An annual festival showcasing films featuring outdoor sports, remote locations and environmental issues is scheduled to return to Grand Junction.

A stop on the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour is set for Feb. 24 and 25 at the Avalon Theater, 645 Main St. The doors will open at 6 p.m. The films will begin at 7 p.m. A total of 18 different films will be shown over the two evenings.

Tickets sell for $25 plus fees. Tickets and information is available from the Avalon Theater at www.avalontheatregj.com.

The Rotary Club of Grand Junction and News Channel 5 will bring the film festival to the Grand Valley as a fund-raising event.

Proceeds from the event will support the Colorado Canyons Association, Colorado Mesa University International Student Program, Colorado National Monument Association and Western Colorado Conservation Corps.

Films that will be shown in Grand Junction were selected from among those entered in the annual Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival in Canada.

With stops planned in a total of about 550 communities in more than 40 countries across the globe, the film festival tour reaches a combined audience of more than 550,000.