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Documentary / Portrait
Oltre il confine
Federico Massa (2017)
Marco Albino Ferrari retraces the key phases in the life of the climber Ettore Castiglioni and tries to reveal the mystery of his death. The story is accompanied by extracts from the mountaineer’s diary, recounting his hopes and fears. From Milan to a cable car climbing up the side of the mountain, or from an abandoned barracks to a hidden mountain hut, which was where he took refuge after 8 September and was based during his activities as a partisan.Federico Massa, Andrea Azzetti
- 2017
- Italy, Switzerland
- 68 min
Marco Albino Ferrari retraces the key phases in the life of the climber Ettore Castiglioni and tries to reveal the mystery of his death. The story is accompanied by extracts from the mountaineer’s diary, recounting his hopes and fears. From Milan to a cable car climbing up the side of the mountain, or from an abandoned barracks to a hidden mountain hut, which was where he took refuge after 8 September and was based during his activities as a partisan.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Portrait
O eslabón perdido
Pablo Ces (2014)
Benito Santos, known as Bendecorme, is a benchmark in bouldering in Galicia. Benito lives in Corme, where the waters of the Atlantic attack the coast with force. There he spends about three hours a day underwater, dedicated to the task of collecting diver. When he's done, he spends as much time as he can on his favorite activity - boulder climbing. 'El eslabón perdido' is the name of a bouldering line that Bendecorme has been testing for years: 'the line of my life'. A block that nobody has managed to chain so far.- 2014
- Spain
- 62 min
Benito Santos, known as Bendecorme, is a benchmark in bouldering in Galicia. Benito lives in Corme, where the waters of the Atlantic attack the coast with force. There he spends about three hours a day underwater, dedicated to the task of collecting diver. When he's done, he spends as much time as he can on his favorite activity - boulder climbing. 'El eslabón perdido' is the name of a bouldering line that Bendecorme has been testing for years: 'the line of my life'. A block that nobody has managed to chain so far.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Climbing Journal
Ñañay
Simón Thibaud (2018)
Ñañay is the story of two sisters that decide to leave the city and share the adventure of moving to the mountains. To start this phase of their lives, they propose to learn how to rock climb and make together a route at 4,000 meters above sea level in the rock paradise of their new home. A film by Simón Thibaud.- 2018
- Peru
- 9 min
Ñañay is the story of two sisters that decide to leave the city and share the adventure of moving to the mountains. To start this phase of their lives, they propose to learn how to rock climb and make together a route at 4,000 meters above sea level in the rock paradise of their new home. A film by Simón Thibaud.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Historical
NTB - Nubiola Torras Barberà
Miquel Pérez (2016)
Joan Nubiola and Josep Maria Torras were the components of a historical Catalan climbing team that in the 40s and 50s, opened a series of classical, esthetical and exposed climbing routes. Both climbed with Josep Barberà and all three created the Cavall Bernat Group. NTB documents the history of these three climbers and the creation of the climbing group through interviews, photographs, actual footage and the, and images of the repetition of some of the most iconic routes of the Nubiola-Torras party.- 2016
- Spain
- 49 min
Joan Nubiola and Josep Maria Torras were the components of a historical Catalan climbing team that in the 40s and 50s, opened a series of classical, esthetical and exposed climbing routes. Both climbed with Josep Barberà and all three created the Cavall Bernat Group. NTB documents the history of these three climbers and the creation of the climbing group through interviews, photographs, actual footage and the, and images of the repetition of some of the most iconic routes of the Nubiola-Torras party.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Portrait
Nowhere - Now Here
Alvi Pakarinen (2017)
Home is not a geographical term. Life does not revolve around the traditional family. What drives people is how, where and with whom they choose to spend their limited and valuable time. This film offers a glimpse of the life of Nalle Hukkataival, one of the world's top climbers, who leads a nomadic life in a modern world. A film by Alvi Pakarinen.- 2017
