2007/2008 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour (NA intro)

[NobleProduction]

amazing.

[BeatBoxBaaa]

Great music :-)

[bikesailboard]

wow! great video!! 100% amazing

[daver744]

whats sound track

[TheBanffCentre]

The music was composed by Jacques Blackstone. He was commissioned in the late 90's by The Banff Centre to write a theme for the festival.

[zoolander2]

the biggest crowed the world tours ever has had is in Boone North Carolina! borne and raised baby!

[5krif]

This was the first year i missed it in 5 years!!! NOOOOOO, anyone know if they are selling DVDs of the world tour these days?

[oneillsan]

They don't.  :( They only have the rights to show the movies, not to sell them. Plus the movies that they show at showing aren't necessarily what are shown at the next one. Sometimes you can buy the full length videos from various filmmakers and there are sometimes links on the Banff World Tour website to these websites.

[aplauchegmail]

get "10 seconds of pure joy"

and "king lines"

[howiethehawk]

This year was my first year going to the local stop on the world tour, and it was absolutely incredible. I will not miss it for the world from now on, and can't believe I went so long without seeing it before now.

[natgaint]

I loved it!! I can't wait to see more, I can't wait to get outside and try everything myself!!!

[jonodin]

I finally saw this year film festival, and have to agree with the other that is was big disappointment - Probably my least favorite in the 15+ years I have been going to it. I hope next years will be better.

[jvatl]

I'm glad I went, but there were some films I could have done without. In Flux wasn't just lacking a story, it was overexposed and looked like it was edited on an Atari. There were too many commercials in this trailer as well. I think it's a disservice to the sponsors, because instead of being engaged, I zoned them out. And I buy from most of these companies.

[jvatl]

All in all though, I thought it was still a great festival and I'm looking forward to next year.

[oneillsan]

One thing to take into consideration is that the local host of the world tour has some say in what films are being shown. So if the event director is really into films about moose going skeet shooting in Aztec ruins, then you'll probably get every film submitted about moose who go skeet shooting in Aztec ruins. If you are disappointed with the selections for that year, make sure to talk to the person organizing the event locally as they have a large catalog to pick from. :~)

[duffeck]

I saw the 2008 Film Festival in DC and was depressingly disappointed. I have seen the films for the past 6 years, and the majority of this year's films were a big let-down. Entropy was just a bunch of high school snow kite boarders, looked just like the thousands of skating movies I made. Higher Ground was a blatant self promotion piece by a sports photographer. In flux had no story line (and I'm a paddler). On a plus side King Line and Badger were both inspirational and entertaining.

[jvatl]

We go every year, this is the best film festival of the year.

The trailers do tend to skew towards the higher budget films. People going to the fest should know up front that (like all film trailers) they choose the most marketable/exciting 2 second clips. The festival will show a wide variety of films from high-low budget and from short to long format. If you go expecting to see all high-budget warren miller type films, you will be disappointed. The diversity is what makes the fest rewarding.

[syzygyetic]

Ya. I agree Jonodin. A lot of the videos are made by professional teams, like the ones made by Chris Sharma, and some of the big time skiers. But these guys are doing amazing unprecedented things, therefore have access to high end film technology because they are interesting.

[jonodin]

I agree that the professional films are amazing. I particularly love the films by The Collective, even though I don't bike. However, I can find most of these films at other venues. For example much of the skiing last year was also on the Warren Millar's film. And NG has films similar to those on the BMFF. I not saying there isn't a place for them -- I just wish they were not 90% of the tour. I suppose for those that don't see the many outdoor films beyond BFF it is a good chance to see them.

[jonodin]

I have been huge fan of the BFF since they first came to the east cost in Portland ME 15+ years ago.

However, it now looks like a cross between a group of national geographic documentaries and a Warren Miller film. Don't get me wrong I like both, but what I have loved about BFF is showing a diversity of films from different types mountain adventures with different budgets. This intro makes the '07/08 BFF look like one high budget human interest story after another with some skiers thrown in.

[strugglingwriter16]

GOD, i went this year and it was INTENSE. and does anybody know the name of the song they're playing?

[ut7164]

The Banff opening theme music was composed by Jacques A Blackstone for the Festival. Check out his work at Purple Sound Music.

[myragemedia]

I would love to experience half of what is shown in this Film Festival Would Tour..