Programme 2014 - Bergfilm Festival Tegernsee

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Programme 2014 - Bergfilm Festival Tegernsee
th
12 Tegernsee International Mountain Film Festival 2014, 22 Oct – 26 Oct
Sunday, 19 October 2014
Rathaus Tegernsee, 17:00
– „Ein Tag in den Alpen“ (A Day in the Alps) – Presentation of best submissions to the photo contest in
cooperation with the mountain magazine ALPIN
Vernissage of the exhibition
All photos are shown at the Rathaus from Monday, 20 October to Saturday, 25 October, daily from 11 am to 7.30 pm.
Tuesday, 21 October 2014
Ludwig-Thoma-Saal, 20:00
– Best of Tegernsee – Award-winning films of past years
Title
Duration
Nation
El ultimo Hielero del Chimborazo (The Last
Ice-Bringer of Chimborazo: An old man
30’00
FR
upholds the tradition of retrieving glacial ice
for consumption in Ecuador)
Alone on the Wall (Extreme free solo on
Yosemite’s Half Dome; 23-year-old Alex
24’00
USA
Honnold is completely in control – except
when it comes to girls.)
Petzl Rock Trip China (A team of
professional climbers and climbing legends
21’00
FR
journeys into the heart of China to seek
new challenges.)
Kurt und der Sessellift (Kurt and the Chair
Lift: 2012 A.D., modern ski resorts across
the Alps, yet hidden among high
20’00
CH
mountains, Kurt still operates a good oldfashioned chair lift at the Haldigrat ridge!)
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
Anne Farrer / Autoproduction
German
Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen /
Sender Films
English / German
subtitles
Vladimir Cellier, Julien
Nodiros
Thaïs Odermatt / Maximage
GmbH Filmproduktion
French
Suisse / German
subtitles
1
Wednesday, 22 October 2014
Barocksaal, 20:00
- Opening Night Title
Teddy Berr’s Biggest Cliff Jump (Freerider
Teddy Berr attempts a daredevil jump –
and lands somewhere improbable.)
The Cave Connection – Into the Unknown
(Two gigantic and widely ramified cave
systems deep beneath New Zealand’s Mt.
Arthur attract cave researchers and
adventurers from around the world.)
Drama am Mount Everest (Drama at Mt.
Everest: On Good Friday 2014 the worst
Mt. Everest disaster of all times strikes
when an avalanche buries an entire group
of Sherpas.)
Ludwig-Thoma-Saal, 20:00
- Generations Title
Der Bauer bleibst Du (The Farmer, That’s
Still You: Heinz is 82 and has been running
his mountain farm for over 40 years all by
himself. Eventually, he finds a deserving
successor and strikes up a unique
relationship.)
Medius-Center, 20:00
- Extreme Title
Teddy Berr’s Biggest Cliff Jump (Freerider
Teddy Berr attempts a daredevil jump –
and lands somewhere improbable.)
David Lama – Das Unmögliche möglich
machen (Making the Impossible Possible:
(Climbing talent David Lama was
discovered at age five and soon dominated
world cup championships. An adventurous
freeclimbing mission in Patagonia raises
questions about the extensive use of fixed
bolts for his camera team.)
Marathon am Mount Everest – Die
höchsten 42,195 km der Welt (Marathon on
Mt. Everest – The Highest 26 Miles in the
World: German extreme marathon runner
and sports psychologist Michele Ufer is on
his way to the world’s highest altitude
marathon in Nepal.)
Petzl Rock Trip Argentina (For this highly
entertaining edition of the Petzl Rock Trip,
professional climbers from around the
world converge in Argentina. Together with
young Argentinian climbers they look for
new challenges in the Buitrera Gorge.)
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
0’40
DE
Max Nüchtern / HelliVentures
Filmproduktion
English
52’00
DE/NZ
Niko Jäger / HelliVentures
Filmproduktion
German
30’00
DE
Juliane Möcklinghoff /
Norddeutscher Rundfunk
German
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
104’00
DE
Benedikt Kuby / Benedikt
Kuby Filmproduktion
German
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
0’40
DE
Max Nüchtern / HelliVentures
Filmproduktion
English
48’00
AT
Hans-Peter Stauber /
ServusTV/Red Bull Media
House
German
32’00
DE
Tobias Meinken, Michele Ufer
English / German
subtitles
23’00
FR
Vladimier Cellier, Guillaume
Broust / Petzl Distribution
French, English,
Spanish / English
subtitles
2
Schalthaus, 20:00
- Impermanence Title
Ice is Melting (This poignant shortest short
film compares the melting of a few scoops
of ice-cream in the sun to the ongoing
climactic catastrophe in the Alps.)
The Water Tower (Majestic Mt. Kenya at
5,199 m is home to the tribal water god
Ngai. As Peter McBride witnesses, this vital
source of water and nourishment to the
entire region is rapidly changing.)
Das Jostejo-ye Palang-e Irani (On the
Scent of Persian Leopards: Triggered by
the Iranian Cheetah Society’s alarming
research, the quest to find and save the
Persian Leopard began in 2005.)
