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Tuesday 14.11.2023

Schubertkino Saal 1
16:45
  • Schubertkino Saal 1
  • 16:45
  • € 10.5
Tom Dauer
25 min
Deutsch
On 29 May 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first people ever to reach the summit of Mount Everest.... more >
Paul Schweller
30 min
Deutsch / engl. UT
Cross Tyrol is a documentary of a ski traverse through the mountainous Austrian province of Tyrol. The crew of skiers... more >
Matthias Mayr, Franz Fuchs
47 min
Deutsch, Englisch / dt. UT
The two freeriders “Hauni” and Matthias have experienced and filmed many great adventures on almost every... more >
19:15
  • Schubertkino Saal 1
  • 19:15
  • € 10.5
Malte Roeper
27 min
Deutsch
The north face of the Eiger is the classic among Europe’s Alpine ascents. For elite mountain runner Philipp Reiter... more >
Andreas Gasser, Sam Strauss
30 min
Deutsch
Forever in search of the best powder snow, Sam Strauss and Andreas Gassner team up with Tom Gaisbacher and Luca... more >
Pause
Brian Mathé, Morgan Monchaud
53 min
Englisch, Französich / dt. UT
Seb Berthe dreams of climbing the Dawn Wall, the most difficult route in the world. But Seb has no intention to reach... more >
Schubertkino Saal 2
17:00
  • Schubertkino Saal 2
  • 17:00
  • € 10.5
Line van den Berg
12 min
Englisch / Engl. UT
My Phantom follows the intimate journey of Dutch alpinist Line van den Berg as she questions what it means to be a... more >
Sandra Lahnsteiner-Wagner
34 min
Englisch, Deutsch / engl. UT
Austrian freerider and filmmaker Sandra Lahnsteiner-Wagner takes us on a ski tour adventure in Norway’s majestic... more >
Pause
Frank Senn
90 min
Deutsch
When seven of the ski mountaineers froze to death and their guide lost his life through a fall, a mere 400 metres from... more >
20:15
  • Schubertkino Saal 2
  • 20:15
  • € 10.5
Alex Eggermont
19 min
Französisch / engl. UT
Peek into the world of Belgian climber Siebe Vanhee’s authentic, raw process of his first season climbing on... more >
Fulvio Mariani
115 min
Englisch, diverse Sprachen / engl. UT
Patagonia: Gigantic ice-encrusted towers of rock reach out for the storm-lashed sky. Here, mountaineering is a... more >
Schubertkino Saal 3
17:15
  • Schubertkino Saal 3
  • 17:15
  • € 10.5
Simon Willimann
9 min
Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch / dt. UT
In Switzerland, untouched natural habitats are feeling the pressure, as a lad grab of the last unexploited areas of the... more >
Harry Putz
32 min
Deutsch
Faced with the unstoppable advance of hydropower, the last pristine rivers of the Alps are under threat. Nowhere is... more >
Bernhard Reiner
44 min
Deutsch
At the Koralm in Styria, plans to construct large-scale pumped-storage power plant has sparked off public resistance. ... more >
19:30
  • Schubertkino Saal 3
  • 19:30
  • € 10.5
François-Xavier De Ruydts
87 min
Englisch
In a remarkable year, two gritty teams of hobbyist cavers are poised to break records for the longest and deepest caves... more >
Pause
Juha Suonpää
80 min
Finnisch / engl. UT
A Finnish equivalent of Werner Herzog’s Grizzly Man, Hannu has a love and connection to nature that surpasses most.... more >

