16th Tegernsee International Mountain Film Festival 2018, 17 – 21 October

Short Programme (English)

Tuesday, 16 October 2018

Ludwig-Thoma-Saal, 8:00 pm – Best of Tegernsee – Last Year’s Award-Winning Films

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7’00 DE Last Exit (After a few years of BASE jumping, six out of a group of ten friends have Puria Ravahi / German met their death. The fascination and beechstudios tree group addiction of this extreme sport as well as the pain of those left behind constitute a crucial conversation.)

A mords Sauhaufen in an z’kloan Zelt (A Bunch of Nutters in a Tiny Tent: Simon Platzer, Johannes Freeriders Alex, Max and Rafael are Hoffmann, Jakob merely testing their tent when a 12’00 AT German Schweighofer / breathtaking roller coaster ride through the mountains begins. Their Whiteroom Production tiny magical tent brings our heroes to unimaginable places.)

Battle Cat 8c+ Lena Herrmann (Lena Herrmann, ’s strongest female rock climber, is the 13’00 DE Alexej Funke / Cinecircle German first woman to send “Battle Cat”, an 8c+ route in the Franconian Jura.).

Symphony on Skis (In 1986 mountain guide Gottlieb Braun-Elwert traversed New Zealand’s southern on skis in Carla Braun-Elwert / just 18 hours, mastering a massive 60’00 NZ English glacier, four mountain passes and Atara Film 4,000 m of altitude. He never thought of this experience as a struggle, but likes to call it a symphony.)

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Wednesday, 17 October 2018 Barocksaal, 8:00 pm – Opening Night –

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Viacruxis (Marcel and Andrezj are very different characters. Marcel likes to hog the limelight, while Andrezj always caters the support act. Yet, together, they form a strong Spanish / team and were the first to storm the Ignasi López / Ignasi highest peaks of their animated 11’00 ES English López Fàbregas world. Presently, the two likeable subtitles cartoon heroes face their greatest challenge, and their path is riddled with obstacles. Even worse, Andrezj is fed up with his existence in Marcel’s shadow.) Reiss di zsamm! Geduldsprobe am Cerro Kishtwar (Pull Yourself Together! Ordeal at Cerro Kishtwar)

(Only they see those lines on sheer rock, only in their heads do certain traces exist. Swiss mountaineers Stephan Siegrist and Thomas Huber have often demonstrated their intuitive talents. In 2017 they Max Reichl / achieve another masterpiece, 7’00 DE German together with Julian Zanker, at the beechstudios tree group pristine granite peak of Cerro Kishtwar, succeeding with a first ascent of its icy big wall. They call the route “Har-Har-Mahadev”, which translates roughly through Bavarian as “Pull yourself together!”. Thomas Huber screens his film about this daring venture for the first time at the Tegernsee Mountain Film Festival.) – Der letzte Schritt (Mount Everest – The Final Step) (In 1978 Peter Habeler and Reinhold Messner master the first ascent of Mount Everest without bottled oxygen. Embedded into the award-winning documentary film by legendary director Leo Dickinson, Reinhold Messner / Reinhold Messner presents newly 47‘00 AT German filmed, dramatised sequences that Servus TV could not have been shot in 1978. Messner’s son Simon and Philipp Brugger act as the first ascenders on their dramatic way to the summit. In 2017 Reinhold Messner’s film “Still Alive – Drama am Mount Kenia” won the Great Prize of the City of Tegernsee.)

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Ludwig-Thoma-Saal, 8:00 pm - Future, Whereto? -

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Wenn die Zugspitz’ schwitzt – Klimawandel in den Alpen (When Mt. Zugspitze Breaks a Sweat – Climate Change in the Alps) (No other place in Germany demonstrates climate change as drastically as the Alps: here, the rise in temperature is almost double the national average, with dramatic Angelika Vogel, Jürgen consequences for the Alpine 43’00 DE Eichinger / Jürgen German environment. Award-winning film Eichinger Film maker Jürgen Eichinger conveys this much with the help of spectacular footage shot at and on Mt. Zugspitze. The impact affects animals, plants, people – everybody has to adjust. However, the greatest danger lurks inside the mountain.)

Alpine Rebellen – Zwischen Wahnsinn und Wintermärchen (Alpine Rebels – Between Madness and a Winter’s Mare) (Around 100 million people flock to the Alps every year, many of them not on a quest for quiet, but for a bit Brigitte Kronberger / of hullabaloo. How much Alpine 29’00 DE German trash tourism can the environment Bayerischer Rundfunk endure? With its picturesque mountain landscapes Germany’s first village, Ramsau in the Berchtesgaden region, appeals to a gentler kind of tourism. But can the small community survive on tranquility?) Zozooloi – 199 kleine Helden (Zozooloi – 199 Tiny Heroes) (Zozooloi and her family live in a yurt in the Altai mountains of Mongolia. She labours like a man, carrying water, hacking dung and milking the cows. She tells her story of a Sigrid Klausmann / Mongolian / foreign, fascinating and endangered 13‘00 DE Gerhard Schmidt, Gemini German world. She goes to school in Film & Library subtitles Tsengel, which is 75 miles away, where she also manages her grandmother’s household. Finally, she gets Internet access. But which of these two worlds holds her future?)

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Medius, 8:00 pm – Between Heaven’s Cope and Caves –

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Imagination: Tom Wallisch (We’ve all been that kid in the back of their parents’ car, wishing dearly to be somewhere completely different. Dreams grow wings and Dave Mossop / Sherpas during a drive through the snow- 5’00 CAN English laden cities of British Columbia they Cinema actually come to life: Isn’t that Tom Wallisch beside the car, one of the world’s best free skiers, jumping across rooftops and sliding down railings?) En vol vers les 8000 (Flying up to 8,000) (Equipped with a tent and a paraglider, Antoine Girard intends to traverse Northern Pakistan. Left entirely to his own devices, he flies for 19 days across more than 746 French / miles of breathtaking Himalayan 41’00 F Antoine Girard German mountain chains. He reaches an subtitles altitude of 8,157 m (26,762 ft) and even gets to see Broad Peak from above. In 2017 this daredevil mission earned Antoine Girard the National Geographic title “Adventurer of the Year”.) The Ario Dream (An expedition team takes off to further explore the Ario Cave in Northern Spain. Their goal is to discover the missing connection between two passages, English / GB / Paul Diffley / Hot Aches thus potentially revealing Europe’s 42’00 German deepest cave system. Nothing must ES Production go wrong, an emergency rescue is subtitles impossible. Suspense peaks when one diver after the other disappears into the impenetrable darkness of deep underground waters.) Bernd Arnold – Wege nach innen (Bernd Arnold – Inward Paths) (His record of the 70ies and 80ies lists several of the world’s toughest climbing routes. In this compassionate short portrait, 70- year-old climbing pioneer Bernd Ulf Wogenstein / Arnold makes connections between 12’00 DE German Wogenstein Pictures his athletic climbing success and inner life: from his childhood roots to faraway places, to homeland and friendship, all the way to the present day. The image-rich retrospective was shot among Saxony’s sandstone features.).

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Schalthaus, 8:00 pm – Sources of Life –

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“I tat nit tauschn” – Ein Leben auf entlegenen Höfen („I Wouldn’t Swap“ – Life on Remote Mountain Farms) (They still exist in South Tyrol: remote mountain farms without drivable access, far from the villages. Ewald Thaler consciously opted for this kind of life, same as Karin Duregger / German, South Siegfried and Florian Lanthaler. 45’00 IT recmedia Tyrol dialect From spring to late autumn they live in isolation at 1,700 m (5,577 ft) of altitude, while their wife and mother manages the farmstead in the valley below. Up there she finds it too lonely. However, those who do go up find quiet and strength and the determination to keep going, with life and with the farm.) Brahmaputra – Der große Fluss vom Himalay (Tibet) (Brahmaputra – The Great Himalayan River) (Between this river’s source southeast of Mt. Kailash and the Grand Canyon in Eastern Tibet, one of our planet’s most dynamic landscapes unfolds. Here, alongside Klaus Feichtenberger / the Himalaya’s main ridge, the 46’00 AT pre tv/dreid.at/EOS German formerly separate continents of India Films/ORF and Asia slam together at full force. This immense collision shaped the Himalaya and the Brahmaputra river system. Numerous hidden high valleys present extremely challenging biospheres, even for well adapted plants and wildlife.)

Quirinal, 8:00 pm – History and Stories –

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Die Alpen – Eine große Geschichte (The Alps – A Tremendous History) (The Alps are Europe’s most Florian Breier, Christian imposing mountain barrier. Stiefenhofer / Breathtaking images and exciting 60’00 DE German Bilderfest/factual dramatised scenes show early man’s conquest of this mountain entertainment wilderness. Across the millennia, the Alps become home to 14 million people. The film’s time travels begin

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Break on Through (The US climbing of 5.15 (UIAA scale 11) is reserved for the world’s best sports climbers. Never has a woman sent one of these routes. Margo Hayes, a so far largely unknown climber from Peter Mortimer, Matty English / Colorado, wants to change that. To 26’00 US Hong, Nick Rosen / German get closer to the world’s toughest routes, she goes to Europe and Zachary Barr, Reel Rock subtitles gives everything to reach her goal. She pushes her body and her willpower to the utmost extreme – risking injury and failure on her quest to be the first gal to send a 5.15.) Schattenfänger (Shadow Catchers) (Nothing but the legend of the “shadow catchers” remains from a formerly grand civilisation and all its riches and cultural treasures. On a quest for bygone times, the Nadine Zacharias / narrating “I” hikes across ancient 15‘00 DE German forests and discovers a collapsed Moving Ideas shaft entry. She hopes to find the legendary treasures deep down in the dark and thereby to discover how people used to live here. What she does unearth, exceeds all expectations.)

