Friday, November 7 — 8:00 p.m.
Eric Harvie Theatre — $32

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8:00 p.m.

Official Welcome and Opening Address

Mary Hofstetter, President and CEO, The Banff Centre, and Shannon O’Donoghue, Festival Director.

Guest Speaker

Peter Habeler

9:25 p.m.

Break

9:45 p.m.

Dosage Volume V: Meltdown

USA, 2008, 13 minutes
Directed and produced by Josh Lowell

Rock climber Beth Rodden makes the first ascent of Meltdown, one of the hardest traditional routes in the world.

Finalist in: Best Film on Climbing
Best Short Mountain Film

10:00 p.m.

The Last Nomads

Canada, 2008, 53 minutes
Directed and produced by Andrew Gregg
Appearing in person: Andrew Gregg

Every year, Ian Mackenzie treks through the shredded remnants of the Borneo rain forest, looking for the last of the nomadic Penan. In The Last Nomads, Ian goes back to Borneo with filmmaker Andrew Gregg to document the search for the only remaining hunting and gathering Penan. Ian travels through a series of Penan settlements, moving closer and closer to the last reported nomadic camp, where it is said that the chief has been driven mad by logging and where Ian fears he will see his final glimpse of a vulnerable and ancient people he has come to care about deeply.

Finalist in: Best Film on Mountain Culture