The Banff Centre and the Banff Mountain Film and Book Fesival presents:

Radical Reels

Thursday, July 24, 2014 @ 7:30 PM
Max Bell Auditorium, The Banff Centre -  107 Tunnel Mountain Dr, BANFF
$12 General | $6 Child

Featuring films from the Radical Reels Tour! Films include:

Supervention (special edit)
(2013, Norway, 16 minutes)
Filmmakers: Filip Christensen, Even Sigstad, Field Productions
Website: www.fieldprod.com
Classification: General, no advisory
Focus: skiing
World-class skiers share their delight and uncertainty as they tackle big mountains and gnarly rail slides in spectacular Norwegian locations.

Dream Lines IV (special edit)
(2014, Norway, 6 minutes)
Filmmaker: Jokke Sommer
Website: www.jokkesommer.com
Classification: Parental Guidance, coarse language
Focus: wingsuit Some of the world’s top wingsuit flyers take on wild new lines in France and Switzerland.

Beyond the Drop
(2013, USA, 7 minutes)
Filmmakers: Seth Pulford, Mark Anders, Rush Sturges
Website: www.river-roots.com
Classification: General, no advisory
Focus: paddling
Six pro kayakers from around the world connect in the rainforests of Southern Mexico to explore the impossibly blue water of the Agua Azul. When it comes to running waterfalls, there's a lot more to it than just the drop.

Nine Queens – Shades of Winter (special edit)
(2013, Austria, 4 minutes)
Filmmakers: Sandra Lahnsteiner and The Distillery
Website: www.shades-of-winter.com
Classification: General, no advisory
Focus: skiing
What do you get when you invite the best female freestyle skiers and provide them with a 24-metre floating kicker in the shape of a castle to play with? The best-ever Nine Queens throwing down insane tricks, including things never done by girls before.

The Sensei (Reel Rock 8)
Radical Reels Night People’s Choice Award - Sponsored by Bergans of Norway
(2013, USA, 26 minutes)
Filmmakers: Josh Lowell, Nick Rosen, Brett Lowell, Peter Mortimer, Big UP Productions, Sender Films
Website: www.reelrocktour.com
Classification: General, no advisory
Focus: climbing
East meets West and old meets new. Twenty-something world class boulderer, Daniel Woods, and 43-year old climbing veteran, Yuji Hirayama, team up for the expedition of a lifetime. But when Daniel-san travels to Japan to prove himself worthy of Hirayama’s mentorship, the question becomes, who learns from whom?

INTERMISSION

Ghost Town
(2013, Canada, 6 minutes)
Filmmakers: Switchback Entertainment
Website: www.switchbackentertainment.com
Classification: General, no advisory
Focus: skiing, history
In the mid 1800's, BC's mountain towns boomed as prospectors flocked north during the great gold rush. Josh Daiek, Mike Henitiuk & Kieran Nikula arrive 150 years later in search of their own fortune.

Walled In (special edit)
(2013, USA, 20 minutes)
Filmmaker: Ben Stookesberry, Clear H20 Films
Website: www.clearh2ofilms.com
Classification: Parental Guidance, coarse language
Focus: paddling, adventure
Why does Ben Stookesberry always pick the sketchiest lines on a river? This time, he’s asking himself the same question as he and his cohorts push an exposed portage line down into the heart of a gorge. Is a kayak the way out or just a bad idea?

Arrival (special edit)
(2013, Canada, 15 minutes)
Filmmakers: Kyle Norbraten, Dylan Dunkerton and Curtis Robinson, the Coastal Crew
Websites: www.thecoastalcrew.com www.anthillfilms.com www.secondbasefilms.com
Classification: General, nudity
Focus: biking
Featuring the talents of the next wave of mountain bike riders and photographers, Arrival showcases diverse styles, new lines and new places.

Off-Width Outlaw
(2013, USA, 5 minutes)
Filmmaker: Celin Serbo
Website: www.serbophoto.com
Classification: General, no advisory
Focus: climbing
Meet Pamela Shanti Pack. Tough as nails, she’s the meanest crack climbing thug you’ve ever met. Just don’t ask her to climb slab.

Outlines
(2013, Norway, 4 minutes)
Filmmakers: Fredrik Sellergren, Paul Goransson, Is This It 
Classification: General, no advisory 
Focus: wingsuit 
World Wingsuit Champion Espen Fadnes on the future of wingsuiting and his transition to life as a professional extreme sports athlete. 

Be The Trail
(2013, Canada, 5 minutes)
Filmmakers: Logan Tacoma, Michelle Peters, Morgan Edwards
Classification: General, no advisory
Focus: biking, humor
A mountain biker has a radical vision. No longer can he just ride the trail — he must become the trail.

Note: program contains films rated Parental Guidance for coarse language and/or nudity.

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