Media Releases

Opera in the21sst Century performance 2022

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Announces Collaboration with the National Arts Centre in Ottawa for Opera in the 21st Century Program

Banff Centre, in collaboration with the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, is excited to announce the 2023 Opera in the 21st Century multi-disciplinary program

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Announces Appointment of Jill Price to Chair of Foundation Board

The Territory wins the 2022 Banff Mountain Film Competition Grand Prize

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is thrilled to announce The Territory as Grand Prize film winner.

Native Air by Jonathan Howland wins 2022 Banff Mountain Book Competition Grand Prize

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is pleased to announce Native Air by Jonathan Howland as Grand Prize book winner.

Banff Mountain Book Competition announces 2022 category award winners

The eight category award winners are selected by our international jury from a longlist of 28 finalists (chosen from a total of 166 book submissions).

Image courtesy of Grant Statham (Wapta Icefields 2017)

Mountain guide and avalanche safety specialist Grant Statham wins 2022 Summit of Excellence Award

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival announces the 2022 Summit of Excellence Award winner, Grant Statham.

Brette Harrington and Christina Lustenberger © Drew Smith

2022 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival schedule and film finalists announced

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is thrilled to announce the 2022 Festival schedule and Banff Mountain Film Competition finalists

Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Medal Awarded to Banff Centre President and CEO

Janice Price, President and CEO of Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, was awarded the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal by Lieutenant Governor Salma Lakhani

Isidore String Quartet performs in the Beethoven Finals at BISQC 2022

2022 Banff International String Quartet Competition Announces Winners

First Prize of Prestigious Banff International String Quartet Competition Awarded to Isidore String Quartet in Close Jury Decision

Image courtesy Banff & Lake Louise Tourism, photo by Jake Dyson

2022 Banff International String Quartet Competition Announces Three Finalists

Three quartets from around the world are vying for the biggest prize in Chamber Music on Sunday, September 4th, 2022 at 2:00 PM MST

Save the date – 2022 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival

The 47th Annual Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival will take place this year from October 29th to November 6th, 2022.

Ashlee Hendy and Elizabeth Chong, Grampians (Gariwerd) National Park, Australia © Simon Carter

Signature Image 2022

We are proud to announce the 2022 signature image to represent the Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival and World Tour in over 40 countries!

Partners

We recognize, with deep respect and gratitude, our home on the side of Sacred Buffalo Guardian Mountain. In the spirit of respect and truth, we honour and acknowledge the Banff area, known as “Minhrpa” (translated in Stoney Nakoda as “the waterfalls”) and the Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Îyârhe Nakoda (Stoney Nakoda) – comprised of the Bearspaw, Chiniki, and Goodstoney Nations – as well as the Tsuut’ina First Nation and the Blackfoot Confederacy comprised of the Siksika, Piikani, Kainai. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Shuswap Nations, Ktunaxa Nations, and Metis Nation of Alberta, Region 3. We acknowledge all Nations who live, work, and play here, help us steward this land, and honour and celebrate this place.

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