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.) 11 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 12 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 - 14 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.) 16