Thursday, 18 October 2018

Ludwig-Thoma-Saal, 9:30 am – Children’s Programme I –

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Imagination: Tom Wallisch (rep.) (We’ve all been that kid in the back of their parents’ car, wishing dearly to be somewhere completely different. Dreams Dave Mossop / Sherpas grow wings and during a drive through 5’00 CAN English the snow-laden cities of British Columbia Cinema they actually come to life: Isn’t that Tom Wallisch beside the car, one of the world’s best free skiers, jumping across rooftops and sliding down railings?)

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Die Larinenwarner (Avalanche Warning) (They have to get out at 5 am every morning, in any kind of weather. They have to be swift and reliable. Because it is the Bavarian avalanche warning team’s job to transmit their daily report at Jan Kerckhoff / 7.30 am exactly. This is where skiers, ski 26’00 DE Bilderfest/Bayerischer German tourers, communities, road maintenance, Rundfunk ski lift operators and mountain inn keepers get their information about the current avalanche risk. It’s not an easy job and there is no room for mistakes – as they could be fatal. )

Vincent – 199 kleine Helden (Vincen – 199 Tiny Heroes) (11-year-old Vincent often is the only boy on his favourite mountain, the Feuerkogel. His tomcat Socke and his parents replace friends his own age. In Sigrid Klausmann / any kind of winter weather he skis down 15’00 DE Gerhard Schmidt, Gemini German steep mogul pistes to his school in Film & Library Ebensee, together with his father. Vincent worries about climate change because he knows: no snow means no guests. Later in life, Vincent would like to take over his parents’ mountain inn.)

Zozooloi – 199 kleine Helden (Zozooloi – 199 Tiny Heroes) (Zozooloi and her family live in a yurt in the Altai mountains of Mongolia. She labours like a man, carrying water, hacking dung and milking the cows. She Sigrid Klausmann / Mongolian / tells her story of a foreign, fascinating 13’00 DE Gerhard Schmidt, Gemini German and endangered world. She goes to Film & Library subtitles school in Tsengel, which is 75 miles away, where she also manages her grandmother’s household. Finally, she gets Internet access. But which of these two worlds holds her future?) Viacruxis (rep) (Marcel and Andrezj are very different characters. Marcel likes to hog the limelight, while Andrezj always caters the support act. Yet, together, they form a Spanish / Ignasi López / Ignasi strong team and were the first to storm 11‘00 ES English the highest peaks of their animated López Fàbregas world. Presently, the two likeable cartoon subtitles heroes face their greatest challenge, and their path is riddled with obstacles. Even worse, Andrezj is fed up with his existence in Marcel’s shadow.)

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Schalthaus, Start from 12:00 pm midday – Nonstop Programme I – (no presenter)

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12:00 pm midday, Faszination Erde – Rocky Maountains (Fascinating Planet – The Rocky Mountains) (The Rocky Mountains turn the Northern American continent into a place of Iris Zink / Zweites extremes. Erecting a massive barrier 44’00 DE German across its north-south axis, they contain 22 Deutsches Fernsehen national parks, an immensely diverse flora and fauna and treat skiers to “champagne powder” in winter. Dirk Steffens took the leap to explore North America’s fate in the Rockies.)

Approx. 12:45 pm, Über Österreich – Juwele des Landes (Above Austria – A Nation’s Jewels) (Jewels – this idea includes both natural treasures and outstanding architectural landmarks. In Vorarlberg, the Alpine Rhine Valley and the expansive region surrounding Lake Constance offer 49’00 AT Georg Riha / Riha Film German magnificent contrasts against massifs such as the Silvretta Alps. In the Tyrolean Inntal and Lechtal Valleys, the main Alpine ridge’s peaks as well as the Karwendel Range loom above enchanted castles and monasteries. Local treasures also include National Park Hohe Tauern and the Lienz Dolomites, facing South Tyrol. )

Approx. 1:40 pm, Mein anderes Russland – Ein Amateur am Elbrus (My Other – An Amateur at Mt. Elbrus) (Christof Franzen, Russia correspondent for Swiss TV, has been reporting on crises and conflicts for ten years. Now, he would Lisa Röösli / Schweizer like for once in his life to stand on top of Mt. 52’00 CH German Fernsehen/3 SAT Elbrus, the roof of Europe. But he is no mountaineer. A Russian mountain guide shows him the first few steps towards the summit. En route across the dormant volcano’s flanks, Christof nearly loses heart. What on earth was he thinking?)

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Schalthaus, Start 4:00 pm – Nonstop Programme II – (no presenter)

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4:00 pm, Uruca II – Bugaboos Edition (Hugo and Lipe are back on the wall. This time, they face fierce conditions on a very alpine route. Wet and icy rock, Portuguese / CAN / communication problems and constantly 8’00 Erick Grigorosvki German changing conditions give the animated BRAS heroes a hard time. Hugo and Lipe won subtitles over the hearts of Tegernsee audiences a couple of years ago, when climbing at Rio de Janeiro’s Sugarloaf Mountain. )

Approx. 4:10 pm, Solo in volo (By Flight Only) (“If anyone wants to save me here, they’re gonna need wings” – or a chopper. In the 1950ies, Luigi Bombardieri was one of the great pioneers of aerial rescue in the Alps. What counted as spectacular single Gianluca Maspes / incidents at the time is everyday life in the 31’00 IT Fondazione Luigi IItalian mountains by now – at least in the Alps. At Bombardieri the extreme altitudes of the Himalayas, however, flying remains an art form. Maurizio Folini perfects this art and was able to conduct the highest rescue operation of all times at Mt. Everest.)

Approx. 4:50 pm, Wildes Deutschland – Das Erzgebirge (Wild Germany – The Erzgebirge Range) (Among mud volcanos and cold air columns, the Erzgebirge Mountains offer biospheres to many specialists. The water Uwe Müller / Capricornum shrew hunts in mountain brooks, peregrine 44‘00 DE Film/Mitteldeutscher German falcons nest in rock crevices and the Rundfunk tardigrade even survives a deep-freeze around here. Growth and demise in the Erzgebirge are determined by the power of water, which shaped the rocks, tilled caves and valleys and created the hill moors.)

Approx. 5:45 pm, Notes from the Wall, (Three Belgian world class climbers are on their way to Patagonia. The El Regalo de Mwono Route on the east face of Torre Central (Torres del Paine) is where Sean English, Villanueva O’Driscoll is headed (as always French, equipped with his flute), together with Siebe Vanhee, Guillaume Nicolas Favresse and Siebe Vanhee. The 35‘00 B Dutch / Lion / Siebe Vanhee route extends across 1,200 m (almost German 4,000 ft), is extremely difficult and was only subtitles free-climbed once before. The trip lasts 19 days. Accentuated by not always harmonious melodies, it revolves around more than just climbing, particularly around mountain camaraderie.)

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Barocksaal, 5:00 pm – Retrospective Norman G. Dyhrenfurth-

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Amricans on Everest (In 1963 Norman Dyhrenfurth starts a new chapter in the history of high altitude climbing — as the organiser, fundraiser and film maker of the US expedition to Mt. Everest. Not only do the first US- Americans reach the world’s highest peak, a further endeavour succeeds: the first traverse of Everest in two teams Norman Dyhrenfurth / across two routes, of which one, the 60’00 AT / GB National Geographic English western ridge, had never been climbed Society; before. As their cinematographer, TV premiere in 1965 Dyhrenfurth reaches an altitude of 8,700 m (28,543 ft). Upon its return, the Everest ’63 Team is honoured by President John F. Kennedy in the White House, which represents the zenith of Norman Dyhrenfurth’s career. This impressive documentary film is narrated by nobody less than Orson Welles.)

Samsara – Ein tibetisches Erbe (Samsara – A Tibetan Heritage) (After working as an expert for mountaineering sequences in large- scale Hollywood movie productions throughout the 1970ies and 80ies, Norman Dyhrenfurth / Norman Dyhrenfurth shot this 49’00 CH 1993 English acclaimed and award-winning documentary about Tibetan funeral rituals, the Dalai Lama and the concept of reincarnation. The making of this film once again took him to the land of the Sherpas, at the foot of Mt. Everest. )

Ludwig-Thoma-Saal, 5:00 pm – Passion on the Mountain –

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Auf Entdeckungstour in den Abruzzen (Discovery in the Abruzzo Mountains) (Few people know that there are a number of quite high mountains situated near Rome, Italy. The Abruzzo is a mature massif and its Mt. Corno Grande is almost as high as German Mt. Michael Düchs / Zugspitze. A small group of passionate 27’00 DE German Bayerischer Rundfunk mountaineers departs on a discovery tour into this less known mountain range. There, they encounter not only mediterranean firn ice and warm rocks, but also plenty of culture and culinary delights.)

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The Lorax Project (Six friends take off to climb the Lorax Route in Tasmania’s remote West. The adventure’s zenith is a BASE jump from English / the peak, at least according to plan. Pete Wyllie, Simon Blair / Surrounded by pristine wilderness, the 34’00 AUS German Mission Control Collective team faces extreme weather conditions subtitles and a path through challenging, rugged terrain. But they trust their own abilities – and never lose their sense of humour.)