Quirinal, 20:00
- Height of Sentiment Title
Teddy Berr’s Biggest Cliff Jump (Freerider
Teddy Berr attempts a daredevil jump –
and lands somewhere improbable.)
Hoch und heilig – Entdeckungen im Allgäu
(Height of Sentiment – Discoveries in the
Allgäu: A slow-paced Alpine hike reveals
exquisite landscapes dotted with religious
landmarks that tell their story of suffering
and solace, supplication and thanksgiving.)
Die vier Elemente – Macht der Erde (The
Four Elements – Power of the Earth: Why
did humans settle in the Alps – where the
limited soil makes it so very hard to eke out
a living?)
Wintertraum aus Schneekanonen (Winter
Dreams From Snow Cannons: Climate
change poses a threat to winter sports
resorts across the Alps: no snow, no
dough! Snow cannons compensate for the
decline in snow and funds, but can they
provide a lasting solution?)
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
1’20
DE
Sebastian Stojetz / Cocofilms
No dialogue
28’00
USA
Peter McBride / Peter
McBride Production
English / German
subtitles
72’00
IR
Fathollah Amiri / IRIB
Mazandaran Center
Farsi / German
subtitles
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
0’40
DE
Max Nüchtern / HelliVentures
Filmproduktion
English
45’00
DE
Andrea Kammhuber /
Bayerischer Rundfunk
German
50’00
DE
Jan Kerckhoff, Susanne
Delonge / Bilderfest GmbH
German
29’00
DE
Stefan Ebling / Bewegte
Zeiten Filmproduktion, ZDF
German
3
Thursday, 23 October 2014
Ludwig-Thoma-Saal, 10:00
- Children’s Programme Title
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
Paula und die wilden Lieder – Was mag der
Dachs? (Paula and the Wild Songs – What Does
the Badger Like? This song gives us some
answers – it loves to eat and sleep. But you will
rarely see it because it is only active at night.)
4’00
DE
Angelika Sigl / Bayerischer
Rundfunk
German
Paula und die wilden Bären (Paula and the Wild
Bears: Animal journalist Paula faces a unique
adventure – helping to raise two brown bear
cubs.)
70’00
DE
Angelika Sigl / Bayerischer
Rundfunk
German
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
13:00, Bergminiaturen – Die vier Jahreszeiten
(Mountain Miniatures – The Four Seasons: The
small things are what makes the big mountain
world so special to us. Such as silence, which
creates space for observation and free thinking.)
31’00
DE
Georg Bayerle / Bayerischer
Rundfunk
German
Approx. 13:40, Wide Boyz II (After sending some
challenging off-width climbing, Wide Boyz Peter
Whittaker and Tom Randall apply their skills to a
fierce crack in British Columbia.)
42’00
GB
Paul Diffley, Chris Prescott /
Hot Aches Production
English /
German
subtitles
Approx. 14:30, Wasserstress (Water Stress:
Global Warming can no longer be denied. But
climate change affects not only the high
mountains – the gradual pollution of mountain
spring water is a further worrisome consequence.)
19’00
DE/IT
Dennis Timm / Eurotransmitter
GmbH
German
Approx. 15:00, Unbekannte Bergwelt – Das
Hagengebirge (Unknown Mountain World – The
Hagen Mountains: A quiet, untainted mountain
world separates Austria from Bavaria high above
Lake Königssee.)
44’00
DE
Gabriele Mooser / Bayerischer
Rundfunk
German
Approx. 16:00, Berg und Bergler – Der Ortler
(Mountains and Mountain Folk – Mount Ortler:
Rising to almost 4k into the Southern Tyrolean
sky, Mt. Ortler is the highest mountain of the
Eastern Alps, a veritable colossus of rock and ice.
It dominates a region peopled by fabulous
individuals, among them Reinhold Messner.)
45’00
DE
Rolf Bickel / HighD
Filmschnitt/Hessischer
Rundfunk
German
Approx. 16:55, Bylot Island (435 miles north of the
polar circle, Bylot Islands is still asleep under thick
ice in the merry month of May. Three friends
embark to traverse this island of polar bears.)
27’00
CH
Sébastien Devrient / Vertiges
Pro
French /
German
subtitles
7’00
NL
José Miguel Biscaya / EYE
Filminstitute
No dialogue
Schalthaus, Start 13:00
- Nonstop-Programme - (no presenter)
Title
Approx. 17:30, #29: (Various mountain
landscapes are rendered strange and dramatically
beautiful by means of elaborate digital postprocessing. A treat for the eyes and a bewildering
lesson in the art of seeing.)
4
Approx. 17:40, Peter Aufschnaiter – Acht Jahre in
Tibet (Eight Years in Tibet: The flight of
Heinrich Harrer and Peter Aufschnaiter to the
forbidden city of Lhasa 70 years ago is well known
from the movie version. This documentary
explores events through the perspective of Peter
Aufschnaiter’s recently discovered records.)
