The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is once again touring across the UK and Ireland, showcasing a selection of the best climbing and adventure films from one of the world’s most prestigious mountain film festivals.

This year the Banff Tour will visit more than 50 locations across the UK and Ireland over the next four months.

This year’s line-up features climbers Alex Honnold and the Stonemasters, and include a whole host of mountain and adventure films, including surfing in Iceland, paragliding in the Alps, mountain biking in the Isle of Skye and Yorkshire, skiing in Patagonia and climbing in Alaska, China and the desert towers in the US.  Three of the films featuring on this year’s tour include:

SUFFERFEST 2 - Experience a true sufferfest with Cedar Wright and Alex Honnold as they attempt to climb 45 of America's most iconic desert towers - all linked together by bike! This film has it all: gale force winds, hard climbing, snow, huge desert towers, loose rock, and a lot of suffering!

DRAWN - Follow climber Jeremy Collins as he embarks on four expeditions, from the Venezuelan Amazon, to the China-Mongolian Border, to the northern reaches of Canada, and to Yosemite Valley in California.

STONEMASTERS - In the 1970's a legendary brash group of climbers known as the "Stonemasters" arrived in Yosemite Valley. They applied their talents to free-climbing and performed some of the most impressive climbs of that era. This portrait of the Stonemasters (which is part of the longer multi award-winning Valley Uprising film) highlights their meteoric rise to fame and Lynn Hill's legendary free one-day ascent of The Nose on El Capitan.

To view the Banff trailer and a full line-up of this year’s films, visit the website: www.banff-uk.com

UPCOMING TOUR DATES AND LOCATIONS
 

• 18 February             Shrewsbury, Theatre Severn
• 19 February             Stafford, Gatehouse6t
• 20 February             Liverpool, Plaza Cinema
• 21 February             Stockport, Stockport Plaza
• 24 February             Salisbury, City Hall
• 25, 26 February       Bath, Komedia Club
• 27, 28 February       Malvern, Forum Theatre
• 03 March                 Canterbury, Gulbenkian Cinema
• 04 March                 Tunbridge Wells, Assembly
• 05 March                 Dorking, Dorking Halls
• 06 March                 Weymouth, Pavilion - Theatre
• 07 March                 Croydon, Fairfield Halls, (matinee & evening programmes)
• 10-21 March            London, Union Chapel (10 shows)
• 11 March                 Reading, Hexagon Theatre
• 12 March                 Colchester, Charter Hall
• 13 March                 Peterborough, Cresset Theatre
• 18 March                 Porthcawl, Grand Pavilion
• 19 March                 Brecon, Theatr Brychienog
• 20 March                 Llanelli, The Ffwrnes
• 24 March                 Abingdon, Abingdon School
• 25 March                 Portsmouth, Kings Theatre
• 26 March                 Truro, Hall for Cornwall
• 27, 28 March           Exeter, Corn Exchange
• 09 April                   Shrewsbury, Theatre Severn
• 10 April                   Cardiff, New Theatre
• 11 April                   Brighton, Brighton Dome (matinee & evening programmes)
• 15 April                   Weston Super Mare, Playhouse
• 16-18 April              Bristol, Victoria Rooms (3 shows)
• 22 April                   Harrogate, Royal Hall
• 24, 25 April             Keswick, Theatre by the Lake
• 27 April                   Truro, Hall for Cornwall
• 28 April                   Cheltenham, Town Hall
• 30 April                   Swindon, Wyvern Theatre
• 01 May                   Watford, Colosseum
• 02 May                   Torquay, Babbacombe Theatre
• 06 May                   Matlock Bath, Grand Pavilion
• 07, 08 May              Whitley Bay, Playhouse
• 09 May                   Yarm, Princess Alexandra Auditorium
• 10 May                   Glasgow, SECC (matinee & evening programmes)
• 13 May                   Wimborne Minster, Tivoli Theatre
• 16 May                   Norwich, Theatre 1
• 21 May                   Kilkenny, The Watergate
• 22 May                   Dublin, Helix
• 23 May                   Cork, Everyman Theatre
• 26 May                   Galway, Town Hall
• 27, 28 May              Belfast, Theatre at the Mill
• 30 May                   Milford Haven, Torch Theatre
• 05, 06 June             Poole, Lighthouse Theatre

There will also be more than £60,000 of giveaways and prizes at the shows from the Banff tour partners over the Tour, including Keen, Cotswold Outdoor, Osprey, Buff, SueMe, Clif Bar, Banff Lake Louise Tourism and Sea to Summit.

More information about the events are available at http://banff-uk.com