In Mongolia's timeless Altai Mountains, 13-year-old Kharakoz embodies a captivating blend of ancestral traditions and modern influences. As she learns the ancient art of eagle-hunting, the film delves into the powerful ripple effect of passing this sacred knowledge to girls. Photo credit: Mateo Arango

Black Eyes

Throughout their respective histories, both horse and Indigenous people have been corralled. Fences put horses in pens and the Blackfeet on reservations, but the centuries long attempts to subdue both was also successful in strengthening the connection between horse and man. Photo credit: Chris Murphy

Borrowed from the Earth

Fjallferð follows a week in the lives of Icelandic farmers as they journey across rugged mountains and valleys to round up thousands of sheep before winter. Amid unpredictable weather, the film captures the grit, tradition, and sense of community behind this centuries-old ritual — and the questions it now faces in a rapidly modernizing world. Photo credit: Jesse Smolan

Fjallferð

Some people make a living from their craft. Others can’t live without it. In a 16th century mill in the Chamonix valley, Peter and Anati run Le Moulin des Artistes: a ski workshop, art space, and gathering place for like-minded free spirits. Le Moulin des Artistes shows us how creative expression can bring purpose, build lasting community, and even help overcome disaster. Photo credit: Pierre Cadot

Le Moulin des Artistes - A Home for Free Spirits

Te Moeka O Tuawe, the Fox Glacier, in New Zealand has a profound influence on the lives of the local community. Through collective meditation on change, endurance, connection and acceptance, the glacier reminds us of humanity's inherent ties to the land, and to each other, as we take in the fleeting light and enduring afterglow. Photo credit: Matt Cherubino

The Last Light Falls Gently

On the shores of Lake Lolog, deep in a remote part of Argentina’s Lanin National park, stands a cabin where Iván Moricz Karl carefully paints a portrait of a rare and colorful Patagonian bird. At 80 years old, Iván has lived in this cabin for 37 years with little or no electricity with firewood his only source of warmth during the brutal winters. Photo credit: Nico Muñoz

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Online Films for the Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival will be available from November 12 - 23, 2025. Year-round film programs are available on our Banff on Demand platform at watch.banffcentre.ca/banffondemand

The 2023 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is online in Canada and the US from October 28 to November 8!

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