Just remember there are no 'better' or 'worse' films, only different films. Indeed, the choice of film is an artistic decision in itself: do you want coarse grain, fine grain, saturated colour, natural colour, exaggerated reds... I would only recommend Ektar 100 because it is ideal for this situation: fine grain, good colour and low ISO.
With B&W the rule to remember is that a coloured filter will make that colour appear whiter on the print and make the opposite colour darker. So red will make reds look lighter and blues look darker. Yellow and orange give a similar effect to the sky but more subdued. Yellow is a general walk-around filter for B&W because B&W films tend to be a little oversensitive to the blue area of the spectrum - a yellow filter compensates for this nicely. Green filters will make vegetation look lighter. Basically you can get really carried away if you want, but for B&W I'd stick to yellow and maybe red for the time being.
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