Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour on Mar 6, 2025 | UCSB Arts & Lectures

Curated and hosted by Roman Baratiak, A&L Associate Director Emeritus

The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour returns for two nights of exhilarating mountain adventures at larger-than-life scale. Featuring the world’s best films on subjects ranging from ice climbing and extreme alpinism to mountain culture and the environment, the tour delivers adrenaline-packed thrills alongside profound messages about human potential and the natural world. An entirely different program of films  screens each night.

Film Lineup: Thu, Mar 6

Running time: approx. 155 min. Program subject to change.

The Streif: Fabio Wibmer is back on Snow. This time crashing the preparations for the most legendary ski race in the world: the Streif. (Fabio Wibmer, Christoph Thoresen, Australia, 2024, 4 min.)

Undammed: After witnessing a massive fish kill on her ancestral home waters, Yurok tribal attorney Amy Bowers Cordalis dedicated her life to reversing the generations-long destruction wrought by the Klamath River dams. Undammed follows her journey to free the Klamath, from testifying before Congress to passing down fishing traditions within her young family. (Shane Anderson, USA, 2024, 17 min.)

Wild Days (Tour Edit): Four friends from Savoie have a crazy idea: 50 days of self-sufficiency in Alaska's Denali massif. Wild Days takes us on a grueling overland journey to a place where time drifts, spirits wander off, and where friendships are created and then tested by commitment. (Yohan Guignard, France, 2024, 50 min. / Advisory: coarse language)

109 Below: 109 Below tells a tale of resilience and grit when elite rescue volunteers go out of their way to save the lives of strangers. (Nick Martini, USA, 2023, 14 min.)

Footprints on Katmai: Following his grandmother's footsteps to one of the most remote and bear-strewn beaches in Alaska, painter Max Romey discovers that an ocean of problems is closer to home than he could have imagined. (Max Romey, USA, 2023, 22 min.)

The Smoke That Thunders: Aiming to paddle the fabled Minus rapids at the base of Victoria Falls on the Zambezi river, Ben Marr’s biggest challenge is to access them by trekking upstream. A total assault on the senses awaits as the force of the river speaks for itself. (Caleb Roberts, Canada, 2024, 4 min.)

Reel Rock: Jirishanca: Renowned alpinists Josh Wharton and Vince Anderson attempt a free ascent of the Jirishanca, an epic 6000-meter peak in the Peruvian Andes. The duo will have to tackle 5.13 face climbing, horizontal ice roofs, technical mixed terrain, and treacherous snow mushrooms as they reconcile the inherent risk of climbing with their love of alpine adventure. (Peter Mortimer, Josh Lowell, USA, 2024, 32 min. / Advisory: coarse and sexual language)