Save the date – 2023 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival
The 48th Annual Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival will be held from October 28 through to November 5, 2023, bringing stories of adventure and exploration from around the world to Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies.
The 2023 nine-day Festival will feature over 80 epic films (including World and North American premieres), live in-person events with adventurers, authors, photographers, and filmmakers sharing their inspiring stories, online film passes, an expanded Festival Marketplace (including the new Rab stage hosting free presentations), happy hours with music, campfire conversations with special guests, downtown events and exhibitions, and much more!
This year’s Festival speakers include:
Two of the world’s most prolific climbers kick off the Festival on opening night, Sonnie Trotter (CAN) and Ashima Shiraishi (USA). Alpinist Leo Houlding (UK) shares stories from his latest book, Closer to the Edge, which takes us on a whirlwind journey from Venezuela to Antarctica to Baffin Island and back to the Lake District in the UK to meet his young family. High altitude veteran climber Mingma G Sherpa (Nepal) joins us for an on-stage conversation with local climber and author Geoff Powter in the annual Voices of Adventure interview. Legendary snowboarder and founder of Protect our Winters Jeremy Jones (USA) joins us on-stage to talk about his new book The Art of Shralpinism: Lessons from the Mountain. And snowboard renegade Jess Kimura (CAN), who has changed the game for women and whose legacy extends far beyond her accomplishments on snow.
This year’s festival will be chock full of great events here in Banff. We’re bringing some rising stars to the stage, but longtime fans will also recognize some familiar faces from festivals past. There will be a new, free events stage in our expanded tradeshow, and of course, as always, there will be a stellar line-up of film and book presentations.
Joanna Croston, Festival & World Tour Director
Tickets go on sale August 10, 1PM MT. Film finalists will be announced October 4. Also, coming back in 2023 – online films! Early Bird Online Film Passes (available in CAN/USA only) on sale October 5. Please visit banffmountainfestival.ca for more information.
If you’d like to provide media coverage of the 2023 Festival, please submit a media accreditation application form (submissions open until October 1).
For more information or image requests, please contact:
Jess Elliott
Media and Communications
Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival
107 Tunnel Mountain Drive
Banff, Alberta
T1L 1H5
jess_elliott@banffcentre.ca
About Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival: Created 48 years ago, Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival has become the premier event of its kind in the world. The nine-day Festival hosted by Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Banff, Canada, showcases the world’s best films, books and photographs on mountain subjects – climbing, culture, environment and natural history, exploration and adventure, wildlife, and sport – and attracts the biggest names in mountaineering, adventure filmmaking, and explorers as presenters and speakers. An international jury will also award over $40,000 in prizes for films and books submitted to this year’s Festival competitions. banffmountainfestival.ca
Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival Partners: The 2023 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival Presenting Partners are: Rab and Banff and Lake Louise Tourism. The Festival is also sponsored by BUFF®, Yeti, Oboz Footwear, Lowe Alpine, Lake Louise Ski Resort and Summer Gondola, Kicking Horse Coffee, World Expeditions, Happy Yak, and Doña Paula.
About Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity: Founded in 1933, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is a learning organization built upon an extraordinary legacy of excellence in artistic and creative development. What started as a single course in drama has grown to become the global organization leading in arts, culture, and creativity across dozens of disciplines. From our home on Treaty 7 territory in the stunning Canadian Rocky Mountains, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity aims to inspire everyone who attends our campus – artists, leaders, and thinkers – to unleash their creative potential and realize their unique contribution to society through cross-disciplinary learning opportunities, world-class performances, and public outreach. banffcentre.ca
