The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour March 12, 2008

REI is pleased to host these special evenings of award-winning adventure films and videos from the 2007 festival in Banff, Alberta. Tickets will go on sale February 1-for the Berkeley shows at REI Berkeley*, Concord and Fremont. Will-call tickets will be available through the host store (with asterisk) or venue box office-for designated venue only. Ticket cost: $15 for REI members (if purchased in advance at REI); $18 for nonmembers, will-call, and for tickets purchased at the door. Doors will open half an hour before show time for open seating.

Net proceeds will benefit the following nonprofit organizations: Berkeley shows-UC Berkeley's Cal Adventures Youth Scholarship Program. For additional details, please call any Bay Area REI Customer Service Department.

Banff Mountain Film Festival - Bay Area Film Lineup 2008

Entropy
Snowkiting, Norway, 2006, 11mins
Entropy documents the most progressive season in snowkiting so far. Join a couple of the world's best riders as they search for the ultimate snow and wind conditions. Along the way, they reinvent snowkiting by taking a new-school approach and pushing the limit of 'wake style' maneuvers.

Badgered
Environment/Animation, UK, 2005, 7mins
Best Film on Mountain Environment
The tale of a badger who just wants the world to let him sleep.

King Lines
Climbing, USA, 2007, 50mins
Filmed on location in France, California, Venezuela, Greece, Utah and Mallorca, Spain, King Lines captures Chris Sharma's most outrageous ascents and visionary projects, and explores his fascinating lifestyle as a nomadic professional climber and global citizen.

The Western Lands - Hoy
Climbing/Human Interest, UK, 2007, 9mins
Best Short Mountain Film
Writer Jim Perrin's attempted climb of the Old Man of Hoy on his 60th birthday. A poetic documentary of love, loss and landscape under the dying of the light.

In- Flux
Kayaking, France, 2005, 17mins
In-Flux is about the true meaning of paddling - the perpetual need to go and travel the globe with your kayak in search of the magic something you can find only on the river. Shot in Italy, Canada, Norway, and the Reunion islands, the film combines adrenaline-driven action and remarkable natural wonders.

It's Fantastic
Speedflying, USA, 2007, 19 minutes
As the first documentary on the new sport of speedflying, this film explains the origins of the sport and shows how quickly the sport is evolving. From the ski slopes of Europe to the volcanic island of El Hierro, some of the world's best speedflyers risk their lives to find the limits of their abilities and their equipment.

Cross Country with the Snakes
Cross-Country Skiing/Music, USA, 2007, 7mins
Cross-country with the Snakes is a short film about a nordic-skiing punk band. It documents a tour with the Black-eyed Snakes as they ski all day and play rock at night. Nordic skiing, long portrayed as serene and classical, is cast in a new light as exciting and dynamic through the lens of punk/blues rock and fast-action photography.

Inner Balance
Unicycling, Canada, 2007, 5mins
Inner Balance features some of the top riders in their respective riding styles from Canada, USA, New Zealand, and Australia. Riders take unicycling to the next level with amazing drops and trials riding in a massive indoor bike park. You won't believe what's possible on a unicycle.

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