Backcountry Film Festival will feature 'epic' trips
COEUR d'ALENE - The Winter Wildland's Backcountry Film Festival makes its one-night-only Coeur d'Alene stop at 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 8, at the Eagles Club, 209 E. Sherman Ave., Coeur d'Alene.
Now in its eighth annual world tour, this year's festival consists of a diverse range of films including an epic trip across the wilds of Alaska, an athlete's triumphant yet bittersweet journey back to the slopes, a young activist's call for climate recovery and a two-year odyssey in the Andes.
"Seven stellar films in all will leave you wanting to strap on your skis and hit the backcountry, or at least watch the films all over again," according to a press release.
The films come from renowned filmmakers who traveled around the globe to submit their best work, as well as from grassroots filmmakers who took a video camera out on their weekend excursions.
A panel of judges picked the top films and assembled them into this year's unique and engaging festival.
Created to highlight Winter Wildlands Alliance's efforts to preserve and conserve winter landscapes for human powered users, the festival has grown from a single showing in Boise eight years ago, to hundreds of showings all over the world.
Funds raised from the films, stay in local communities and raise awareness of winter management issues, avalanche training and winter education programs.
The Coeur d'Alene festival will benefit its local sponsors, the Idaho Conservation League and the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness - two conservation groups working to protect quiet recreation areas, wilderness designation and wildlife habitat on our public lands in the Inland Northwest.
Also present at the festival will be Selkirk Outdoor Leadership and Education with information about their outdoor education programs and the Inland Northwest Backcountry Alliance with information about their work advocating for human powered recreation areas in the region.
The evening includes a raffle for a Schweitzer Mountain Spring Fling Pass, door prizes and a no-host bar.
Tickets are $5 and can only be purchased at the door.
Info: www.idahoconservation.org, or 265-9565.