Mark your calendars!
On Tuesday, January 11th and Wednesday, January 12th, 2011, Discovery Southeast will be hosting the Winter Wildlands Alliance Backcountry Film Festival at the Goldtown Nickelodeon for the second year in a row.
Have you made the official swap of the gear closet yet? Traded in your paddles for boards?
Whether you go berserk at the slightest hint of snow or are just a fan of human-powered recreation, you will want to grab your friends and make your way down to this year's Winter Wildlands Alliance Backcountry Film Festival.
Now in it's sixth year, the Backcountry Film Festival highlights the beauty, diversity, and fun of the winter backcountry experience. Submissions range from world-renowned filmmakers who travel every corner of the globe to submit their best backcountry work, to grassroots camera-wielders who take video out on their weekend excursions. The top films are then juried and assembled into a thrill-packed night of fun for all -- whether you like to ski, snowboard, snowshoe, or simply stay in and sip hot cocoa by the fire -- the films are as diverse as the backcountry experience.
The Backcountry Film Festival benefits Winter Wildlands Alliance's efforts to preserve and conserve winter landscapes for quiet users. After it's Boise premiere, the festival travels to more than 30 communities throughout the United States, all the way from Alaska to New Hampshire. Funds raised at our film showing will go to support the nature education programs provided by Discovery Southeast!
Winners of the festival this year include:
Best of Festival.Teton Gravity Research's "Deeper" follows legendary snowboarder Jeremy Jones and other top riders as they forsake helicopters, snowmobiles and lifts to venture deep into untouched terrain under their own power.
Best Short Film. "Desert River" from Sweetgrass Productions is a beautiful ski adventure into Haines, Alaska.
Best Environmental Film. "Whitebark Warrior" from TreeFlight and Snaz Media, chronicles the decline of thousand year-old whitebark pines due to climate change and efforts underway to save these iconic high alpine trees.
For more information and tour dates, visit www.backcountryfilmfestival.org.
Backcountry Film Festival at the Goldtown Nickelodeon
When: 7pm on Tuesday, January 11th and Wednesday, January 12th. Doors open at 6:30pm.
Ticket information:
$8 for students and Discovery Southeast members
$10 for non-members
Tickets can be purchased at the door or in advance at the Goldtown Nickelodeon. You may also call the Discovery Southeast office at 907-463-1500.
Special thanks to Eaglecrest, Heritage Coffee Co., The Rock Dump, and Nugget Alaskan Outfitter for providing door prizes!
Special membership opportunity to purchase a ticket and a Discovery Southeast membership for $25!
So purchase your tickets (and a Discovery Southeast membership!) and come join us for the Winter Wildlands Alliance and Discovery Southeast Backcountry Film Festival!
