Banff at Saratoga
The third annual Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour of the Capital District has a new venue! This year’s event will be at the Bernhard Theater at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs on February 26th, 2005 beginning at 7 pm.
Presented by National Geographic and Dunham Bootmakers, the Banff Film Festival World Tour is hosted locally and jointly by the Adirondack 46er Conservation Trust and the Skidmore Outing Club of Skidmore College; Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) is the generous local door prize sponsor. As in past years, the proceeds from this event benefits a non-profit organization - this year, the Skidmore Outing Club.
The Banff Film Festival features spectacular films from around the world that celebrate the theme "mountains". It is much more than a Warren Miller ski movie type of event, however - these films span the broadest spectrum of how the word "mountain" can be defined: They include the most jaw-dropping, fist-clenching climbing films to be seen anywhere, as well as the funniest, the most inspiring, the most thought-provoking - all celebrating man's relationship with places of higher elevation. From the Mountain Film Festival which takes place every year in early November, these best-of-the-best films are taken on a road tour throughout Canada, the United States, and even Europe, where they can be enjoyed by a far wider audience than could ever be accommodated in Banff itself. The films you see were winnowed by a juried film competition to a select few. It is these films that are brought to you on the World Tour - the best films of the Banff Film Festival: Uniformly inspiring, spectacular, and heartwarming - sometimes, all in the same film.
Tickets can be purchased at any of the local EMS stores located in the Capital District, at these locations:
- Stuyvesant Plaza (Western Ave., Guilderland)
- The Shoppes at Wilton (Route 50, Wilton)
- Balltown Road, Niskayuna
Festival Location:
Jacob Bernhard Theater, Skidmore College, 815 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 12866
Ample, free parking is available for Banff Film Festival enthusiasts next to the theater.
For a general map and directions, go to:
http://www.skidmore.edu/map3/campus_directions.htm
For the location of the Bernhard Theater on campus, go to:
http://www.skidmore.edu/map3/index.php
Click on “Building name”, and select “Bernhard Theater”.
Ticket Prices:
$13 advance sales
$15 at the door
$10 for students with current I.D
Advance sales may end two or more days prior to the show, so please be sure to buy your tickets well in advance of the show.
Questions, Information:
The Banff Mountain Film Festival:
http://www.banffcentre.ca/mountainculture/festivals/film/
local email:
[email protected]
local phone: 518-664-2980
