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The 21st Annual Backcountry Film Festival (BCFF) returns to Spokane on December 6th at the Garland Theater, bringing a celebration of winter storytelling and public lands advocacy to our local community here in the Inland NW!Hosted by Spokane Mountaineers, in partnership with Winter Wildlands Alliance—the national nonprofit dedicated to protecting America’s wild snowscapes—the Backcountry Film Festival is part of a 100+ city international tour celebrating the spirit of human-powered adventure — through stories that connect us to wild places, to each other, and to the movement to keep winter wild.
This year’s screening will feature more than just films:
A lights-on happy hour beginning at 6:00 PM!
Raffle prizes!
Fundraising for non-profits: IPAC, Lands Council, and the Spokane Mountaineers!
At 7:00 PM, the lights go down and the new Backcountry Film Festival lineup takes the stage—a curated collection of films that celebrate winter adventure and the fight to protect the places we love.
Every Backcountry Film Festival event is a chance for our amazing community to come together, celebrate the stoke of the season, and support our local conservation and recreation advocacy organizations. The Spokane screening is one stop on BCFF’s global tour, which supports grassroots conservation organizations across the world through the Winter Wildlands Alliance. Proceeds benefit programs such as SnowSchool, human-powered recreation and conservation efforts, and avalanche/safety education.
This year's lineup:
A BAFFIN VACATION, LOVE ON ICE
26:15 minutes
By Skip Armstrong, Rush Sturgis, Erik Boomer, Sarah McNair-Landry
Join one couple’s adventure love story and witness what dating might look like if you’re both a little crazy and love hardcore winter adventures.
RIDGE TO RIVER
12:23 minutes
By Steven Gnam
A story from one of Winter Wildlands Alliance grassroots groups in the North Cascades, Friends of Mission Ridge, about how a community’s love of a place has inspired a growing collaboration to protect the ridge from too much development.
LET MY PEOPLE GO SKIING - Snowlands Network Environmental Storytelling Award Winner (2025)
17:28 minutes
By Kakéin Shee Ellen Bradley
Kakéin Shee Ellen Bradley leaves the city and travels home to ski on her ancestral lands in Alaska.
POLAR - Backcountry Film Festival Jury Award Winner (2025)
10:50 minutes
By Robert Pallin Aaring and Rasmus Bjerken
One crazy Norwegian skier's unique approach to balancing fatherhood and finding epic lines.
DESCENTS TO DUNES
3:58 minutes
By Anthony Cupaiuolo, Claire Hewitt Demeyer
A fun film about two friends finding turns wherever they can when the snow is low and the stoke is high.
40 YEARS ON THE TRAILS
5:26 minutes
By Evan Kay
In the green mountains, a passionate group of snowscape conservationists spent 40 years partnering with different landowners across Vermont to establish the longest cross country ski trail in the United States.
SHAPED BY ICE
5:57 minutes
By Dan McComb
Brings to life the power that art and community can play in communicating the data and science of how our wild snowscapes are changing at alarming rates.
ADAPATIVE AVALANCHE
7:22 minutes
By Vasu Sojitra and Dani Aravich
Winter Wildlands Alliance Ambassador, Vasu Sojitra and friends head to Cooke City, Montana, to redefine travel access in backcountry avalanche terrain.
UNCHARTED: THE WHITE CONTINENT
5:41 minutes
By Tamara Susa
This film comes from one of Winter Wildlands Alliance proud Snowschool supporters, Ice Axe Expeditions, about the rare experience of skiing in Antarctica alongside penguins and seals.
GOING HOME
12:16 minutes
By Anna Tedesco, Kylie Zarmati
A vagabond story of 4 rad ladies exploring the marvels of Alaska and deepening their love for the friendship-fueled, human-powered adventures that sustain us all.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Garland Theater, 3938 N Monroe St, Spokane, WA 99205, United States
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