50’00
AT
Fritz Kalteis / ServusTV/Red
Bull Media House
German
Approx. 18:30, Balance (This silent film follows
two climbers who meet disaster on an extreme
route: a fall and breaking bolts leave them
dangling a thousand yards above ground.)
11’00
NL
Mark Ram / deepeei film
productions
No dialogue
Approx. 18:45, Fallet (Falling: During a climbing
trip on the picturesque coast of Norway, the longtime couple Agnes and Ragnar runs into
unexpected personal challenges.)
15’00
NO
Andreas Thaulow / Spaett
Film AS
Norwegian /
German
subtitles
Title
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
Beyond the Edge (A gripping documentary about
Sir Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay’s first
ascent of Mount Everest in 1953.)
90’00
NZ
Leanne Pooley / General Film
Corporation
German
Title
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
Brotzeit (Eating Bread: The Motzen people live in
the deserted Apuseni Mountains of Romania. A
composed, sad portrait of the demise of one of
Europe’s oldest mountain cultures.)
66’00
RO
Björn Reinhardt / Maramures
Filmarchiv
Romanian /
German
subtitles
La lampe au beurre de yak (The Yak Butter
Lamp: A young photographer and his assistant
capture Tibetan nomads against various
backgrounds, achieving unique and touching
portraits. The film is not part of the festival
competition.)
15’00
FR
Hu Wei / AMA Productions
Tibetan /
English subtitles
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
Teddy Berr’s biggest Cliff Jump (Repeat, see
Wednesday, 22 Oct.)
0’40
DE
Max Nüchtern / HelliVentures
Filmproduktion
English
From AtoK and BaCk again (Tremendous footage
of four friends on their dream trip: heli-skiing in
Alaska. Outstanding athletic achievement is
presented in exceptional, often poetic images.)
25’00
AT
Johannes Hoffmann /
Whiteroom Productions
English /
German
subtitles
Distilled (After many mountain adventures from
the Alps to the Himalayas, Andy Cave returns to
where his mountaineering career began: on
Scottish winter climbs. He hails their wild beauty
and how they test a climber’s full range of skills.)
42’00
GB
Paul Diffley / Hot Aches
Productions
English /
German
subtitles
Sound of the Void (Sébastien de Sainte Marie
found himself on skis for the first time aged four.
Today, the steep skier finds solitude and silence
on rarely skied, crazily steep slopes.)
14’00
DE/CH
Marten Persil / Moving
Adventures/HelliVentures
Filmproduktion
German
Barocksaal, 17:00
- Edmund Hillary – Pioneer and Idol -
Ludwig-Thoma-Saal, 17:00
- Bread & Butter -
Medius-Center, 17:00
- Cool Title
5
Quirinal, 17:00
- Well Grounded Title
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
Die Steinbockjäger (The Ibex Hunters: During the
Middle Ages, the ibex of Berchtesgaden was
exterminated; in the 1930s it was brought back for
hunting. Today, 60-80 specimen remain – Tom
Dauer takes great risks to catch them on
camera.)
52’00
DE
Tom Dauer / Bilderfest GmbH
German
Die vier Elemente – Macht der Erde (The Four
Elements – Power of the Earth: Repeat, see
Wednesday, 22 Oct.)
50’00
DE
Jan Kerckhoff, Susanne
Delonge / Bilderfest GmbH
German
Ice is Melting (Repeat, see Wednesday, 22 Oct.)
1’20
DE
Sebastian Stojetz / Cocofilms
No dialogue
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
English /
German
subtitles
Barocksaal, 20:00
- Fear and Trust Title
High Tension (Extreme mountaineering feats by
Ueli Steck and Simone Moro on Mt. Everest were
supposed to be the focus of a film which now
stands as award-winning account of violent strife
between Sherpas and mountaineers on the
world’s most-climbed Eightthousander.)
42’00
USA
Josh Lowell, Peter Mortimer,
Nick Rosen, Zachary Barr /
Reel Rock Film
Tour/Senderfilms
Andy Holzer (Andy was born blind and inspires
his viewers in this new film when trekking through
the Holy Land and attempting a challenging new
climbing route in Wadi Rum, Jordan.)
50’00
DE/AT
Werner Bertolan /
ServusTV/Red Bull Media
House
German
Title
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
Cerro Torre – Nicht den Hauch einer Chance (A
Snowball’s Chance in Hell: Having bagged
various European and World Cup titles, climbing
prodigy David Lama attempts the impossible – to
freeclimb one of the world’s most beautiful and
difficult mountains, Cerro Torre in Patagonia.
Failure and criticism do not stop him from trying a
second time …)
104’00
AT
Thomas Dirnhofer, Philipp
Manderla / ServusTV/Red Bull
Media House
German
Title
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
Klang der Stille (Sound of Silence: Freeriding
pros Stefan and Björn set out with their skis into
what they expect to be a normal day of training –
when things take an utterly dramatic turn …)
6’00
DE
Adrian Golginger / Oliver
Arnold/Filmakademie BadenWürttemberg
No dialogue
Loslassen (Letting Go: Exposed on difficult routes
along steep walls – this is the world of Swiss
Alpinist Roger Schäli. His is a vertical life where
letting go can mean getting ahead. A film about
passion, loss and friendship in the mountains.)
