banffcentre.ca

November 23, 2000

Exhibition Celebrates 25 Years of Mountain Films

The Banff Centre for Mountain Culture today announced the launch of the Banff Mountain Film Festival Exhibition. This project ,which received $22,000 through the Canada Millennium Partnership Program (CMPP), will stage a special exhibition celebrating 25 years of the Banff Mountain Film Festival. The exhibition will tour to major cities across Canada.

"The Banff Mountain Film Festival Exhibition underlines the importance of mountain culture to our Canadian identity," said the Honourable Herb Gray, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister responsible of the Government of Canada's millennium initiative. "The exhibition's tour to cities outside the mountain community will bring a breath of the Rockies to other Canadians and fill them with inspiration and pride. The Government of Canada is proud to support the exhibition with a maximum financial contribution of $22,000 through the Canada Millennium Partnership Program (CMPP)."

"The CMPP program contributes up to one third of eligible project costs, while other organizations and the private sector provide the remaining funding. CMPP-supported projects promote our history, our youth, our arts and culture, our environment and the development of our communities."

Bernadette McDonald, Director of the Banff Centre for Mountain Culture, said the exhibition will provide a lasting legacy to both the mountain and the Canadian community. "It's exciting to be able to bring a glimpse of the Banff Mountain Film Festival history to our loyal tour audiences across the country and to introduce the festival to Canadians who may not know us."

The Banff Mountain Film Festival 25^th Anniversary tour and exhibition is made possible with the help of partners, sponsors and volunteers including The Canada Millennium Partnership Program, the Banff Mountain Summit and the Banff Centre for Continuing Education.

For more information on the Banff Mountain Film Festival 25^th Anniversary tour and exhibition or on the Government of Canada's millennium initiative, visit the Canada Millennium web site at www.millennium.gc.ca. For more information on the Banff Mountain Film Festival 25^th Anniversary tour, contact the Banff Centre for Mountain Culture at 403-762-6369 or visit the CMC web site at www.banffcentre.ab.ca/cmc.

Host	Location
Friends Of Revelstoke/Glacier N.P.	Revelstoke, BC
Shuswap Mountaineering Club	Salmon Arm, BC
Vernon Search And Rescue	Vernon, BC
Coast Mountain Sports	Vancouver, BC
ACC Vancouver Island	Victoria, BC
Wild Isle Adventure Magazine	Campbell River, BC
Valhalla Pure Outfitters	Naniamo, BC
Snowpack	Nelson, BC
The Sid Williams Theatre	Courteney, BC
Vast Educational Opportunities Centre	Port Alberni, BC
University College of the Fraser Valley	Mission, BC
Valhalla Pure	Kamloops Kamloops, BC
Tetrahedron Ski Club	Sechelt, BC
The Escape Route	Whistler, BC
City Of Williams Lake	Williams Lake, BC
Northern Lights College	Tumbler Ridge, BC
Cranbrook Hill Greenway Society	Prince George, BC
Vernon Search And Rescue	Silverstar, BC
Valhalla Pure	Kelowna, BC
East Kootenay Environmental Society	Cranbrook, BC
R K Heli-Ski Panorama Inc*	Panorama, BC
Friends of the Medicine Hat Public Library	Medicine Hat, AB
Abbot Pass Trading Co.Ltd. (The Hostel Shop)	Calgary, AB
The Vogue Theatre	Fernie, BC
Alpine Club of Canada - Manitoba Section	Winnipeg, MB
Kerry Wood Nature Centre	Red Deer, AB
Track 'N Trail	Edmonton, AB
Alpine Club of Canada - Thunder Bay	Thunder Bay, ON
The Alpine Club of Canada - Saskatchewan Section	Saskatoon, SK
Laurentian University Outdoor Adventure Leadership	Sudbury, ON
Fort McMurray Public Library	Fort McMurray, AB
Sojourn	Barrie, ON
Adventure Guide, Inc.	Waterloo, ON
Overlander Sports	Yellowknife, NT
Novack's	London, ON
Valhalla Pure Outfitters - Grande Prairie	Grande Prairie, AB
Trailhead - Toronto	Toronto, ON
Algonquin Outfitters	Huntsville, ON
Suntrail Outfitters	Owen Sound, ON
Wild Rock Outfitters	Peterborough, ON
Trailhead	Kingston Kingston, ON
Trailhead - Black Feather Wilderness Adventures	Ottawa, ON
Revue Espaces - Montreal	Montreal, PQ
Revue Espaces	Quebec City, PQ
Revue Espaces	Trois-Rivieres, PQ
The Trail Shop	Halifax, NS
Revue Espaces - Montreal	Sherbrooke, PQ
University of New Brunswick	Fredericton, NB

Debra Hornsby, Marketing and Communications Manager,
Mountain Culture, The Banff Centre
phone: 403-762-6446, fax: 403-762-6277,
email: debra_hornsby@banffcentre.ca
Web site: www.banffmountainfestivals.ca

Mountain Culture at The Banff Centre promotes 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.