The Salt Spring Film Festival's annual "Best of the Fests" series continues on Wednesday, November 12, with two screenings (at 3:00 pm and 7:30 pm) of THE ART OF ADVENTURE, co-presented by Salt Spring Arts with filmmaker Alison Reid and film subjects Robert Bateman, Bristol Foster & Briony Penn in attendance!
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In 1957, wildlife artist Robert Bateman and biologist Bristol Foster set out on a global expedition in a rugged Land Rover they named the Grizzly Torque – never imagining the extraordinary encounters that lay ahead.
As their exhilarating road trip takes them to the far corners of the globe, Bateman draws & paints the people and the wonders they encounter, while Foster films their adventures on a 16mm Bolex camera – footage which has miraculously survived for almost 70 years.
Decades later, the abandoned & long-lost Grizzly Torque is surprisingly rediscovered. As its hidden history emerges and a new owner restores it to its former glory, the tale unfolds of a remarkable friendship between two men across eight decades and their lifelong commitment to environmental activism through art & science.
From award-winning filmmaker Alison Reid (THE WOMAN WHO LOVES GIRAFFES), this unmissable around-the-world journey is both an endearingly entertaining buddy film and an environmental love letter.
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The “Best of the Fests” series continues with three more screenings prior to our annual festival, which runs Feb. 27 to March 1:
• December 3: LOVE+WAR, an astonishing National Geographic film about courageous photojournalist Lynsey Addario, co-presented by the Salt Spring Friends of Ukraine Committee.
• January 21: Film title TBA
• February 11: Film title TBA
All “Best of the Fests” screenings are at ArtSpring on Wednesdays at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $15 at
http://www.artspring.ca; by phone (250-537-2102) or in person (Tuesday to Friday, 10 am to 2 pm); or at the door an hour before showtime.
Also check out other Festivals in Salt Spring Island, Trips & Adventurous Activities in Salt Spring Island, Arts events in Salt Spring Island.