Wednesday 15.11.2023

Schubertkino Saal 1
16:45
  • Schubertkino Saal 1
  • 16:45
  • € 10.5
Lucas Costes & Mathéo Bourgeois
14 min
Französisch / engl. UT
Jonathan Bargibant, a climbing teacher, prepares to climb the 8b+ rated Tom & Je Ris route in the Gorges du Verdon in... more >
Mario Heller
25 min
Englisch / engl. UT
Cerro Torre is a majestic mountain. Many are the legends surrounding its ascent. In January 2022, despite first having... more >
Tomáš Galásek
36 min
Tschechisch / engl. UT
The first ascent of the west face of the Baruntse by the Czechs Marek Holeček and Radoslav Groh is a dramatic battle... more >
Andreas Tonelli
24 min
Spanisch / engl. UT
Volcán Tupungato is a volcanic peak that stretches 6570 metres skywards on the border between Chile and Argentina –... more >
19:15
  • Schubertkino Saal 1
  • 19:15
  • € 10.5
Robin Willingham
43 min
Englisch
Four times Olympic and world medalist Sabrina Filzmoser sets out to go from sea level to the top of Everest without the... more >
Pause
Ramona Waldner, Alexander Brugger
93 min
Englisch / dt. UT
Climber Caro North and skipper Marta Guemes share a passion for venturing into the unknown. They soon hatch the idea of... more >
Schubertkino Saal 2
17:00
  • Schubertkino Saal 2
  • 17:00
  • € 10.5
Bernhard Wenger
18 min
Deutsch, Englisch, Niederländisch / engl. UT
A ski resort in the scenic Austrian Alps. A weather camera, installed to display majestic mountain panoramas, casually... more >
Emily Shuttleworth
11 min
Deutsch / engl. UT
What happens when you let nature run wild? Can you feed yourself just from your own garden? In search for the answers,... more >
Ben Sturgulewski
22 min
Englisch / engl. UT
In the Westfjords of Iceland, where mountains meet the sea, creativity finds its ultimate human expression: a surfer on... more >
Mathias Peschta
47 min
Deutsch
Lukas Schäfer and Daniel Tschurtschenthaler from Südtirol are on the hunt for an elusive prey: the two nature... more >
19:30
  • Schubertkino Saal 2
  • 19:30
  • € 10.5
Jakob Lang
11 min
Deutsch / engl. UT
In this short film made in 2023, we accompany a mountain rescue team on a mission and learn about the procedure of an... more >
Jonas Baumann
30 min
Deutsch
Project manager Elsa is furious: her team has made a successful pitch and now excludes her from the presentation in... more >
Pause
Sándor Csoma
96 min
Ungarisch / engl. UT
The protagonist of the story is Hilda Sterczer, the widow of the internationally renowned mountaineer, Zsolt Erőss.... more >
Schubertkino Saal 3
17:15
  • Schubertkino Saal 3
  • 17:15
  • € 10.5
Sibylle Smolka
43 min
Deutsch
Viewed from above, the Tara is a narrow turquoise ribbon that winds through eastern Montenegro. This river, which... more >
Manfred Christ
51 min
Deutsch
Along the border between Austria and Slovakia runs a river that has long resisted all attempts to tame it: the Morava.... more >
19:45
  • Schubertkino Saal 3
  • 19:45
  • € 10.5
Alastair Lee
53 min
Englisch
The Scottish winter climbing scene is something adventure filmmaker Alastair Lee has always looked at with admiration,... more >
Pavol Barabáš
68 min
Slowakisch / dt. UT
It’s been 150 years since the idea of organised guided mountain tours in the High Tatras was born. To this day, this... more >

