Fernie Mountain Film Festival

With the rave reviews of last year’s Fernie Mountain Social the FMFF crew is excited to once again open the community centre doors each night at 6pm for you to socialize and enjoy food from local restaurants before films start at 7pm. Gourmet Grilled Cheese from Le Grand Fromage, Pulled Pork on a bun from Bridge Bistro are among the tasty selections of Tapas style treats available.

The three day event will be structured similar to years past. Thursday night is local’s night where we hope to showcase as much local talent as possible and give away cash prizes for audience favourites. We encourage all Go Pro Heros to get busy editing their favourite footage and submit a great short film. All ages and abilities are welcome and all submitted films will be screened.

Guest speaker, Bernice Nottenboom, will speak on Friday Feb 21rd of her work on Climate ‘Tipping Points’. Bernice is a part time Fernie resident, a climate journalist, and professional adventurer. In 2008 she became the first woman on ski’s to reach the North, South, and Cold Pole in Siberia and traversed Greenland’s icecap in one year. In 2009 she reached the top of the Mount Everest and this year she kayaked 1000 km on the Niger River in the Sahara. Her extreme expeditions focus on the world’s climate change tipping points.

Bernice is on a mission: she is a climate chaser to the world’s extreme regions, bringing our climate crisis to the attention of world political leaders, business executives, but also to school children. She wants to show you that everyone can make a change. Why not lead that change?

On Saturday Feb 22, in addition to a phenomenal selection of feature and short films, the Fernie Mountain Culture Award will be presented. This award enables our community to recognize and celebrate a local individual or group who has contributed greatly to Fernie’s mountain culture. Past recipients have devoted themselves to our trails systems, our environment, our avalanche safety programs and helped shape our community.

David Aitkens, 2013 Mountain Culture Award winner, and Leo Grillmair

Please participate in your mountain culture. Help choose a group or individual this year by going to the nomination page on the FMFF web site.

Don’t forget the Free Kids Matinee on Saturday at 4pm.

All events are at the Community Centre. Tickets are available online and at the door.
www.ferniefilmfestival.com.