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<\/a>Photo: Grant Gunderson<\/p><\/div>
\nWith the increased number of venues plus increased size of venues, the expected audience figure is 28,000 (compared to 18,500 in 2013) \u2013 6,000 of those will be from London\u2019s outdoors community who will enjoy a night of adrenalin in the atmospheric Union Chapel, Islington which now has nine screenings and three different film programmes. <\/p>\n
The World Tour travels the globe every year, visiting more than 400 communities and over 40 different countries from Australia through to Antarctica, being enjoyed by more than 300,000 people. <\/p>\n
For a taste of the action, watch the trailer here: http:\/\/youtu.be\/gYSgG9qSQ1I<\/p>\n
2014 Highlights include:<\/p>\n
Heaven\u2019s Gate
\nBest Film Mountain Sports
\nA group of wingsuit pilots gather at Tianmen Mountain in China, the birthplace of the dream of human flight, to attempt an intimidating feat \u2013 flying through the sacred site known as Heaven\u2019s Gate, an archway carved out of the mountain. As Jeb Corliss drops from a helicopter and soars toward the opening, nearly a half-billion people hold their breath.<\/p>\n
High Tension
\nBest Film Mountain Culture
\nFlying fists, obscenities, and death threats at 23,000 feet? Is this the new Everest reality? This film takes a closer look at the 2013 incident at Camp II that made international headlines and had climbers Ueli Steck, Simone Moro, and Jonathan Griffith running for their lives.<\/p>\n
North of the Sun
\nGrand Prize and People\u2019s Choice Award
\nTucked between the cold Atlantic Ocean and the rocky slopes of a remote, arctic island, two young Norwegian adventurers discover their own private playground. They build themselves a cabin out of flotsam while clearing the beach of debris, then spend the long winter skiing and surfing in the haunting low light.<\/p>\n
Keeper of the Mountain
\nSpecial Jury Mention
\nElizabeth Hawley bucked the conventions of her time by settling alone in Kathmandu in 1960, where she began chronicling Himalayan expeditions for The Himalayan Database. Even as she turns 90, she continues to update these records with rigorous accuracy and dedication, challenging the truth of even the most adamant of mountaineers. <\/p>\n
Spice Girl
\nThe UK climbing scene is known for its strict traditional ethic, yielding dangerous routes and a competitive machismo among the driven young climbers risking it all to prove their boldness. It’s the last place you’d expect to find a nice little blond girl putting all the lads to shame, but Hazel Findlay is doing just that. The first woman to climb the British grade of E9, Hazel is a connoisseur of loose rock, dodgy gear, and big run-outs. Having mastered the scrappy seacliffs at home she teams up with Emily Harrington to tackle the massive, untamed bigwalls of Taghia Gorge, Morocco.<\/p>\n
UK and Ireland 2014 Tour dates are as follows:
\n\u00b7 30 January Empire Theatre, Eden Court Theatre, Inverness
\n\u00b7 31 January Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh – Films A
\n\u00b7 1 February Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh – Films B
\n\u00b7 5 February Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury
\n\u00b7 6 February Theatre by the Lake, Keswick – Films A
\n\u00b7 7 February Theatre by the Lake, Keswick – Films B
\n\u00b7 8 February Theatre, Venue Cymru, Llandudno
\n\u00b7 12 February The Carriageworks, Leeds – Films B
\n\u00b7 13 February The Carriageworks, Leeds – Films A
\n\u00b7 14 February Grand Hall, City Halls, Glasgow
\n\u00b7 15 February Plaza Cinema, Stockport \u2013 Films A and B
\n\u00b7 19 February Dorking Halls, Dorking
\n\u00b7 20 February Komedia, Bath – Films A
\n\u00b7 21 February Birmingham Town Hall, Birmingham
\n\u00b7 22 February Great Hall, Derby Live, Derby
\n\u00b7 26 February Amey Theatre, Abingdon
\n\u00b7 27 February Gatehouse Theatre, Stafford
\n\u00b7 28 February Forum Theatre, Malvern Theatres, Malvern
\n\u00b7 1 March Plaza Community Cinema, Liverpool
\n\u00b7 4 March Lady Mitchell Hall, Cambridge
\n\u00b7 5- 15 March Union Chapel, London – Films A, B and C
\n\u00b7 18 March Komedia, Bath – Films B
\n\u00b7 20 March Electric Cinema, Bridport
\n\u00b7 21 March Hall for Cornwall, Truro
\n\u00b7 22 March City Hall, Salisbury
\n\u00b7 26 March Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells
\n\u00b7 27 March Grand Pavilion Porthcawl, Bridgend
\n\u00b7 28 March The Ffwrnes, Llanelli
\n\u00b7 29 March Cheltenham Town Hall, Cheltenham
\n\u00b7 2 April Corn Exchange, Exeter
\n\u00b7 3 April Tivoli Theatre, Wimborne Minister
\n\u00b7 4 April Lighthouse, Poole
\n\u00b7 5 April Theatre 1, UEA, Norwich
\n\u00b7 8 April The Torch Theatre, Milford Haven
\n\u00b7 9 April Victoria Rooms, Bristol – Films A
\n\u00b7 10 April Victoria Rooms, Bristol – Films B
\n\u00b7 11 April Concert Hall, Brighton Dome, Brighton
\n\u00b7 12 April Gulbenkian Cinema, Canterbury
\n\u00b7 24 April Harrogate Theatre, Harrogate
\n\u00b7 25 April Playhouse, Whitley Bay
\n\u00b7 26 April Princess Alexandra Auditorium, Yarm
\n\u00b7 6 May Everyman Theatre, Cork
\n\u00b7 7 May The Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny
\n\u00b7 8 May Town Hall Theatre, Galway
\n\u00b7 9 May Theatre at the Mill, Belfast
\n\u00b7 10 May The Helix, Dublin \u2013 Films A and B<\/p>\n
This year we are pleased to welcome Osprey and J\u00f6ttnar as a new Principal Partners to the 2014 Tour as well as Cotswold Outdoor, Buff, Keen and Banff Lake Louise Tourism. The upcoming Tour is also supported by Sea to Summit, Black Diamond, World Expeditions, Clif Bar and Artemis. <\/p>\n
For Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour tickets and information go to www.Banff-uk.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Banff film festival showcases the best of the latest films from the global mountain sports community including climbing, alpinism, mountain biking, adventure travel, skiing and kayaking. New activities to the line-up this year are base-jumping, surfing and trail running. Now in its fifth edition, the 2014 UK & Ireland Banff Tour will be the biggest tour to date – 56 screenings will be showing at 40 locations, including 12 new venues. The diverse film programme is selected from the 360 films, including award-winners and audience favourites, entered into theprestigious Banff Mountain Film Festival held in the Canadian Rockies in…<\/span> <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10053"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10056,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10053\/revisions\/10056"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}