Backcountry Film Festival emerges from the wood for Rialto screenings
Celebrating the winter human-powered experience
“Go big or go home,” winter enthusiasts! Montana Backcountry Alliance brings the 14th Annual Winter Wildlands Alliance Backcountry Film Festival to Bozeman’s Rialto Theater on Tuesday, February 5th. Prepare to get goosebumps as you “ooh!” and “ahh!” at the impact and importance of our winter wildlands through this collection of short films. Doors open at 6pm, with films set to begin at 7pm.
Produced each year as a celebratory, backcountry community event by the Winter Wildlands Alliance, the 2019 film lineup is full of snowy, cinematic adventure sure to inspire both the local backcountry and general communities. The award-winning films focus on adventure, environment, youth and ski culture. Films in this year’s program include:
– Ode to Muir (Festival cut), Teton Gravity Research
– Ski the Wild West, Thomas Woodson and Drew Petersen
– The Abbey, DPS Cinematic
– The Backcountry Snowsports Initiative: Human-Powered, Wool Hat Creative Productions
– Abandoned (Festival cut), The Road West Traveled
– Blue, Aly Nicklas
– I Am Here, David Hanson and Michael Hanson
– Surfer Dan, Camp4 Collective
– Searching for Christmas Tree, Lie Feng
– Westward: Brennan Lagasse, KGB Productions
Advance tickets are $15 at www.eventbrite.com and will also be available at the door. And don’t miss the raffle! Thousands of dollars in items have been donated by ski industry companies and local businesses in support of the event.
All proceeds benefit conservation of winter wildlands and access to human-powered recreation, including plowing Hyalite Road. The event is generously sponsored by Sensible Alternatives, the Community Food Co-op, and Owenhouse Cycling.
The Backcountry Film Festival is produced by Winter Wildlands Alliance as a celebration of the human-powered experience and a gathering place for the backcountry snowsports community. The national nonprofit organization is dedicated to promoting and preserving winter wildlands and a quality human-powered snowsports experience on public lands through education, outreach and advocacy. Learn more at www.winterwildlands.org.
Montana Backcountry Alliance was created in 2005 to provide a unified voice for an otherwise loose and solitary band of backcountry skiers and riders. MBA works to protect, expand and enhance non-motorized backcountry winter recreation areas. The organization is made up of volunteers who strive to build a community of traditional, human-powered winter recreationists while preserving Montana’s quiet winter wild lands. Montana Backcountry Alliance is a partner group of the nationally focused, Winter Wildlands Alliance. Learn more at www.montanabackcountry.org. •
