15Th Tegernsee International Mountain Film Festival 2017, 18 – 22 October
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15th Tegernsee International Mountain Film Festival 2017, 18 – 22 October Programme (English, short version) Tuesday, 17 October 2017 Ludwig-Thoma-Saal, 20:00 – Best of Tegernsee – Last Year’s Award-Winning Films Title Duration Nation Screenwriter/Producer Language A Line Across the Sky (Free solo 40’00 USA legend Alex Honnold on a rope – how rare! Together with Tommy English / Caldwell he braves the Fitz-Roy- Josh Lowell, Peter German Traverse in Patagonia. Five km of Mortimer / Sender Film subtitles granite, seven icy windswept peaks and plenty of humour await his spectators.) Simply the Worst (Günther and Hindrich are fed up with lousy winters and aim for real ski touring. German- In the footsteps of Glen Plake, they Franz Müller, Johannes Saxonian / set out for Mt. Kriván and the 20’00 DE Kürschner / maki VISUAL German legendary Lomnitz Gap in Eastern subtitles Slovakia. On the way to the High Tatra’s fateful mountain, the two master epic trials.) Suspentes et cordes de violon au Pakistan (Suspension Lines and Fiddle Strings in Pakistan: Against the awe-inspiring backdrop of the French / Sébastien Devrient / Himalayas, charismatic mountain 27’00 CH German Vertiges Prod guide Jean-Yves Fredriksen aka subtitles “Blutch” battles against cold, wind and glacier, equipped with his paraglider and his violin.) 1 Wednesday, 18 October 2017 Barocksaal, 20:00 – Opening Night – Title Duration Nation Screenwriter/Producer Language Tupendeo – Ein Berg, zwei Geschichten (One Mountain, Two Stories: During a first ascent in Cashmere, three Swiss Robert Steiner / Visual English / mountaineers discover a mysterious 26’00 CH Impact German rope break. Based on local rumours about a British climber’s previous tragic accident they embark on a high altitude investigation.) Last Exit (After a few years of BASE jumping, six out of a group of ten friends have met their death. Puria Ravahi / The fascination and addiction of this 7’00 DE German beechstudios tree group extreme sport as well as the pain of those left behind constitute a crucial conversation.) Die Isar – Der letzte Wildfluss Deutschlands (The Isar — Germany’s Last Wild River: Its headwaters gush between the Jürgen Eichinger / Jürgen Karwendel Range’s steep 44’00 DE German Eichinger Film mountainsides, giving us an idea of Alpine rivers at the end of the last ice age. Today, the Isar River is an endangered species.) Ludwig-Thoma-Saal, 20:00 – Mountains and Freedom – Title Duration Nation Screenwriter/Producer Language Sloboda pod nákladom (Freedom under Load: The oldest porters servicing remote huts in the High Slovak / Tatra’s nature reserve sometimes Pavol Barabáš / K2 58’00 SK German carry over 100 kg on their backs. Studios subtitles Defying storms and snow, they do not consider their profession a burden, but a form of freedom.) 2 Pyrenäen – Ein Hirte zwischen Himmel und Erde (Pyrenees — A Cowherd Between Heaven and Earth: For the last 14 years, Brice has spent the summer months with Sandrine Mörch / 52’00 DE German more than 400 animals on high Medienkontor pastures in the Pyrenees. Here, he discovered the elixir of extreme mountain running and now hopes to compete with the best.) Medius, 20:00 – Bravery and Mystery – Title Duration Nation Screenwriter/Producer Language A mords Sauhaufen in a z’kloan Zelt (A Bunch of Nutters in a Tiny Tent: Freeriders Alex, Max and Simon Platzer, Johannes Rafael are merely testing their tent Hoffmann, Jakob 12’00 AT German when a breathtaking roller coaster Schweighofer / ride through the mountains begins. Whiteroom Production Their tiny magical tent brings our heroes to unimaginable places.) Guilt Trip (A team of extreme skiers aims for a first ski descent from Greenland’s second highest mountain. Feeling guilty about their Anthony Bonello / carbon footprint, they bring along 35’00 CAN English Switchback Entertainment glaciologist Alun Hubbard, who adds fun to the escapade and important insights to the body of research on climate change.) Auf der Highline von Gipfel zu Gipfel (From Peak to Peak via Highline: During this exciting first ascent in Saxon Switzerland, the Thorsten Kutschke / 30’00 DE German journey is the destination. Its “route” Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk between two summits runs through thin air, on nothing but an inch-wide line.) 3 Boys in the Bugs (Matt Segal and Will Stanhope gravitate to the toughest crack climbs in the world. To get a hold, they squeeze their Nick Rosen, Zachary English / already bloody hands and feet into 18’00 USA Barr, Peter Mortimer / German the finest cracks. In Canada’s Reel Rock subtitles notorious Bugaboo Mountains they meet with their ultimate challenge.) In 2011 Peter Mortimer received the Prize for the best Alpine Film. Schalthaus, 20:00 – Yesterday and Tomorrow – Title Duration Nation Screenwriter/Producer Language Dhaulagiri – Asceno al la montaña blanca (Ascending the White Mountain: Four Argentinian Alpinists set out to document their ascension of Himalayan eightthousander Guillermo Glass, Spanish / Dhaulagiri. Little do they suspect 