Thursday 16.11.2023

Schubertkino Saal 1
16:45
  • Schubertkino Saal 1
  • 16:45
  • € 10.5
Kurt Skoog
59 min
Schwedisch, Norwegisch, u.a. / engl. UT
Beyond skiing on groomed pistes, there are other stories about skis and skiing to tell. Floating on Snow delves into... more >
Guillaume Broust
54 min
Französisch / dt. UT
Following in the footsteps of Kyrgyzstan’s nomadic people and the ancient Silk Road, Thomas Delfino, Léa Klaue, and... more >
19:15
  • Schubertkino Saal 1
  • 19:15
  • € 10.5
Joaquin Azulay & Julian Azulay
107 min
Englisch, Französisch, Portugiesisch, Spanisch / engl. UT
Part two of “African Territory”. Starting out in Cameroon and heading southwards, the Gauchos del Mar brothers... more >
Pause
Doris Hochmayr, Wolfgang Stickler
52 min
Deutsch
Qatar is a country of extremes: no larger than the province of Upper Austria, the desert state on the Persian Gulf is... more >
Schubertkino Saal 2
17:00
  • Schubertkino Saal 2
  • 17:00
  • € 10.5
Olaf Obsommer
76 min
Deutsch
The AKC – the Alpine Kayak Club – has always been a committed, passionate promoter of extreme whitewater rafting.... more >
Andrew Opila
30 min
Englisch / engl. UT
Into the Ice is a journey into Cordillera Darwin – a remote, wild and mostly unexplored mountain range on the tip of... more >
19:30
  • Schubertkino Saal 2
  • 19:30
  • € 10.5
Nancy Svendsen
71 min
Nepalesisch / engl. UT
Pasang chronicles Pasang Lhamu Sherpa’s tragic and inspiring journey to become the first Nepalese woman to summit... more >
Ignasi López Fàbregas
20 min
nonverbal
In this adventure-packed animated film, Marek Molek and Bruno Grassi are on the verge of reaching the summit of The... more >
Dariusz Zaluski, Aleksandra Prokopiuk
62 min
Polnisch / engl. UT
The film tells the story of a Polish expedition to Nanda Devi East in July 1939, whose participants were outstanding... more >
Schubertkino Saal 3
17:15
  • Schubertkino Saal 3
  • 17:15
  • € 10.5
Jan Haft
43 min
Deutsch
A road movie about the search for one of Europe’s rarest butterflies: Nature filmmaker Jan Haft travels through... more >
Franz-Leopold Schmelzer
24 min
Deutsch
The Karawanken rise skywards like a huge, dividing wall. Although another boundary – the national border between... more >
Anna Steuber, Viktor Apfelbacher
52 min
Deutsch
Canada is the second largest country in the world and the first to recognize that the diversity of its landscapes must... more >
20:00
  • Schubertkino Saal 3
  • 20:00
  • € 10.5
Leopold Le Grelle
22 min
Englisch
This short film takes us on a journey rich in the adventures of a freedom-seeking traveller. Combined with the practice... more >
Susanna Fanzun
104 min
Deutsch, Italienisch / dt. UT
With the Giacomettis, the rugged valley of Bregaglia in the Swiss mountains has brought forth an entire dynasty of... more >
Steiermarksaal
17:00
  • Steiermarksaal
  • 17:00
  • € 14
Alfredo Croce
12 min
Englisch
Trees that are not native to Europe but thrive here nevertheless have become a hot topic that has polarized opinion.... more >
Wolfgang Tonninger
61 min
Deutsch
Hunting is a divisive issue: It would seem that it has only insiders and ardent opponents. Which is why it is usually... more >
19:30
  • Steiermarksaal
  • 19:30
  • € 29
30 min
Thomas Huber will be available for autographs. There will also be the opportunity to purchase his new book "In den... more >
Thomas Huber
75 min
Deutsch
For decades, the world-famous climber and extreme mountaineer Thomas Huber has been moving close to the edge:... more >
Grüner Saal
17:15
  • Grüner Saal
  • 17:15
  • € 9
Michael Düchs
29 min
Deutsch
“Big mountains, big glaciers – a constant up and down. And: great skiing!” This is how the Garmisch mountain... more >
Bertrand Delapierre, Séverine Gauci
47 min
Französisch / engl. UT
If the Mont Blanc is Chamonix’ King, the Aiguille Verte is its queen. Climbed for the first time in 1866 by the... more >
19:15
  • Grüner Saal
  • 19:15
  • € 11.5
Susanne Delonge, Jan Kerckhoff
29 min
Deutsch
Ancient glacial ice is a precious archive of inestimable value. The glacier on the wind-swept Weißseespitze in the... more >
Jimmy Sundin
48 min
Schwedisch / engl. UT
Jimmy, Tobias and Björn have decided to make a winter ascent of Sweden’s twelve highest peaks – all of them above... more >
Alessandro Beltrame
33 min
Italienisch / engl. UT
In the mid-19th century, when the first English travellers were exploring the largely as yet unclimbed peaks of the... more >
EXPO - Austellerhalle
  • Austellerhalle
  • 16:30
240 min
The festival's exhibition area offers every year new attractions : You will find information and advice from the... more >

