FILMS 2000
Annapurna: A Look Back
15mins Producer Lee Goss
A retrospective look at the first woman's ascent with the death of British mountaineer Alison Chadwick as a tragic conclusion.
Annapurna. l'histoire d'une legende (Annapurna, History of a Legend)
49mins Director Bernard George Producer Luc Martin-Gousset
On the 50th anniversary of the first ascent of an 8000 metre peak, this film takes a measured look at the facts, including the role and the leadership of Herzog.
A Scream of Paper
4 mins Director Andrea Salvá
A Monty Pythonesque cartoon from Italy
Another Kogg Day (World Premiere)
23 mins Director David Kwant (in person)
Extreme Kaykking in Scotland, wild and wet.
Approved Accommodation
19mins Director Scott Cozens
A Canadian film with a humorous look at squatting in a Rockies ski resort.
Back to K2
25mins Director David Thomasson (in person)
Alan Hinkes climbs K2 in 1995 at his third attempt. He reminices about his ascent and the tragic death of Alison Hargreaves in the same year. Tyne Tees TV.
Back to Makalu
25mins Director David Thomasson
This time, Hinkes has an epic on Makalu, from the jungle approach on, facing avalanches and rock falls, culminating in success.
Climb Back
29 Mins Producer Lynne Mennie
From BBC Scotland, the film described Jamie Andrews appalling epic on Les Doites and his long rehabilitation, culminating in an ascent of Ben Nevis
Cutting Loose (World Premiere)
49mins Director Nick Tarmey (in person)
From the Glasgow school, a bouldering film "with neds and other freaks" on Dumbarton Rock.
Colorado Mountain Conservation - The Rancher's Dilemma
8mins BBC Aberdeen Director Rob Bryce
A self explanatory video short!
Call Out - Edale Mountain Rescue Team
10 Mins. Director Matt Richards
A self explanatory video short
Cycling Mongolia
50 mins Directed by Sarah Scragg and Citt Williams
An entertaining fly on the wall documentary of a bicycle ride through a wonderful landscape.
Daulagiri Express
43mins Stipe Bozic
Slovian Tomaz Humar solos the south face of Daulagiri - pure hubris or heroics?
Denali, Land of the High One
25 Mins Karvonen Films
Wild life and wild country around the base of North America's highest mountain.
Downwalling
26mins Directors Lubomir Slavik/Jaromir Zid
A tongue in cheek Czech look at climbing in the Miri Smid style.
El Stinge (World Premiere)
13mins Director Silvo Karo (in person)
The Andes also have big walls of granite as Silvo and his Slovian team open multi pitch routes of 7c.
Equilibrium (World Premiere)
25 mins A Slackjaw film by Mark Turnbull (in person)
The successor to "Hard Grit". It tells of Neil Bentley's two year commitment to climb one of the last great problems at Burbage - one of the hardest and most dangerous grit climbs.
Further
60 mins Director Chad Jackson
A Festival fringe film for extreme snowboarders loads of powder and stunts.
Himalaya
1hr40mins Director Eric Valli
A beautiful and moving feature drama about Nepal with a King Lear twist of fate.
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30 mins French
The director tells us; "no boring interviews, hard core bouldering, from grit to Fontainbleu".
Kingdom of the Clouds
39 mins Director Steve Robinson
Made by BBC Wales, this is a stunning video diary of an attempt to paraglide the Himalaya
Legende de Tropiques
36mins Director Remy Tezier
Canyoneering, rock climbing, abseiling through waterfalls; a beautiful and spectacular French celebration of nature
Lost on Everest
50 mins Producer Peter Firstbrook
A BBC film on the discovery of Mallory's body and the detective story of what might have happened. Did they get to the top?
Lost On Everest
50 Mins Producer Liesl Clark
The American version of the discovery of Mallory, using similar footage to the British version, but producing a very different film. Students of documentaries should compare the two!
Millennium
17mins Director Francesco Santollo
An Italian feast of beautiful audio visual images.
Monte Civetta
15mins Director Giorgio Redaelli
Archive footage of the Via Solleder
Neblina - Mountains in the Mist
52 mins Director Antoine de Maximy/Henry Herré
Venezuela's mysterious mountains contain many unknown animals and plants - a scratch and sniff movie.
