Columbia Falls Academic Foundation Brings Back Wild and Scenic Film Festival

Columbia Falls Academic Foundation’s annual Wild and Scenic Film Festival fundraiser returns Saturday, and this year the event ends with a raffle for the first time. The winner will receive tickets to 2027’s Under the Big Sky music festival. This year’s festival is slated for Nov. 14 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Columbia Falls High School’s Little Theatre. Tickets costs $15 in advance or $20 at the door, and doors open at 6:30 p.m. The films focus on nature and the outdoors, ranging from “Unseen Peaks,” about a blind athlete named Addie who finds her place through outdoor recreation, to “Wild Hope: Bat Vax,” about scientists trying to pioneer a new strategy to prevent bats from contracting a deadly fungal disease. “Throughout all the films, there’s generally a theme of hope and perseverance,” said Alice Wondrak-Biel, a foundation member whose daughter attended Columbia Falls schools.

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