Friday 17.11.2023

Stefaniensaal
17:00
  • Stefaniensaal
  • 17:00
  • € 14
Hans-Robert Schauer
30 min
Deutsch
On the occasion of the honouring of the Styrian expedition pioneer Hanns Schell by the Paul Preuss Society, the film... more >
Reinhold Messner
80 min
Deutsch
In 1972, a small expedition led by Wolfgang Nairz embarked on a journey to the challenging south face of Manaslu (8163... more >
19:30
  • Stefaniensaal
  • 19:30
  • € 15
Jeremy Hogarth
52 min
Deutsch
In breathtaking images, we experience the stars of Rudyard Kipling’s literary classic in the India of today. Bagheera... more >
30 min
Deutsch
On the premiere of the ORF Universum film "The Real Jungle Book", the Australian director Jeremy Hogarth, ORF... more >
Steiermarksaal
13:45
  • Steiermarksaal
  • 13:45
  • € 14
Guillem Miró
18 min
Spanisch / engl. UT
Bartomeu, a somewhat surly but on the whole peaceable retired man who quietly cultivates his terraces beneath the... more >
Bertrand Delapierre
44 min
Französisch / dt. UT
Long, arduous ascents are not what the seven friends have in mind as they set off from Karimabad in Pakistan to reach... more >
Andrea Gastgeb
50 min
Deutsch
Though our planet is characterised by unique, fascinating landscapes, large swathes of them remain mostly hidden from... more >
16:30
  • Steiermarksaal
  • 16:30
  • € 14
Josh Lowell
24 min
Englisch / engl. UT
The 29-year-old French sport climber Seb Bouin has been quietly working his way through the elite grades, culminating... more >
David Stummer
26 min
Deutsch
His paraglider suddenly folding, Angelino Zeller crashes to the ground. That was in 2017, an the incident that... more >
Pause
Jonathan Fäth
31 min
Deutsch
Really hard single-pitch trad routes are few and far between in Tyrol. To find these “gems”, which don’t feature... more >
Kammermusiksaal
14:45
  • Kammermusiksaal
  • 14:45
  • € 14
Tom Dauer
27 min
Deutsch
Although Florian and Martin Riegler easily have what it takes to be among the best-known sibling teams in contemporary... more >
Jules Guarneri, Benoît Goncerut
12 min
Französisch / engl. UT
Had his father had his way, Moustique – Mustafa – would have made his career as a footballer. But from the moment... more >
Hannes Tell
22 min
Französisch / dt. UT
Learning how to skateboard at 90 years of age, still climbing a 450 m multipitch at 95, still lead climbing at nearly... more >
Lutz Maurer
35 min
Deutsch
On 2 July 1953, Innsbruck mountaineer Hermann Buhl, in a daring solo attempt, became the first person to reach the... more >
17:15
  • Kammermusiksaal
  • 17:15
  • € 14
Stefan Mitterwallner
4 min
nonverbal
Iceland’s mystical, mist-shrouded landscapes, spectacular glacier lagoons and countless waterfalls hold a special... more >
Yann Sochaczewski
50 min
Deutsch
In the south-western USA, an imposing figure towers skywards, arms outstretched. At first sight, the unmissable object... more >
Pause
Patrick Centurioni
44 min
Deutsch
The Alpine foothills are among Europe’s most romantic wild regions, where mist-shrouded lakes and moors border the... more >
20:00
  • Kammermusiksaal
  • 20:00
  • € 15
Quentin Lustig
46 min
Französisch / engl. UT
Baptistin, Quentin, Robin und Yvan are four engineering students returning from an extraordinary five-month expedition.... more >
Javier Álvaro
51 min
Englisch, Spanisch / dt. UT
Abdul Karim is the most famous sherpa in the Karakorum. Born in Hushé, a small village in northern Pakistan, his only... more >
Tom Woodward
40 min
Englisch
New Zealand’s South Island is an adventurer’s wonderland, with jagged snow-capped mountains, dense uninhabited... more >
Blauer Salon
14:00
  • Blauer Salon
  • 14:00
  • € 9
Alessandro d'Emilia
25 min
Italienisch / engl. UT
Day Dream tells the story of two characters connected to the mountains. Fausto de Stefani, an alpinist and naturalist,... more >
Michael Scheyer
108 min
Deutsch
Thomas Lämmle climbed eight-thousanders like Mount Everest without breathing apparatus. After narrowly surviving a... more >
17:00
  • Blauer Salon
  • 17:00
  • € 9
J. Michael Schumacher
43 min
Deutsch
Over 500 years ago, the Inca Empire stretched from the south of what is now Colombia all the ways to Chile. Its... more >
Christina Zurbrügg & Michael Hudecek
52 min
Deutsch
Kiental in the Swiss Alps: though only a small village, it entered the history books with two historic events: Lenin... more >
19:15
  • Blauer Salon
  • 19:15
  • € 11.5
Lisa Maria Kerschbaumer
47 min
Deutsch
The Dolomites are home to many pioneering women: women who live their lives as they see fit. Like the extreme ski... more >
Lea Vučko
14 min
nonverbal
This story based on a Slovenian folk tale is an analogy of greed and humans’ relationship with nature. In the heart... more >
Henry M. Mix
44 min
Deutsch
The coasts of the Northern Asian Pacific are home to the largest number of bears on earth: brown bears, polar bears and... more >
Grüner Saal
15:30
  • Grüner Saal
  • 15:30
  • € 9
Yannick Boissenot
27 min
Englisch, Französisch / engl. UT
In June 1986, Patrick Gabarrou and Hervé Bouvard opened the “Directissime de la Pointe Walker” on the Grandes... more >
Théo Livet
72 min
Französisch / engl. UT
“You are young and athletic and I am old and athletic”. Thus says mountaineer and painter Marc Batard to his... more >
18:00
  • Grüner Saal
  • 18:00
  • € 9
Mark Pedri
8 min
Englisch
Told through the eyes of a 6-year-old climber who goes by the name of Brave Girl, this documentary captures the... more >
Juan Miguel Ponce
46 min
Spanisch / engl. UT
A Spanish women’s mountaineering team visits the Arabian Peninsula with an ambitious project: With their Abriendo... more >
Martina Trepczyk
11 min
Englisch / engl. UT
Hamna Hussein is the first and still only female and only Muslim scuba diver on a small Maldivian island, diving with... more >
Charley Radcliffe
19 min
Französisch / engl. UT
In July 2022, mountain guides Frederic Degoulet and Benjamin Ribeyre set out to attempt a mountaineering first – to... more >
20:00
  • Grüner Saal
  • 20:00
  • € 11.5
Peter Künzel
44 min
Deutsch
Ever since the major international operation to rescue speleologist Johann Westhauser from the Riesending cave in 2014,... more >
Pause
Alex Lopez
53 min
Französisch / engl. UT
Explorers under the earth follows the attempt of cave explorers Cédric Lachat and David Parrot to try and link the... more >
EXPO - Austellerhalle
  • Austellerhalle
  • 13:00
480 min
The festival's exhibition area offers every year new attractions : You will find information and advice from the... more >
Steiermarksaal
19:00
  • Steiermarksaal
  • 19:00
  • € 29
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner
115 min
Deutsch
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner is the first woman in the world to have climbed all 14 peaks in the 8000-metre series without... more >
30 min
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner will be available for autographs. There will also be the opportunity to purchase her book "Ganz... more >

