Rio Theatre announces the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour Adventure Night at 7 p.m. Oct. 12, at 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz, supporting Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship.
Two Point Four
With stops in 600 communities and more than 40 countries, the Banff World Tour celebrates amazing achievements in outdoor storytelling and filmmaking.
Viewers will see 8 films, all new, in the Yarrow program.
Tickets are $27.61 at EventBrite.com.
Fuego: Mountain biker Kilian Bron rides from the foot of the Fuego volcano in Guatemala the day before its historic eruption, to the colorful facades of Barrio Chualluma in La Paz.
The Best Skier You’ve Never Heard Of: After a successful ski racing career, Adrien Grabinski ventured West from Alberta. He discovered his true calling at Shames Mountain, a remote little co-op nonprofit ski area near Terrace, B.C. The mountains, the snow, and the big lines captivated him, then the local ski community stole his heart.
One Degree° #Peru: Armelle Courtois and Martin Thomas seek out the highest glacial lakes to try and break the altitude record for kitesurfing. They take on a new goal: to raise awareness about the consequences of melting glaciers and inspire change.
Subterranean (Tour Edit) Best Film Adventure: Two gritty teams of hobbyist cavers are poised to break records for the longest and deepest caves in Canada. From muddy crawls to heart-poundingvertical pits, and underwater squeezes, these are places where no person has been before. Coarse language
Mustafa Ceylan: A young Turkish immigrant, destined to play football and take over his parents’ kebab restaurant, put a pair of skis. Coarse language
Driving Sweep: Few river guides ever get the chance to drive Idaho’s Iconic sweep boat. Katie Veteto learns how to “drive sweep” down the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. She’s learned the rapids and the river. Now she learns to drive 4,000 lbs down steep rocky rapids. Coarse language
Range Rider
Range Rider: As wolves repopulate Washington State, conflict arises with rural ranching communities. When wolves are suspected of killing livestock, the consequences for packs can be fatal. Range rider Daniel Curry’s job is to patrol wild areas on horseback, creating a buffer between wolves and the cattle herds. Coarse language
Two Point Four: Leo Houlding, his wife Jess, and their two children Freya (9) and Jackson (5) climb Norway’s national mountain via a 2,000-foot big wall. Coarse language
TOP PHOTO: Driving Sweep