Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival

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Residency
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Mountain Writers Intensive 2024

This program offers writers the opportunity to work on mountain, landscape or environmental writing projects, under the guidance of two celebrated faculty.
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Residency
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Intensive pour auteurs de récit de montagne

Cette résidence offre une occasion de travailler à des projets d’écriture axés sur la montagne tout en profitant de l’encadrement de deux enseignants renommés.
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A very large avalanche is barreling down a narrow gully towards the camera, it is a blue sky above.
Date: Tue, Jan 16 @ 7:00 PM
Max Bell Auditorium

Avalanche Awareness Night

Learn about avalanche risks associated with backcountry and out-of-bounds travel. Presented in partnership with Avalanche Canada. 
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A very large avalanche is barreling down a narrow gully towards the camera, it is a blue sky above.
Date: Sun, Jan 19 @ 7:00 PM
Max Bell Auditorium

Avalanche Awareness Night 2025

Learn about avalanche risks associated with backcountry and out-of-bounds travel. Presented in partnership with Avalanche Canada. 
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Full Circle Winter Park Backflip Rail Trevor Kennison

Full Circle wins the 2023 Banff Mountain Film Competition Grand Prize

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is thrilled to announce Full Circle as Grand Prize film winner.
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A Line Above The Sky

Banff Mountain Book Competition announces 2023 Grand Prize winner

Banff Mountain Book Competition is thrilled to announce the 2023 Grand Prize winner.
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Books Winners 2023

Banff Mountain Book Competition announces 2023 category award winners

Banff Mountain Book Competition is thrilled to announce the 2023 category award winners, who will go on to compete for the Grand Prize on November 2.
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Image courtesy of Andy Genereux (Ledge Do of The Fall, Ghost River)

Andy Genereux wins 2023 Summit of Excellence Award

Pioneering climber, route builder, author, and mentor, Andy Genereux wins 2023 Summit of Excellence Award.
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Image from the film Full Circle

2023 Banff Mountain Film Competition finalists

The 48th Annual Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is thrilled to announce the 2023 Banff Mountain Film Competition finalists.
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A selection of the 2023 Banff Mountain Book Competition category finalists

2023 Banff Mountain Book Competition category finalists

The 48th Annual Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is pleased to announce the 2023 Banff Mountain Book Competition category finalists.
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Jeremy Jones, snowboarding, photo by Ming Poon

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival schedule announced and tickets on sale August 10

The 48th Annual Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is thrilled to announce the 2023 Festival schedule
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Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival 2023, Hael Somma, Chamonix, photo by Antoine Mesnage

Save the date – 2023 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival

The 48th Annual Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival will take place this year from October 28 to November 5, 2023.
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