La Congenialità – Seelenverwandtschaft (La Congenialità – Kindred Souls) (Simone Moro and Tamara Lunger are a rope team with ambitious goals and an age difference of 18 years. A passionate German, winter mountaineer, Simone already has Christian Schmidt / Italian, a track record of many achievements. So 20‘00 DE HelliVentures English / far, responsibilities were clearly divided: Simone as master and Tamara as his Filmproduktion German student. However, when they undertake subtitles the world’s highest eightthousander traverse at Mt. Kanchenjunga, circumstances force the routined duo to abruptly switch roles.)

Medius-Center, 5:00 pm – Dream and Challenge –

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North of Nightfall (Beyond the glaciers of the Arctic Circle, brutal temperatures, unpredictable weather and a 9-month winter ensure Jeremy Grand /Freeride English / that humans avoid this region. But in 66’00 CAN Entertainment, Red Bull German summer, the never-setting sun allows this TV subtitles landscape to bloom, which makes incredible, never attempted mountain bike routes accessible.)

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Ramsay’s Round (Ultramarathon runner Alicia Hudelson decides to brave one of Scotland’s toughest long distance runs: the Claire und Dave English / infamous Ramsay’s Round. This 24-hour 21’00 Scotland MacLeod / Rare Breed German challenge takes her across 24 Scottish Productions subtitles “hills” and to a total altitude gain of 8,500 m (27,887 ft) amidst the overwhelming landscape of the Scottish Highlands.)

Home Stories (A morning in Munich. Harshly, the alarm clock terminates a beautiful dream of untouched powder snow glistening in the sun. A student decides to break free from 9’00 AT/DE Flo Gassner German his unbearable daily grind, with the help of his skis. Whereto: Japan? Or simply to the Tyrolean mountains? After all, freeriders do not need to travel to the end of the world to make the white gold fly!)

Quirinal, 5:00 pm –– Surch for Traces -

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Die Rückkehr der Wildnis – Reno Sommerhalders Suche nach der intakten Natur (Return of the Wilderness – Reno Sommerhalder’s Search for Unblemished Nature) (Switzerland is an overused part of the world. Thousands of plant and animal species are endangered. But a different Beat Bieri / Schweizer German / Swiss Switzerland exists. Here, a new 92’00 CH wilderness is in the making, where nearly Fernsehen dialect extinct animals find a home. For the first time in almost 200 years, bears have been spotted, bearded vultures once more circle the summits. It is possible that even Europe’s biggest mammal will make itself at home again in Switzerland – centuries after its disappearance.)

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Barocksaal, 8:00 pm – Retrospective: Norman G. Dyhrenfurth II

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It can be challenging to be born to famous parents. Norman Dyhrenfurth, son of Oskar G. Dyhrenfurth, the Himalayan authority of the 1930ies, and his wife Hettie, didn’t encounter any problems. He followed in his father’s footsteps, not as a scientist, but as a mountaineer, expedition leader and film maker – and made many of his dreams come true. When he died in September 2017 at the age of 99 in Salzburg, a deeply fulfilled life came to its end.

Since he first accompanied the Swiss Everest expedition as its cinematographer in 1952, the globe’s highest peak kept him enthralled. He returned to it several times, experienced his great triumph there in 1963, but also endured disappointments. However, no failure dampened his zest for action, he always kept his composure. Up until the very end he also kept abreast with mountain events and impressed those around him with his openness, dignity and humility

Zum dritten Pol (To the Third Pole / Norman Dyhrenfurth, Part 2)

(In this second part of the great documentary about the 45’00 DE Andreas Nickel /Jürgen German Dyhrenfurth family, film maker Czwienk / Andreas Nickel primarily follows in explorermedia the footsteps of Norman Dyhrenfurth.)

Further footage will be screened. Moreover, Michael Pause will talk to Maria Sernetz-Dyhrenfurth, to film maker Andreas Nickel and Dr. Michael Bilic, who, in his role as director of the Salzburg Mountain Film Festival, enjoyed amicable relations with Norman Dyhrenfurth over many years.

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Ludwig-Thoma-Saal, 8:00 pm – On a Wing and a Prayer –

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Tierra del viento (Land of the Wind) (Patagonia. Even further south than our thoughts reach, there is a land of Spanish / Laura Belinky / Wild outrageous expansion and beauty. When 18‘00 GB/ARG German photographer Eliseo Miciu goes to River Films explore it, he not only discovers many subtitles mystical places and unique motifs, he also learns a lot about himself.)

Aigle et Gypaète – Les maîtres du ciel (Eagle and Ossifrage – Masters of the Sky) (Over more than seven years, the Lapied family accompanied the fantastical odyssey of two eagles. To survive the harshness of winter, these majestic birds Veronique, Anne and French / trick marmots and chamois and fight hard 70’00 F Erik Lapied / Lapied German for every morsel of flesh. When a bearded vulture tries to settle in their Film subtitles territory, they face a whole new challenge. Veronique, Anne and Erik Lapied have already been awarded several Prizes for the Best Nature Film in Tegernsee.)

Der Treppenläufer (The Stairway Runner) (Görge Heimann is a runner of stairways. He trains ferociously on the 18 steps in his garden, because his next run will take him to Mt. Niesen, a popular Swiss Anna Verena Müller, Simon Rupieper / mountain commanding scenic views. 9‘00 DE German That’s where the world’s longest stairway Kunsthochschule für awaits him: 11,674 steps along the tracks Medien Köln of a funicular towards the summit. Normally, this “route” is out of bounds, but during the annual Niesen stairways run, athletes are welcome to have a go.)

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Medius, 8:00 pm – Lines in the Rock – Traces in the Snow –

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Sand Climbing – The Seventies (This footage spent 50 years in a garage until Karel Vlček’s recent discovery and assemblage to a highly watchable documentary. Recorded between 1968 Czech / and 1973, the photographs and 16 7’00 CZE Karel Vlček German millimetre sequences deliver a subtitles remarkable impression of what went on in the Czech sandstone climbing scene of that time.)

Golden Line Verdon (The Golden Shower Route opened by Stefan Glowacz remains one of the hardest multi-pitch routes in France’s Verdon Gorge. A consecutive climb has not yet been achieved. Stefan Fritsche / Mountain guides Tobias Bitschnau and 18’00 AT Peakventures German Christoph Schranz are fascinated by this Filmproduktion distinctive and exposed line and decide to try the project. The key passage and atypical rock conditions force them to give everything).

Nadine Wallner – Der Arlberg (Nadine Wallner – Mt. Arlberg) (Nadine Wallner is a professional skier. Her extreme freeride competitions take her around the globe. However, she is personally and intimately connected to 47’00 AT Tom Dauer / Servus TV German Mt. Arlberg. For years, these mountains have shaped her personality, have given her strength – but also cost her a lot of energy.)

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Schalthaus, 8:00 pm – Trailblazers –

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Bonington Mountaineer (Sir Christian Bonington counts among the world’s most renowned alpinists. He started out as a rock climber in Great Britain and climbed on new, daring routes. He wrote alpine history on English / Brian Hall, Keith the world’s highest mountains: he was 80’00 GB German the first to summit on Annapurna 2 and Partridge on Mt. Nuptse. Further groundbreaking subtitles expeditions followed across the south face of Annapurna and the southwest face of Mt. Everest. His life story is marked by visionary routes and thrilling experiences.)

Bernd Arnold – Wege nach innen (rep.) (Bernd Arnold – Inward Paths) (His climbing record of the 70ies and 80ies lists several of the world’s toughest climbing routes. In this compassionate short portrait, 70-year-old climbing Ulf Wogenstein /& pioneer Bernd Arnold makes connections 12‘00 DE German Wogenstein Pictures between his athletic climbing success and inner life: from his childhood roots to faraway places, to homeland and friendship, all the way to the present day. The image-rich retrospective was shot among Saxony’s sandstone features.)

Quirinal, 8:00 pm – Unpredictable –

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Die Hohe Tatra – Im Reich der Bären (The High Tatra – In the Realm of Bears) The High Tatra is a wild mountain range characterised by extremes, located between Poland and Slovakia. It harbours the biggest predators of our part of the world, which are extinct elsewhere: bear, wolf and lynx. 50’00 DE Erik Baláž / Arolla Film German Untouched forests and ragged peaks offer them ideal hunting conditions. A motivated film team spent more than 900 days of shooting in the Tatra and filmed never seen stories in Europe’s smallest alpine mountains.)

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Le mystérieux volcan du Moyen Age (The Mysterious Dark Age Volcano) Scientists Franck Lavinge and Jean- Christophe Komorowski travel around the Pascal Guérin / Kwanza world to lift the secret of a mysterious 52’00 F German 13th century volcanic eruption. This must Blink Productions/arte have been one of the most gigantic eruptions of past millennia. In the course of their gripping scientific investigations, the team makes incredible discoveries.)

Sporthalle, 8:00 pm – The World’s Hardest Climbing Routes –

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Die härtesten Kletterrouten der Welt (The World’s Hardest Climbing Routes) Vortag von Heinz Zak (Talk by Heinz Zak) (Young from the Czech Republic undoubtedly counts among the world’s best climbers. In the last couple of years, Adam has won just about every imaginable sports climbing competition in the areas of lead climbing and . What impresses the initiated even more are his individual achievements on the rock. For years, he has been raising the bar of what’s possible in climbing further and further up. In November 2016 he achieved in Heinz Zak and Guests German only eight days and with breathtaking style the first repetition of the world’s hardest multi-pitch route, the Dawn Wall on in the Yosemite Valley. Heinz Zak has accompanied, filmed and photographed the young climbing star at the Dawn Wall and on many other routes. Additionally, Heinz will screen exciting adventures with Alexander Huber and Fabian Buhl. As the evening’s highlight, Heinz will present the film “Die Kunst des Kletterns” (The Art of Climbing).