23’00
DE
Franz Walter /
madebynomads
German
Sieben Tage im September (Seven Days in
September: A new record is set in the Himalaya
by Benedikt Böhm from Munich, who climbs 8k
Mt. Manaslu in one go from base to top in just 15
hours.)
80’00
DE
Karsten Scheuren / Kick Film
GmbH
German
Ludwig-Thoma-Saal, 20:00
- David Lama’s New Dimensions -
Medius-Center, 20:00
- Thin Air -
6
Schalthaus, 20:00
- Parallels Title
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
Berge im Kopf (Mountains on the Mind: For four
mountain guides across four generations, the
high mountains are a place of refuge as well as a
homestead. Whether seeking crystals, extreme
challenges or new routes – the question always
remains: how much should you give (up) for your
dreams?)
93’00
CH
Matthias Affolter / Filmformat Suisse / German
GmbH
subtitles
Parallel: (Two industrial climbers start their work
day early above the city’s rooftops. Their parallel
universe is one of routine and solitude, but
possibly also one of freedom?)
7’00
DE
Karl Kürten / Hochschule für
Film und Fernsehen München
German
Title
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
Die Wanderhebammen Vietnams (The District
Midwives of Vietnam: In Northern Vietnam, close
to the Chinese border, the Hmong ethnic minority
only receives rudimentary health care. To
address child mortality, district midwives are now
being trained to assist child-bearing women
across the mountain region.)
43’00
DE
Silke Gondolf / ZDF/ARTE
German
Prosper – Der Koch am Kilimanjaro (The chef on
Mt. Kilimanjaro: Prosper has been working as a
mountain chef for over 25 years – like him, many
locals make a living from mountain tourism,
although the average trekker will never meet
them in person.)
45’00
AT
Rudi Stangl, Raoul Kopacka /
Kilimanjaro TV
German
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
AT
Heinz Zak
German
Quirinal, 20:00
- Mountain Work -
Sporthalle, 20:00
- Talk by Heinz Zak Title
Karwendel – Uriges Tiroler Gebirge in allen
Facetten (All Facets of the Quaint Tyrolean
Mountain Range: Tyrolean extreme climber and
mountain photographer Heinz Zak has been
touring the Karwendel mountains for over 30
years. During his talk, he will show impressive
images and film sequences that demonstrate the
many ways in which he moves around his home
region.)
7
Friday, 24 October, 2014
Ludwig-Thoma-Saal, 10:00
- Children’s Programme Title
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
Vigia (A small bee is fleeing from pollution. To
follow her, we must first found out how to properly
draw a bee.)
8’00
CH
Marcel Barelli / Nadasdy Film
Italian /
German
subtitles
Gletscherschmelze – Warum verschwindet das
ewige Eis? (Glacial Meltdown – Why is the
Perpetual Ice Disappearing?: The glacier on top
of Germany’s highest mountain, Mt. Zugspitze, is
melting. Why is this so and can it be saved?)
10’00
DE
Svenja Mettlach /
Westdeutscher Rundfunk
German
Auf höchstem Niveau – Ausbildung rund um die
Zugspitze (Higher Education – Training at Mt.
Zugspitze: Young people from all over the world
come to Mt. Zugspitze to train in many different
professions. There is even a trainee from the
animal kingdom: Kanda is going to be a rescue
dog.)
30’00
DE
Birgit Wuthe / Bewegte Zeiten
Filmproduktion GmbH
German
Title
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
12:30, Az Alp Ta Damavand (From the Alps to Mt.
Damavand: In many parts of the world, mountains
are considered holy. Mt. Damavand is a majestic
volcanic cone in Iran and plays a crucial role in
the lives and traditions of local people.)
80’00
IR
Farhad Varahram / IRIB
Channel 2
Farsi /
German
subtitles
Approx. 14:00, Tönis Brautfahrt – Mit den
Senntenbauern über den Gotthard (Tönis’s
Maiden Voyage – With the Sennten Farmers
Across the Gotthard: As early as the 13th century,
Swiss families made a living from the cattle trade.
This documentary explores the continued tradition
of driving cattle across the Gotthard Pass, based
on the plot of a popular novella.)
80’00
CH
Claudia Steiner / Roger
Bürgler Kulturwerk.ch GmbH
German
Approx.15:25, Stopy na hrebeni (Footprints on
the Ridge: Extensive ridges connect the Western,
the Belianske and the High Tatras. Crossing this
majestic range in Alpine style presents two
friends with a stiff challenge.)
53’00
SK
Pavol Barabáš / K2 Studio
German
Suisse
Roman /
German
subtitles
Schalthaus, Start 12:30
Nonstop Programme (no presenter)
Approx. 16:20, Il colm da la pezza (Call of the
Mountains – The Swiss Alpine Club Turns 150:
The history of the SAC, founded in Olten in 1963,
is synonymous with the history of conquering the
Swiss Alps.)
