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Documentary / Portrait
Dirtbag
Dave O'Leske (2017)
Fred Beckey is the legendary American 'Dirtbag' mountaineer whose name has evoked mystery, sarcasm and adulation since the 1940s. His stubborn determination to climb one peak after another was translated into a solitary life on the road, where he left a trail of furious climbing partners and abandoned lovers. At the age of 94 he is still obsessed by the mountains and plans ambitious expeditions, but the man who once cavorted over the rock and ice now has to come to terms with everyday life. The story of this athletic rebel, who inspired generations of climbers with his monumental first ascents and impassioned books, is recounted for the first time.- 2017
- USA
- 96 min
Fred Beckey is the legendary American 'Dirtbag' mountaineer whose name has evoked mystery, sarcasm and adulation since the 1940s. His stubborn determination to climb one peak after another was translated into a solitary life on the road, where he left a trail of furious climbing partners and abandoned lovers. At the age of 94 he is still obsessed by the mountains and plans ambitious expeditions, but the man who once cavorted over the rock and ice now has to come to terms with everyday life. The story of this athletic rebel, who inspired generations of climbers with his monumental first ascents and impassioned books, is recounted for the first time.Climbing locations
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David Lama - Das Unmögliche möglich machen
Hans-Peter Stauber (2014)
The Tyrolean David Lama has climbed an 8a route already at the age of ten, and he has become several times Youth World Champion and European Youth Champion in bouldering and lead climbing. In 2010, at the age of 20 years, David decided to leave the indoor climbing and competition world behind him. Since then, he is focusing on Alpinism, the most difficult routes and first ascents in the Alps, but as well in India and America. This documentary portrays David Lama from his first climbing attempts as a little boy to his big adventures in present time. We see famous locations, such as the climbing paradise on Lake Garda, the notorious Sagwand Face in the Zillertal Alps, and the 7.821m high Masherbrum in the Karakorum with its still untouched north east face.David Lama - Das Unmögliche möglich machen
- 2014
- Austria
- 49 min
The Tyrolean David Lama has climbed an 8a route already at the age of ten, and he has become several times Youth World Champion and European Youth Champion in bouldering and lead climbing. In 2010, at the age of 20 years, David decided to leave the indoor climbing and competition world behind him. Since then, he is focusing on Alpinism, the most difficult routes and first ascents in the Alps, but as well in India and America. This documentary portrays David Lama from his first climbing attempts as a little boy to his big adventures in present time. We see famous locations, such as the climbing paradise on Lake Garda, the notorious Sagwand Face in the Zillertal Alps, and the 7.821m high Masherbrum in the Karakorum with its still untouched north east face.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Historical
Valle della Luce
Alberto Beltrami (2020)
Eighty-seven years after the first mountaineering ascent in Valle della Sarca, the film offers an overview of the climbing history of rock faces in the valley, which today attract enthusiasts from all over the world. The narration is entrusted to climbing scenes and interviews with key figures, set against the backdrop of stunning scenery. It is the story of a training ground combining two currents, mountaineering and sports climbing, seeking sometimes equilibrium and sometimes extreme experiences.Alberto Beltrami, Lia Giovanazzi Beltrami
- 2020
- Italy
- 48 min
Eighty-seven years after the first mountaineering ascent in Valle della Sarca, the film offers an overview of the climbing history of rock faces in the valley, which today attract enthusiasts from all over the world. The narration is entrusted to climbing scenes and interviews with key figures, set against the backdrop of stunning scenery. It is the story of a training ground combining two currents, mountaineering and sports climbing, seeking sometimes equilibrium and sometimes extreme experiences.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Expedition Journal
Ufo Life
Jan Šimánek (2020)
Documentary on the first ascent of the coveted northwest wall of Chamlang (7319 m), made by Czech mountaineers Marek Holecek and Zdenek Hak, who opened their line on this Nepalese Himalayan mountain in May 2019. Holecek and Hak, winners of the Piolet d'Or 2018 for the first ascent of the southeast face of Gašerbrum I, described the ascent of Chamlang as the hardest climb of their lives. The documentary reviews other ascents to the mountain, and features Reinhold Messner and Doug Scott, who share the experience of their ascent to the central peak in 1981.- 2020
- Czech Republic
- 34 min
Documentary on the first ascent of the coveted northwest wall of Chamlang (7319 m), made by Czech mountaineers Marek Holecek and Zdenek Hak, who opened their line on this Nepalese Himalayan mountain in May 2019. Holecek and Hak, winners of the Piolet d'Or 2018 for the first ascent of the southeast face of Gašerbrum I, described the ascent of Chamlang as the hardest climb of their lives. The documentary reviews other ascents to the mountain, and features Reinhold Messner and Doug Scott, who share the experience of their ascent to the central peak in 1981.Climbing locations
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Reinhold Messner - Heimat. Berge. Abenteuer.
