Twenty-one films from Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival will show at the Esplanade

By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on January 8, 2026.

asmith@medicinehatnews.com

The Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour hits the big screen at the Esplanade in less than a week, bringing three nights of adventure film screenings.

In partnership with the Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre and thanks to local sponsor Cancarb, the Medicine Hat Library will present different films Jan. 11-13, starting at 7 p.m. each night.

“In general, we look to get a good mix of activities and adrenaline levels in each night,” said head of adult services Keith McLean about how the local films are chosen out of the nearly 90 films featured at the official festival. “Some of our audience love the human interest stories like a man building beehives by hand, while others crave the high-octane stuff.”

A total of 21 films will be shown over the course of the three days here in Medicine Hat, covering concepts such as moments of connection out in the Rocky Mountains and high desert between ranching women and the animals they care for, Bozeman-based ski patrollers and the story of a big wall climber’s attempt at the first free ascent of the Riders on the Storm route on the East Face of Patagonia’s Torre Central, among other stories.

A small number of tickets for each night is still available on tixx.ca.

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