The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour returns to Santa Barbara next Wednesday, March 5, at 7:00 PM at the Arlington Theatre. This thrilling two-night event features the world’s top films on topics like ice climbing, alpinism, mountain culture, and the environment, offering adrenaline-pumping action and inspiring stories about human potential and the natural world. Get your tickets now before they sell out!
The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is an educational organization and institution dedicated to inspiring creativity through their various arts and leadership programs. The Banff Centre held their first Mountain Film Festival in 1986, with a goal of sharing the worlds finest mountain filmmakers with a larger audience. Today, the film festival tours internationally, stopping in several cities including Santa Barbara!
Film Lineup: Wednesday, March 5th (Running time: approx. 147 min. Program subject to change)
Eliot Jackson: Drop the Mic (Scott Secco, Canada, 2024, 2 min.)
The Bird in My Backyard (Ryan Wilkes, Canada, 2024, 20 min.)
Of a Lifetime (Jérôme Tanon, Switzerland, 2024, 44 min. / Advisory: coarse language)
Sliding Katie Tannenbaum (UCSB alum), Matiss Spaile, U.S. Virgin Islands, 2024, 4 min.)
Dropping Molly (Cedar Wright, USA, 2024, 30 min. (advisory: coarse language, violence)
Wolf of Wingsuit: (Aaron Garcia, Australia, 2024, 4 min.)
Ice Waterfalls (Tour Edit): (David Arnaud, Spain, 2024, 36 min. / Advisory: coarse language)
Film Lineup: Thursday, March 6th (Running time: approx. 155 min. Program subject to change)
The Streif (Fabio Wibmer, Christoph Thoresen, Australia, 2024, 4 min.)
Undammed (Shane Anderson, USA, 2024, 17 min.)
Wild Days (Tour Edit) (Yohan Guignard, France, 2024, 50 min. / Advisory: coarse language)
109 Below (Nick Martini, USA, 2023, 14 min.)
Footprints on Katmai (Max Romey, USA, 2023, 22 min.)
The Smoke That Thunders (Caleb Roberts, Canada, 2024, 4 min.)
Reel Rock: Jirishanca (Peter Mortimer, Josh Lowell, USA, 2024, 32 min. / Advisory: coarse and sexual language)
