Banff Mountain Film Festival Comes To The Theatre By The Lake
A unique film festival, celebrating the magic of adventure is paying a visit to Keswick.
Between April 26 and 29, Theatre by the Lake will host the Banff Mountain Film Festival as part of its annual World Tour.
Following the successful, Ocean Film festival at the Rheged Centre in Penrith last year, producers of the event are set to return to Cumbria, bringing with it a collection of the latest and best adventure films.
Originally launched back in 1976, the Banff Mountain Film Festival is an international film competition and an annual presentation of short films and documentaries surrounding mountain culture, sports, and environment.
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This year’s festival, which seeks to inspire the world through stories of adventure, discovery and exploration in the outdoors, will include two unique and entirely different film programmes.
Films shown as part of The Red Programme will be playing at Theatre by the Lake on Wednesday April 26 and Saturday April 29 and will include, Dog Power, giving audiences a rare view into the world of dog-powered sports, Metronomic, a short film discovering musicians who dive head-first into extreme situations resulting in a high energy symphony, and Young Guns, which meets the new faces of climbing.
The Blue Programme will be showing on Thursday April 27 and will include, Locked In, an epic adventure showing a team of kayakers attempting a 13-day descent in Papua New Guinea’s rainforest, Doing It Scared which sees partially paralysed climber, Paul Pritchard return to Tasmania’s Totem Pole and much more.
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Tour coordinator, Rosie Fuller, said: “Through the big screen, unleash your wild side with an evening of mind-blowing journeys, high-altitude action and ocean-crossing epics. The world’s top adventurers and most intrepid film-makers are pushing life to the limits in some of the furthest-flung corners of the globe – and you’re invited along for the unforgettable ride.”
Every year more than 300 films are entered into the film festival, before the top 60 films are chosen by a pre-screening committee to be shown at the festival. During the festival, the international film festival jury chooses the best films and presents awards in various categories.
Through the big screen follow the expeditions of some of today’s most incredible adventurers, see amazing footage of adrenaline packed action sports, be transported to the world’s last great wild places and be inspired by thought-provoking pieces shot from the far flung corners of the globe.
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Tickets for the event cost £14.50 (£12.50 concessions) and are available at www.banff-uk.com Doors open 7:30pm each night with no show on April 28.
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