26’00
CH
Gieri Venzin / Monte Films
GmbH/RTR
Approx. 16:50, Guides & Cie. (A grandiose
portrait of the famed “Compagnie des Guides de
Chamonix“, Europe’s oldest and most prestigious
mountain guide association.)
72’00
FR
Gilles Chappaz / Seven Doc
French /
German
subtitles
Approx. 18:10, David Lama – Das Unmögliche
möglich machen (Making the Impossible
Possible: Repeat, see Wednesday, 22 Oct.)
48’00
AT
Hans-Peter Stauber /
ServusTV/Red Bull Media
House
German
8
Barocksaal, 17:00
- A High Price? Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
Als unsere Berge das Skifahren lernten – Teil 1
(When Our Mountains Learned to Ski – Part 1:
When the first die-hards strapped on their skis in
Bavaria, an almost frightening development took
its course and changed the Bavarian Alps and
their inhabitants forever. Includes authentic,
previously unreleased footage from the first days
of ski sports.)
Title
44’00
DE
Katarina Schickling /
Tangram-International
GmbH/Bayerischer Rundfunk
German
Nanga Parbat – Schicksalsberg (Fateful
Mountain: Mt. Nanga Parbat is the site of success
and tragedy – not only for Reinhold Messner, who
lost his brother here, but also for the Alpinists
murdered in a recent Taliban attack.)
50’00
AT
Andreas Nickel /
ServusTV/Red Bull Media
House
German
Ludwig-Thoma-Saal, 17:00
- Ice and Rock Title
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Piz Badile – Licht und Schatten (Light and
Shadow: Hermann Buhl achieved a legendary
tour de force in 1952. He cycled 75 miles from
Landeck to the Swiss Bergell, solo-climbed the
North East face of Piz Badile and cycled home
again afterwards. 60 years later, extreme climber
Hansjörg Auer searches for traces of the man.)
52’00
DE/AT
Tom Dauer / Gerald
Salmina/Bluebird Production
German
Die Faszination der Eisriesen (Fascination of the
Ice Giants: The world’s biggest ice cave is located
in Tennengau near Salzburg. Not only does it
attract plenty of visitors, it also intrigues scientists
with its unresolved mysteries.)
24’00
AT
Viola Wörter / ORF
German
52’00
FR
Jean-Daniel Lagant / Puzzle
Media
French /
German
subtitles
Medius-Center, 17:00
- High-Wire Act Ligne de vie (Lifeline: Andy Lewis is one of
today’s best slackliners. He meets up with
extreme sportsman Taig Khris in his birthplace,
the Moab Desert in Utah, to complete a hairraising slackline challenge.)
Arriba Bolivia – A Climbing School in the Altiplano
(Eight young Belgians together with their Bolivian
colleagues found a climbing school in an old
mining city on the Andean Plateau and go
through moments of tension as well as elation.)
33’00
BE
Ingrid Leonard
German,
Spanish /
German
subtitles
Title
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
Die Bergretter – Zwischen Eis und Schnee (The
Mountain Rescuers – Between Ice and Snow:
(The Tyrolian Mountain Rescue counts as one of
the most innovative and modern Alpine rescue
services. Impressive images and astonishing
insights characterise a documentary that took two
whole years to complete.)
87’00
AT
Markus Voglauer / WMAFilm/ORF
German
Quirinal, Start 17:00
- Mountain Rescue -
9
Sporthalle, 17:00
- Everest Title
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
Mythos Everest (The Myth of Everest: On the
occasion of the first ascent’s 60th anniversary,
Reinhold Messner recounts the surprising history
of Mt. Everest ascents.)
50’00
AT
Andreas Nickel /
ServusTV/Red Bull Media
House
German
42’00
USA
Josh Lowell, Peter Mortimer,
Nick Rosen, Zachary Barr /
Reel Rock Film
Tour/Senderfilms
English /
German
subtitles
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
English
High Tension (Repeat, see Thursday, 23 Oct.)
Barocksaal, 20:00
- Alpine Club Night I Title
Teddy Berr’s Biggest Cliff Jump (Repeat, see
Wednesday, 22 Oct.)
0’40
DE
Max Nüchtern / HelliVentures
Filmproduktion
Silbergeier (Swiss climber Nina Caprez plans to
climb the legendary Silbergeier Route in the
Rätikon mountain range by her 25th birthday. If
she succeeds, it will be the first free climb
completed there by a woman.)
17’00
FR
Vladimir Cellier / Barakafilms
French /
German
subtitles
Icefall (In a matter of minutes, the fascination of
ice climbing and the rugged beauty of Norwegian
ice falls captivate their audience.)
4’00
CH
Joseph Areddy / Kate
Spice/Mammut
English
Wasserstress (Water Stress, Repeat, see
Thursday, 23 Oct.)