Markus Augé (2019)
The world's most famous mountaineer and adventurer, Reinhold Messner, has repeatedly tested and surpassed his own limits. Born in 1944 in South Tyrol, a region between two countries, he is a convinced European. This documentary series explores his homeland in five episodes. It's a spectacular journey into the mountainous world of South Tyrol, which has shaped him since his early childhood. In breathtaking images, the panorama of an unprecedented life in and with the mountains unfolds at the same time.Reinhold Messner - Heimat. Berge. Abenteuer.
- 2019
- Germany, Italy
- 130 min
The world's most famous mountaineer and adventurer, Reinhold Messner, has repeatedly tested and surpassed his own limits. Born in 1944 in South Tyrol, a region between two countries, he is a convinced European. This documentary series explores his homeland in five episodes. It's a spectacular journey into the mountainous world of South Tyrol, which has shaped him since his early childhood. In breathtaking images, the panorama of an unprecedented life in and with the mountains unfolds at the same time.Climbing locations
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Solo in volo
Gianluca Maspes (2018)
Luigi Bombardieri died in 1957 in an attempt to experiment with the use of helicopters for mountain rescue. Today, Maurizio Folini, a mountain guide, becomes a helicopter pilot and from Bernina to Nepal brings the idea of Bombardieri, managing to rescue mountaineers at record levels and helping the civil population after the earthquake of 2015. Maurizio continues his work of teaching the heli-rescue techniques for future pilots who will operate on the Himalayas, following the values of teaching so dear to Bombardieri.- 2018
- Italy
- 32 min
Luigi Bombardieri died in 1957 in an attempt to experiment with the use of helicopters for mountain rescue. Today, Maurizio Folini, a mountain guide, becomes a helicopter pilot and from Bernina to Nepal brings the idea of Bombardieri, managing to rescue mountaineers at record levels and helping the civil population after the earthquake of 2015. Maurizio continues his work of teaching the heli-rescue techniques for future pilots who will operate on the Himalayas, following the values of teaching so dear to Bombardieri.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Climbing Journal
Death zone - Nanga Parbat
Olga Borodina (2020)
On July, 3, 2019 Russian climbers Vitaly Lazo and Anton Pugovkin, and the Italian Cala Cimenti, reached the summit of Nanga Parbat (8125 m), the iconic eight-thousander. The ascent was made by the Diamir face and without using bottled oxygen. A descent from the top was performed on skis from an altitude of 8080 meters. This expedition is the third project of Death Zone Freeride, a Russian team that aims to climb and ski several eight-thousands without using bottled oxygen. In 2017 they skied from the top of Manaslu and in 2018 they attempted to do the same on Annapurna.- 2020
- Russia
- 55 min
On July, 3, 2019 Russian climbers Vitaly Lazo and Anton Pugovkin, and the Italian Cala Cimenti, reached the summit of Nanga Parbat (8125 m), the iconic eight-thousander. The ascent was made by the Diamir face and without using bottled oxygen. A descent from the top was performed on skis from an altitude of 8080 meters. This expedition is the third project of Death Zone Freeride, a Russian team that aims to climb and ski several eight-thousands without using bottled oxygen. In 2017 they skied from the top of Manaslu and in 2018 they attempted to do the same on Annapurna.Climbing locations
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Barfuß nach innen - Die Kletterlegende Bernd Arnold
Ulf Wogenstein (2020)
Elbe Sandstone Mountains, between Pirna and the Czech border, is one of the most romantic landscapes in Germany. The star in these beautiful rocks is an ascetic man with glasses and a pipe: Bernd Arnold - the Saxon climbing legend from Hohnstein. Even as a child, the 'barefoot climber' stuck to the rock like a gecko. And to this day his motto is: 'Overcoming difficult things with ease'. Whoever sees it on the rock does not doubt the veracity of this leitmotif. Nobody has ever climbed these rocks before him so elegantly. But above all, this sentence proves that lightness is not a question of talent. It has to be fought over and over again with the sport. A portrait of Bernd Arnold at 73 years-old.Barfuß nach innen - Die Kletterlegende Bernd Arnold
- 2020
- Germany
- 30 min
Elbe Sandstone Mountains, between Pirna and the Czech border, is one of the most romantic landscapes in Germany. The star in these beautiful rocks is an ascetic man with glasses and a pipe: Bernd Arnold - the Saxon climbing legend from Hohnstein. Even as a child, the 'barefoot climber' stuck to the rock like a gecko. And to this day his motto is: 'Overcoming difficult things with ease'. Whoever sees it on the rock does not doubt the veracity of this leitmotif. Nobody has ever climbed these rocks before him so elegantly. But above all, this sentence proves that lightness is not a question of talent. It has to be fought over and over again with the sport. A portrait of Bernd Arnold at 73 years-old.Climbing locations