72’00 ARG Cristián Harbaruk / Arista German that one of them will disappear en Sur/Malcine subtitles route to the summit and that their film will turn into a quest for answers to the questions raised by this tragedy.) A Song for Tomorrow (Bizarre sandstone towers rise from lush green jungles in China’s first and English / largest national park. In 2016, Franz Walter / Kaletsch 26’00 DE German Mayan Shmith-Gobat, Ben Rueck, Medien subtitles Liu Yongbang and Xiao Ting are the first climbers permitted to try their skills here.) 4 Quirinal, 20:00 – Poets and Peasants – Title Duration Nation Screenwriter/Producer Language Äpfel und Birnen (Apples and Pears: This documentary reveals the archaic art of distilling spirits. Apart from witnessing the production Richard Rossmann / of fruit and rowanberry schnapps in 76’00 AT Richard Rossmann German the Austrian Pinzgau region, it Filmproduktion explores how three elderly farming distillers might pass on their tradition.) Pur, poet, picture – Inscunters cun Göri Klainguti (Peasant, Poet and Painter— an Encounter with Gör Klainguti: Born in 1945, Rhaeto- Arnold Rauch / Klainguti is an imposing character. Romance / 26’00 CH Radiotelevisiun Svizra On his 70th birthday, one of the German Rumantscha Swiss Engadin’s foremost writers subtitles looks back at a good life filled with farming, painting and peculiar stories.) 5 Thursday, 19 October 2017 Ludwig-Thoma-Saal, 9:30 – Children’s Programme I – Title Duration Nation Screenwriter/Producer Language Some Thing (The big, proud mountains carry oil, gold and fire inside. The little Elena Waff / Filmakademie 7’00 DE Silent mountain cannot compete. It only holds Baden-Württemberg that tiny, odd, useless SOMETHING.) Anna und die wilden Tiere – Wo klettert der Steinbock? (Anna and Wild Animals — Where Does the Ibex Climb? Christiane Streckfuß / Anna is fascinated by the ibex’s gigantic 24’00 DE Text&Bild German horns. At Innsbruck mountain zoo she Medienproduktion finds out about their near-extinction and watches the release of young ibex into the wild.) Unter mir gilt es nicht (Under Me it Does not Count: While playing in the woods, a group of children meets a team 15’00 DE Uwe Krüger / Spelefilm German of explorers emerging from a cave — the kids get to ask all their questions.) Der Berg ruft – Das Leben auf der Alpe (Mountain’s Calling — Alpine Pasture Life: On the idyllic Oberberg pasture, Sarah Schultes / tvision; 10’00 DE German Malin learns about cattle farming, dairy Westdeutscher Rundfunk work and how to get a 700 kg cow into the stable.) Schalthaus, Start from 12:00 – Nonstop Programme I – (no presenter) Title Duration Nation Screenwriter/Producer Language 12:00, Hoch und heilig – Entdeckungen in der Rhön und im Grabfeld (A Higher Sphere — Discoveries in the Rhön Mountains and Grabfeld: A charismatic Andrea Kammhuber / 45’00 DE German goat herder and other locals reveal hidden Bayerischer Rundfunk paths as well as holy places in the scenic middle-German mountains.) This film is not screened for competition. 6 Approx. 12:50, Ein Alpsommer im Kleinwalsertal (Summer Pasture of the Kleinwalsertal: This Austrian mountain Sandra Schlittenhardt / valley can only be reached by one road — 45’00 DE German Bayerischer Rundfunk via Bavaria. To this day, local families continue the ancient traditions of Alpine farming.) Approx. 13:45, Der Bärenmann – Reno Sommerhalders Leben unter Bären (Bear Man — Reno Sommerhalder’s Life Among the Bears: For 30 years Reno and his family have been living in Canada’s Beat Bieri / Schweizer oldest national park in Banff, among bears. 92’00 CH German Fernsehen Here and during excursions to Alaska, Kamtschatka and Siberia he has come to understand that a peaceful co-existence is possible, as long as we do not lose respect.) Schalthaus, Start 16:00 – Nonstop Programme II – (no presenter) Title Duration Nation Screenwriter/Producer Language 16:00, Safar Be Amadai (A Journey to Amadai: More than 30 animal species are at home in the mountainous Amadai region Persian / in Iran, including eagles and wolves. All of 61’00 IRAN Farshad Afshinpour English them withstand harsh winters and scalding subtitles summers, reaping their rewards in spring and autumn.) Approx. 17:10, Die Kanarischen Inseln – Im Reich der Feuerberge (The Canary Islands — Realm of Fire Mountains: Few places on earth have remained as wild as the Canaries, despite human influence. Michael Schlamberger / Adjacent to enormous holiday cities, 91’00 AT German Science Vision jagged coastal cliffs loom as well as romantic gorges, extensive pine forests and dunes. Award-winning director Michael Schlamberger takes us on an exhilarating journey through all climate zones.) 7 Dr. Georg Bayerle (Bavarian Broadcasting) Stieler-Haus, 17:30 Uhr hosts this talk with – Fireside Chat – Christoph Himmighoffen Alpenplan – Ein Modell in Gefahr? (former Head of the State (The Alpine Plan — an Endangered Environmental Office and Model? This discussion investigates current head of the German current threats to a Bavarian environmental Association for the act from 1972 which represents an Protection of the Mountain important sustainable model for Alpine World) and Dr.