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The Sherpa of Nepal’s high Himalaya are known for their endurance and ability to survive at oxygen-deprived altitudes. And in New York City, they’re driving cabs, selling imports at street market stalls and chopping vegetables in restaurant kitchens. Sherpa Stew is the story of hard-working immigrants who put everything on the line to provide a better life for their families. Follow mountaineers Nima Dawa Sherpa and Kipa Sherpa from the top of Mount Everest to Queens, New York, as they strive to start a new life. Their story will have you reconsidering your assumptions about the people you pass on the street.

A biographical documentary about Slovak climber Pavel Pochylý. The life story of Pochylý, nicknamed Spider, is still breathtaking. He climbed the challenging Tatra walls and set out difficult routes in them. But Spider lived on the edge not only in the mountains but also in everyday life. Myths and legends circulate about him, but despite his fame and recognition, he had a lot of unfriendly for his uncompromising views. The documentary depicts the back and cheeks of a climber who was declared as the Slovak Climber of the Century.

Who decides how we should live our lives? Carlos Suarez, one of the leading international extreme sportsman, shows in this documentary why he chooses a life full of challenges and adventure. He offers another way to understand life, explaining why climbers risk their lives in every expedition. There are many ways of accepting that the simple fact of living means a risk. This is the 50 minutes version of the original film, which is 80 minutes long.

Who decides how we should live our lives? Carlos Suarez, one of the leading international extreme sportsman, shows in this documentary why he chooses a life full of challenges and adventure. He offers another way to understand life, explaining why climbers risk their lives in every expedition. There are many ways of accepting that the simple fact of living means a risk. There is an alternative and shorter (50 minutes long) version of the film.

In an era where searching out and developing new routes seems out of vogue: all is not lost as we meet Anna Taylor. This remarkable Lakes-based 20 year old is bucking all the tends with stunning new sport routes and bold traditional lines. Anna unearths a stunning unclimbed line which proves to be a personal step up in terms of difficulty and boldness. The film follows all the challenges and difficulties with Anna on her journey to make the first ascent of the line, however all does not go to plan as the word gets out about the line. The film is part of the 2018 Brit Rock Film Tour.

This is a gorgeous ode about rock climbing and time passing, with John Gill, the spiritual genius, at its center. Remarkable voices emerge to paint the picture of the great master boulderer, John Gill. Individuals who have been part of it all, such as Ron Kauk, Rich Goldstone, Tom Higgins, Royal Robbins, John Sherman, and filmmaker Pat Ament himself. New footage uncovered of Gill enriches these images, and his voice too comes alive with detailed analysis of some of his iconic climbs. As deep and touching as the first film, 'The disciples of Gill', this second incarnation continues but stands alone as well, as a work of art itself.

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.

The world’s most elite group of mountain adventurers reflect on why they leave behind families, friends, and everyday comforts, to risk everything for a fleeting glimpse into the unknown. Director Dina Khreino interviewed world-class athletes, listening to what compels them to this uncertain search. What she found was a tribe, a diverse group of professional adventurers and amateur philosophers, forged by the ultimate test of body, mind and spirit.

In this documentary, Stanisław Berbeka revives the memory of his father, Maciej Berbeka. Thanks to the accounts of expedition participants, the reminiscences of his family members and archive film and sound recordings, we can gain a better insight into the way of thinking of this eminent Polish mountaineer and adventurer. Among the stories about the family, the values embraced by Berbeka, and his most important expeditions, there is one related to the winter expedition to Broad Peak. On 5 March 2013, the protagonist reached the summit, making his dream come true, but he died on his way down to the base camp.

A college instructor reaches for the unreachable –to become the first female to summit Mt Everest and complete the 1000-mile Alaskan Iditarod– all while fighting a rare, fatal disease. The film follows Cindy Abbott, who struggles to discover the cause of her many alarming and debilitating symptoms. After 14 years, she's finally diagnosed with a rare and life-threatening disease. She sets out on an extraordinary journey not only to bring the rare disease out of the darkness and into the light but also to show how adversity can elicit hidden strength as she challenges herself to overcome one difficult feat after another... extreme endeavors of pain and perseverance.

Joshua is a talented rock climber who also suffers from autism. While he has many more challenges than the other climbers his age, through his parents' support, he is able to persevere and overcome these obstacles and become a champion at the sport he loves. The film follows Joshua's life from early childhood when his parents found out he had autism at age 3, through to his life as a competitive climber where he is now age 18. The documentary tries to bust some myths about the abilities of people with autism.

Fear, breathing, movement, presence, persistence ... This short documentary is an inside look at the process that Margarita Cardoso follows to climb one of the most beautiful and technically difficult climbing routes in Los Dinamos, Mexico City. Through this intimate documentary, we discover how knowledge of the body –both its strengths and its limitations– is essential to face this kind of climb and any other hard challenge.