2025 Banff Film Festival Comes to GJ, starts Feb. 12

Community Hospital will be the 2025 title sponsor for the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour, hosted by the Rotary Club of Grand Junction.

“Our complete focus is on the well-being of our community, and supporting Banff and the film festival beneficiaries such as COPMOBA, the Colorado Canyon Association, Western Colorado Conservation Corps and more directly ties into our mission,” said Chris Thomas, president and CEO of Community Hospital.

The Rotary Club of Grand Junction released the film lineups on the official Banff website, Banff-gj.com, for the four-night festival, which begins Feb. 12 at the CMU Asteria Theater, runs Feb. 13-14 at the Historic Avalon Theatre and ends on Feb. 15 at the Egyptian Theater in Delta.

From the over 400 entries submitted to the festival each year, award-winners and audience favorites are among the films that are selected to play in theaters worldwide.

On. Feb. 14, the film “2 Legs is 2 Easy” will be shown about Roaring Fork Valley’s Steve Karczewski, who was born with bone cancer in his left leg and has never known what it is like to have two legs, but that hasn’t prevented him from doing anything and everything he’s ever wanted as an outdoor athlete.

This year’s festival beneficiaries are COPMOBA, the Colorado Canyon Association, Colorado Mesa University International Student and Outdoor Program, the Colorado National Monument Association, and Western Colorado Conservation Corps.

Other sponsors include News Channel 5, Thomas Hunn Jewelers, Handlebar Tap House, Isagenix, Atlasta Solar Center, Bank of the San Juans, Sharon M. Woodward, Pat Tucker, The Colorado Office of Film, Television and Media, The Downtown Hotels, KNZZ, 92.9 The Moose, 1039 The Planet and Magic 93.1.

For tickets and information, visit Banff-gj.com or contact Barb Bowman at 970-261-1052.