Friday Sept 25 to Thursday Oct 1, 2015

FILMS SHOWING Friday September 25 to Thursday October 1

Radical Reels Tour - 2015

The best high adrenaline films from the Banff Mountain Film Festival!

Advance tickets on sale now! Tickets also will be available at the door.

Backcountry

14A

"A couple of weekend backpackers face off against man and beast in director Adam MacDonald's accomplished, blunt-force wilderness adventure." - Variety

"Just when you thought it was safe to stand up to a bear in the woods, this jarring indie horror drama will make you scurry back indoors.

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Diamond Tongues

14A

OPENING NIGHT! Q&A with Director and Actor, Pavan Moondi and July Talk's Leah Fay

"Suggests 'All About Eve' by way of 'King of Comedy'; contempt and envy reign and the threat of disaster closely follows." - Globe & Mail

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A Walk in the Woods

14A

Based on the acclaimed bestseller, "A WALK IN THE WOODS is a jolly good time, sparking dozens of chuckles and strong laughs." - Hollywood Reporter

"In 'A Walk in the Woods,' Robert Redford shows he can still play well with others.

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Learning to Drive

14A

"Ben Kingsley and Patricia Clarkson are perfection together." - New York Daily News

"Wendy’s life is stalled. Her husband’s walked out. Her only daughter is off at some commune. Lately Wendy’s just been sitting in her expensive Manhattan townhouse, crying into her merlot.

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Meru

14A

"Riveting, breathtaking and inspirational. It joins To the Limit and Touching the Void as another essential mountain climbing doc that's a must-see on the big screen." - Avi Ofer

“A high-tech, high-octane, high-fiving addition to the venerable 'Mountain Film' sub-genre, Meru is an engaging and cumulatively exhilarating debut from wife-and-husband team Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin.

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Unbranded

TBC

Audience Award Winner at Hot Docs. "Don't miss 'Unbranded,' which follows four young men riding mustangs from Mexico to Canada." Toronto Star

“Four University graduates adopt a dozen or so wild mustangs, train them, and make a 3000 mile journey from the Arizona-Mexican border up the spine of former 'wild west' to the Canadian border.

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Cooties

14A

"A ridiculously good time at the movies." "An infectious zombie treat...should be your next midnight movie." - Red Eye

“Cooties is horror comedy done right. It’s laugh out loud funny but never shies away from the gory, violent bits involving adults and children.

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The Kindergarten Teacher

14A

"Nadav Lapid's astonishingly bold film about a gifted child and his effect on his teacher is a rewarding, unsettling and moving experience." - Film Journal International

“Israeli director Nadav Lapid's melancholic and seductive sophomore feature laments a lost appreciation for art while, like the titular antihero, actively searching through life's nooks and crannies for something beautiful.

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The Comedy of Errors

TBC

Take one pair of estranged twin brothers (both called Antipholus), and one pair of estranged twin servants (both called Dromio), keep them in ignorance of each other and throw them into a city with a reputation for sorcery, and you have all the ingredients for theatrical chaos.

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Seth's Dominion

TBC

Part of the Art, Design & Architecture series • Co-Presented by Words Worth Books

Featuring an appearance by Seth, as well as two NFB shorts based on Seth's work, and a selection of NFB shorts curated and introduced by Seth.

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Unity

TBC

"A daring, stirring piece of cinema that isn't afraid to tackle the big questions head-on." - FilmInk

“At the heart of the film, director Shaun Monson is looking at a simple question, but one that remains tragically prevalent: why can’t humanity get along? He reveals heartbreaking footage of the evils we’ve done to one another throughout history – century after century.

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