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Media Releases — Mountain Culture

2009
November 8	Banff Mountain Film Festival Grand Prize winner captures epic cross-Canada journey
October 29	Irreverent U.K. climbing biography Revelations wins 2009 Banff Mountain Book Festival Grand Prize
October 26	2009 Banff Mountain Book Festival finalists feature world’s best in adventure, environment, exploration
October 22	Banff Mountain Film Festival presents first Canadian screening of Everest film The Wildest Dream
September 30	Elite climbers Chris Sharma and Ueli Steck headline 2009 Banff Mountain Festivals
September 28	Mountain writer, musician, conservationist Sid Marty awarded 2009 Summit of Excellence Award
August 25	Calgary climber Raphael Slawinski to speak on Karakorum ascent September 8
April 19	Scientist David Hughes brings peak oil discussion to The Banff Centre April 27
March 10	Ian Mackenzie presents his search for the nomadic Penan on March 12
January 27	Doug Fine presents Farewell, My Subaru. Is a truly sustainable lifestyle possible?
2008
November 9	Banff Mountain Film Festival Grand Prize winner searches for vanishing culture
November 6	Sid Marty, Robert MacFarlane share 2008 Banff Mountain Book Festival Grand Prize
October 31	2008 Banff Mountain Book Festival finalists feature tales of adventure, survival, exploration
October 27	“Final Three” selected for the Bow Valley’s Mountain Idol event
October 17	2008 Banff Mountain Film Festival to screen world’s best in outdoor, environment, adrenaline sports, and cultural films
October 2	Rim Lit Climber wins 2008 Banff Mountain Photography Competition Grand Prize
September 30	Acclaimed alpinists Peter Habeler, Jim Donini headline 2008 Banff Mountain Festivals
September 29	Appalachian environmental documentary among 2008 Banff Mountain Grant winners
September 26	Mountaineer Don Vockeroth awarded 2008 Summit of Excellence Award
September 9	Andrew Skurka talks about epic hike at The Banff Centre September 16
January 10	Mountain Culture and Environment Speakers’ Series explores a sustainable world
January 3	Avalanche Awareness Night
2007
November 16	Mountain Culture Speakers’ Series uncovers hidden corner of Arabia
November 4	Banff Mountain Film Festival Grand Prize winner examines “the cult of hero”
November 1	Story of 1967 Mount McKinley tragedy takes Banff Mountain Book Festival Grand Prize
October 25	“Final Four” selected for the Bow Valley’s Mountain Idol event
October 25	2007 Banff Mountain Film Festival to screen world’s best in outdoor, environment, adrenaline sports films
October 17	Oilsands documentary among recipients of 2007 Banff Centre Mountain Grants program
October 4	Bernadette McDonald awarded 2007 Summit of Excellence Award
September 13	Winter Fury takes 2007 Banff Mountain Photography Competition Grand Prize
September 13	Top adventure and wilderness photographers to lead Banff Centre photography workshop
September 4	Bestselling author to describe The World Without Us at The Banff Centre September 17
September 4	Everest climber and survivor Lincoln Hall headlines the 2007 Banff Mountain Festivals
May 29	Mountain Culture Speakers’ Series hosts arctic explorer Jerry Kobalenko June 14
May 16	David Cox appointed executive director of Mountain Culture at The Banff Centre
May 8	Mountain Culture Speakers’ Series maps Himalayan geography and culture
April 12	Mountain Culture Speakers’ Series explores the origins of skiing
January 22	Mountain Culture Speakers’ Series journeys to Labrador’s Torngat Mountains Reserve
January 4	Latest expert advice, tools, and techniques featured at Avalanche Awareness Night
2006
November 28	2006/ 2007 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour hits the road
November 5	Story of man versus tiger takes Mountain Film Festival Grand Prize
November 2	Jeff Long’s thriller The Wall wins Grand Prize in 2006 Banff Mountain Book Festival competition
October 19	2006 Banff Mountain Book Festival finalists travel the world for the best in adventure nonfiction, literature, and photography
October 13	World’s top films in adventure, environment, and adrenaline sports chosen for 2006 Banff Mountain Film Festival
October 2	Banff Centre awards $15,000 in Mountain Grants to support mountain stories
September 25	Rocky Mountain Books founders awarded Banff Centre’s 2006 Summit of Excellence Award
September 25	Public invited to explore mountain issues and stories at international alpine conference
September 2	Canadian mountain centre receives prestigious mountain award
August 28	World’s water conservation experts converge on The Banff Centre September 7 to 11
August 21	Canmore photographer wins 2006 Banff Mountain Photography Competition Grand Prize
August 1	Top National Geographic photographers to lead Banff Centre adventure photography workshop
July 7	2006 Banff Mountain Film Festival puts out call for the world’s best mountain films
June 5	2006 Banff Mountain Book Festival seeks best adventure books
May 25	Andes survivor Nando Parrado headlines 2006 Banff Mountain Festivals
May 12	Bow Valley builds interactive web portal for idea share in environmental, social, and community issues
April 20	2006 Banff Mountain Photography Competition seeks awe-inspiring images
April 13	Banff Mountain Speakers’ Series hosts a look inside the world’s most spectacular caves
March 3	Author, photographer, conservationist Edwin Bernbaum travels to sacred mountain sites at The Banff Centre March 13
January 31	Images and stories from India kick off 2006 Mountain Speakers’ Series at The Banff Centre
January 31	Banff Mountain Grants Program to fund projects on mountain landscape, culture, ecology
January 5	Expert speakers, high adrenaline films headline Avalanche Awareness Night in Banff

2005

December 15	Mountain Culture at The Banff Centre to receive King Albert Mountain Award
November 29	2005 / 2006 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour hits the road
November 6	Sur le fil des 4000 takes film festival Grand Prize
November 5	Karsten Heuer’s Being Caribou wins Grand Prize in Banff Mountain Book Festival competition
October 26	2005 Banff Mountain Book Festival finalists cover the best in outdoor and adventure writing and photography
October 13	2005 Banff Mountain Film Festival finalists showcase the best in adrenaline sports, adventure, and environment
September 28	Climber, artist Glen Boles receives 2005 Banff Centre Summit of Excellence Award
September 20	International creative projects share $20,000 in Banff Centre Mountain Grants
September 9	Image of Tibetan prayer flags wins 2005 Banff Mountain Photography Competition
August 29	Banff Centre adventure photography workshop led by top National Geographic lensmen
August 9	Artists from Tibet, Ecuador, Appalachia to perform in Banff August 19 to 21
June 21	Vertical stories wanted for 2005 Mountain Book Festival
June 21	2005 Banff Mountain Film Festival seeks big-screen adventure
April 1	2005 Banff Mountain Photography Competition seeks awe-inspiring images
March 9	Banff Centre hosts photo exhibition and presentation by arctic adventurer Jerry Kobalenko
February 10	Banff Centre grants program to fund projects on mountain ecology, adventure, and culture
January 19	2005 Mountain Speakers’ Series kicks off with West Coast kayaking adventure tale
January 7	Learn, and Live at Avalanche Awareness Night, January 16