Find Out What Films And Books Won The 2015 Banff Mountain Festival
The Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival took place October 30 to November 8, 2015 in Banff, Alberta, Canada. Launched in 1976, the now annual festival is held every fall. It highlights the industry’s best short films and literature about mountain culture, sports, and environment.
The winners of the film and book competitions are always worth adding to your watch or read list. Here are the winners of the Banff Film and Book Festival in 2015:
2015 Banff Mountain Book Competition Awards
- Grand Prize – Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese
- Adventure Travel – Drawn: The Art of Ascent by Jeremy Collins
- Mountain Fiction & Poetry – Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese
- Mountain & Wilderness Literature – Non-Fiction – The Jon Whyte Award – The Tower: A Chronicle of Climbing and Controversy on Cerro Torre by Kelly Cordes – Read A Mountain Journey’s Review Of The Tower
- Mountain Image – Alpine Exposures by Jon Griffith
- Guidebook – Lake District Rock by Members of the FRCC Guidebooks Committee
- Mountaineering Article – Crazy Wisdom by Ed Douglas, Alpinist
- Mountaineering History – Alpine Warriors by Bernadette McDonald
- Special Jury Mention – The Adventure Game: A Cameraman’s Tales from Films at the Edge by Keith Partridge
2015 Banff Mountain Film Competition Awards
- Grand Prize – The Great Alone
- Creative Excellence Award – Cailleach
- Best Film: Exploration and Adventure – The Great Alone
- Best Film: Mountain Culture – Sherpa
- Best Film: Climbing – A Line Across The Sky
- Best Film: Mountain Sports – Chasing Niagara
- Best Film: Snow Sports – Eclipse
- Best Film: Mountain Environment & Natural History – Hadwin’s Judgement
- Best Short Mountain Film – The Important Places
- Best Feature-Length Mountain Film – K2: Touching the Sky
- People’s Choice Award – Unbranded
- Radical Reels People’s Choice Award – Showdown at Horseshoe Hell
- Special Jury Mention – Operation Moffatt
- Special Jury Mention – Overburden
To find out what other films and books were in the running, check out this post from Rock and Ice.
Now it’s time for the Banff Film and Book Festival to head out on its world tour of 300+ cities in over 20 countries. Will it be stopping near you? Find out here. See you in Banff 2016!
