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Rocky Mountain Books Series Presented by VIMFF | Rock, Paper – But Wait, No Scissors Please!

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VIMFF meets the Rocky Mountains.

Well, on paper and in person at least. And leave the scissors at home!

Paper — In the form of Rocky Mountain Books as VIMFF launches our new Rocky Mountain Books Series, in collaboration with this Canadian publishing house.

Person — In the form of us crossing the Rockies and hauling back a handful of Rocky Mountain Books’ speakers/authors to share, engage, provoke and evoke passion in what they do and what you can do.

So meet Pat Morrow, Jeremy Schmidt, Jamey Glasnovic, Helen Rolfe, David Crerar, and Geoff Powter, and join them during the festival as they help us kick off our new series.

Mountaineer Pat Morrow and wildlife biologist Jeremy Schmidt are authors of Searching for Tao Canyon, their spiritual journey in search of exquisite, beautiful and remote canyons in the American southwest. They’ll share tales from their homage and memorial to a 10-year journey in search of an ideal, and a place they knew never actually existed, but felt real.

Jamey Glasnovic is a freelance adventure writer and author of A Few Feet Short: An Uncommon Journey to Everest, which reflects on his three-month journey to the Nepalese Himalayas in 2016. His accompanying storytelling captures his journey and adventures along the way, concluding with his motto that adventure is whatever you want it to be.

Award-winning author and editor Helen Rolfe presents Honouring High Places: The Mountain Life of Junko Tabei, the story of Japan’s first woman to climb Mt. Everest and complete the Seven Summits. Tabei died in 2016 at age 77, but her momentous mountaineering feat continues to live through this first-ever English version recounting of Tabei’s life and adventures.

David Crerar combines the rare ingredients of BC lawyer slash adventure author slash marathon runner as he shares stories from his book The Glorious Mountains of Vancouver’s North Shore: A Peak Bagger’s Guide. David will recount the history and reveal a few secrets of the North Shore peaks. You’ll leave with a few “Wow, I never knew that” moments.

Award-winning author, climber and adventurer, Geoff Powter will share from Inner Ranges: An Anthology of Mountain Thoughts and Mountain People. He will read from his new anthology, and entertain with  personal tales and learnings from his life of adventure and mountain life, and especially the shift of perception gained from being in the mountains.

Be sure to check out the links below for more information on each of the Rocky Mountain Books Series shows!

Searching for Tao Canyon with Pat Morrow and Jeremy Schmidt

An Uncommon Journey to Everest with Jamey Glasnovic

Honouring High Places with Helen Rolfe

Inner Ranges with Geoff Powter

Beautiful British Columbia with David Crerar

Where: All shows at Cinematheque, 1131 Howe St, Vancouver

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IN-PERSON

Regular

Feb 24 - Mar 5, 2023

Evening Show

Adult: $27 | Youth/Senior: $25

Feature Film / Matinee

Adult: $17 | Youth/Senior: $15

Workshop

Adult: $40 | Youth/Senior: $38

Discounts

  • MULTI-SHOW OFFER: Get 10% off when you add 2 or more different in-person show or workshop tickets to your cart. Must be the same ticket type to qualify e.g. 2 adult tickets. Discount automatically applied in cart. Cannot be used in conjunction with other discounts.

ONLINE

Regular

Jan 25 – March 12, 2023

Single Show: $18
Feature Film: $10
Online Film Pass: $90

Discounts

  • OFFER: Get access to an additional 68 mountain films with 30% off the VIMFF 2023 Online Film Pass when you purchase a ticket to an in-person show or workshop (Save $27). Discount is automatically applied in cart.
  • We want to make the films accessible to everyone, so for those experiencing hardship due to their current economic situation, we have created a discount code to give $2 off single online show tickets, $1 off feature film tickets and $5 off the Online Film Pass. Apply the coupon code, “vimff23” at checkout to receive this discount.
  • Tickets sales close on Mar 12 at 11:59pm (PDT) and you will have until Mar 26 at 11:59pm (PDT) to view the films.