Saturday 18.11.2023

Stefaniensaal
15:30
  • Stefaniensaal
  • 15:30
  • € 14
Peter Mortimer
47 min
Englisch
Big wall free climbing masters Babsi and Jacopo seek their greatest challenge yet: a free ascent of “Eternal... more >
Pause
Aurelie Gonin
30 min
Französisch / engl. UT
When Liv Sansoz, climbing World champion, and Zeb Roche, paraglider and guide, asked Aurelie Gonin to go with them in... more >
Nicolas Bossard
27 min
Englisch, Französisch / engl. UT
Jumping from the top of Trango Tower in Pakistan (6.251m) after having climbed the Eternal Flame route is to combine... more >
Siegerehrung und Lange Nacht des Bergfilms - Stefaniensaal
  • Stefaniensaal
  • 19:00
Mountainfilm
240 min
Deutsch
The Mountainfilm Graz 2023 shortlist, with all award-nominated films, will be published at the beginning of November.... more >
Steiermarksaal
12:45
  • Steiermarksaal
  • 12:45
  • € 14
Michael Schlamberger
52 min
Deutsch
A nature film and a fairy tale, told from the perspective of a raven. There is something enchanting and almost... more >
Pavol Barabáš
63 min
Slowakisch / engl. UT
For many river runners, the Brahmaputra, Karnali, and Colorado Rivers hold a fascination. Particularly, the Colorado... more >
15:30
  • Steiermarksaal
  • 15:30
  • € 14
Herbert Ostwald
50 min
Deutsch
Deer leap out at cars; toads ponderously hop across the road; insects splat against windscreens. Many animals risk... more >
Pause
Otmar Penker
90 min
Deutsch
Many a hunter dreams of the hunt in the mountains. But mountain hunting requires a lot of experience, know-how and... more >
Kammermusiksaal
12:00
  • Kammermusiksaal
  • 12:00
  • € 14
Lars Pfeiffer
43 min
Deutsch
The Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic are among Europe’s most remote regions. A unique culture has developed here... more >
Harald Pokieser
52 min
Deutsch
Lake Tanganyika unites two magical worlds: wild coasts and a fascinating underwater world with more than two hundred... more >
14:15
  • Kammermusiksaal
  • 14:15
  • € 14
Wolfgang Scherz
45 min
Deutsch
The effects of climate change are clearly visible on the Dachstein. The glaciers are receding. Old sketches,... more >
Pause
Rick Rosenthal, Katya Shirokow
50 min
Deutsch
Marine biologist and underwater filmmaker Rick Rosenthal dives with manta rays. Might these giant fish be trying to... more >
16:45
  • Kammermusiksaal
  • 16:45
  • € 14
Jan Haft
43 min
Deutsch
“Winter am Alpenrand” is a blue-chip nature film that serves up captivating natural history and outstanding artful... more >
Franz Hafner
52 min
Deutsch
Framed by the Salzkammergut region’s idyllic landscape and bounded by steep rock faces lies the Totes Gebirge – a... more >
Blauer Salon
12:30
  • Blauer Salon
  • 12:30
  • € 9
Lutz Maurer
35 min
Deutsch
On 2 July 1953, Innsbruck mountaineer Hermann Buhl, in a daring solo attempt, became the first person to reach the... more >
Mauro Bartoli
77 min
Italienisch / dt. UT
Mario Fantin: director, mountaineer, explorer. Filmmaker of numerous international climbing expeditions, starting with... more >
15:00
  • Blauer Salon
  • 15:00
  • € 9
Claudia Ruby
43 min
Deutsch
Greenland is the planet’s largest island. Sparsely populated and with much of its landmass covered by a gigantic ice... more >
Rosie Koch
43 min
Deutsch
Garden dormice are native throughout Europe. But it seems the rodents with the characteristic black eye markings are... more >
Pause
Michael Schlamberger
52 min
Deutsch
It was 30,000 years ago that Stone Age hunters painted some of humankind’s oldest works of art. Hidden away in remote... more >
Grüner Saal
14:30
  • Grüner Saal
  • 14:30
  • € 9
Sebastien Jam
39 min
Englisch
Why do we climb mountains? The answer can be found somewhere between the foot of the mountains and their summit. More... more >
Thibault Cattelain
48 min
Französisch / engl. UT
In the early 1970s, a small group of professional alpinists began to specialize in what was at the time a brand-new... more >
16:45
  • Grüner Saal
  • 16:45
  • € 9
Marcin Tomaszewski
16 min
Ostgrönländisch, Polnisch / engl. UT
Inussuk is a type of sculpture created by the Inuit by arranging stones in such a way that their pile resembles a... more >
Hugo Clouzeau
66 min
Französisch / engl. UT
Having conquered Peru’s Siula Chico, Hélias Millerioux, Frédéric Degoulet and Benjamin Guigonnet are dreaming of... more >
EXPO - Austellerhalle
  • Austellerhalle
  • 11:30
670 min
The festival's exhibition area offers every year new attractions : You will find information and advice from the... more >