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Friday, 19 October, 2018

Ludwig-Thoma-Saal, 9:30 am – Children’s Programme II –

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Imagination: Tom Wallisch (rep) (We’ve all been that kid in the back of their parents’ car, wishing dearly to be somewhere completely different. Dreams Dave Mossop / Sherpas grow wings and during a drive through 5’00 CAN English the snow-laden cities of British Columbia Cinema they actually come to life: Isn’t that Tom Wallisch beside the car, one of the world’s best free skiers, jumping across rooftops and sliding down railings?)

Die Lawinenwarner (Avalanche Warning) (They have to get out at 5 am every morning, in any kind of weather. They have to be swift and reliable. Because it is the Bavarian avalanche warning Jan Kerckhoff / team’s job to transmit their daily report at 26’00 DE Bilderfest, Bayerischer German 7.30 am exactly. This is where skiers, ski tourers, communities, road maintenance, Rundfunk ski lift operators and mountain inn keepers get their information about the current avalanche risk. It’s not an easy job and there is no room for mistakes – as they could be fatal.)

Vincent – 199 kleine Helden (rep) (Vincent – 199 Tiny Heroes) (11-year-old Vincent often is the only boy on his favourite mountain, the Feuerkogel. His tomcat Socke and his parents replace friends his own age. In Sigrid Klausmann / any kind of winter weather he skis down 15‘00 DE Gerhard Schmidt, Gemini German steep mogul pistes to his school in Film & Library Ebensee, together with his father. Vincent worries about climate change because he knows: no snow means no guests. Later in life, Vincent would like to take over his parents’ mountain inn.)

Zozooloi – 199 kleine Helden (rep) (Zozooloi – 199 Tiny Heroes) (Zozooloi and her family live in a yurt in the Altai mountains of Mongolia. She labours like a man, carrying water, hacking dung and milking the cows. She Sigrid Klausmann / Mongolian / tells her story of a foreign, fascinating 13‘00 DE Gerhard Schmidt, German and endangered world. She goes to Gemeini Film & Library subtitles school in Tsengel, which is 75 miles away, where she also manages her grandmother’s household. Finally, she gets Internet access. But which of these two worlds holds her future?)

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Viacruxis (rep) (Marcel and Andrezj are very different characters. Marcel likes to hog the limelight, while Andrezj always caters the support act. Yet, together, they form a Spanish / Ignasi López / Ignais strong team and were the first to storm 11‘00 ES English the highest peaks of their animated López Fàbrigas world. Presently, the two likeable subtitles cartoon heroes face their greatest challenge, and their path is riddled with obstacles. Even worse, Andrezj is fed up with his existence in Marcel’s shadow.)

Schalthaus, Start 12:00 pm midday Nonstop Programme I (no presenter)

Title Duration Nation Screenwriter/Producer Language

12:00 pm, Trollfinger (Remote islands with many sheep and dubious weather: New Zealand and the Faroe Islands have a lot in common, but also couldn’t be more different. Three kiwi climbers from New Zealand, Jason Blair / Katabatic English / German together with their friends, plan to open 29’00 NZ Creativ subtitles a new route on Trollfinger, a 300 m (984 ft) cliff shrouded in myth and surrounded by rough seas. After innumerable attempts the climbers reach their limit – physically and psychologically. But one chance remains.)

Approx. 12:30 pm, Die Kinder von Seraplana II (The Children of Seraplana II) (Seraplana is a rich village: of its 42 inhabitants 14 are younger than 19 Isabelle Jaeger / Rhaeto Romanic years. That was in 2006. Now, even the 23‘00 CH Radiotelevisiun Svizra / German youngest are at least eleven years or older. What has become of this bunch of Rumantscha subtitles kids? With this question in mind, Isabelle Jaeger took off to Seraplana a second time. A new film resulted from past and current encounters.) Approx.1:00 pm, Ferien auf der Alpe – Die Kleinhirten von Einödsbach (Holidays on the Pasture – The Shepherds of Einödsbach) (Summer, sunshine and the Mediterranean Sea – are not on the menu for these boys from the Allgäu. Georg Bayerle / They spend their entire holidays as 14’00 DE German Bayerischer Rundfunk “modest shepherds” on the mountain, on a pasture directly beneath the Allgäu’s Matterhorn, Mt. Trettachspitze, south of Oberstdorf. This experience is a far cry from the bucolic romance some might imagine. In all weather conditions, Roman und Vinzenz brave steep grassy

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Approx. 1:15 pm, Xenius: Yak (In Switzerland yaks are utilised for landscape conservation and in Western China they are probably the most important of all animals. Only they are Jan Kerckhoff / able to provide the people of the Tibetan DE/CH/ 26’00 Bilderfest, Bayerischer German Plateau with meat, milk and wool. China Rundfunk However, domestic yaks destroy the already barren highland ground – unlike wild yaks. To open up new perspectives, Chinese scientists now try to cross- breed domestic and wild yaks.)

Approx. 2:00 pm, Timmelsjoch – Wenn Grenzen verbinden (The Timmelsjoch Pass – When Borders Connect) (Since 1968 the Timmelsjoch High Alpine Road has been connecting the Northern Tyrolean Ötztal Valley to the Philipp J. Pamer / German, 55’00 DE South Tyrolean Passeier Valley. This Remulus Film Tyrolean road bears immense significance for adjacent residents. The history of its construction across the highest passable frontier pass between Austria and Italy is lengthy and characterised by change.)

Approx. 3:00 pm, Solang der Herrgott will (As Long as the Lord Wills it) (Her age and her work load weigh heavily on the shoulders of Frieda, a mountain farmer in Völs. “I won’t get much further,” she says. Her body can’t Hubert Schönegger / 55’00 IT German go on as it used to, which doesn’t make geosfilm work any easier. But with remarkable optimism and tenacity she overcomes all challenges with which life presents her. Because “I’m grateful for every day I get to rise up.”)

Schalthaus, Start 4:00 pm Nonstop Programme II (no presenter)

16:00, Patagonie, l’ile oubliée (Patagonia – Forgotten Island) (Almost the entire world has been measured and explored. What remains in Patagonia is the wild, remote limestone island of Madre de Dios. For Gilles Santantonio / French / English the eighth time Bernard Tourtes is 50’00 FR travelling there, together with his team of MC4, Jean-Pierre Baila subtitles explorers from the Centre Terre. They defy the teaming ocean as well as storms and discover traces of the Kawesqars, an almost forgotten people. They hope to achieve lasting protection for this territory as world heritage.)

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Approx. 4:55 pm, Auf der Jagd – Wem gehört die Natur?. (On the Hunt – Whose Nature is it?) (To whom does nature belong? To animals? Or to humans? This documentary’s spectacular footage reminds us of the responsibility each Alice Agneskirchner / one of us bears towards himself and his 96’00 DE German Broadview Pictures environment. One thing is obvious: Humans have changed life on earth, especially over the past 200 years, in irreversible ways. The planet’s biosphere is finite. Earth can survive us – but we cannot survive earth.)

Stieler-Haus, 4:30 pm Dr. Georg Bayerle German – Fireside Chat – (Bavarian Broadcasting) Wem gehört die Zukunft? Massentourismus oder Bergsteigerdorf (Whose is the Future? Mass Tourism or Mountaineering Village) (Three months ago Kreuth joined the small number of Bavarian “mountaineering villages”. However, not all of Kreuth: only 13 of its 17 districts, because those belonging to the residential community around Lake Tegernsee were explicitly excluded by the German Alpine Club. A mountaineering village must preserve its organically grown layout, protect the environment and not be marred by touristic mega-structures such as large- scale hotels, lifts and the like. Quite on the contrary: the point of mountaineering villages is to demonstrate that there is another way and how that can look. In the Tegernsee Valley, these two worlds collide. Perspectives for this co-existence and the general idea of mountaineering villages will be discussed by Dr. Georg Bayerle (Bavarian Broadcasting), Kreuth’s Mayor Josef Bierschneider and the East Tyrol farmer and entrepreneur Josef Schett, who lives in a flagship mountaineering village in the Villgraten Valley.)

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Barocksaal, 5:00 pm

–Under the Spell of the Mountains –

Title Duration Nation Screenwriter/Producer Language

Hüttenwirt auf Zeit (Temporary Mountain Inn Keeper) (Just to go off to the mountains for two weeks – to work at a mountain inn as its keeper. Mountaineer, author and film maker Georg Bayerle sets out with his Georg Bayerle / ice ax and his camera towards the 12’00 DE German Bayerischer Rundfunk Rauhekopf Hut in the Ötztal Alps. In summer, the inn is managed by a different volunteer every two weeks. It is an exposed place that offers shelter and homeliness. But it is also a space for special atmospheres and experiences. )

Mountain (With breathtaking images and strong testimonials this documentary comprehensively renders the mountains’ fascination on the silver screen. It shows their powerful impact on our life and our 74’00 USA Jennifer Peedom / dcm German dreams. The film was created thanks to a unique cinematic and musical collaboration between the Australian Chamber Orchestra and award-winning film maker Jennifer Peedom.)

