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Show New this week International Mountain Film Festival Arrives At UVU CD India.Arie: Testimony: Vol. 2, Love And Politics, Feb. 10 Lily Allen: It's Not Me, It's You, Feb. 10 •MATTHEW JONASSAINT Asst. Life editor Buddy Holly: Memorial Collection, Feb. 10 The UVU Outdoor Adventure Center will host the world renowned Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour this week, with feature films at the Ragan Theater. Named for Banff, Canada's oldest national park, the Banff Mountain Film Festival features some of the best documentary footage on mountain subjects in the world. Beginning in 1976, the festival has been held annually on the first weekend in November in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The films can be anywhere from fifteen to fifty-five minutes in length. After November, selected films from the festival tour the globe, from Austria and Argentina to Iceland and India. Each tour location chooses the films that reflect local interests, making a unique celebration in each community where the tour travels. The UVU Outdoor Adventure Center will benefit from the proceedings; roughly fifty percent of the festival's tour screenings benefit outdoor programs, community causes and nonprofit organizations. On February 1 Oth and 11th, the festival will feature several different films: Amazon.com DVD The Inauguration OfBarack Obama On Cnn, Feb. 16 Amazon.com On BIu-Ray The Boondock Saints, Feb. 10 Amazon.com On BIu-Ray Donnie Darko, Feb. 10 Amazon.com Topher Donahue, courtesy of The Banff Centre See BANFF • B4 V I D E O G A M E T H E A T R E R E V I E W • % -'j One-woman show enchants at the Covey Amazon.com Game Of The Year 2008 We pick the best of the best ments and Fallout 3's postapocalyptic narrative and life writer irradiated wasteland are no Regardless your gaming exceptions. 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