Films are awesomely 'radical'
—Courtesy photo A still from the movie, “Balloonskiing”, one of the films showing when the Banff Radical Reels coming to the Panida Theater in early October.
—Courtesy photo A still from the movie, "Burning Mountains", one of the films showing when the Banff Radical Reels coming to the Panida Theater in early October.
The best high adrenaline films from the Banff Mountain Film Festival are coming to Sandpoint’s Panida Theater on Friday, Oct. 7.
Showtime is 7:30 p.m. with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are available in advance at Eichardts, The Alpine Shop, The Outdoor Experience and Burger Express in Sandpoint. In Bonners Ferry, tickets are available at Zip’s Drive-in. Any tickets left will be sold at the door the night of the show.
“There is no better way to get stoked about skiing, biking, climbing or paddling than by watching the 2016 edition of the Banff Radical Reels Tour,” said organizer Michael Boge. “Eleven new films this year. We’re talking jaw-dropping bike jumps, nail-biting kayak drops, and mind-blowing powder. The Radical Reels Tour, presented by The Banff Centre, continues to push boundaries with the best action sports films from the annual Banff Mountain Film Festival.”
In its 13th year in Sandpoint, show participants will experience eleven wild action sports as seen through the eyes of some of today’s top athletes and most talented adventure sport filmmakers. This year’s selections will ski you through “Japan By Van” or styling it on Mexico’s big waterfalls in “Rey del Rio” as well the blue sky, hot sun and slick rock of mountain biking in Africa with the film “Burning Mountains — Spitzkoppe”. “Trad” climb in Yosemite with Emily Harrington or catch the story of the elusive photos of adventure photographer Krystle Wright in “The Mysteries” as well as scouting for big snowboard lines via paragliders in “Degrees North”. For certain it will be a full night of action packed sports.
Held annually each fall, the Banff Mountain Film Festival has included the Radical Reels night which is a special screening of the wildest high adrenaline films entered in the Banff Mountain Film Festival. With so many action films being submitted to the film festival each year that could not be fit into the regular World Tour this resulted in the creation of the hugely successful Radical Reels evening presentation and road tour.
aThat first year send-off was also a kudos to North Idaho audiences as the Banff Centre ran a pilot program of which Sandpoint was chosen as one of the six sites worldwide to run the initial Radical Reels program.
Information: www.mountain-fever.com