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The Adventure Continues

The iconic Mountain Film and Book Festival will proceed online in 2020. Using a digital platform festival loyalists and newcomers will be able to access the same great content from the comfort of...
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2020 Online Programs and Events

As one of Alberta and Canada’s most cherished arts and leadership post-secondary institutions, Banff Centre is going digital to serve our participants with the educational opportunities they’ve come...
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Signature Image 2020

Each year we put out the call to photographers and receive a diverse range of mountain and adventure images. One image is then selected to represent the Festival in Banff and around the world in over...
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Indigenous Leadership

Indigenous Leadership Building on Legacy

Banff Centre has refreshed its leadership programming model to continue to meet the unique needs and challenges facing Indigenous communities.
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Literary Arts

New Carol Shields Prize for Fiction Announced

The new annual literary prize will be launched in 2022 — awarding $150,000 to a single work of fiction by a woman or non-binary writer.
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Banff Centre Mountain Book and Film Festival nominated for USA Today 10Best Award

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival nominated for USA Today’s 10Best Reader’s Choice Award.
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Visual + Digital Art Open Studio

Visual Arts Explores the Relationship between Art and Communities

Visual Arts at Banff Centre continues to offer exceptional programs and opportunities for emerging and professional artists, curators, art critics and researchers.
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Visual Arts Presents Darkness and Accessibility 2020

For the Winter Exhibition, Banff Centre’s Walter Phillips Gallery proudly presents Governor-General Award-winning visual artist Rita McKeough’s darkness is as deep as the darkness is.
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New Rogers Communications Chair of Literary Journalism Announced

Award-winning author Charlotte Gill is the new Rogers Communications Chair of Literary Journalism at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
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Arts, Culture, and Digital Transformation Summit | Banff Centre

Final Speakers List Announced: Re-imagining the place of the artist in a digital world

The speakers list for Banff Centre’s groundbreaking Arts, Culture and Digital Transformation Summit has been finalized.
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Banff Centre’s 2020 Music Programming Announced

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity’s full line-up of 2020 residency programs in music has been released.
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Image from the film Piano to Zanskar © Jarek Kotomski

Piano to Zanskar wins Grand Prize in the 2019 Banff Mountain Film Competition

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is thrilled to announce Piano to Zanskar as winner of the Grand Prize in the 2019 Banff Mountain Film Competition.
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