THE world-renowned Banff Mountain Film Festival (BMFF) is coming to Malvern later this month as part of its largest world tour to date.

Through the big screen, audiences are offered an intense and inspiring experience, as the films take them around the globe alongside some extraordinary adventurers.

BMFF is an international film competition hosted by the Banff Centre, based in the Canadian Rockies, and accepts more than 300 entries every year.

Following the original screenings that take place every autumn, 25 award-winning films and audience favourites are selected for the world tour.

Each location has handpicked films that best match local interests, from adrenaline- raising adventure-sport shorts to longer, heart-warming tales of environment and culture.

The titles to hit UK theatres include Crossing The Ice, the story of two Australians who set off across the ice in a bid to be the first adventurers to walk unsupported from the coastline of Antarctica to the South Pole and back again, and The Gimp Monkeys, which tells the story of three climbers linked by their missing limbs, and a shared passion for climbing that pushes them towards an improbable goal – to achieve the first all-disabled ascent of Yosemite National Park’s iconic El Capitan.

Audiences will also have the opportunity to enjoy a photography exhibition from award winning wildlife photographer, Jasper Doest.

Now in its fourth year, the BMFF UK and Ireland tour will come to Malvern’s Forum Theatre on January 25.

For more information, visit Banff-uk.com.