Join Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative to experience an evening of wild stories and big possibilities at the Y2Y Wild Film Fest!
Through inspiring films and lively conversation with conservation experts, explore the wildlife, landscapes and people that make the Yellowstone to Yukon region extraordinary. Featuring On the Landscape, the evening offers a hopeful look at how communities are helping wildlife thrive — and how we can all be part of a more connected future.
Event Details:
When: Tuesday, November 17, 2026, 7 PM – 9:15 PM Alberta Time
Where: artsPlace, Canmore, 950 8th Avenue, Canmore
Cost: Adult $15 / Youth $7.50
Film Schedule:
6:30 – Doors open
7:00 PM – Welcome and Earthshot screening
The Yellowstone to Yukon Initiative was named a 2026 finalist for The Earthshot Prize in the Protect and Restore Nature category. Discover how Y2Y is working with over 800+ partners to lead one of the largest conservation collaborations in history, reconnecting a wildlife corridor across two countries so wildlife can roam free.
7:10 PM – Planet Wild screening
What does it take to reconnect the Rockies? Join Planet Wild for a behind-the-scenes look at how Y2Y and our partners are helping wildlife move safely across busy highways. From Banff’s wildlife crossings to efforts along Highway 3, discover how science and collaboration are creating a more connected future for wildlife and people.
7:35 AM – On the Landscape screening
Along the highways of British Columbia’s East Kootenay region, Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep are at risk from the roads and railways that cut through their ancestral range. On The Landscape follows the scientists, First Nations guardians, wildlife managers, and grassroots conservationists fighting to save struggling herds before it’s too late.
From a herd reduced to just eleven animals near Golden, to a landmark wildlife overpass rising above Radium Hot Springs, this is a story about what we stand to lose, and what ordinary people can do when they refuse to let it happen.
Director: Tash Baycroft
8: 35 – Intermission
8:45 PM – Discussion and audience Q&A
Join us after the films for an engaging panel discussion with On the Landscape’s Brian Gustafson, as well as Y2Y’s Caleigh Leighton, government relations strategist and Tim Burkhart, director of landscape protection.
9:10 PM– Thank you and wrap up
Photo credits: Top left, K. Zenkewich; top right, Shutterstock; bottom, Shutterstock