19’00
DE/IT
Dennis Timm / Eurotransmitter
GmbH
German
IT
Astrid Kofler, Helmut
Lechthaler / Audio Vision
OHG
German
N
Andreas Thaulow / Spaett
Film AS
Norwegian /
German
subtitles
Wächter der Wanderer – Wirtsleute in Südtirols
Berghütten (Guardians of Hikers – Southern
Tyrolian Mountain Inn Keepers: Refuge huts are
appr. 10’0
places of shelter and sociability. Their inn keepers
unite pragmatism and gregariousness and stay
on their toes from dawn to midnight.)
Fallet (Falling: Repeat, see Thursday, 23 Oct.)
15’00
Festival Director Michael Pause (Bavarian Broadcasting) is the host of this night and will be joined by interesting guests.
Please note: due to high demand, the Alpine Club Night films will be screened simultaneously, but in different order, in
the Sporthalle.
Thoma-Saal, 20:00
- Escape and Freedom Title
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
The Great Crossing (3 weeks of self-reliance and
physical challenges among the unclimbed peaks
of the Northern Karakoram: endurance athlete
Tamara Lunger and her team cover 115 miles on
foot in an utterly hostile environment.)
55’00
AT
Matthias Aberer, Stefan
Fritsche / FYNE – Peak
Ventures
German
Peter Aufschnaiter – Acht Jahre in Tibet (Eight
Years in Tibet: Repeat, see Thursday, 23 Oct.)
50’00
AT
Fritz Kalteis / ServusTV/Red
Bull Media House
German
10
Medius-Center, 20:00
- Got a Grip? Title
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
Defaid a Dringo – The Climbing Shepherd (Ioan
Doyle meets with harsh realities when attempting
to combine his passion for climbing with a
shepherd’s life in remote Wales.)
48’00
GB/
Wales
Alun Hughes / Cwmnida
Welsh /
German
subtitles
Balance (Repeat, see Thursday, 23 Oct.)
11’00
NL
Mark Ram / deepeei film
productions
No dialogue
Ines Paperts Erstbesteigung des Likhu Chuli I:
(Ines Papert’s First Ascent of Likhu Chuli I: Due to
bad weather conditions, Ines Papert and Thomas
Senf abandon their attempted new route onto Mt.
Tengkampoche and opt to tackle the unclimbed
Likhu Chuli I (6.197 m) instead.)
12’00
DE
Ines Papert, Eduardo Gellner /
Hans Hornberger/Bayerischer
Rundfunk
German
SWISSMAN Xtrem Triathlon 2013 (The ultimate
Alpine triathlon kicks off in Ascona, involves a
swim in Lago Maggiore, the crossing of three
Alpine passes by bike and ends on a mountain
trek among iconic peaks such as Eiger, Mönch
and Jungfrau. Its participants give no less than
everything.)
10’00
CH
Sampo Lenzi, Marc Hakan
Paulsen / Paulsen & Lenzi
English
J’ai demandé la lune au rocher (I Tried to Get
Blood from a Stone: For Stéphanie Bodet
climbing and poetry are intimately connected. She
must clear her mind by forging words before
daring to scale an 8a+ route in Corsica.)
13’00
FR
Bertrand Delapierre / Natura
Films
French /
German
subtitles
Schalthaus, 20:00
- On Location Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
Weibsbilder (Daring Dames: Forced by tragic
circumstances into becoming entrepreneurs, five
women take on their challenges as self-reliant
farmers with creativity and perseverance.)
Title
45’00
IT
Lucia von Mörl / Videoproject
German
Drama am Gipfel (Drama at the Peak: Harald
Krassnitzer visits some of the greatest mountain
feature film locations, meeting contemporary
witnesses and highlighting the thrill and challenge
of these shoots.)
90’00
DE
Tilmann Achtnich, Claus
Hanischdörfer /
Südwestrundfunk
German
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
45’00
DE/KG.
Axel Gomille / ZDF
German
Quirinal, 20:00
- Wildlife and Hikers Title
Im Reich der Schneeleoparden (Realm of the
Snow Leopards: A great population of snow
leopards used to inhabit the high mountains of
Kyrgyzstan; poachers have drastically reduced
their numbers. Now, local and German
environmentalists try to achieve protection for the
endangered species.)
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Nockberge – Land zwischen Himmel und Erde
(The Nock Mountains – Between Heaven and
Earth: Their grassy, dome-like summits make the
Nock Mountains one of Europe’s most unusual
geological features. Among their softly rolling
landscapes an exceptional diversity of wildlife
beckons to be discovered.)
52’00
AT
Waltraud Paschinger / ORF
German
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
English
Sporthalle, 20:00
- Alpine Club Night II – (see Alpine Club Night I, Barocksaal)
Title
Duration
Teddy Berr’s biggest Cliff Jump (Repeat, see
Alpine Club Night I)
0’40
DE
Max Nüchtern / HelliVentures
Filmproduktion
Icefall (Repeat, see Alpine Club Night I)
4’00
CH
Joseph Areddy / Kate
Spice/Mammut
English
Wächter der Wanderer – Wirtsleute in Südtirols
Berghütten (Guardians of Hikers – Southern
Tyrolian Mountain Inn Keepers: Repeat, see
Alpine Club Night I)
appr.10’00
IT
Astrid Kofler, Helmut
Lechthaler / Audio Vision
German
Fallet (Falling: Repeat, see Thursday, 23 Oct.)