Ludwig-Thoma-Saal, 5:00 pm – Passion –

Title Duration Nation Screenwriter/Producer Language Magnetic Mountains (After a 70 m (230 ft) fall from the north wall of the Petites Jorasses, Steve Wakeford struggles to find his feet English / again. His severe injuries even tie him to Steve Wakeford ( a wheelchair for a while. But he is happy 86’00 FR German Everyfield Films to be alive at all. Each ascent involves a subtitles descent – also into the depths of the human soul. Which, despite everything, makes this already award-winning story a declaration of love.)

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Medius, 5:00 pm – Mountain Addiction –

La Promenade (The Stroll) (Two young freeriders intend to climb Mont Blanc, Mt. Matterhorn, Monte Rosa and Gran Paradiso on skis from the Aosta Valley. Their tour through a Michel Dalle / lonesome and untouched winter 26’00 IT Italian landscape lasts 20 days and grants Grobeshaus views of the Alps’ highest peaks. Their own adventure gradually becomes entangled with a story that took place over 40 years ago.)

Choices (Steph Davis has opted for climbing. In her early twenties she dropped out of law school, let go of a career as a solicitor and lived in her car instead for a few years. After major climbing Teresa Hoerl / English / achievements and expeditions she 21‘00 DE Helliventures discovered BASE jumping. Even if fate German subtitles often pushed her towards her limits, Filmproduktion even though she lost her husband during a BASE jump, she regrets nothing, but continues to live her dream.)

Wanderer gegen Mountainbikder – Showdown in den Alpen (Hikers vs. Mountain Bikers – Showdown in the Alps) (Nowadays, hikers and mountain bikers meet on the most remote peaks and the Frank Gensthaler / narrowest trails. These encounters do 30‘00 DE German Spiegel TV not always remain peaceful. Is the solution a strict separation of trails? In the interest of tourism – and of course keeping conservation in mind – neither group should be scared off altogether.)

Stirb langsam (Die Slowly) (Alpinist Michi Wohlleben’s ambition is hard to contain. He performs at the top of his game and is completely enthralled by mountaineering. Until his body flags up his limits after a banal training unit. Jakob Schweighofer, English / From one moment to the next his world 16‘00 AT Simon Platzer / becomes unhinged. It remains doubtful German subtitles whether he will ever climb mountains Whiteroom Productions again. What is the impact of mountain addiction on a young, highly motivated individual?)

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Quirinal, Start 5:00 pm – Lost Homeland –

Title Duration Nation Screenwriter/Producer Language

Das versunkene Dorf (The Drowned Village) I(n August 1950 the blossoming South Tyrol village of Graun drowns in floods from the Reschen Reservoir. Almost overnight, inhabitants are driven from their farms. Even today, many Georg Lembergh / contemporary witnesses continue to 82’00 IT German mourn their lost homeland. The lake Albolina Film remains alien to them. A younger generation only knows this story through oral culture. Freshly confident, they free themselves from the crippling hold of the power station company and use their fraught heritage towards their own purposes.)

Sporthalle, 5:00 pm – Dramatic –

Title Duration Nation Screenwriter/Producer Language

Wenn die Zugspitz’ schwitzt – Klimawandel in den Alpen (rep) (When Mt. Zugspitze Breaks a Sweat – Climate Change in the Alps) (No other place in Germany demonstrates climate change as drastically as the Alps: here, the rise in temperature is almost double the Angelika Vogel, Jürgen national average, with dramatic 43’00 DE Eichinger / Jürgen German consequences for the Alpine Eichinger Film environment. Award-winning film maker Jürgen Eichinger conveys this much with the help of spectacular footage shot at and on Mt. Zugspitze. The impact affects animals, plants, people – everybody has to adjust. However, the greatest danger lurks inside the mountain.) Der blinde Mann und der Berg (The Blind Man and the Mountain) (He is at home in the Lienz Dolomites, but he has never actually seen his local mountains. The world’s peaks magically attract him. Even though he is blind. Juliane Möcklinghoff / Andy Holzer is an extreme mountaineer 30’00 DE German Norddeutscher Rundfunk who has already mastered six of the highest peaks across all continents. Only the world's highest, Mt. Everest is missing. Twice he had to turn back. But Andy Holzer is not the kind of guy to give up.)

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SOS (In June 2014 cave explorer Johann Westhauser is badly injured by a rock fall. He lies lifelessly a thousand metres English, below ground inside Riesending, German, Germany’s biggest cave system, in Andrea Gobetti, Fulvio Italian, Untersberg near Salzburg. It seems 33‘00 CH/IT Mariani / Iceberg Film Croation / impossible to rescue him from the dark. But an international rescue teams German succeeds in bringing two medics to the subtitles severely injured man and to return him to daylight during a complex multi-day operation.)

Barocksaal, 8:00 pm – Alpine Club Night I –

Title Duration Nation Screenwriter/Producer Language

Viacruxis (rep.) (Marcel and Andrezj are very different characters. Marcel likes to hog the limelight, while Andrezj always caters the support act. Yet, together, they form Spanish / Ignasi López / Ignasi a strong team and were the first to storm 11’00 ES English the highest peaks of their animated López Fàbrigas world. Presently, the two likeable subtitles cartoon heroes face their greatest challenge, and their path is riddled with obstacles. Even worse, Andrezj is fed up with his existence in Marcel’s shadow.) Hansjörg Auer – No turning back (He has perfected solo climbing like nobody else. His free solo climb of “Path through the Fish” on Mt. Marmolada made Hansjörg Auer famous. According Damiano Levati / English / to him, however, the most difficult part is 30’00 IT Storyteller-Labs, Matteo German not the ascent, but the return home. It’s Vettorel subtitles only then that he realises how crucially important it is to have a relationship. A powerful and clever insight into an unusual life.) Silence (It is the 3rd of September 2017. Czech professional climber Adam Ondra is currently one of the world’s best. Inside English / the spectacular Hanshelleren Cave in Bernardo Giménez / AO Norway, he aims to write climbing 18’00 CZE German Production history on this very afternoon. His subtitles objective is to open the first route at a 5.15d level of difficulty. Later on, he will name the world’s new hardest line “Silence”.)

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La Promenade (rep.) (The Stroll) (Two young freeriders intend to climb Mont Blanc, Mt. Matterhorn, Monte Rosa and Gran Paradiso on skis from the Italian / Aosta Valley. Their tour through a Michel Dalle / lonesome and untouched winter 26’00 IT German Grobeshaus landscape lasts 20 days and grants subtitles views of the Alps’ highest peaks. Their own adventure gradually becomes entangled with a story that took place over 40 years ago) Imagination: Tom Wallisch (rep.) (We’ve all been that kid in the back of their parents’ car, wishing dearly to be somewhere completely different. Dreams grow wings and during a drive Dave Mossop / Sherpas through the snow-laden cities of British 5’00 CAN English Cinema Columbia they actually come to life: Isn’t that Tom Wallisch beside the car, one of the world’s best free skiers, jumping across rooftops and sliding down railings?)

The evening’s host Michael Pause from Bavarian Public Broadcasting will welcome a number of interesting guests. Please note: to accommodate its immense popularity, the German Alpine Club (DAV) programme will simultaneously be screened in the Sporthalle venue, albeit it in different sequence.

Thoma-Saal, 8:00 pm – Adrenaline –

Title Duration Nation Screenwriter/Producer Language

Viacruxis (rep.) 11’00 ES Ignasi López / Ignasi Spanish / (Marcel and Andrezj are very different characters. Marcel likes to hog the López Fàbregas English subtitles limelight, while Andrezj always caters the support act. Yet, together, they form a strong team and were the first to storm the highest peaks of their animated world. Presently, the two likeable cartoon heroes face their greatest challenge, and their path is riddled with obstacles. Even worse, Andrezj is fed up with his existence in Marcel’s shadow.) Thomas, der Huberbua Thomas, the Huber Boy) (Together with his brother Alexander, Thomas Huber has managed to turn his mountaineering passion into a profession. Despite lasting athletic Malte Roeper / success, the love for his children and a 43‘00 DE German Bayerischer Rundfunk happy marriage he is burdened by the pressure to juggle it all. To find release, the older Huber boy among all possible hobbies picks one that is even more dangerous than climbing: BASE jumping.)

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Ama Dablam – Drama am heiligen Berg (Ama Dablam – Drama at the Holy Mountain) (For locals, Nepalese Mt. Ama Dablam (6,814 m / 22,356 ft) is a holy mountain, for many others at least the world’s most beautiful. In 1978 Peter Hillary together with three friends hopes to open its west face, but the mountaineers are hit by an Reinhold Messner / 52‘00 AT German ice avalanche. Reinhold Messner and Servus TV Oswald Oelz happen to be climbing on the same mountain on a different route. They terminate their tour immediately and try to achieve the impossible: to save the New Zealanders. A race against time ensues … In 2017 Reinhold Messner received the Great Prize of the City of Tegernsee.)

Medius, 8:00 pm – Walls –

Title Duration Nation Screenwriter/Producer Language

Viacruxis (rep.) (Marcel and Andrezj are very different characters. Marcel likes to hog the limelight, while Andrezj always caters the support act. Yet, together, they form Spanish / Ignasi López / Ignasi a strong team and were the first to storm 11’00 ES English the highest peaks of their animated López Fàbregas world. Presently, the two likeable subtitles cartoon heroes face their greatest challenge, and their path is riddled with obstacles. Even worse, Andrezj is fed up with his existence in Marcel’s shadow..) The Dawn Wall (In January 2015 climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson hope to complete the Yosemite Valley’s Dawn Wall. The ascent takes 19 days in total, during which they have to rely entirely Josh Lowell, Peter on themselves on the rock face. Tommy 100’00 AT Mortimer / Red Bull German in particular is driven by his traumatic Media House past: he was captured by rebels in Kyrgyzstan, a few years later lost an index finger and faced the end of his marriage to his longstanding climbing partner.)