- Finland
- 22 min
Home is not a geographical term. Life does not revolve around the traditional family. What drives people is how, where and with whom they choose to spend their limited and valuable time. This film offers a glimpse of the life of Nalle Hukkataival, one of the world's top climbers, who leads a nomadic life in a modern world. A film by Alvi Pakarinen.Climbing locations
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Na život a na smrt
Anna Žembová (2018)
A documentary about the Slovak mountain air rescue service produced on the 45th anniversary of its creation. Starting from its beginnings without experience, the film explains the motivation behind this rescue force, we learn about the human side of the service, it brings us closer to the methodology of the air rescue service, and shows us with archive footage those first attempts and the subsequent evolution. A film by Anna Žembová.- 2018
- Slovakia
- 33 min
A documentary about the Slovak mountain air rescue service produced on the 45th anniversary of its creation. Starting from its beginnings without experience, the film explains the motivation behind this rescue force, we learn about the human side of the service, it brings us closer to the methodology of the air rescue service, and shows us with archive footage those first attempts and the subsequent evolution. A film by Anna Žembová.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Portrait
Myrtle Simpson - A life on ice
Leigh Anne Sides (2019)
Myrtle Simpson is a trailblazer, pioneer, adventurer, mountain climber, polar explorer, writer, and mother. In 2018, National Geographic named her as one of four women who defied expectations and explored the world. Myrtle’s life has taken her around the globe, journeys on which she insisted on taking her four children while she and her husband pursued their work and passion. Today, at the age of 89 she still competes in downhill ski races, hikes, bikes and swims and believes that more adventures await.Myrtle Simpson - A life on ice
- 2019
- USA
- 35 min
Myrtle Simpson is a trailblazer, pioneer, adventurer, mountain climber, polar explorer, writer, and mother. In 2018, National Geographic named her as one of four women who defied expectations and explored the world. Myrtle’s life has taken her around the globe, journeys on which she insisted on taking her four children while she and her husband pursued their work and passion. Today, at the age of 89 she still competes in downhill ski races, hikes, bikes and swims and believes that more adventures await. -
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Mulheres sâo Montanhas
Renata Calmon (2018)
Women are Mountains is a short documentary film that portrays the lives of climbers Mônica Filipini and Danielle Pinto in the quiet city of São Bento do Sapucai, in the countryside of São Paulo, Brazil. At the same time as they are responsible for their children and domestic affairs, they are able to enjoy their great passion: the mountains. With lyricism, this documentary showcases Brazilian feminine multi-pitch climbing scenery (a traditionally masculine sport in Brazil) and investigates the motivations of the two climbers practicing the sport.- 2018
- Brazil
- 15 min
Women are Mountains is a short documentary film that portrays the lives of climbers Mônica Filipini and Danielle Pinto in the quiet city of São Bento do Sapucai, in the countryside of São Paulo, Brazil. At the same time as they are responsible for their children and domestic affairs, they are able to enjoy their great passion: the mountains. With lyricism, this documentary showcases Brazilian feminine multi-pitch climbing scenery (a traditionally masculine sport in Brazil) and investigates the motivations of the two climbers practicing the sport.Climbing locations
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Mount Everest 1996 - Traum und Wirklichkeit
Stefan Urlass (1996)
The first Saxon Mount Everest Expedition attempted to climb the mountain in 1996. Without additional oxygen, high porters, or even a kitchen team, the Saxons climbed from the north side in Tibet up to 8,500 meters. They had to turn back only 350 meters below the summit. The team had to give up the summit to take part in the rescue of a Japanese climber. It was 1996, the year of the great Everest catastrophe, in which many climbers from various expeditions on the mountain died. The 14 members from Saxony were awarded the 'Fair Play Prize' by the city of Dresden for their expedition and their help on the mountain.Mount Everest 1996 - Traum und Wirklichkeit
