2025 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival Trailer

Anna captures the 3 year recovery story of alpinist Anna Pffaf as she recovers from frostbite to her feet after a gruelling expedition to Alaska. Photo credit: Sandro

Anna

As the ice climbing season grows shorter each year, ice and mixed climber Jeff Mercier is driven into Iceland’s unforgiving glacial landscape. Faced with an ever-shifting medium and treacherous terrain, Jeff pushes his own limits as well as the boundaries of his sport. This film is presented with on-screen subtitles. Photo credit: Francesco Valentinuzzi

Ephemeral

Japan is the place that formed Masa Sakano but Scotland is the place that opened his eyes. Rooted in exploring the concept of home, the film takes us from the icy crags of the Scottish mountains to the quiet comfort of Masa‘s home in the shadow of the Cairngorms and back to his roots in rural Japan. This film is presented with on-screen subtitles. Photo credit: Hamish Frost

Masa: 居場所 (The Place Where I Am)

A conversation between a filmmaker Tabitha Ellis and her Grandfather John Emery who died in 1963 when her mother was 1.

My Grandfather Was a Mountain Climber

Three Belgian big-wallers endure eighteen days of howling snowstorms, frozen feet, and gnarly runouts in their attempt to make a long-coveted alpine first ascent. Photo credit: Drew Smith

Reel Rock: Riders on the Storm

Bigger, wilder, harder, more dangerous, complicated, and everything an ice climber could ever want! Over three years Will Gadd and Kirk Mauthner managed to climb four of the wildest new routes in the world, all on a wall invisible to anyone who isn't flying a plane. This film is presented with on-screen subtitles. Photo credit: Alex Taylor, Will Gadd

Wall of Walls

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Film programs will be available from November 12 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 will be available from November 12 - 23, 2025. Year-round film programs are available on our Banff on Demand platform at watch.banffcentre.ca/banffondemand

The 2025 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is online in Canada and the US from November 12-23!

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.