BANFF 2026 Saturday Night Films
BANFF Mountain Film Festival
Saturday, March 21, 2026 - 7:30 PM
Doors Open @ 6:15 PM
Flow Vision (Tour Edit)
2025, France, 8 minutes
Filmmaker: Ambroise Trauet
Advisory: No advisory
There is something that has always excited Ambroise in Downhill Skateboarding: it’s those moments you experience two or three times in a season or even in your life. He has only experienced this a few times in his life while skating, so he decided to skate the most challenging road in Europe to immerse himself in this mental state — the flow state.
Carving Lines
2025, USA, 6 minutes
Filmmaker: Dmitry Surnin, Wongi Kim, Fall Line Films
Advisory: No advisory
Carving Lines is a visual diary that offers a unique perspective from a local printmaker Kristin Vantrease (Adrift prints) on a particular zone in the Kenai Mountains of Alaska.
Best Day Ever
2025, USA, 48 minutes
Filmmakers: Ben Knight, Berne Broudy, Richmond Mountain Trails
Advisory: Coarse language
*2025 BestFilm: Mountain Sports
*2025 Audience Choice Award
Best Day Ever follows the stories of adaptive mountain bikers Greg Durso and Allie Bianchi as they navigate the relentless challenges of their disabilities with humour and attitude. Along the way, they embrace the tremendous support, friendship, and joy they find in their rural Vermont riding community.
A Sense of Fight
2025, Australia, 2 minutes
Filmmakers: Matt Raimondo
Advisory: Coarse Language
Callan Blanchknox reflects on the deeper meaning of climbing—beyond strength, it’s about movement, connection, and the sense of fight it brings—all while tackling the first ascent of an epic upside-down cave traverse.
Gabon Uncharted (Tour Edit)
2024, Switzerland, 29 minutes
Filmmakers: David Arnaud, MOVIO, Red Bull Media House
Advisory: Coarse language, Nudity
Gabon Uncharted is a wild, unfiltered, and occasionally damp exploration of what happens when the SEND Collective - online kayaking legends - are dropped into offline chaos. Featuring the SEND team: Adrian Mattern (GER), Dane Jackson (USA), Kalob Grady (CAN), Bren Orton (GBR).
Reel Rock: Riders on the Storm
2025, USA, 28 minutes
Filmmakers: Josh Lowell, Reel Rock, Halle Johns
Advisory: Coarse language, Nudity
Big wall climber Siebe Vanhee enlists Drew Smith and fellow Belgian countrymen Nico Favresse and Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll to attempt the first free ascent of the elusive Riders on the Storm route on the East Face of Patagonia’s Torre Central.