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Drama / Mountain Drama
Falling
(1998)
High in the mountains. A climbing accident. A man begins a long journey with the broken weight of the woman he loves. When he can no longer carry her, he must continue alone through the brutal landscape. At the very end of his strength he finds the only thing that could end his struggle. Falling won the Best Short Subject at the Williamsburg Brooklyn Film Festival and has been short-listed at other film festivals.
- 1998
- USA
- 18 min
High in the mountains. A climbing accident. A man begins a long journey with the broken weight of the woman he loves. When he can no longer carry her, he must continue alone through the brutal landscape. At the very end of his strength he finds the only thing that could end his struggle. Falling won the Best Short Subject at the Williamsburg Brooklyn Film Festival and has been short-listed at other film festivals. -
Drama / Thriller
Fight to the death in a blizzard
Teruo Ishii (1959)
A Japanese mountain suspense movie by Teruo Ishii starring Ken Utsui. Goro Kasuya is a ski expert who once participated in the Olympic Games when he was a student, but since he lost his fiance in an avalanche, he lives in retirement in the mountains, where he works as a guide. One day Goro meets in a mountain hut, three men who turn out to be jewelry robbers, and who in their flight to escape the police, take him as hostage to lead them in the snowy mountains of Yamagata.Fight to the death in a blizzard
- 1959
- Japan
- 76 min
A Japanese mountain suspense movie by Teruo Ishii starring Ken Utsui. Goro Kasuya is a ski expert who once participated in the Olympic Games when he was a student, but since he lost his fiance in an avalanche, he lives in retirement in the mountains, where he works as a guide. One day Goro meets in a mountain hut, three men who turn out to be jewelry robbers, and who in their flight to escape the police, take him as hostage to lead them in the snowy mountains of Yamagata.Climbing locations
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Drama / Adventure
Gripped - Climbing the Killer Pillar
Ben Galland (2020)
While bouldering with her friend Jade, Rose, a gym climber from Los Angeles, falls for Bret, an experienced outdoorsman. She talks him into taking her -against his better judgment- on a famous, advanced rock-climbing route called 'Killer Pillar'. Disaster strikes when Bret falls and suffers a serious head injury and torn shoulder. With no way to go but up, Rose has to lead the climb to the summit. When night falls they still have a long way to go and are forced to bivouac on a cliffside ledge. The next day, as a storm approaches, Bret drifts in and out of consciousness. It's up to Rose to save them both.Gripped - Climbing the Killer Pillar
- 2020
- USA
- 89 min
While bouldering with her friend Jade, Rose, a gym climber from Los Angeles, falls for Bret, an experienced outdoorsman. She talks him into taking her -against his better judgment- on a famous, advanced rock-climbing route called 'Killer Pillar'. Disaster strikes when Bret falls and suffers a serious head injury and torn shoulder. With no way to go but up, Rose has to lead the climb to the summit. When night falls they still have a long way to go and are forced to bivouac on a cliffside ledge. The next day, as a storm approaches, Bret drifts in and out of consciousness. It's up to Rose to save them both.Climbing locations
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Drama / Teen Drama
Climb the sky walls
Kim Kyung-sun (2014)
A Korean drama about the conflict and reconciliation that lives Taeho, a young boy whose father is a paralyzed mountaineer, when he meets Eugene, a blind girl that practices competitive sport climbing. The film is intended for a youth audience, and filmmakers try to pass on to the younger generation the idea that people with disabilities are not 'second class' people and that they should not be prejudiced. The movie was produced by the Ministry of Education in collaboration with Samsung Fire and the Action Movement Headquarters.- 2014
- South Korea
- 54 min
A Korean drama about the conflict and reconciliation that lives Taeho, a young boy whose father is a paralyzed mountaineer, when he meets Eugene, a blind girl that practices competitive sport climbing. The film is intended for a youth audience, and filmmakers try to pass on to the younger generation the idea that people with disabilities are not 'second class' people and that they should not be prejudiced. The movie was produced by the Ministry of Education in collaboration with Samsung Fire and the Action Movement Headquarters. -
Drama / Adventure
Wings over Everest
Fay Yu (2019)
When a plane carrying important documents crashes in the Death Zone of Mount Everest, two men claiming to work for India's research and analysis department offer a large sum of money to Team Wings, a mountain rescue organization, to take them up to recover them. They will fight a fierce battle on the dangerous Himalayas. A Chinese action movie produced for an international audience and digitally remastered to be released in IMAX3D cinemas. Directed by Yu Fay, Wings Over Everest stars Asian Film Award Winner Koji Yakusho, famous actress Zhang Jingchu, and Golden Horse Best Supporting Actor winner Lin Bohong.- 2019
- China
- 110 min
When a plane carrying important documents crashes in the Death Zone of Mount Everest, two men claiming to work for India's research and analysis department offer a large sum of money to Team Wings, a mountain rescue organization, to take them up to recover them. They will fight a fierce battle on the dangerous Himalayas. A Chinese action movie produced for an international audience and digitally remastered to be released in IMAX3D cinemas. Directed by Yu Fay, Wings Over Everest stars Asian Film Award Winner Koji Yakusho, famous actress Zhang Jingchu, and Golden Horse Best Supporting Actor winner Lin Bohong.Climbing locations
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Drama / Mountain Drama
Journey for three
Michael Forlong (1950)
The adventures of three British immigrants -two girls and a man- to New Zealand. The girls settle down quite soon, one as a nurse, the other as a factory worker; the man, an engineer, finds himself out of his element, ill at ease, disliking his companions, and has almost determined to leave when he goes out on a relief party up the mountains to rescue a climber who has broken his leg at the head of a glacier. The rigors of the climb solve his personal problems: he decides he likes New Zealanders after all, in spite of their differences to Britons... A film promoted by the Immigration Department of New Zealand to attract immigrants.- 1950
- New Zealand
- 45 min
