Wild Montana and the Winter Wildlands Alliance are hosting the eighteenth annual Backcountry Film Festival on Saturday, February 25 at 2pm and 7pm and on Sunday, February 26 at 2 pm in the Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheatre on the Carroll College campus in Helena. Doors open at 1:30pm for the matinees and at 6 pm for the Saturday evening show. The festival will feature numerous short films that tell compelling and entertaining stories about backcountry, human-powered recreation and environmental preservation.
Wild Montana works with communities to protect Montana’s wild heritage, outdoor traditions, and quiet beauty, now and for future generations. Winter Wildlands Alliance is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and preserving winter wildland and a quality human-powered snow sports experience on public lands through education, outreach and advocacy. Proceeds from the film festival benefit Wild Montana’s Wild Divide Chapter and support their scholarship program along with other local Wild Montana initiatives.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for youth 12 and under. Purchase tickets here. This event sells out so please arrive early. Tickets will be available at the door. For more information, contact Anne Jolliff at Wild Montana at 406-443-7350, ajolliff@wildmontana.org.
Sponsored by CAMP and Student Activities is in a partnership with Wild Montana.