Film overview

Alpinism & Expeditions | Posts

Films about ventures of an exploratory nature in natural spaces away from civilization.
Part two of “African Territory”. Starting out in Cameroon and heading southwards, the Gauchos del Mar brothers...
Long, arduous ascents are not what the seven friends have in mind as they set off from Karimabad in Pakistan to reach...
Austrian freerider and filmmaker Sandra Lahnsteiner-Wagner takes us on a ski tour adventure in Norway’s majestic...
“You are young and athletic and I am old and athletic”. Thus says mountaineer and painter Marc Batard to his...
Cerro Torre is a majestic mountain. Many are the legends surrounding its ascent. In January 2022, despite first having...
Following in the footsteps of Kyrgyzstan’s nomadic people and the ancient Silk Road, Thomas Delfino, Léa Klaue, and...
In June 1986, Patrick Gabarrou and Hervé Bouvard opened the “Directissime de la Pointe Walker” on the Grandes...
On 2 July 1953, Innsbruck mountaineer Hermann Buhl, in a daring solo attempt, became the first person to reach the...
In this adventure-packed animated film, Marek Molek and Bruno Grassi are on the verge of reaching the summit of The...
Jumping from the top of Trango Tower in Pakistan (6.251m) after having climbed the Eternal Flame route is to combine...
The first ascent of the west face of the Baruntse by the Czechs Marek Holeček and Radoslav Groh is a dramatic battle...
The protagonist of the story is Hilda Sterczer, the widow of the internationally renowned mountaineer, Zsolt Erőss....
Inussuk is a type of sculpture created by the Inuit by arranging stones in such a way that their pile resembles a...
Baptistin, Quentin, Robin und Yvan are four engineering students returning from an extraordinary five-month expedition....
Abdul Karim is the most famous sherpa in the Karakorum. Born in Hushé, a small village in northern Pakistan, his only...
Having conquered Peru’s Siula Chico, Hélias Millerioux, Frédéric Degoulet and Benjamin Guigonnet are dreaming of...
Pasang chronicles Pasang Lhamu Sherpa’s tragic and inspiring journey to become the first Nepalese woman to summit...
In this short film made in 2023, we accompany a mountain rescue team on a mission and learn about the procedure of an...
Jimmy, Tobias and Björn have decided to make a winter ascent of Sweden’s twelve highest peaks – all of them above...
In the mid-19th century, when the first English travellers were exploring the largely as yet unclimbed peaks of the...
This short film takes us on a journey rich in the adventures of a freedom-seeking traveller. Combined with the practice...
In 1972, a small expedition led by Wolfgang Nairz embarked on a journey to the challenging south face of Manaslu (8163...
The film tells the story of a Polish expedition to Nanda Devi East in July 1939, whose participants were outstanding...
Patagonia: Gigantic ice-encrusted towers of rock reach out for the storm-lashed sky. Here, mountaineering is a...
When seven of the ski mountaineers froze to death and their guide lost his life through a fall, a mere 400 metres from...
In July 2022, mountain guides Frederic Degoulet and Benjamin Ribeyre set out to attempt a mountaineering first – to...
Climber Caro North and skipper Marta Guemes share a passion for venturing into the unknown. They soon hatch the idea of...
Iceland’s mystical, mist-shrouded landscapes, spectacular glacier lagoons and countless waterfalls hold a special...

