Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour comes to SA

From Antarctica to Iceland, the annual Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour visits 44 countries to bring a selection of films on exploration, adventure, culture, environment, and mountain films to growing audiences.

Eleven award-winning and audience-nominated Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour films, selected from hundreds of submissions, will be shown at each screening in South Africa. They include a mix of topics and styles that are entertaining, inspiring and thought provoking. These films range in duration from the intense-action, two-minute kayaking video Into The Ditch, to the 37-minute documentary film And Then We Swam, winner of the Best Exploration & Adventure Film category.

Favourite adventurers in action

Regular audiences will see some of their favourite adventurers in action. Danny MacAskill is up to his mountain biking feats again in Danny MacAskill - The Ridge, Rush Sturges kayaks in an urban environment in Into The Ditch and Alex Honnold climbs desert towers in Sufferfest 2.

South African audiences are also treated to the screening of an additional five-minute film: the winning submission from the Cape Union Mart Adventure Film Challenge. This annual film competition encourages South African filmmakers and athletes to capture and celebrate local outdoor culture.

The 2015 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is screened at these Ster-Kinekor cinemas:

• Cape Town: Cavendish Square, Friday, 23 October to Monday, 2 November;
• Cape Town: Tyger Valley Centre, Friday, 23 October to Monday, 2 November;
• Joburg: Sandton City, Friday, 23 October to Monday, 2 November;
• Pretoria: Brooklyn Mall, Friday, 23 October to Monday, 2 November;
• Durban: Gateway, 30 and 31 October;
• Port Elizabeth: The Bridge, 31 October.

Shows start at 8pm and all 11 films are shown at each screening.

Tickets are available from 9 September and can be purchased directly through Ster-Kinekor. Book online at www.sterkinekor.com or call Ster-Kinekor Ticket line on 082 16789. Ticket prices are the same as a standard Ster-Kinekor ticket.

Details and information at www.banff.co.za