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Everest Green
Jean-Michel Jorda (2017)
Beyond the Everest adventure hides a tragic environmental and human reality, which starts at 8848 meters above sea level and ends in the open dumps of Kathmandu, the most polluted city on the planet. Everest Green is a film about the eponymous expedition which began on April 5, 2017 in Nepal to clean up the slopes of Everest and promote responsible mountaineering. Ten sherpas removed up to 4 tons of trash from the altitude camps. Behind the story of the expedition, there is an environmental and social emergency that the film highlights by showing the incompatibility of the values of the mountains and the open dumps that dot the Himalayas today.- 2017
- France
- 53 min
Beyond the Everest adventure hides a tragic environmental and human reality, which starts at 8848 meters above sea level and ends in the open dumps of Kathmandu, the most polluted city on the planet. Everest Green is a film about the eponymous expedition which began on April 5, 2017 in Nepal to clean up the slopes of Everest and promote responsible mountaineering. Ten sherpas removed up to 4 tons of trash from the altitude camps. Behind the story of the expedition, there is an environmental and social emergency that the film highlights by showing the incompatibility of the values of the mountains and the open dumps that dot the Himalayas today.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Historical
Die grosse Zinne
Reinhold Messner (2019)
Throughout the history of mountaineering, the imposing Cima Grande in the Italian Dolomites has been both a playground and favorite destination for the best rock climbers in the world. In his film celebrating the 150th anniversary of the first ascent, Reinhold Messner shows the major milestones on the peak with the help of reenacted climbing scenes using only materials and historic equipment of the respective era. The film’s storyline is based on five success stories of great alpinists, all of whom not only stand for the development of sport climbing, but for the pioneering spirit of their time.- 2019
- Italy
- 54 min
Throughout the history of mountaineering, the imposing Cima Grande in the Italian Dolomites has been both a playground and favorite destination for the best rock climbers in the world. In his film celebrating the 150th anniversary of the first ascent, Reinhold Messner shows the major milestones on the peak with the help of reenacted climbing scenes using only materials and historic equipment of the respective era. The film’s storyline is based on five success stories of great alpinists, all of whom not only stand for the development of sport climbing, but for the pioneering spirit of their time.Climbing locations
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Manaslu - Berg der Seelen
Gerald Salmina (2018)
Hans Kammerlander crowned Manaslu in 2017, along with Stephan Keck, and skied down through a new route. That’s the way these two great mountaineers found redemption after the tragedies they went through on that same mountain years before. With archive footage, interviews and magnific dramatic reconstructions, the film goes through Kammerlander’s greatest achievements and his most painful losses. He is one of the greatest alpinists in history, who keeps asking himself how and why he survived while his best friends passed away in the mountain.- 2018
- Austria
- 123 min
Hans Kammerlander crowned Manaslu in 2017, along with Stephan Keck, and skied down through a new route. That’s the way these two great mountaineers found redemption after the tragedies they went through on that same mountain years before. With archive footage, interviews and magnific dramatic reconstructions, the film goes through Kammerlander’s greatest achievements and his most painful losses. He is one of the greatest alpinists in history, who keeps asking himself how and why he survived while his best friends passed away in the mountain.Climbing locations
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I-View
Claudio Rossoni (2015)
Thanks to his perseverance, the Italian climber Simone Moro has written pages of alpinism history, above all of winter alpinism on peaks over 8000 meters high. I-VIEW tells about his adventure as a helicopter pilot and his dream of bringing helicopter rescue to the Himalayas. A 341production film by Claudio Rossoni featuring Simone Moro, Reinhold Messner, Denis Urubko, Vinicio Megar, Maurizio Folini, and others.- 2015
- Italy
- 47 min
Thanks to his perseverance, the Italian climber Simone Moro has written pages of alpinism history, above all of winter alpinism on peaks over 8000 meters high. I-VIEW tells about his adventure as a helicopter pilot and his dream of bringing helicopter rescue to the Himalayas. A 341production film by Claudio Rossoni featuring Simone Moro, Reinhold Messner, Denis Urubko, Vinicio Megar, Maurizio Folini, and others.Climbing locations
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