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Schalthaus, 8:00 pm – Dreams and Dreamlike Places –

Title Duration Nation Screenwriter/Producer Language

Imagination: Tom Wallisch (rep.) (We’ve all been that kid in the back of their parents’ car, wishing dearly to be somewhere completely different. Dreams grow wings and during a drive Dave Mossop / Sherpas through the snow-laden cities of British 5’00 CAN English Columbia they actually come to life: Isn’t Cinema that Tom Wallisch beside the car, one of the world’s best free skiers, jumping across rooftops and sliding down railings?)

Florian’s last Climb (In 1909 Austrian climber Florian Frederick Graf von Liechtenstein leaves his estate near Innsbruck. He travels to Corsica to go climbing – and disappears without a trace. 90 years later, the Harold Chapman / Primal Count’s grandson Otto commissions two 25’00 GB German Screen film makers to help him clear up the mysterious disappearance. They uncover much more than expected, particularly regarding the true history of alpinism.)

Wunderwelt Schweiz – Die Jura- Region (Swiss Bliss – The Jura Region) (The Jura Mountains are the Alps’ smaller brother. They are a multifaceted low mountain range extending along the French-Swiss border, relatively unknown, characterised by untouched Mi-Yong Brehm / Marco nature. From springtime in the 52’00 DE German colourfully blooming Ajoie Region, Polo Film Northern Switzerland’s orchard, to summer in the idyllic Vallée de Joux and freezing cold winters in the coldest part of Switzerland – the year in the Jura holds many surprises in a region which is both rough and lovely.)

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Quirinal, 8:00 pm – Full Force –

Title Duration Nation Screenwriter/Producer Language

Trembling Mountain (The Langtang Valley in Nepal is much loved by trekkers and was hit by the devastating earthquake of 2015 with full force. An avalanche of ice, rock and mud poured down its hillsides. Hundreds Kesang Tseten / Nepali, Tibetan of people died, whole villages were 82’00 Nepal Shunyata Film / German destroyed and the survivors evacuated Production subtitles to Kathmandu. When they return, they search for the remains of their former lives: for livestock, the foundations of their houses – and for the bodies of their buried relatives.) Eigentlich wollten wir nur bergsteigen … (We Just Meant to Climb Mountains) (Help that facilitates self-help is the key to progress through individual initiatives in countries we call underdeveloped. A cooperation between the Technical Universities of Munich and of Heinrich Brunner / Kathmandu strikes out on a path which DE / Technische Universität one would not have expected in this 19’00 German Nepal München und context. The young team does not let unexpected difficulties deter it from Kathmandu creating solutions for access to education, information and easier living conditions in even remote regions of Nepal. Help from outside is only the first step – from then on, self-help is called for!)

Sporthalle, 8:00 pm – Alpine Club Night II – (see Barocksaal)

Title Duration Nation Screenwriter/Producer Language

Imagination: Tom Wallisch (rep.) (We’ve all been that kid in the back of their parents’ car, wishing dearly to be somewhere completely different. Dreams grow wings and during a drive Dave Mossop / Sherpas through the snow-laden cities of British 5’00 CAN English Columbia they actually come to life: Isn’t Cinema that Tom Wallisch beside the car, one of the world’s best free skiers, jumping across rooftops and sliding down railings?)

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Silence (rep.) (It is the 3rd of September 2017. Czech professional climber Adam Ondra is currently one of the world’s best. Inside the spectacular Hanshelleren Cave in Bernardo Giménez / AO Norway, he aims to write climbing 18’00 CZE English history on this very afternoon. His Productions objective is to open the first route at a 5.15d level of difficulty. Later on, he will name the world’s new hardest line “Silence”.)

Hansjörg Auer – No turning back (He has perfected solo climbing like nobody else. His free solo climb of “Path through the Fish” on Mt. Marmolada made Hansjörg Auer famous. According Damiano Levati / English / to him, however, the most difficult part is 30’00 IT Storyteller-Labs, Matteo German not the ascent, but the return home. It’s only then that he realises how crucially Vettorel subtitles important it is to have a relationship. A powerful and clever insight into an unusual life.)

Viacruxis (rep.) (Marcel and Andrezj are very different characters. Marcel likes to hog the limelight, while Andrezj always caters the support act. Yet, together, they form Spanish / a strong team and were the first to storm Ignasi López / Ignasi the highest peaks of their animated 11’00 ES English López Fàbregas world. Presently, the two likeable subtitles cartoon heroes face their greatest challenge, and their path is riddled with obstacles. Even worse, Andrezj is fed up with his existence in Marcel’s shadow.)

La Promenade (rep.) (The Stroll) (Two young freeriders intend to climb Mont Blanc, Mt. Matterhorn, Monte Rosa and Gran Paradiso on skis from the Aosta Valley. Their tour through a Italian / Michel Dalle / lonesome and untouched winter 26’00 IT German landscape lasts 20 days and grants Grobeshaus views of the Alps’ highest peaks. Their subtitles own adventure gradually becomes entangled with a story that took place over 40 years ago.)

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Saturday, 20 October 2018

Schalthaus, Start 10:00 am Nonstop Programme I (no presenter)

Title Duration Nation Screenwriter/Producer Language

10:00 am, Auf den Spuren Elios (In Elios’s Footprints) (Located halfway between Sondrio and the Stelvio Pass on the banks of the Adda River, the tiny village of Mazzo was built from stones the river had been smoothing over centuries. Forests Alessandro Soetje / surround it and time seems to be at a 23’00 DE Alpenway Media German standstill. The old dairy chalet of Salina Productions is located further up, in the Bergamasque Alps, with only a steep path leading to it. It was rediscovered by Patrick who keeps old traditions alive and brings his 30 pieces of cattle up there for pasture.)

Approx. 10:30 am, Finding the Line (Two extreme skiers from Melbourne want to learn how to manage their fears, which often stop them from utilising their whole potential. Nat calculates their risk Bjarne Salén / Birds of a very carefully and tries to minimise it. 60’00 AUSTR English Anna just lets the situation unfold, often Feather without mulling possible consequences. Both sisters look for that narrow divide between staying safely within their comfort zone and taking a risk that might or might not be too high. )

Approx. 11:35 am,Searching for Gold (A goldmine, a Russian off-road vehicle, a fox, two tents, four skiers, a film maker and two weeks time. Those were the production conditions. In the remote Johannes Hoffmann / mountain world of the Ak-Shirak Range 23’00 AT/KGZ German Whiteroom Productions the skiers look for steep ice flanks and challenging descents. Further thrills are added by the sugar snow that is typical for Kyrgyzstan, a missing gold-digging permit and bad roads.)

Approx. 12:00 pm, Die Kinder von Seraplana II (rep.) (The Children of Seraplan II) (Seraplana is a rich village: of its 42 Rhaeto inhabitants 14 are younger than 19 Isabelle Jaeger / Romanic / years. That was in 2006. Now, even the 23‘00 CH Radiotelevisiun Svizra youngest are at least eleven years or German Rumanscha older. What has become of this bunch of subtitles kids? With this question in mind, Isabelle Jaeger took off to Seraplana a second time. A new film resulted from past and current encounters.)

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Approx. 12:30 pm, Sand Climbing – The Seventies (rep.) (This footage spent 50 years in a garage until Karel Vlček’s recent discovery and assemblage to a highly watchable Czech / documentary. Recorded between 1968 33’00 CZE Karel Vlček German and 1973, the photographs and 16 millimetre sequences deliver a subtitles remarkable impression of what went on in the Czech sandstone climbing scene of that time.)

Schalthaus, Start 1:30 pm Nonstop Programme II (no presenter)

Title Duration Nation Screenwriter/Producer Language

1:30 pm, Loved by All – The Story of Apa Sherpa (The Sherpas, a strong, religious people, live at the foot of Mt. Everest. Although countless people visit the region, most Sherpas remain poor and uneducated. Apa Sherpa is a child Nepalese / of the Khumbu and has already Eric Crosland / Sherpas summited 21 times on Mt. Everest. Since 14’00 CAN German Cinema he was twelve years old, he has been subtitles working as a high altitude carrier and has often risked his life. With the help of a foundation he now wishes to enable a better future for his people, because he knows: “Without education, we don’t stand a chance.”)

Approx. 1:45 pm, Magnetic Mountains (rep.) (After a 70 m (230 ft) fall from the north wall of the Petites Jorasses, Steve Wakeford struggles to find his feet again. English / His severe injuries even tie him to a Steve Wakeford / wheelchair for a while. But he is happy 86’00 FR German Everyfield Films to be alive at all. Each ascent involves a subtitles descent – also into the depths of the human soul. Which, despite everything, makes this already award-winning story a declaration of love.)

Approx. 3:20 pm, En vol vers les 8000 (rep.) Flying up to 8,000) (Equipped with a tent and a paraglider, Antoine Girard intends to traverse Northern Pakistan. Left entirely to his own devices, he flies for 19 days across more French / than 746 miles of breathtaking 41’00 FR Antoine Girard German Himalayan mountain chains. He reaches an altitude of 8,157 m (26,762 ft) and subtitles even gets to see Broad Peak from above. In 2017 this daredevil mission earned Antoine Girard the National Geographic title “Adventurer of the Year”.)