The adventures of three British immigrants -two girls and a man- to New Zealand. The girls settle down quite soon, one as a nurse, the other as a factory worker; the man, an engineer, finds himself out of his element, ill at ease, disliking his companions, and has almost determined to leave when he goes out on a relief party up the mountains to rescue a climber who has broken his leg at the head of a glacier. The rigors of the climb solve his personal problems: he decides he likes New Zealanders after all, in spite of their differences to Britons... A film promoted by the Immigration Department of New Zealand to attract immigrants.Climbing locations
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Eagle Rock
Henry Geddes (1964)
A healthy dose of fresh air, a few risky situations and good-natured pranks make this Children Film Foundation film a most enjoyable watch. David is a stubborn London teenager with a sense of his own superiority. Spending a couple of weeks at a boys-only youth club in the Lake District, he gets frustrated when forbidden to climb a local mountain - due to a protected eagle nesting at the top - and plots a secret ascent. What could go wrong?- 1964
- UK
- 62 min
A healthy dose of fresh air, a few risky situations and good-natured pranks make this Children Film Foundation film a most enjoyable watch. David is a stubborn London teenager with a sense of his own superiority. Spending a couple of weeks at a boys-only youth club in the Lake District, he gets frustrated when forbidden to climb a local mountain - due to a protected eagle nesting at the top - and plots a secret ascent. What could go wrong?Climbing locations
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The silent heroes
Mahesh Bhatt (2015)
The film is based on the story of 13 real deaf children who through mountaineering want to prove that they are different but not disabled. The Leader who never considered the deaf children as capable and equal and discouraged them all through the course gets badly injured in an accident. This might be an end to Children dreams of scaling Himalayan peaks and proving their worth in front of the outside world. Now it is for these deaf children to show their skills, presence of mind and courage to save their Leader and prove their worth.- 2015
- India
- 115 min
The film is based on the story of 13 real deaf children who through mountaineering want to prove that they are different but not disabled. The Leader who never considered the deaf children as capable and equal and discouraged them all through the course gets badly injured in an accident. This might be an end to Children dreams of scaling Himalayan peaks and proving their worth in front of the outside world. Now it is for these deaf children to show their skills, presence of mind and courage to save their Leader and prove their worth.Climbing locations
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Drama / Mountain Drama
L'immense retour
Manon Coubia (2016)
On the morning of 23 September 1957, a climber sets off with a friend to climb Mont Blanc, but an accident results in his death when he falls into a crevice covered with snow. Meanwhile his companion waits for him in bed, imprisoned in a white blanket, from where she will launch her cry of love. Divided into three movements, this brief and intense short film relates the interminable wait suspended in time to the solitude of the ascent high in the mountains, exploring the different shades and temperatures of white.- 2016
- Belgium, France
- 14 min
On the morning of 23 September 1957, a climber sets off with a friend to climb Mont Blanc, but an accident results in his death when he falls into a crevice covered with snow. Meanwhile his companion waits for him in bed, imprisoned in a white blanket, from where she will launch her cry of love. Divided into three movements, this brief and intense short film relates the interminable wait suspended in time to the solitude of the ascent high in the mountains, exploring the different shades and temperatures of white.Climbing locations
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Drama / Mountain Drama
Altitudes
Pierre-Antoine Hiroz (2017)
After 20 years away, Isabelle, a former climbing champion, returns to her village in the Alps for the funeral of her mountain-guide father. She decides to open up a new climbing route with the help of Kenza, her protégé - something she'd planned to do with her father. But the past and its secrets resurface through Antoine, a brilliant mountaineer who was Isabelle's first love.Pierre-Antoine Hiroz, Mikaël Ollivier
- 2017
- France, Switzerland
- 90 min
After 20 years away, Isabelle, a former climbing champion, returns to her village in the Alps for the funeral of her mountain-guide father. She decides to open up a new climbing route with the help of Kenza, her protégé - something she'd planned to do with her father. But the past and its secrets resurface through Antoine, a brilliant mountaineer who was Isabelle's first love.Climbing locations
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Drama / Comedy
L'ascension
Ludovic Bernard (2017)
A young man from the suburbs with no mountaineering experience decides to climb Mt Everest to show a woman he'd do anything for her. Though technically based on the true story of Nadir Dendoune, this is only in a very loose sense. Indeed, the main character's name, age, ethnicity, relations and entire motivation for wanting to climb to the top of Mount Everest were changed for the film. In fact, writer/director Ludovic Bernard never read the book which the film purports to adapt.- 2017
- France
- 103 min
A young man from the suburbs with no mountaineering experience decides to climb Mt Everest to show a woman he'd do anything for her. Though technically based on the true story of Nadir Dendoune, this is only in a very loose sense. Indeed, the main character's name, age, ethnicity, relations and entire motivation for wanting to climb to the top of Mount Everest were changed for the film. In fact, writer/director Ludovic Bernard never read the book which the film purports to adapt.Climbing locations
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El Valle Blanco
Armando Seville (1941)
Rare film about skiing, shot in the Nuria Valley in 1941, with the participation of the first company of skiers of Nuria. The documentary entitled 'The White Valley', was made by the directors Seville and Fortuny and filmed in the Valley of Nuria in 1940 or 1941, with the participation of the first ski company of Nuria.- 1941
- Spain
- 15 min
Rare film about skiing, shot in the Nuria Valley in 1941, with the participation of the first company of skiers of Nuria. The documentary entitled 'The White Valley', was made by the directors Seville and Fortuny and filmed in the Valley of Nuria in 1940 or 1941, with the participation of the first ski company of Nuria.Climbing locations
