Banff Mountain Film Festival Comes to Fayetteville
The Outdoor Connection Center, a program of University Recreation, is helping bring the annual Banff Mountain Film Festival to Fayetteville for the fourth year in a row. The event will be held on September 14 at the Global Campus, just off the downtown square. The festival is a chance to see award winning outdoor adventure films.
Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and the show begins at 6:30. The Outdoor Connection Center is selling students tickets for $10 and general admission tickets may be purchased for $14 at http://fayettevillebanff.com/
The original Banff Mountain Film Festival is an international film competition featuring the world’s best footage on mountain subjects. The festival began in 1976 and is held annually on the first weekend in November in Banff, Alberta, Canada. Immediately after the festival in November, a selection of the best films entered in the festival goes on tour.
The host organization in each tour location chooses a program that reflects the interests of their community. Each community creates a unique celebration of local adventure and adventurers. The world tour spans the globe reaching over 200,000 audience members in 30 countries and 360 locations, with over 550 screenings.
Click here for a sample of the amazing films that are shown on this incredible evening.
For more information, call Jennifer Hazelrigs at 575-6834 or visit fayettevillebanff.com.
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Jennifer Hazelrigs , Assistant director for the Outdoor Connection Cent
University Recreation
575-6834,
jtracy@uark.edu
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