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Thoma-Saal, 3:00 pm – Family Cinema –

Title Duration Nation Screenwriter/Producer Language

Imagination: Tom Wallisch (rep.) (We’ve all been that kid in the back of their parents’ car, wishing dearly to be somewhere completely different. Dreams Dave Mossop / Sherpas grow wings and during a drive through 5’00 CAN English the snow-laden cities of British Columbia Cinema they actually come to life: Isn’t that Tom Wallisch beside the car, one of the world’s best free skiers, jumping across rooftops and sliding down railings?)

Ein Sommer auf der Alpe (Summer on Pasture) (Lena is a Braunvieh cow in the Allgäu and lives on Farmer Reinhold’s farm. But in early summer Lena and twelve fellow cows depart on a journey: with loud Malin Büttner / banging of bells they march up to the 29’00 DE German Westdeutscher Rundfunk alpine Oberberg pasture. There, the work day starts early. Children drive Lena and the rest of the herd from pasture to stable for milking. Next door in the cheese dairy, Sebastian processes the fresh milk.)

Unbekannte Tierarten – Entdeckungen in den Allgäuer Alpen (Unknown Species – Discoveries in the Allgäu Alps) (Beyond the “big five” of ibex, eagle, deer, chamois and bearded vulture, the Georg Bayerle / Allgäu High Alps shelter hundreds of 10’00 DE German Bayerischer Rundfunk barely known species, such as the book scorpion or rare small snails and butterflies. Teacher and amateur explorer Alfred Karle-Fendt from Sonthofen climbs the steepest cliffs to discover rare creatures.)

Die Kinder von Seraplana II (rep.) (The Children of Seraplan II) (Seraplana is a rich village: of its 42 inhabitants 14 are younger than 19 Rhaeto years. That was in 2006. Now, even the Isabelle Jaeger / Romanic / youngest are at least eleven years or 23‘00 CH Radiotelevisiun Svizra older. What has become of this bunch of German Rumantscha kids? With this question in mind, Isabelle subtitles Jaeger took off to Seraplana a second time. A new film resulted from past and current encounters.)

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Viacruxis (rep.) (Marcel and Andrezj are very different characters. Marcel likes to hog the limelight, while Andrezj always caters the support act. Yet, together, they form a Spanish / strong team and were the first to storm Ignais López / Ignasi the highest peaks of their animated 11‘00 ES German López Fàbregas world. Presently, the two likeable subtitles cartoon heroes face their greatest challenge, and their path is riddled with obstacles. Even worse, Andrezj is fed up with his existence in Marcel’s shadow.)

Barocksaal, 4:00 pm – Through the Wall –

Title Duration Nation Screenwriter/Producer Language

The Dawn Wall (rep.) (In January 2015 climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson hope to complete the Yosemite Valley’s Dawn Wall. The ascent takes 19 days in total, during which they have to rely entirely on Josh Lowell, Peter themselves on the rock face. Tommy in 100‘00 AT Mortimer / Red Bull German particular is driven by his traumatic past: he was captured by rebels in Media House Kyrgyzstan, a few years later lost an index finger and faced the end of his marriage to his longstanding climbing partner.)

Thoma-Saal, 5:00 pm – Rhythm of Nature –

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Gesichter mit Geschichten: Siegfried Lanthaler (Faces with Stories: Siegfried Lanthaler) (A fulfilled life. No travels. No warm water. No complaints. No overkill of anything – only of pain, but he has German, Astrid Kofler, Helmut South learned to accept that a long time ago. 10‘00 IT Freedom is his luxury. Siegfried Lechthaler / Audiovision Tyrolian Lanthaler lives in the South Tyrolean dialect Passeier Valley. He shaves when the first part of the day’s work is done, prepares lunch while others drink their first coffee, and goes to bed when they sit down to watch TV.)

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Aigle et Gypaète – Les maîtres du ciel (rep.) (Eagle and Ossifrage – Masters of the Sky (Over more than seven years, the Lapied family accompanied the fantastical odyssey of two eagles. To French / survive the harshness of winter, these Veronique, Anne and majestic birds trick marmots and 70’00 FR German Erik Lapied / Lapied Film chamois and fight hard for every morsel subtitles of flesh. When a bearded vulture tries to settle in their territory, they face a whole new challenge. Veronique, Anne and Erik Lapied have already been awarded several Prizes for the Best Nature Film in Tegernsee.)

Medius, 5:00 pm – Legendary and Free –

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The Fire within (Ever since he started climbing, Stephan Vogt has been dreaming of sending the first ever 9a route: the legendary “Action English / directe” in the Franconian Jura. 8’00 DE Alexej Funke / Cinecircle German Wolfgang Güllich opened the route in 1991. It is known as the wold’s first subtitles climbing route with a UIAA grade of XI. It remains a great challenge, even for the very best climbers )

Auf den Spuren der Ersten (On the Track of Pioneers) (Matthias Haunholder and Matthias Mayr have completed many first ski descents Matthias Mayr / M-Line, in the mountains of the world. Now, they 47’00 AT German Servus TV are on a mission to find tracks and honour the achievement of pioneers. They engage in time travel and try their luck with the gear of yesteryear.)

Pirmin Bertle – Ein Bergvagabund 5.0 (Pirmin Bertle – A Mountain Vagabond 5.0) (He has opened the most difficult climbing routes in South America and one absolute top route in Switzerland – Michael Düchs / yet Pirmin Bertle is hardly known outside 26’00 DE German the climbing scene. For him, climbing is Bayerischer Rundfunk not a means of self-marketing, but a true passion. He travels through the world, sleeps in his tent, loves his freedom and nature. He has never sacrificed his radical life-style, not even even as the father of two children.)

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Quirinal, 5:00 pm – Explorers –

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Retrospektive Otto Guggenbichler – Reise durch das Pustertal (Retrospective Otto Guggenbichler - A Journey through the Puster Valley) (The Tegernsee Mountain Film Festival’s initiator was passionately dedicated to the so-called landscape film. Before beginning his great series about the Otto Guggenbichler / most beautiful national parks on earth in 42’00 DE German 1975, he produced a movie portrait Bayerischer Rundfunk about the Puster Valley in South Tyrol in 1973. This retrospective not only demonstrates Otto Guggenbichler’s special kind of storytelling, it is also a commemoration of “the good old times” — when life in the Puster Valley happened at a different heart rate than today.)

Tierra del viento (rep.) (Land of the Wind) (Patagonia. Even further south than our Spanish / thoughts reach, there is a land of GB/ Laura Belinky / Wild outrageous expansion and beauty. 18’00 German ARG River Films When photographer Eliseo Miciu goes to subtitles explore it, he not only discovers many mystical places and unique motifs, he also learns a lot about himself.)

Schalthaus, 5:00 pm – Firn, Rock and Fun –

Hoch über den Krimmler Wasserfällen – Firnfreuden für Skitourengeher (High Above the Krimmler Waterfalls – Fun on Firn for Ski Tourers) (West of famous Mt. Großvenediger the formerly significant Krimmler Tauern Pass connects the Oberpinzgau Region near Salzburg with the South Tyrolean Michael Düchs / Ahrntal Valley. Between the well-known 26’00 DE German Krimmler waterfalls and the pass, the Bayerischer Rundfunk Krimmler Tauernhaus Inn looks back on a longstanding tradition. Further up, vast ski touring terrains expand: “Killer firn slopes, beautiful summits, great views” is the kind of rave review provided not only by mountain guide and author Markus Stadler.)

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Break on Through (rep.) (The US climbing grade of 5.15 (UIAA scale 11) is reserved for the world’s best sports climbers. Never has a woman sent one of these routes. Margo Hayes, Peter Mortimer, Matty English / a so far largely unknown climber from Hong, Nick Rosen / Colorado, wants to change that. To get 26’00 USA German Zachary Barr, Reel closer to the world’s toughest routes, subtitles she goes to Europe and gives everything Rock to reach her goal. She pushes her body and her willpower to the utmost extreme – risking injury and failure on her quest to be the first gal to send a 5.15.)

Parasol Peak (Together with six musicians and a film and audio crew, musician and composer Manu Delago has set out on a mountain Johannes Atzetmüller, expedition through the Tyrolean Alps. In 30’00 AT Jeb Hardwick / Manu several locations and at different altitudes the team assembled a total of Delago eight pieces of music to a work of art that combines the genres of mountain and music film.)

Sporthalle, 5:00 pm – Thin Air –

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Mount Everest – Der letzte Schritt (rep.) (Mount Everest – The Final Step) (In 1978 Peter Habeler and Reinhold Messner master the first ascent of Mount Everest without bottled oxygen. Embedded into the award-winning documentary film by legendary director Leo Dickinson, Reinhold Messner Reinhold Messner / presents newly filmed, dramatised 47’00 AT German Servus TV sequences that could not have been shot in 1978. Messner’s son Simon and Philipp Brugger act as the first ascenders on their dramatic way to the summit. In 2017 Reinhold Messner’s film “Still Alive – Drama am Mount Kenia” won the Great Prize of the City of Tegernsee.)

En vol vers les 8000 (rep.) (Flying up to 8,000) (Equipped with a tent and a paraglider, Antoine Girard intends to traverse Northern Pakistan. Left entirely to his French / own devices, he flies for 19 days across 41’00 FR Antoine Girard German more than 746 miles of breathtaking Himalayan mountain chains. He reaches subtitles an altitude of 8,157 m (26,762 ft) and even gets to see Broad Peak from above. In 2017 this daredevil mission earned Antoine Girard the National

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Geographic title “Adventurer of the Year”.)