- 1996
- Germany
- 40 min
The first Saxon Mount Everest Expedition attempted to climb the mountain in 1996. Without additional oxygen, high porters, or even a kitchen team, the Saxons climbed from the north side in Tibet up to 8,500 meters. They had to turn back only 350 meters below the summit. The team had to give up the summit to take part in the rescue of a Japanese climber. It was 1996, the year of the great Everest catastrophe, in which many climbers from various expeditions on the mountain died. The 14 members from Saxony were awarded the 'Fair Play Prize' by the city of Dresden for their expedition and their help on the mountain.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Climbing Journal
Marcel - Au sommet de son art
Nicolas Falquet (2017)
As Marcel Remy, father of the iconic Swiss climbers Claude and Yves Remy, approaches his 95th year, decides to climb the 450-meter tall north-west face of the legendary Miroir de l'Argentine in Western Switzerland. Despite his advanced age, he climbs frequently, both in climbing walls and in the mountains; because for him, age is not an impediment when you're doing what you like the most.- 2017
- Switzerland
- 25 min
As Marcel Remy, father of the iconic Swiss climbers Claude and Yves Remy, approaches his 95th year, decides to climb the 450-meter tall north-west face of the legendary Miroir de l'Argentine in Western Switzerland. Despite his advanced age, he climbs frequently, both in climbing walls and in the mountains; because for him, age is not an impediment when you're doing what you like the most.Climbing locations
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Lost on Everest
Renan Ozturk (2019)
Reaching 29,029 feet, Mount Everest has long captivated mountaineers of all stripes. But a peak that draws athletes and mountaineers to new heights isn’t without danger — or a dark side. Perhaps the peak’s greatest mystery is the missing body of Andrew “Sandy” Irvine who disappeared alongside George Leigh Mallory in 1924 just 800 vertical feet from the summit. In Lost on Everest, we follow along as a team of elite climbers with new intel on the location of his missing body set out to solve what may be mountaineering’s great mystery. Along with the body, the team hopes to find Irvine’s camera and the footage that could rewrite history.- 2019
- USA
- 48 min
Reaching 29,029 feet, Mount Everest has long captivated mountaineers of all stripes. But a peak that draws athletes and mountaineers to new heights isn’t without danger — or a dark side. Perhaps the peak’s greatest mystery is the missing body of Andrew “Sandy” Irvine who disappeared alongside George Leigh Mallory in 1924 just 800 vertical feet from the summit. In Lost on Everest, we follow along as a team of elite climbers with new intel on the location of his missing body set out to solve what may be mountaineering’s great mystery. Along with the body, the team hopes to find Irvine’s camera and the footage that could rewrite history.Climbing locations
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Los Picos 6500
Marco Busacca (2020)
Franco Nicolini, Michele Leonardi, Tommy and Silvestro Franchini have a long-cherished dream: to climb the 13 highest peaks in Argentina, Chile and Bolivia in a continuous succession. An extraordinary journey, starting from the peak of the Aconcagua to the Cerro Sajama, the point of arrival for their adventure, passing via Cerro Tupungatto, Cerro Mercedario, Cerro Bonete, Inchauasi, Cerro Pissis, Walter Penk, Cerro Tres Cruces Sur, Tres Cruces Central, Muerto, Cerro Ojos de Salado and Cerro Llullaillaco.- 2020
- Italy
- 41 min
Franco Nicolini, Michele Leonardi, Tommy and Silvestro Franchini have a long-cherished dream: to climb the 13 highest peaks in Argentina, Chile and Bolivia in a continuous succession. An extraordinary journey, starting from the peak of the Aconcagua to the Cerro Sajama, the point of arrival for their adventure, passing via Cerro Tupungatto, Cerro Mercedario, Cerro Bonete, Inchauasi, Cerro Pissis, Walter Penk, Cerro Tres Cruces Sur, Tres Cruces Central, Muerto, Cerro Ojos de Salado and Cerro Llullaillaco.Climbing locations
