Approximately 375 films are entered into the film festival annually, and the top 80 films are selected by a pre-screening committee to be shown at the week long festival in Canada. During the festival, the international film festival jury chooses the best films and presents awards in various categories including: Best Film on Mountain Sport, Best Film on Mountain Environment, Best Film on Mountain Culture, Best Film on Exploration and Adventure and more.
From this selection a program of over 2 hours of thought-provoking films, with subject matter ranging from remote landscapes and cultures to adrenaline-packed action sports are selected to tour Australia each April, May and June. In Australia the same 2+ hours of films are shown at each screening.
In November the Radical Reels Tour travels around Australia screening entirely new films in 14 cities. Radical Reels is kind of like the adrenaline loving younger brother of the Banff Mountain Film Festival with all of the films focusing on mountain adrenaline action sports.
Banff Mountain Film Festival 2016 Australian Tour
Brisbane – 11 – 15 April 2016, Brisbane Powerhouse
Hobart – 16 April 2016, Farrall Centre
Sydney – 3 – 12 May 206, Sydney Orpheum, Sydney Ritz & Sydney Seymour
Canberra – 14 – 18 May 2016, National Film and Sound Archives
Adelaide – 21 May 2016, The Capri Cinema
Darwin – 24-25 May 2016, Deckchair Cinema
Melbourne – 6 – 9 June 2016, Melbourne Crown & Melbourne Astor
Perth – 23-28 June 2016, State Theatre Centre of WA
www.banffaustralia.com.au
