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People of Earth, prepare to be stoked! The insane and inspiring films of the Banff Mountain Film Festival return to the big screen at the Rio Theater, showcasing some of the world’s most beautiful places, most daring adventures and important explorations of conservation and wildlife. Proceeds benefit UCSC's Wilderness Orientation Scholarship Fund, which exposes students to the teachings of the wilderness before they set foot in a traditional classroom at UCSC.
Watch the trailer from the evening's first film, Pretty Faces.
With three days of action-packed films and documentaries, you don’t want to miss this festival. Details on the lineup are below. Tickets $18 students/$20 general at brownpapertickets.com or in person at the Bicycle Trip, 1001 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz. Friday-Sunday, 7pm at the Rio Theatre.
Photo from the film Danny MacAskill: The Ridge © Filmmaker Stu Thomson
FRIDAY LINEUP
Pretty Faces
Celebrate women who thrive in the snow! Follow her as she chases snow, from the time she needs to be lifted onto the chairlift to her first Alaskan dream line and beyond.
The Last Dragons
An intimate glimpse at North America's Eastern Hellbender, an ancient salamander as mythical as it is real. And in many waters, myths are all that remain of these sentinel stream-dwellers.
Operation Moffat
Operation Moffat takes inspiration and wit from the colorful climbing life of Britain’s first female mountain guide Gwen Moffat. Writer Claire Carter and filmmaker Jen Randall scramble, swim and barefoot climb through Gwen’s landscapes, grappling with her preference for mountains over people, adventure over security and wilderness over tick lists.
And Then We Swam
When pro kayaker Rafa Ortiz decides to paddle over Niagara Falls, he sets in motion a series of events leading his team on a remarkable two-year journey from Mexican rainforest rivers to the waterfalls of the U.S. Northwest before coming to a heart-stopping climax at the iconic falls. Chosen as the best film on mountain sports.
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Nature Rx
Is life a little too mundane or overwhelming? Feeling tired, irritable or stressed out? Maybe Nature Rx is just the ticket.
Kroger's Canteen
In 2014, Kilian Jornet won the Hardrock 100 mile race through the San Juan’s of Colorado. Along the way he stopped at Kroger’s Canteen – an aid station perched on a tiny ledge, 13,100ft above sea level. This is a story about that aid station, about the people who make it happen, and about the spirit one can only find at the Hardrock 100.
Paddle for the North
On an adventure of a lifetime, six young guys paddle to some of the most remote rivers in North America. It's a 1,500 km, 63- day mission to truly discover the secrets of the north and to show the world why some places are worth preserving before they are changed forever.
unReal
Imagine a world where you ride the perfect trail perfectly, and sometime snow isn’t the only stuff that falls from the sky. When you spend all of your time at work dreaming about mountain biking, which life is real?
Women's Speed Ascent
Mayan Smith-Gobat and Libby Sauter knew that the women's speed record for the ascent of The Nose on El Cap was theirs for the taking. Crushing the old record after just a few days of attempts, Mayan and Libby put their names in the record book of the infamous route in the Yosemite National Park.
Denali
There's no easy way to say goodbye to a friend, especially when they've supported you through your darkest times. A collaboration between Ben Knight, Skip Armstrong and Ben Moon.
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Photo by Greg Knapp
