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FASTER, DEEPER, HIGHER, STEEPER - The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour hits the Seacoast for its 21st year on Wednesday, February 10th at The Music Hall! This Festival is a unique, exhilarating and provocative exploration of the mountain world. Films explore Mountain life, remote and breathtaking environments and heart-pounding adventure. The Festival is a program of The Banff Center and is the largest, and one of the most prestigious, mountain festivals in the world. With stops planned in about 390 communities and 35 countries across the globe, this is the only Seacoast stop of the tour and it is the largest fundraiser of the year for Goodwin Community Health. From approximately 300 films entered into the annual festival in Banff, Canada the best-of-the-best are chosen for this show. Through these films, attendees travel to exotic landscapes and remote cultures and get up-close and personal with adrenaline-packed action sports.

FILMS

55 Hours in Mexico
USA, 9 min 
www.joeyschusler.com
Fly to Veracruz on a Friday, rent a car, climb the third-highest peak in North America, ski down and return to your desk Monday. How hard could it be?
Parental Guidance; coarse language

Denali
USA, 8 min 
www.benmoon.com
There’s no easy way to say goodbye to a friend, especially when they’ve supported you through your darkest times. A collaboration between Ben Knight, Skip Armstrong and Ben Moon.

Pretty Faces (Special Edit)
USA, 11 min 
www.unicornpicnic.com
Celebrate women who thrive in the snow! Follow her as she chases snow, from the time she needs to be lifted onto the chairlift to her first Alaskan dream line and beyond.

Unbranded (Special Edit) 
People’s Choice Award – sponsored by Osprey
USA, 46 min
www.unbrandedthefilm.com
Four men and 16 wild mustangs set off on a 5000 kilometer journey across the American West from Mexico to Canada. In the spirit of true adventure, whiskey is drunk, tempers fly, tragedy strikes, and the bonds of friendship hold fast. But can the journey help save the plight of the wild horses roaming on public lands? Only time will tell.
Parental Guidance; coarse language

INTERMISSION

Nature Rx
USA, 1 min
www.nature-rx.org
Is life a little too mundane or overwhelming? Feeling tired, irritable or stressed out? Maybe Nature Rx is just the ticket.

Eclipse
Best Film – Snow Sports – sponsored by Bergans of Norway
Canada, 31 min
www.switchbackentertainment.com
The odds are low, the risks are high – photographer Reuben Krabbe is determined to capture a photo of a skier in front of the 2015 solar eclipse in Svalbard. But the weather’s bad, the guide is sketchy, the pressure is massive and the skiers just want to ski.
Parental Guidance; coarse language

Curiosity
USA, 13 min
www.camp4collective.com
How does curiosity inspire ultra-marathoners Rory Bosio, Timothy Olson and Hal Koerner as they prepare for the Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc? Their artistry gives them lots in common with local artist Andy Parkin.

The Important Places
Best Short Mountain Film – sponsored by The North Face
USA, 9 min
www.gnarlybay.com
Using a mix of old 16mm footage and new visuals, a son rediscovers the necessity of returning to and protecting “the important places” in our lives.
Parental Guidance; coarse language

Unreal (Special Edit)
USA, 12min
www.tetongravity.com
Imagine a world where you ride the perfect trail perfectly, and sometime snow isn’t the only stuff that falls from the sky. When you spend all of your time at work dreaming about mountain biking, which life is real?