Nature and Environment | Posts

Films that deal with the preservation of the environment and the representation of nature with all its creatures in the wild.
Lukas Schäfer and Daniel Tschurtschenthaler from Südtirol are on the hunt for an elusive prey: the two nature...
Faced with the unstoppable advance of hydropower, the last pristine rivers of the Alps are under threat. Nowhere is...
The coasts of the Northern Asian Pacific are home to the largest number of bears on earth: brown bears, polar bears and...
In the Westfjords of Iceland, where mountains meet the sea, creativity finds its ultimate human expression: a surfer on...
Framed by the Salzkammergut region’s idyllic landscape and bounded by steep rock faces lies the Totes Gebirge – a...
At the Koralm in Styria, plans to construct large-scale pumped-storage power plant has sparked off public resistance. ...
In breathtaking images, we experience the stars of Rudyard Kipling’s literary classic in the India of today. Bagheera...
The effects of climate change are clearly visible on the Dachstein. The glaciers are receding. Old sketches,...
Marine biologist and underwater filmmaker Rick Rosenthal dives with manta rays. Might these giant fish be trying to...
A road movie about the search for one of Europe’s rarest butterflies: Nature filmmaker Jan Haft travels through...
Along the border between Austria and Slovakia runs a river that has long resisted all attempts to tame it: the Morava....
It was 30,000 years ago that Stone Age hunters painted some of humankind’s oldest works of art. Hidden away in remote...
Ancient glacial ice is a precious archive of inestimable value. The glacier on the wind-swept Weißseespitze in the...
A nature film and a fairy tale, told from the perspective of a raven. There is something enchanting and almost...
Greenland is the planet’s largest island. Sparsely populated and with much of its landmass covered by a gigantic ice...
Into the Ice is a journey into Cordillera Darwin – a remote, wild and mostly unexplored mountain range on the tip of...
In the south-western USA, an imposing figure towers skywards, arms outstretched. At first sight, the unmissable object...
Canada is the second largest country in the world and the first to recognize that the diversity of its landscapes must...
Bartomeu, a somewhat surly but on the whole peaceable retired man who quietly cultivates his terraces beneath the...
A Finnish equivalent of Werner Herzog’s Grizzly Man, Hannu has a love and connection to nature that surpasses most....
Trees that are not native to Europe but thrive here nevertheless have become a hot topic that has polarized opinion....
What happens when you let nature run wild? Can you feed yourself just from your own garden? In search for the answers,...
Qatar is a country of extremes: no larger than the province of Upper Austria, the desert state on the Persian Gulf is...
Garden dormice are native throughout Europe. But it seems the rodents with the characteristic black eye markings are...
The Alpine foothills are among Europe’s most romantic wild regions, where mist-shrouded lakes and moors border the...
Lake Tanganyika unites two magical worlds: wild coasts and a fascinating underwater world with more than two hundred...
This story based on a Slovenian folk tale is an analogy of greed and humans’ relationship with nature. In the heart...
Viewed from above, the Tara is a narrow turquoise ribbon that winds through eastern Montenegro. This river, which...
Hunting is a divisive issue: It would seem that it has only insiders and ardent opponents. Which is why it is usually...
Deer leap out at cars; toads ponderously hop across the road; insects splat against windscreens. Many animals risk...
“Winter am Alpenrand” is a blue-chip nature film that serves up captivating natural history and outstanding artful...
In Switzerland, untouched natural habitats are feeling the pressure, as a lad grab of the last unexploited areas of the...
Though our planet is characterised by unique, fascinating landscapes, large swathes of them remain mostly hidden from...