Barocksaal, 7:00 pm – Final Celebration and Conferring of Prizes –

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Please take note of the changed start time – 7 pm!

During the final celebration at the festive Barocksaal venue, the Mountain Film Festival Competition’s winners will be formally presented. The most beautiful scenes from all winning films will be screened. Many winning directors and producers will receive their prize in person. Jury, film makers, mountaineers, supporters and viewers end the evening with a sumptuous buffet. Live music will enhance the festive atmosphere.

Thoma-Saal, 8:00 pm – Pull Yourself Together! –

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Reiss Di zsamm! Geduldsprobe am Cerro Kischtwar (rep.) (Pull Yourself Together! Ordeal at Cerro Kishtwar) (Only they see those lines on sheer rock, only in their heads do certain traces exist. Swiss mountaineers Stephan Siegrist and Thomas Huber have often demonstrated their intuitive talents. In 2017 they achieve another masterpiece, Thomas Huber / Huber, together with Julian Zanker, at the 18’00 DE German Siegriest, Zanker pristine granite peak of Cerro Kishtwar, succeeding with a first ascent of its icy big wall. They call the route “Har-Har- Mahadev”, which translates roughly through Bavarian as “Pull yourself together!”. Thomas Huber screens his film about this daring venture for the first time at the Tegernsee Mountain Film Festival.)

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SOS Bavaria (rep.) (In June 2014 cave explorer Johann Westhauser is badly injured by a rock fall. He lies lifelessly a thousand metres below ground inside Riesending, Germany’s biggest cave system, in Andrea Gobett, Fulvio 33’00 CH / IT German Untersberg near Salzburg. It seems Mariani / Iceberg Film impossible to rescue him from the dark. But an international rescue teams succeeds in bringing two medics to the severely injured man and to return him to daylight during a complex multi-day operation.)

Die Wildheuer – Senkrecht über dem Urnersee (The Wild Hay Maker – Vertical above Lake Urnersee) (While making hay at the steep flanks of Mt. Rophaien, 62-year-old Axiger Sepp plunges 300 m (984 ft) down to his death. The father of six was an German, Beat Bieri / Schweizer experienced wild hay maker and well 51‘00 CH Swiss familiar with the risks of retrieving grass Fernsehen from often near-vertical mountain flanks. German Nowadays, his youngest daughter Julia keeps the mountain farm going. Just like him, she will need to clamber up to the “Wildi” slopes to obtain enough fodder for her animals.)

Medius, 8:00 pm – Bold Gang! –

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100 Jahre Huberbuam – Bluad is dicker wia Wossa (100 Years of Huber Boys – Blood is Thicker than Water) (Over three decades, the Huber Boys have become an actual brand, not only in the outdoor community, but also as climbers, mountaineers and as brothers. Since their youngest days, Thomas and Werner Bertolan / Servus Alexander have been embodying a 47’00 AT German seemingly perfect rope team. It does not TV surprise that between such different characters with their respective egos, sparks can fly. They live through highs and lows, falls and triumphs. In 2017 the Huber Boys together turned 100 years old. A good moment for an interim balance.)

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La Congenialità – Seelenverwandtschaft (rep.) (La Congenialità – Kindred Souls) (Simone Moro and Tamara Lunger are a rope team with ambitious goals and an age difference of 18 years. A passionate German, winter mountaineer, Simone already has Christian Schmidt / Italian, a track record of many achievements. So 20‘00 DE HelliVentures English / far, responsibilities were clearly divided: Simone as master and Tamara as his Filmproduktion German student. However, when they undertake subtitles the world’s highest eightthousander traverse at Mt. Kanchenjunga, circumstances force the routined duo to abruptly switch roles.)

Silence (rep.) (It is the 3rd of September 2017. Czech professional climber Adam Ondra is currently one of the world’s best. Inside English / the spectacular Hanshelleren Cave in Bernardo Giménez / AO Norway, he aims to write climbing history 18’00 CZE German Production on this very afternoon. His objective is to subtitles open the first route at a 5.15d level of difficulty. Later on, he will name the world’s new hardest line “Silence”.)

Quirinal, 8:00 pm – En Route –

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Viacruxis (rep.) (Marcel and Andrezj are very different characters. Marcel likes to hog the limelight, while Andrezj always caters the support act. Yet, together, they form a Spanish / Ignasi López / Ignasi strong team and were the first to storm 11’00 ES English the highest peaks of their animated López Fàbregas world. Presently, the two likeable subtitles cartoon heroes face their greatest challenge, and their path is riddled with obstacles. Even worse, Andrezj is fed up with his existence in Marcel’s shadow.)

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Florian’s Last Clim (rep.) (In 1909 Austrian climber Florian Frederick Graf von Liechtenstein leaves his estate near Innsbruck. He travels to Corsica to go climbing – and disappears Harold Chapman / Primal without a trace. 90 years later, the 25’00 GB German Count’s grandson Otto commissions two Screen film makers to help him clear up the mysterious disappearance. They uncover much more than expected, particularly regarding the true history of alpinism.)

Weiße Wildnis in den Pyrenäen – Skitouren im Aiguestortes- Nationalpark (White Wilderness in the Pyrenees – Ski Touring in the Aiguestortes National Park) (Olé! Sun, beach, siesta – these spring to mind when we think of Spain. How Georg Bayerle / about an archaic mountain landscape 26’00 DE German with snowy flanks and proud peaks? The Bayerischer Rundfunk Aiguestortes National Park is located on the Spanish side of the Pyrenees. Whoever takes off on a ski tour around here will barely find any information. Surprises are a quintessential part of this mountain wilderness as well as interesting encounters.)

The Lorax Project (rep.) (Six friends take off to climb the Lorax Route in Tasmania’s remote West. The adventure’s zenith is a BASE jump from Pete Wyllie, Simon Blair / English / the peak, at least according to plan. 34’00 AUSTR Mission Control German Surrounded by pristine wilderness, the team faces extreme weather conditions Collective subtitles and a path through challenging, rugged terrain. But they trust their own abilities – and never lose their sense of humour.)

Schalthaus, 8:00 pm – Dream Images –

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Imagination: Tom Wallisch (rep.) (We’ve all been that kid in the back of their parents’ car, wishing dearly to be somewhere completely different. Dreams Dave Mossop / Sherpas grow wings and during a drive through 5’00 CAN English the snow-laden cities of British Columbia Cinema they actually come to life: Isn’t that Tom Wallisch beside the car, one of the world’s best free skiers, jumping across rooftops and sliding down railings?)

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Loved by All – The Story of Apa Sherpa (rep.) (The Sherpas, a strong, religious people, live at the foot of Mt. Everest. Although countless people visit the region, most Sherpas remain poor and uneducated. Apa Sherpa is a child of the Khumbu Nepalese / Eric Crosland / Sherpas and has already summited 21 times on 14‘00 CAN German Mt. Everest. Since he was twelve years Cinema old, he has been working as a high subtitles altitude carrier and has often risked his life. With the help of a foundation he now wishes to enable a better future for his people, because he knows: “Without education, we don’t stand a chance.”)

Mountain (rep.) (With breathtaking images and strong testimonials this documentary comprehensively renders the mountains’ fascination on the silver screen. It shows their powerful impact on our life and our 74‘00 USA Jennifer Peedom German dreams. The film was created thanks to a unique cinematic and musical collaboration between the Australian Chamber Orchestra and award-winning film maker Jennifer Peedom.)

Sporthalle, 8:00 pm – Unconditional –

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Hansjörg Auer – No turning back (rep.) (He has perfected solo climbing like nobody else. His free solo climb of “Path through the Fish” on Mt. Marmolada Damiano Levati / English / made Hansjörg Auer famous. According 30’00 IT Storyteller-Labs, Matteo German to him, however, the most difficult part is not the ascent, but the return home. It’s Vettorel subtitles only then that he realises how crucially important it is to have a relationship. A powerful and clever insight into an unusual life.)

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Choices (rep.) (Steph Davis has opted for climbing. In her early twenties she dropped out of law school, let go of a career as a solicitor and lived in her car instead for a Teresa Hoerl / English / few years. After major climbing 21’00 DE HelliVentures German achievements and expeditions she discovered BASE jumping. Even if fate Filmproduktion subtitles often pushed her towards her limits, even though she lost her husband during a BASE jump, she regrets nothing, but continues to live her dream.)

Thomas, der Huberbua (rep.) (Thomas, the Huber Boy) (Together with his brother Alexander, Thomas Huber has managed to turn his mountaineering passion into a profession. Despite lasting athletic Malte Roeper / success, the love for his children and a 43’00 De German Bayerischer Rundfunk happy marriage he is burdened by the pressure to juggle it all. To find release, the older Huber boy among all possible hobbies picks one that is even more dangerous than climbing: BASE jumping.)

Sunday, October 21, 2018

Ludwig-Thoma-Saal, from 9:30 am - Matinée - Finale -

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Matinée with the winning films (detailed programme will be available from Saturday evening) In the case of high demand, the matinée will also be screened at Schalthaus.

(Please note: All programme information is subject to correction / short term changes may occur.)

Booking of tickets starts on September 14th, online www.bergfilm-tegernsee.de or www.muenchenticket.de; for further information please contact: Tourist Information Tegernsee, Tel. +49-(0)8022-9273860.

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