Notes from the Himalaya
33mins Director Toby Molins
A personal look at life and culture in, you guessed it, the Karakorum
Pamir Allay
25mins Director Alberto Beltrami (in person)/Lorenzo Pvarello
Italian big wall climbing in the granite playgrounds of Kirgistan
Patagonian Ice Cap Traverse (World Premiere)
47 mins Director David Jinks (in person)
In the footsteps of Shipton, a British team follows his route across the ice cap to climb Volcan Lautaro.
Petit Dru
16mins Director Giorgio Redaelli
A second short Italian film with archive footage on the Dru.
Realise en Montagne
15 mins Director Bevis Bowden
A portrait of life and landscape in Spiti, Northern India
Reticent Wall
30mins Stipe Bozic
Slovian Tomaz Humar spends 15 days soloing one of the most dangerous and technical routes on El Capitan
Road to Certain Death
29mins Steve Robinson BBC Wales
A gripping documentary about cave diving in the Picos de Europa
Sacred Wave
26 mins Director Joachim Hellinger
Sun, Surf, and sensational footage of world class surfing.
Salathé - Climbing on Jelly Fish (World Premiere)
50 mins Richard Heap (in person)
Richard Heap and Neil Bentley had a dream of free climbing the Salathe Wall. This is a beautifully shot and intimate film, getting its world premiere.
Scary Faces
45 Mins Axolotl Productions
A Climbing Jules Verne story of Eldorado Canyon in Colorado and vivid portrait of the climbing scene there.
Searching Patagonia
4mins Director Mark Carroll
A short but beautiful film using both still and video images
Ski Nomads Lebanon
28mins Saskia Anley
Visually impressive and unusual ski touring film.
Snow Sense
46 mins Producer Edward Homer
A cautionary tale for off piste skiers, explaining the dangers and dynamics of untrammelled snow.
Splinter
4 mins Slackjaw film by Richard Heap (in person)
A pumpy and humorous look at training on wood.
Stikine Challenge
26mins Director Robert Poole/John Bredar
A white water river challenge in the river of the same name.
Tamangur
17mis Director Stephen MacMillan
A beautiful and poetic Swiss film about this 800 year old mountain forest.
The Dizzy Height's Knights
49 mins Directors Fulvio Mariani/Gianluigi Quarti/Gionvanni Censacchi
The race between rival Italian clubs to climb some of the great overhanging walls of the Dolomite, with a Romeo and Juliet twist.
The Fatal Game
52mins Director James Heyward
A New Zealand guide gets his client to the summit of Everest, but has to leave him on descent or die himself - a grim look at commercial expeditions.
The Frozen Heart
90mins Director Toril Simonsen
A powerful documentary about the life of Roald Amundsen - a tragic portrait of a great explorer.
The Making of Extreme
Four 30mins episodes on the creation of new IMAX films on Rock Climbing, Ice Climbing, Snow Boarding and Surfing. All films directed by Jon Long
The Old Man Fights Back
3mins HTV John Alcock
Evergreen Mike Banks on the Old Man of Hoy
Tight Squeeze
28 mins Director Beth Rypins
Extreme kayaking told through the eyes of women who live for adventure.
Trans Himalaya
38mins Joachim Hellinger
A Himalayan Pentathlon - walking, cycling, climbing, canoeing and canyoneering.
Voyagau a Coeur de la Fournaise - Volcan et Contrebasse
28 mins Remy Tezier
A sumptuous film about volcanoes, visually stunning.
Wild Climbs Yosemite and Czech Republic
both 29mins Director Richard Else (in person)
Two films from the series; Leo Houlding and Andy Cave find Czech limestone as scary as it comes, while Tim Emmett and Alison Osius climb Yosemite test pieces
Yelling in the Face of Life
52 mins Director James Hayward
A film that celebrates extreme sports - base diving, river rafting, bungy jumping, but with a grim and tragic sub plot - the death of a base jumper.
Yeti
60 mins Director Frédéric Fougea
A strange French melodrama set in Nepal many years ago. Love it or hate it!
