Please note: if you don’t finish viewing this program within your 24-hour window, you can unlock the program again for additional 24 hour periods as required (final unlock available at November 6, 11:59pm). ﻿High adrenaline films surging with high energy and good vibes, epic adventures and fearless athletes abound, one of Banff’s most popular programs! This year’s line-up includes wild mountain biking, high altitude (like really high) slacklining, climbing and world record, gnarly kayaking waterfall drops thrown in for good measure. Related Films:Alta (6 minutes)Walking on Clouds (7 minutes)Originate // Inspiration (9 minutes)Reel Rock: Cenote (9 minutes)North Shore Betty (12 minutes)Wild Waters (85 minutes)

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A team of high performance riders travels to Alta, Utah for a spring freeskiing session that delivers all styles and conditions of skiing. Photo from the film Alta

Alta

In the city of Praia Grande, Santa Catarina, Brazil, Rafael Bridi attempts the highest highline record in the world by setting his line above the clouds. This film contains subtitles. Photo by Claudino Junior

Walking on Clouds

Big mountain skier Michelle Parker leaves her skis behind in search of inspiration in new environments. She heads to the Pacific Northwest, teaming up with artist and professional mountain biker Brooklyn Bell, along with world renowned freeride mountain biker Hannah Bergeman. The trio depart Bellingham, WA by boat and set sail for Orcas Island, amongst the San Juan's. Through their adventure, the three women ride some of the top trails the island has to offer, while reflecting on their process of inspiration, self discovery, and progression. Photo by Aaron Blatt

Originate // Inspiration

A young papaya farmer discovers the pure joy of climbing in the crystalline limestone sinkholes of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. This film contains subtitles. Photo from the film Reel Rock: Cenote

Reel Rock: Cenote

The misty forests above North Vancouver, British Columbia are hallowed ground for mountain biking, a place so harrowing it’s influenced every aspect of the sport for over 30 years. It’s also where Betty Birrell, at age 45, picked up mountain biking after a career as a mountaineer and professional windsurfer. Three decades later, the single mother is a role model for her son, her friends and anyone she’s met along the way – and proof that you’re never too old to send. Photo by Travis Rummel

North Shore Betty

Adventurer, competitor, daughter, friend, pioneer, hero, and badass human are all words used to describe French kayaker, Nouria Newman. In Wild Waters, we follow Nouria as she prepares to become the first female to run a 100-foot (30 m) waterfall; we watch her grow from a young, keen Olympic hopeful to one of the greatest kayakers of all times - male or female. However, running some of the world’s hardest whitewater isn't Nouria's biggest life challenge. Realizing that the expectations placed upon her as both an athlete and as a woman weight heavily on her decisions and ambitions, she pushes back to make her own path. It is this central aspect of her life – this refusal to conform to others’ expectations – where Nouria is able to use kayaking as a way to transform into her truest self, and become a once-in-a-generation kayaker. This film contains subtitles. Photo by Carl Zoch

Wild Waters

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<div style="text-align: justify;">Curated by the team behind the most prestigious mountain festival in the world, the Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival app is your source for the most inspiring adventure, mountaineering, high adrenaline sports, mountain culture, and environment films.</div>

Film programs will be available from November 6 as per the release schedule. You can access your tickets via {{my_tickets_link|"My Tickets"}}.

If you've purchased an online film pass, you can start watching film programs by heading to https://watch.banffcentre.ca/filmfest and unlocking the programs you wish to watch. These are all of your tickets for online film programs only (once a program has been unlocked). 

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Online Film Passes

Online Films for the Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival were available from November 6 - 13, 2024. Year-round film programs are available on our Banff on Demand platform at watch.banffcentre.ca/banffondemand

The 2023 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is online in Canada and the US from October 28 to November 8!

Here's what's coming up soon. Can't make it? No sweat. Many live streams will be available for on-demand viewing as well.