THE HERALD FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10 2017
49 Entertainment
BIGGER and better than ever,
the Banff Mountain Film Festival returns this year and is touring the UK.
This year, the festival will once
again be stopping off in Llanelli and Milford Haven. It will first call in at The Ffwrnes Theatre in Llanelli on March 17 and later, at The Torch Theatre in Milford Haven on May 17.
Featuring an evening of
exhilarating adventure films, the tour kicks off in Brighton on January 25 and finishes in Milford Haven May 17 with nearly 100 screenings at over 50 venues along the way. Tour Director Nell Teasdale said:
“It’s fantastic to be back with our biggest tour yet – a reflection of the enormous appetite for adventure that
UK and Irish audiences have. “The Banff Tour is more than
a series of exhilarating film nights. Each screening offers a real sense of community, bringing together people with a wide range of outdoor passions. And we guarantee that viewers will leave with new enthusiasm and inspiration for their own adventures too!”
The short films, starring the
world’s top adventurers on exciting journeys in mind-blowing destinations, are selected from hundreds of films entered into the prestigious Banff
Mountain Film Festival held every year in the Canadian Rockies. The UK and Ireland tour has
two different programmes of films to choose from, each lasting about two and a half hours, with free prize giveaways at each screening. Programme highlights will include
‘Four Mums and a Boat’ and ‘Doing it Scared’. When four middle-aged working
British mums announced they wanted to row the Atlantic Ocean, their families thought they had lost their minds. ‘Four Mums and a Boat’ is the
epic ocean expedition they were about to embark upon, would change their lives forever. ‘Doing it Scared’ tells the story of
a British climber who was left partly paralysed after a terrible accident. 18 years later the climber, Paul Pritchard, returns to the Totem Pole in Tasmania to find out if he has recovered enough to finish the climb. The tour is part of the wider Banff
World Tour, which travels the globe each year, visiting nearly 50 countries and reaching more than 400,000 people worldwide.
‘Saint Joan’: Starring Gemma Arterton THE NATIONAL THEATRE
are broadcasting a new production to cinemas and theatres across the UK on Thursday (Feb 16). Gemma Arterton takes on the
iconic role of Joan of Arc in the classic ‘Saint Joan’, which will be broadcast live to from the Donmar Warehouse as part of National Theatre Live. Directed by The Donmar
Warehouse Artistic Director Josie Rourke (Dangerous Liaisons, Coriolanus), the play puts a modern twist on this one hundred year old play by George Bernard Shaw following the life and times of Joan of Arc.
Launched in 2009, National
Theatre Live broadcasts have been seen by an audience of over 5.5 million people at 2000 venues in 55 countries. The first season began in June 2009 with the acclaimed production of Phédre starring Oscar winner Helen Mirren.
Recent broadcasts include
Benedict Cumberbatch in ‘Hamlet’, Tom Hiddleston in ‘Coriolanus’, Gillian Anderson in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’, James Corden in ‘One Man, Two Guvners’, Jonny Lee Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch in ‘Frankenstein’ and ‘War Horse’.
‘Four Mums and a Boat’: One of the highlights of this year’s Banff Festival
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80
