Tickets for Banff Mountain Film Festival Now on Sale
Event Will Be Held April 1 and 2
Story by Anne Baker
The Banff Mountain Film Festival will come to Boone on Friday and Saturday, April 1 and 2. Tickets are now on sale for the event at Farthing Auditorium on the ASU campus and at Footsloggers downtown Boone.
New this year to the Banff Mountain Film Festival is the A4 Initiative, created by ASU’s Outdoor Programs to identify High Country mountain sports stars and role models. Winners will be recognized at festival film screenings.
From The Asgard Project, winner of the award for Best Film on Climbing, 2010 Banff Mountain Film Festival. Photo courtesy of The Banff Centre
Tickets for the 15th annual Banff Mountain Film Festival are now on sale at Farthing Auditorium on ASU’s campus and at Footsloggers in downtown Boone. The festival will come to Boone as part of its “best of the festival” world tour on Friday and Saturday, April 1 and 2, at 7:30 p.m. in Farthing Auditorium.
Tickets are $7 for students and $9 for all others.
Featuring the best films on mountain adventure, culture and the environment selected from hundreds of entries submitted from around the world, screenings are specifically chosen to educate, entertain and inspire the audience.
In honor of the festival’s 15th anniversary, several things are planned this year to celebrate the event, including live music at Farthing Auditorium before the screenings; lobby vendors including Bald Guy Coffee; special commemorative t-shirts; and even birds like Northern Saw-whet Owls and Peregrine Falcons on display outside of Farthing Auditorium, courtesy of the Blue Ridge Wildlife Institute.
New this year is also the Appalachian Adventure Achievement Award, or the A4 initiative, developed by ASU’s Outdoor Programs to identify and recognize the High Country’s young mountain sports stars and role models.
As part of their honorary selection, A4 winners will receive recognition on stage during the Banff Mountain Film Festival, as well as a selection of prizes from project sponsors.
Ideal candidates are those who excel in their mountain sport, elevate the status of their sport in the High Country community, are valued role models and/or mentors, contribute to social or environmental awareness of the area and are excellent ambassadors to some aspect of the High Country outdoor community.
The deadline for nominations is Friday, March 18, and individuals may be nominated in one of two age categories: 17 and under, and 18 to 24 years old (as of March 18). Nominees must currently reside or attend school in the High Country (the counties of Watauga, Avery and Ashe).
The Boone screenings are sponsored by Appalachian Ski Mtn., ASU’s Department of Geology, Bistro Roca, Gideon Ridge Inn in Blowing Rock, Peabody’s Wine & Beer Merchants, Virtual Blue Ridge, and WNCW 88.7.
To nominate an individual for the A4 initiative, click to www.op.appstate.edu. For more information about Banff, call 828-262-4077.
