Fresh from the Canadian Rockies, the Banff Mountain Film Festival tours the UK with an adventure-filled programme of short films. Here’s our pick of the best.
Jeremy Collins’ Drawn
Jean-Baptiste Chandelier’s Touch
Chris Burkard’s Arctic Swell
Danny MacAskill’s The Ridge
Tashi and the Monk
The Banff Mountain Film Festival tour hits 82 locations around the UK from January to June. Check out the programme and find a screening near you.
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Confronting America’s history of violence against student protest
Through A Mirror, Darkly — In May 1970, two separate massacres at American college campuses saw deaths at the hands of the state. Naeem Mohaiemen’s new three-channel film memorialises the brutality.
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New documentary spotlights Brixton’s community in the face of gentrification
Beyond Brix & Mortar — With property prices rising by 1,700% since the ’80s, the film explores the rich cultural history of the area’s Afro-Caribbean community, and the threat to the area’s soul.
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The overnight rockstar — The Chicano rock & roll star exploded overnight in the late ’50s, but just as quickly he was gone, killed in a plane crash along with Buddy Holly. An ’80s biopic saw him immortalised on the big screen, which photographer Merrick Morton captured behind the scenes.
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Finisterre x London Surf / Film Festival — Open exclusively to women to tell stories about other women, applications are open until March 8.
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New documentary explores football ultras culture around the world
ULTRAS — Directed by Swedish filmmaker Ragnhild Ekner, the film takes an insider’s view of the terrace subculture, and the unifying power of fandom.
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The vibrant pre-Taliban ski community deep in the Afghan mountains
Champions of the Golden Valley — A bittersweet documentary by Ben Sturgulewski spotlights the unlikely rise of Bamyan Ski Club, while charting what happened next for skiers forced to flee their country.
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