2024 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival Trailer

Designed by Disaster is a deeply personal and inspiring story about Danny, a passionate climber who faces a life-changing ordeal in the Dolomites and is propelled to invent a revolutionary type of crampon, addressing a critical safety gap in mountain travel. Photo credit: James Q. Martin

Designed by Disaster

Fay and Line head north to the ephemeral Scottish land of mixed climbing. Their objectives are ambitious and the weather is fickle, testing the all-women team's perseverance. Photo credit: Line Van Den Berg

Embracing the Grim

Jamie Logan – a pioneering alpinist – has climbed some of the most dangerous climbs in the world. But nothing felt as life-threatening as admitting that, at age 69, she wanted to begin a new life living as a woman. This is a film that shows that love and trust can be the ultimate act of rebellion.

Jamie

The Karakoram is the wildest mountain range in the world and Nameless Tower beckons to climbers who approach. Edu Marín, his brother Alex and father Novato attempt the second free ascent of Eternal Flame 33 years after the first ascent by Wofgang Güllich and Kurt Albert, and 13 years after Alex and Thomas Huber’s first free ascent. Photo credit: Edu Marin

Keep it Burning

Renowned alpinists Josh Wharton and Vince Anderson attempt a free ascent of the Jirishanca, an epic 6000-metre peak in the Peruvian Andes. The duo will have to tackle 5.13 face climbing, horizontal ice roofs, technical mixed terrain, and treacherous snow mushrooms as they reconcile the inherent risk of climbing with their love of alpine adventure.

Reel Rock: Jirishanca

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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). 

Questions? Email us at banffonlinefilms@banffcentre.ca.

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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.