People & Cultures | Posts

Contributions dealing with ethnological topics and cultures worthy of protection in their living environment.
A ski resort in the scenic Austrian Alps. A weather camera, installed to display majestic mountain panoramas, casually...
Told through the eyes of a 6-year-old climber who goes by the name of Brave Girl, this documentary captures the...
Over 500 years ago, the Inca Empire stretched from the south of what is now Colombia all the ways to Chile. Its...
The Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic are among Europe’s most remote regions. A unique culture has developed here...
Many a hunter dreams of the hunt in the mountains. But mountain hunting requires a lot of experience, know-how and...
The Karawanken rise skywards like a huge, dividing wall. Although another boundary – the national border between...
Beyond skiing on groomed pistes, there are other stories about skis and skiing to tell. Floating on Snow delves into...
With the Giacomettis, the rugged valley of Bregaglia in the Swiss mountains has brought forth an entire dynasty of...
Mario Fantin: director, mountaineer, explorer. Filmmaker of numerous international climbing expeditions, starting with...
The Dolomites are home to many pioneering women: women who live their lives as they see fit. Like the extreme ski...
Thomas Lämmle climbed eight-thousanders like Mount Everest without breathing apparatus. After narrowly surviving a...
Although Florian and Martin Riegler easily have what it takes to be among the best-known sibling teams in contemporary...
It’s been 150 years since the idea of organised guided mountain tours in the High Tatras was born. To this day, this...
Had his father had his way, Moustique – Mustafa – would have made his career as a footballer. But from the moment...
Hamna Hussein is the first and still only female and only Muslim scuba diver on a small Maldivian island, diving with...
Kiental in the Swiss Alps: though only a small village, it entered the history books with two historic events: Lenin...

Sports in Mountains & Nature | Posts

Films that focus on athletic performance in relation to the natural environment, as well as the motivations of the actors.
A Spanish women’s mountaineering team visits the Arabian Peninsula with an ambitious project: With their Abriendo...
The north face of the Eiger is the classic among Europe’s Alpine ascents. For elite mountain runner Philipp Reiter...
Learning how to skateboard at 90 years of age, still climbing a 450 m multipitch at 95, still lead climbing at nearly...
Big wall free climbing masters Babsi and Jacopo seek their greatest challenge yet: a free ascent of “Eternal...
Seb Berthe dreams of climbing the Dawn Wall, the most difficult route in the world. But Seb has no intention to reach...
Cross Tyrol is a documentary of a ski traverse through the mountainous Austrian province of Tyrol. The crew of skiers...
The 29-year-old French sport climber Seb Bouin has been quietly working his way through the elite grades, culminating...
Peek into the world of Belgian climber Siebe Vanhee’s authentic, raw process of his first season climbing on...
On 29 May 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first people ever to reach the summit of Mount Everest....
Day Dream tells the story of two characters connected to the mountains. Fausto de Stefani, an alpinist and naturalist,...
The Scottish winter climbing scene is something adventure filmmaker Alastair Lee has always looked at with admiration,...
Four times Olympic and world medalist Sabrina Filzmoser sets out to go from sea level to the top of Everest without the...
For many river runners, the Brahmaputra, Karnali, and Colorado Rivers hold a fascination. Particularly, the Colorado...
Volcán Tupungato is a volcanic peak that stretches 6570 metres skywards on the border between Chile and Argentina –...
His paraglider suddenly folding, Angelino Zeller crashes to the ground. That was in 2017, an the incident that...
When Liv Sansoz, climbing World champion, and Zeb Roche, paraglider and guide, asked Aurelie Gonin to go with them in...
Forever in search of the best powder snow, Sam Strauss and Andreas Gassner team up with Tom Gaisbacher and Luca...
Why do we climb mountains? The answer can be found somewhere between the foot of the mountains and their summit. More...
If the Mont Blanc is Chamonix’ King, the Aiguille Verte is its queen. Climbed for the first time in 1866 by the...
New Zealand’s South Island is an adventurer’s wonderland, with jagged snow-capped mountains, dense uninhabited...
My Phantom follows the intimate journey of Dutch alpinist Line van den Berg as she questions what it means to be a...
Really hard single-pitch trad routes are few and far between in Tyrol. To find these “gems”, which don’t feature...
Jonathan Bargibant, a climbing teacher, prepares to climb the 8b+ rated Tom & Je Ris route in the Gorges du Verdon in...
The AKC – the Alpine Kayak Club – has always been a committed, passionate promoter of extreme whitewater rafting....
In a remarkable year, two gritty teams of hobbyist cavers are poised to break records for the longest and deepest caves...
The two freeriders “Hauni” and Matthias have experienced and filmed many great adventures on almost every...
In the early 1970s, a small group of professional alpinists began to specialize in what was at the time a brand-new...
Ever since the major international operation to rescue speleologist Johann Westhauser from the Riesending cave in 2014,...
“Big mountains, big glaciers – a constant up and down. And: great skiing!” This is how the Garmisch mountain...
Explorers under the earth follows the attempt of cave explorers Cédric Lachat and David Parrot to try and link the...
Project manager Elsa is furious: her team has made a successful pitch and now excludes her from the presentation in...
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