A bike chasing dog inspired a t-shirt

...seen at one of the short films of the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour which starts in German-language Europe on 16 February 2013 in Munich, Germany.

The program of the festival ranges from documentaries to short films about ice adventures, alpine sports like skiing and mountain biking, canyoning, ice-bathing, slack lining, climbing, etc One of the sports adventure films presents a dog in the main role. 'Lily' is the name of the fast running and jumping pet (video above) which is following the bike on a trial tour.

The Canadian Banff Centre focuses on arts and creative ideas and works therefore with artists and researchers worldwide in various fields from dance to audio engineering, digital film and video to new media.

fig.: For the Banff Mountain Film Festival, the view is pointed to the theme 'Mountain Culture' from sports and adventure sight. The upcoming Banff tour collaborates with partners from the fashion industry like the German outdoor sports fashion label Vaude and organizations such as the official alpine-clubs from Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

The film festival tours in February, March in Germany, from 24 March on in Switzerland and arrives on 4 April 2013 in Vienna from where the film screenings with additional side events will travel through Austria.

Until 10 February 2013, users can try their luck on the website of Vaude and win tickets for the Banff Mountain Film Festival Tour.


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