Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour: New Haven

Banff New Haven

Good things come to those who wait. The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is coming to the Shubert! This year’s World Tour showcases the very best mountain filmmakers, allowing you to experience the stories that inspire us to continue exploring our environments.

The Banff Centre’s Banff Mountain Film Festival is the one of the most prestigious mountain festivals in the world. Hot on the heels of the festival held every fall in Banff, Alberta, the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour hits the road with stops planned in about 450 communities and 40 countries across the globe.

This year’s tour features a collection of the most inspiring action, environmental, and adventure films from the festival, and audiences across Canada, the United States, and internationally from Scotland to South Africa to China, Lebanon, Chile, New Zealand and Antarctica get to enjoy it all.

The 2014/2015 World Tour is an exhilarating and provocative exploration of the mountain world, with films highlighting exotic landscapes and remote cultures, and bringing audiences up-close and personal with adrenaline-packed action sports.

From 372 films entered into the annual festival, award-winning films and audience favorites are among the films chosen to travel the globe.

Join Denali when the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour brings the spirit of outdoor adventure to New Haven at the Shubert Theater to benefit Urban Resources Initiative. The evening will begin at 5:30PM with a VIP reception. Doors open for general admission at 6:30PM with the films beginning at 7:00PM. Tickets are available through the Shubert Box Office or online with TicketMaster. Additional sponsorship for the New Haven showing is being provided by The Shops at Yale.

The evening will begin at 5:30PM with a VIP reception. Doors open for general admission at 6:30PM with the films beginning at 7:00PM. Tickets are available through the Shubert Box Office or online with TicketMaster.

For local information such as the films shown in the local program please contact:

Karen Brown

(203) 458-1639 ext 206

info@denalievents.com

About the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival:

Immediately following the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival, held annually in November in Banff, Canada, a selection of the top films submitted to the Festival go on a tour around the world. Host organizations in each tour location help to choose a program that reflects the interests of their community, creating a unique celebration of adventure and adventurers at each stop. The World Tour spans the globe, reaching over 430,000 audience members.

About The Banff Centre:
The Banff Centre is the largest arts and creativity incubator on the planet, with the mission of inspiring creativity. Over 8,000 artists, leaders, and researchers from across Canada and around the world participate in programs at The Banff Centre every year. Through its multidisciplinary programming, The Banff Centre provides them with the support they need to create, to develop solutions, and to make the impossible possible. Moving forward, the Centre will disseminate the art and ideas developed in Banff using new initiatives in digital, web, radio, and broadcast media. www.banffcentre.ca/arts

For details about the Banff Mountain Film Festival and general information about the World Tour and The Banff Centre, please contact –
Media & Communications, The Banff Centre
phone: 403-762-6333 fax: 403-762-6158
website: www.banffmountainfestivals.ca

Screenings of The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour in Canada and the USA are presented by National Geographic and The North Face; sponsored by Deuter, Bergans of Norway, Icebreaker, Cushe Footwear, and Clif Bar & Company; with support from Petzl, Kicking Horse Coffee, World Expeditions, and The Lake Louise Ski Area, and Banff Lake Louise Tourism. <