Event

Backcountry Film Festival Sisters OR

Grab your winter adventure list and goggles to tune into a night of human-powered winter celebration at the 11th Annual Backcountry Film Festival. Mark your calendars for a screening at the Volcanic Theatre Pub in Bend on January 22nd, or at The Belfry in Sisters on January 30th.

The Festival is co-hosted by the Boise-based Winter Wildlands Alliance and Discover Your Forest, the local non-profit partner of the Deschutes National Forest.

Produced by Winter Wildlands Alliance, Backcountry Film Festival is shown at more than 100 screenings around the world. The festival is renowned for its collaboration with filmmakers from all corners of the globe, ranging grassroots to professional. The festival provides a fresh line-up committed to get everyone from van dwellers to weekend warriors awakened to the powder turns as well as environmental initiatives happening all around the world.

Funds raised for Discover Your Forest will go to Project SNOW (Studying Nature Outdoors in Winter), a program dedicated to providing a rich outdoor education experience for over 2,000 kids in Central Oregon.

The Sisters event is at The Belfry on January 30th. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 and raffle prizes, auction items and more will be up for grabs.

For more information and tour dates go to www.backcountryfilmfestival.org