Banff International Mountain Film Festival comes to SA cinemas

The important places. Doug Woodward, Forest Woodward

This year’s World Tour features the best mountain films, highlighting filmmaking talent from the world over to an audience that spans the globe. Eleven award winning and audience-nominated World Tour films, selected from hundreds of Festival submissions, will be shown at each World Tour 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 packed, three-minute surfing video Living Rivers - Surf to the 40-minute documentary film A line across the sky, winner of the Best Climbing Film category.

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 and adventure culture.

Screening dates

The 2016 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is screened at these Ster-Kinekor cinemas. Shows start at 8pm and all 11 films are shown at each screening.

• Cape Town: Cavendish Square – Friday, 21 October to Saturday, 29 October 2016
  
• Cape Town: Tygervalley Centre – Friday, 21 October to Saturday, 29 October 2016
  
• Johannesburg: Sandton City – Friday, 21 October to Saturday, 29 October 2016
  
• Pretoria: Brooklyn Mall – Friday, 21 October to Saturday, 29 October 2016
  
• Durban: Gateway – Friday, 28 October and Saturday, 29 October 2016 (two nights only)
  
• Port Elizabeth: Baywest – Saturday, 29 October 2016 (one night only)

Tickets can be bought directly through www.sterkinekor.com or call Ster-Kinekor Ticketline on +27 (0) 82 16789. Ticket prices are the same as a standard Ster-Kinekor ticket.

Cape Union Mart hosts the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour in partnership with outdoor brands K-Way, LED Lenser, Deuter and GoPro.