{"id":18954,"date":"2018-12-06T11:34:16","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T11:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/?p=18954"},"modified":"2018-12-06T11:34:34","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T11:34:34","slug":"dates-released-for-banff-mountain-film-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/dates-released-for-banff-mountain-film-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Dates released for Banff Mountain Film tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is celebrating its 10th year of touring the UK and Ireland, bringing over 100 adrenaline-packed shows to almost 60 venues from January &#8211; May 2019. Scottish dates are first, kicking off in Edinburgh on 19 January and then showing at Glasgow, Stirling, Inverness and finally Pitlochry on 2 February.<\/p>\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style>\n<div class='embed-container'><iframe src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W-4YPeyZMSA' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The Tour features two different collections of brand-new films from the world\u2019s most intrepid filmmakers, starring pioneers and explorers tackling extraordinary expeditions in the wildest corners of the planet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to have reached 10 years of bringing the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour to the UK and Ireland \u2013 and what better way to celebrate than with the latest dose of cutting-edge adventure films from the world\u2019s most prestigious mountain festival!\u201d says Tour Director Nell Teasdale.<\/p>\n<p>Films in the World Tour are selected from hundreds entered into the Banff Mountain Film Festival, which takes place for every November in Canada\u2019s Rocky Mountains.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Film highlights include:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>THIS MOUNTAIN LIFE<\/strong> &#8211; Martina and her 60-year-old mother Tania embark on an epic ski traverse from Vancouver to Alaska \u2013 six months and 2,300km of journeying though relentless mountain wilderness. This Mountain Life is a multi-award-winning film and a riveting portrait of the human passion for adventure, set high in the peaks of British Columbia, Canada.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RJ RIPPER <\/strong>&#8211; A mesmerising blend of mountain sports and culture as world class mountain biker Rajesh (RJ) Magar explores his homeland of Nepal, from the chaotic streets of Kathmandu to the mind-blowing Himalayan mountains beyond. An inspirational story of perseverance with high-adrenaline riding in stunning scenery<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR THE LOVE OF MARY<\/strong> &#8211; Try telling 97-year-old George Etzweiler you&#8217;re too old for running! He started competing in the annual 7.6 mile race up Mount Washington aged 69&#8230; and still takes part nearly 30 years later. And more important than his lucky green running shorts, George carries something special in every step:<br \/>\nthe memory of his late wife of 68 years, Mary. <\/p>\n<p><strong>The Scottish dates are:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 19 January Edinburgh, Festival Theatre (matinee and evening shows)<br \/>\n\u2022 21 January Glasgow, The Kings Theatre<br \/>\n\u2022 30 January Stirling, Macroberts Arts Centre<br \/>\n\u2022 31 Jan &#8211; 1 Feb Inverness, Eden Court Theatre<br \/>\n\u2022 2 February Pitlochry, Pitlochry Festival Theatre (matinee and evening shows)<br \/>\nThe tour then continues in the rest of the UK and Ireland, finishing in Guildford on 24 May. For more information and to book tickets, see the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.banff-uk.com\">tour website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is celebrating its 10th year of touring the UK and Ireland, bringing over 100 adrenaline-packed shows to almost 60 venues from January &#8211; May 2019. Scottish dates are first, kicking off in Edinburgh on 19 January and then showing at Glasgow, Stirling, Inverness and finally Pitlochry on 2 February. The Tour features two different collections of brand-new films from the world\u2019s most intrepid filmmakers, starring pioneers and explorers tackling extraordinary expeditions in the wildest corners of the planet. \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to have reached 10 years of bringing the Banff Mountain Film Festival World<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/dates-released-for-banff-mountain-film-tour\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more &#8250;<\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18956,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-magazine","category-walking-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18954","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=18954"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18957,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18954\/revisions\/18957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}