Prepare to get fired up for ski season. The Winter Wildlands Alliance is throwing the first celluloid punch this year with the 8th annual Backcountry Film Festival. (Warren Miller’s big-screen bonanza shows up later this month.) Films slated to hit the Egyptian Theatre include Sweetgrass Productions’ “Skiing the Void,” Luc Mehl’s “Alaska Wilderness Ski Classic” and plenty more.

Michael Deeds