15’00
NO
Andreas Thaulow / Spaett
Film AS
Norwegian /
German
subtitles
Silbergeier (Repeat, see Alpine Club Night I)
17’00
FR
Vladimir Cellier / barakafilms
French /
German
subtitles
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Saturday, 25 October 2014
Schalthaus, Start 12:00
Nonstop Programme (no presenter)
Title
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
11:00, Das Glück des abchasischen Hirten (The
Joy of the Abkhazian Shepherds: Every summer,
goat shepherd Murman Lomina sets out with his
herds to the High Caucasus mountains.)
43’00
DE
Andrzej Klamt / HalbtotalFilm/ZDF
German
Approx. 12:50, Als unsere Berge Skifahren
lernten – Teil 2 (When Our Mountains Learned to
Ski – Part 2: Some of the last surviving eye
witnesses describe their memories and show
original footage.)
44’00
DE
Katarina Schickling /
Tangram-International
GmbH/Bayerischer Rundfunk
German
Approx. 13:40, Stilfserjoch – Kreuzweg des
Friedens (The Stelvio Pass – Crossroads of
Peace: This documentary enquires into the warravaged past and the more peace-loving present
of this historical mountain pass at the AustroItalian border.)
71’00
DE
Alessandro Melazzini /
Italian / German
Alpenway Media Productions
subtitles
GmbH
Approx. 15:00, Im Zauber der Wildnis –
Geheimnis der Rockies (Magic of the Wild –
Secretes of the Rockies: They still exist, magical
pristine places – in the National Parks of Western
Canada, Banff and the Rocky Mountains.)
44’00
DE
Jochen Schliessler, Nanje de
Jong-Teuscher / Spiegel
TV/ZDF
German
Approx. 15:50, Der Bauer bleibst Du (The
Farmer, That’s Still You: Repeat, see
Wednesday, 22 Oct.)
104’00
DE
Benedikt Kuby / Benedikt
Kuby Filmproduktion
German
Approx. 17:45, Mythos Ausseerland (Myth of the
Bad Aussee Region: At the heart of Austria, the
picturesque Aussee region charms its visitors with
its rugged landscapes and headstrong locals.)
52’00
AT
Manfred Corinne / ORF
German
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
93’00
CH
Matthias Affolter / Filmformat
GmbH
Suisse /
German
subtitles
Barocksaal, 17:00
- Mountain Calling Title
Berge im Kopf (Mountains on the Mind: Repeat,
see Thursday, 23 Oct.)
Thoma-Saal, 17:00
- Stories and History Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
Wächter der Wanderer – Wirtsleute in Südtirols
Berghütten (Guardians of Hikers – Southern
Tyrolian Mountain Inn Keepers: Repeat, see 24
Oct.)
Title
45’00
IT
Astrid Kofler, Helmut
Lechthaler / Audio Vision
OHG
German
Damals in Kitzbühel – Skipioniere und
Schneeamazonen (Back in the Day in Kitzbühel –
Ski Pioneers and Snow Amazons: In 1893
Kitzbühel man Franz Reisch had a pair of skis
sent from Norway. This marks the birth hour of
winter sports at the Kitzbüheler Horn and the
advent of winter tourism.)
28’00
DE
Sybille Krafft / Bayerischer
Rundfunk
German
13
Medius-Center, 17:00
- Water, Snow and Rock Title
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
STEPS – A Journey to the Edge of Climate
Change (Probably one of the first climate-friendly
freeriding films. Instead of jumbo-jetting into the
snow, a group of freeriders uses public transport
to get to some very impressive Alpine peaks.)
50’00
CH
Stephan Hermann, Philipp
Eyer / Ride Greener/Sten
Smola
German
ChileS014 (Six months of kayaking through South
America: a dream come true within outstanding
natural environments.)
11’00
DE
Pirmin Dlugosch
German
Petzl Roc Trip Argentina (repeat, see
Wednesday, 22 Oct.)
23’00
FR
Vladimir Cellier, Guzillaume
Broust / Petzl Distribution
French, English,
Spanish /
English subtitles
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
Blind Trust (The moving story of a blind boy who
defies fate and conquers the most appealing
Alpine peaks, experiencing his own version of
limitlessness.)
31’00
SK
Ratislav Hatiar / Ceper Film
Slovak /
German
subtitles
Reinhold Messner il quindicesimo 8000 (Reinhold
Messner’s Fifteenth Eightthousander: With the
opening of his fifth Messner Mountain Museum,
the first man to scale all of the world’s 8k peaks
continues his mission of presenting unusual
insights into the mountain world.)
