This shorts selection is only available in Canada.

2025 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival Trailer

Using climbing as a metaphor for the hurdles immigrants must overcome, "Ahon" recounts the rise of the K8 Mountaineering Club of Alberta: a non-profit organization that gives Filipino Canadians access to outdoor education, equipment, and community. This film is presented with on-screen subtitles. Photo credit: Trixie Pacis

Ahon

Set in the year following the Jasper fire, Embers follows aerial artist Sasha Galitzki as she rebuilds her life and confronts the realities of a warming world. Speaking with wildfire and climate experts, she seeks to understand the heartbreaking changes affecting the mountains and community she loves.

Embers

Join adventurers Erik and Sarah on yet another outrageous Baffin Vacation as they kiteski north along the remote coastline of Baffin. Over their 69-day holiday, they ski mountains, climb an epic big wall, and cross a glacier in search of new rivers to whitewater kayak. Photo credit: Erik Boomer

A Baffin Vacation, Love on Ice

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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>

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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.