Banff Film Festival 2012
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World Tour Stop: Caltech
Big News: we are hosting the 2012 show in Beckman Auditorium!!
Since at least 2001, Caltech has been a proud host of the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour. Stopping at over 500 locations in 30 countries around the globe, the Tour celebrates the best films shown at that year's Festival in Banff, Alberta, Canada, one of the premiere exhibitions of films about mountain culture in the world. Topics of the films include mountain sports (skiing, climbing, kayaking, mountain biking, BASE, and others) and exotic mountain communities living in remote corners of the Earth. Dramatic scenery, quirky comedy, artistic cinematography, and epic adventures are classic trademarks of the best Banff films.
The format of this year's event, the ~12th annual World Tour stop at Caltech, will be the same as in years past: 2-2.5 hours of total footage divided into 7-10 different films covering a wide variety of the above mentioned themes. Each film will range in length from 5-30+ minutes. There are a large number of films to choose from, even after only the best films have been chosen during the week-long Film Festival held in November. Members of the Caltech Alpine Club community gather every year in late January to determine the final list of films to be shown at our own screening in Pasadena, customized to our audience and personal taste. We also pay close attention to suggestions from years past! See Banff Film Festival Selection Night 2012 for more information about the selection process.
In late March, we show this selection of films to what has been a sell-out crowd for as long as we can remember. Ticket prices are $12 for general audience (price goes up to $15 at the door) and $5 for Caltech students. If you plan to come, please purchase your tickets in advance from the Caltech Events ticket office here to assure that you won't miss our biggest event of the year!
Details
- Time: March 27, 2012 7:30pm
- Venue: Beckman Auditorium, Caltech campus
- Tickets: $12 pre-sale, $15 at the door, $5 for Caltech students
- Purchase tickets: Caltech Ticket Office
Tickets are now available!
Sponsors
Your logo here! ;)
We'll once again have a raffle; expect goodies from the local search and rescue teams, as well as from the Banff World Tour sponsors (TNF, Deuter, OR, etc). Please contact Nick if you would like to be a sponsor of next year's show.
Trailer
Films
This year, the Caltech show will include films spanning skiing, climbing, mountain biking, paddling, environmental awareness, avalanche rescue (sort of...), and exotic cultures:
- All.I.Can (short edit)
- Blue Obsession
- C.A.R.C.A
- Chasing Water
- Cold
- Grand Libre au Grand Cap
- On Assignment: Jimmy Chin
- Seasons: Winter
- Ski Bums Never Die
- Solitaire (short edit)
- Towers of the Ennedi
- The Trail Collector
See Also
- Banff Film Festival World Tour homepage
- Caltech Events 2011 Page
- A list of films on tour (we pick out a subset of these to show. This selection meeting is usually in late January, and everyone is invited).
- Banff Film Festival 2011
- Banff Film Festival 2010
- Banff Film Festival 2009
- Banff Film Festival 2008
- Banff Film Festival 2007
- Banff Film Festival 2006
- Banff Film Festival 2005
- Banff Film Festival 2004
- Banff Film Festival 2003
- Banff Film Festival 2002
- Banff Film Festival 2001
- Telluride Film Festival 2002
- Telluride Film Festival 2001
Note: you can also access this page via Banff. For a full URL, use http://alpine.caltech.edu/Banff.
You might also be interested in Reel Rock Tour 2011 in October 2011.