49’00
CH
Valerio Scheggio / Vario Film
SA
German
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
80’00
DE
Karsten Scheuren / Kick Film
GmbH
German
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
Title
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
Pioniere am Matterhorn – Das letzte Wort hat der
Berg (Pioneers at Mt. Matterhorn – The Mountain
Gets the Final Word: A Swiss-Argentinian roped
party attempts to climb the rarely used Gogna
Route on the Matterhorn’s north face in a single
day.)
52’00
DE/AT
Jochen Hemmleb / Gerald
Salmina/Bluebird Production
German,
English
Quirinal, 17:00
- Finding Your Own Path Title
Sporthalle, 17:00
- Fate Title
Sieben Tage im September (Repeat, see
Thursday, 23 Oct.)
Barocksaal, 20:00
- Final Celebration and Conferring of Prizes Title
With patron Dr. Heiner Geißler.
Cinematic highlights of the festival.
Thoma-Saal, 20:00
- Pioneering Feats -
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Unbekannte Antarktis – Expedition durch Queen
Maud Land (Unknown Antarctic – Expedition
through Queen Maud Land: Despite
unpredictable weather and extreme sub-zero
temperatures, a German-Austrian-Italian team
attempts to traverse the Drygalski Mountains on
skis.)
43’00
DE
Viktor Stauder / Florianfilm
German
Ice is Melting (Repeat, see Wednesday, 22 Oct.)
1’20
DE
Sebastian Stojetz / Cocofilms
No dialogue
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
For a Fistful of Seconds (Climbing and base
jumping – this highly addictive combination
includes a short but crazily sweet free flight, in
this instance in the French Alps.)
28’00
FR
Bertrand Delapierre
French /
German
subtitles
The Sensei (46-year-old Yuji Hirayama was the
first Asian climber to triumph at the world cup. For
the challenge of his most difficult route to date, he
recruits US boulderer Daniel Woods. In the thin
air of Mt. Kinabalu’s peak plateau in Borneo,
master and disciple teach each other precious
lessons.)
26’00
USA
Josh Lowell, Peter Mortimer,
Nick Rosen / Reel Rock Film
Tour/Senderfilms
English /
German
subtitles
Sound of the Void (Repeat, see Thursday, 23
Oct.)
14’00
DE/CH
Marten Persil / Moving
Adventures/HelliVentures
Filmproduktion
German
Medius-Center, 20:00
- Up and Away Title
Just a Normal Working Week – The West Face of
Cerro Torre (Patagonia: first in 1999, then in
2013. During two very different expeditions, the
same stellar climbing team braves the west face
of terrifying Cerro Torre.)
15’00
CH
Christoph Frutiger
German,
Spanish /
German
subtitles
Fallet (Falling: Repeat, see Thursday, 23 Oct.)
15’00
NO
Andreas Thaulow / Spaett
Film AS
Norwegian /
German
subtitles
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
Bylot Island (repeat, see Thursday, Oct 23)
27’00
CH
Sébastien Devrient / Vertiges
Pro
French /
German
subtitles
Mulegns (Mulegns is the smallest political
community in the Graubünden Canton with a
mere 26 inhabitants. And yet, this little Swiss
village at the Julier Pass is quite well known and
deserves slowing down for.)
26’00
CH
Eligi Derungs / Radio
Televisiun Svizra Rumantscha
Suisse Roman /
German
subtitles
Mustang – Flucht aus den Bergen (Flight from the
Mountains: Global warming and resulting water
shortages drive inhabitants of the remote
Himalayan Mustang region from their villages. A
mystical way of life between ancient Buddhist
rites and modernity is under threat.)
52’00
DE/FR
Holger Riedel /
Medienkontor/Compass-Film
German
Schalthaus, 20:00
- En Route Title
15
Quirinal, 20:00
- A Close Look Title
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
Ohne Herrgott bleib i nit … (Without the Lord I
Ain’t Stayin’: A mountain farmer in the Tyrolian
Vinschgau lives a remote life and yet tries to go
with the times. When the wood-carved Jesus that
has graced the front wall since 1818 is taken
away to be restored, he feels the end is nigh.)
59’00
IT
Günther Neumair / recmedia
German
Unbekannte Welten – Tatort Almwiese (Unknown
Worlds – Crime Scene Mountain Meadow: Insect
researcher and wildlife filmmaker Urs Wyss uses
a stereo microscope and a HD camera to
penetrate the fascinating microcosm of bugs.)
49’00
DE
Berndt Welz / Bilderfest
GmbH
German
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
104’00
AT
Thomas Dirnhofer / Philipp
Manderla/ServusTV/Red Bull
Media House
German
Duration
Nation
Screenwriter/Producer
Language
Sporthalle, 20:00
- Cerro Torre Title
Cerro Torre – Nicht den Hauch einer Chance (Not
a Snowball’s Chance in Hell: Repeat, see
Thursday, 23 Oct.)
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Ludwig-Thoma-Saal, from 9:30
Title
Matinée with the winning films
(detailed programme will be available from
Saturday evening)
(Please note: All programme information is subject to correction / short term changes may occur.)
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