The Bow Valley Film Tour
is an annual event that features a collection of stories from Bow Valley.
The set of incredible films celebrates the spirit of the mountains, water, life, and dreams.
The tour is organized in and around the Bow Valley region,sharing stories from the community and with the community.
The tour includes films that highlight various aspects of outdoor adventure, mountain culture, environmental issues, and human life.
A small festival with big heart.
2024 Events
10 Storeis + 8 FilmMakers
The BVFT2024 Films line up
Dan Whelan\Rongqin Su
The Great Divide
A father wants to take his kids on one last big adventure,
to witness the glaciers before they cease to exist. But, his children's lives are changing, global warming is escalating at an alarming rate, he himself is getting older. Then, accidents happened to him. The window of opportunity is closing.
After 2 years of planning and recovering from injuries, this family finally begins their 'now or never' journey, crossing the Great Divide.”
Spindrift -the barry Blanchard story
Barry Banchard\Andy Arts
After sustaining a serious major brain injury alpinist Barry Blanchard reflects on his adventures and reconciles his life in the mountains.
Bruce Miller’s “Conviction” is a powerful portrait of an Indigenous man, played incredibly by Shane Ghostkeeper, who faces his inner demons when he re-enters society after jail.
Conviction
Bruce Miller
Everyday is an opportunity to celebrate impermanence and the life Jill nearly lost.Having explored more than 60 countries between work stints in international education, an accident while working as a Health, Sport Science and Physical Education teacher forced stillness and exploration turned internal. More than 2 years, 7 hospitals in 3 countries, the script could not be imagined by the most iconic author.
Mountain of my mind
Jill Wheatley
Robert has had the privilege of travelling the world with his camera for the past 25 years. On these adventures he has experienced everything from the majestic animals in Africa, to the articulate canals of St. Petersburg and the elegant Shinto shrines of Kyoto—amongst many other wonders.
Recently he has turned his lens on the open and truly awe-inspiring vistas of the Rocky Mountains. What began as a challenge to climb peaks, has turned into a deeper relationship with his son, with his craft and—the healing power of nature.
Robert lemermeyer\Ryan Armstrong
Peek Week
Skiing in the Canadian Rockies under the light of the full moon takes on a new creative approach in this short animated film.
Luna Ski
Rob Heule
Late in 88
Elinor Svoboda
Late in ‘88 explores the blurred lines of truth and memory as two grade school classmates share their experience of being queer and gender non-conforming in Calgary, Alberta 1988, when these identities were fringe and undefinable
The Nomad
The Nomad presented by Knolly Bikes follows the journey of 8 riders proving you don't have to be the best to just love it. Produced by Austen Tanney the film explores personal progression and the refusal to conform to the industry benchmarks of race results, hashtags and followers to gauge success. If this film inspires just one person to take that trip, hit that drop, or buy that bike, then we have done our job!
The Flannel Crew
A 74-year-old man with his dog, Messy, enjoys their wonderful skiing life in the snow-covered mountains.
Old Mountain
Lorne Short\Rongqin su
A Chinese Alpinist who had stopped climbing for 10 years,
An Alaskan Glaciologist with Tobagonian roots,
And an Estonian climber, soon-to-be father;
These 3 friends teamed up to embark on a climbing expedition in an isolated canyon
called Icefall Brook in Canada,
With a vision of finding a serene blue Shangri-la in their hearts.
Their plan includes ascending a couple of frozen falls before taking on the mighty
600-meters Cerberus Fall and skiing above it.
A Blue Shangri-la
Toomas Meema\Franklyn Dunbar\Rongqin Su
BVFT 2023 film
