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Thursday, 03 April 2008 |
by MEGAN NAYLOR
Intern News Reporter
Now in its 32nd year, the Banff Mountain Film Festival is recognized as one of the most significant events on the annual film festival circuit, making its rounds in 20 different countries and 305 cities, according to the Banff Center.
The Banff Mountain Film Festival tour will be making it’s way to Appalachian State University’s Farthing Auditorium April 11 and 12.
The Banff Mountain Film Festival debuted as the Banff Festival of the Mountains at the Banff Centre in
1976 and the tour began in 1986, initially only making three stops in Canada. However, it rapidly
became world renowned as the news spread, according to the Banff Centre.
 Tickets for Banff are available at Farthing Auditorium, online on Farthing’s Web site, or can be purchased from Footsloggers. Special to The Appalachian
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One example of this growth is thanks to Appalachian Outdoor Programs office, which coordinated the Appalachian campus as one of only three stops the tour makes in North Carolina.
“We have been hosting Banff for 13 years. It was small in the beginning and has grown to be one of the
largest showings in North America which is cool because Boone’s a small town with a lot of spirit,”
associate director of university recreation Rich Campbell said.
The outreach program’s mission is to share the vision and talent of a group of the world’s best
mountain filmmakers with fellow adventure lovers that can’t make the long journey to the Canadian
Rockies, according to the Banff Centre.
Every year the festival commences at the place where it draws its name from, a ski town in Alberta,
Canada named Banff, according to Nationalgeographic.com.
Typically the festival starts out with over 300 entries, which are then narrowed down to the top 50,
according to the Banff Center.
These 50 are then judged throughout the local festival, before the winners are finally announced and
the world tour begins, according to the National Geographic Web site.
The festival aims to please the adventure seeker in all forms, whether viewers are avid adventurers or
purely armchair enthusiasts, by covering everything from ice climbing and kayaking to base-jumping
and environmental issues.
“We hope to bring people in to see the films and have them find adventure in their own way, and hope
to inspire people to go out and push themselves and connect with new cultures,” Campbell said.
“In conjunction with Banff, this year we will be offering a free film making session by director Jason Berry of Gripped Films, who also has a film in the Banff festival,” Campbell said.
The film making session will be held in Greenbrier Theatre in Plemmons Student Union April 11 from
12:30-2:30 p.m.
Attendance is limited to 75 participants and will be handled on a first come, first served basis.
 Photo from In-Flux, 2008 submission. Special to The Appalachian
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 Photo from Into The Wild, 2007 jury selected winner. Special to The Appalachian
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