Case Study: Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival achieves fast, secure global HD film delivery with Signiant Media Shuttle

Signiant Media Shuttle Speeds HD Film Entries to Banff Festival

The Banff Centre’s Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival is a nine-day event and year‑round international tour that receives about 300 film entries plus partner promotional content from around the world, often as massive HD files. Organizers needed a secure, trackable way to ingest and manage terabyte‑scale submissions and last‑minute uploads, because previous delivery solutions could not support the file sizes, transfer speeds or workflows required.

They implemented Signiant’s Media Shuttle to accelerate and secure transfers into a shared file system, allowing filmmakers and international hosts to upload, access and move large masters quickly and reliably. The solution streamlined ingest and distribution — supporting tour screenings in roughly 40 countries and distribution to broadcast partners like National Geographic — while giving the festival central control, faster turnarounds and flexibility for last‑minute delivery.

Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival

Woody MacPhail

Producer of the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival