Festival Program

Wed 20
Thu 21
Fri 22
Sat 23
Sun 24

Big Hall

Start End Title/Presentation
18:30 20:30 Opening Ceremony (120")
19:45 20:30 THE GHOSTS ABOVE (37")

Turjestvena

Start End Title/Presentation
11:30 11:54 You in the cave? (24")
11:54 12:22 "BULGARIA FROM END TO END" - "One of the last rulers of the Rhodope Mountains" (28")
12:30 13:30 break/Exhibitions Opening Ceremony (60")
13:30 13:40 FALLIN' (10")
13:40 14:10 French Camera (30")
14:10 15:02 an Arctic Journey (52")
15:02 15:30 break (28")
15:30 15:47 Walking (17")
15:47 16:15 Ground zero: Self-portrait of an ocean abuser (28")
16:15 18:00 break/See exhibitions (105")

Tourist Information Centre

Start End Title/Presentation
11:30 12:35 Flavio Paolucci. From Guelmim to Biasca (65")
12:35 13:04 BULGARIA FROM END TO END - The mysteries of Trigrad (28")
13:04 13:40 break (36")
13:40 13:58 Es la vida (28")
13:58 14:23 Ambaritza windstorms (25")
14:23 14:28 A trip in the clouds to Kom peak (5")
14:28 15:38 Sandstone lovers (70")
15:38 16:18 My Sotos brother (40")
16:20 18:00 break/See exhibitions (100")

Big Hall

Start End Title/Presentation
14:00 15:47 African Territory II (107")
15:50 17:30 break/See exhibitions (100")
17:30 18:10 Presentation of Kancho Dolapchiev (40")
18:10 10:00 Presentation of Blagovest Obecanov - History of the Mountain rescue in Bansko (60")
19:10 19:30 break (20")
19:30 19:50 Presentatin "Memory for Mihail Krustev", Georgy Georgiev (Bulgaria) (20")
20:00 21:00 70th Anniversary of the First Summit of K2 (8611 m) - history, Doychin Boyanov (60")

Turjestvena

Start End Title/Presentation
11:30 12:50 No Winter Holidays (78")
12:50 12:55 The Alpin Charm of Bezbog Peak in Pirin (5")
13:00 13:40 break (40")
13:40 14:55 K2: Siren of the Himalayas (74")
14:55 15:25 Valtellina Iron Camp - The documentary (30")
15:25 16:00 Clean mountains (18")
16:00 15:30 break (90")

Tourist Information Centre

Start End Title/Presentation
11:30 11:48 Summit Dreams (18")
11:48 12:08 ÆQUO (20")
12:08 12:13 Struilitsa - the fabulous canyon in the Rhodopi Mountain (5")
12:13 12:31 Up there on top (18")
12:31 13:30 break (59")
13:30 14:40 VELO, A TOWN TELLS ITS STORY (70")
14:40 15:10 Worlds lost in the deep (20")
15:10 15:46 Summer on the Ice (36")
16:00 17:30 break (90")

Big Hall

Start End Title/Presentation
13:00 14:25 THE LAST EXPEDITION (85")
14:25 14:43 Footsteps - Journey Of A Song (18")
14:43 15:00 Magda (9")
15:00 16:00 break (60")
16:00 16:40 Stefan Ivanov (Bulgaria), adventurer – "Acrossing the Atlantic and Arctic Ocean in a Rowing Boat" (40")
16:40 17:30 Presentation of Peter Moser (Italy), climber (50")
17:30 18:00 break (30")
18:00 19:00 Presentation of Andrej Stremfelj (Slovenia), mountain climber, IFMGA guide, the 10th recipient of the Piolet d'Or Lifetime Achievement Award (60")
19:10 20:20 Presentation of Alex Bellini (Italy), explorer and public speaker, mental coach, environmental communicator (70")
20:20 20:30 Technical break (10")
20:30 21:40 Presentation of Andrzej Bargiel (Poland) backcountry skier, mountain runner and high altitude climber (70")

Turjestvena

Start End Title/Presentation
11:30 11:50 Api (20")
11:50 11:25 Crossing Dreams (34")
12:25 13:10 break (45")
13:10 14:17 The First Lap (67")
14:17 14:51 Valtellina Iron Camp - The documentary (30")
14:51 15:25 SARIRI (34")
15:25 16:00 break (35")

Tourist Information Centre

Start End Title/Presentation
11:30 11:54 The Last Observers (24")
11:54 13:00 Winter's echo (60")
13:00 13:30 break (30")
13:30 13:47 Baltoro Hike & Fly (17")
13:47 15:30 Beyond the Limit (90")
15:30 16:00 Official presenting of the photo exhibition Spain is closer (30")

"The Wall" guesthouse, Bania village

Start End Title/Presentation
09:30 12:00 Climbing competition "Peter Atanasov" (150")

Big Hall

Start End Title/Presentation
11:00 11:09 FreerAIde (9")
11:09 12:54 THE GREAT WHITE WHALE (105")
12:54 14:10 Just A Ride (65")
14:10 15:24 The Devil`s Climb (74")
15:24 16:30 Pirin: The 30 Peaks Challange (43")
15:30 16:30 Screening of Pirin: The 30 Peaks Challenge and meeting with Nikola Kalistrin and the team (60")
16:30 17:30 break (60")
17:30 18:30 Award Ceremony (60")
18:30 18:40 Technical break (10")
18:40 19:40 Presentation of Beat Kammerlander (Austria), extreme free rock and ice climber (60")
19:40 19:50 Technical break (10")
19:50 21:30 Adam Bielecki (Poland), climber, mountaineer and traveler – Presentation “Experiencing Annapurna. High altitude climbing by fair means” (90")
21:20 21:10 Technical break (10")
21:30 22:30 Nikolay Petkov (Bulgaria), climber, high altitude alpinist - Lecture “The Bulgarian route to Everest – 40 years later” and presenting the book “The west ridge of Everest” (80")

Turjestvena

Start End Title/Presentation
11:00 11:30 Don Benjamín (29")
11:30 12:16 The Search for Volcano Island (46")
12:16 12:26 Body of a Line (10")
12:30 13:10 break (40")
13:10 13:40 Project KE70 (30")
13:40 14:12 Keep It burning (32")
14:12 14:30 The Night Shift (15")
14:30 15:00 THE SILENT ESCAPE (29")
15:00 15:30 break (30")

Tourist Information Centre

Start End Title/Presentation
11:30 11:45 The Ice Builders (15")
11:45 12:25 Postcards from the Verge (40")
12:25 13:10 break (45")
13:10 14:01 SADPARA (51")
14:01 14:53 an Arctic Journey (52")
14:53 15:08 Dolomites: Camilotto Pellisier (15")
15:05 15:30 break (25")

Big Hall

Start End Title/Presentation
11:00 11:37 THE GHOSTS ABOVE (30")
11:30 12:30 Ani Gatevа and Miroslav Petrov, cavers - Presentation (60")
12:30 13:00 break (30")
13:00 13:53 Maurice Baquet (53")
13:53 15:38 "The Cruel way". Everest 1984 (105")

Turjestvena

Start End Title/Presentation
11:00 11:52 Everest, the Mother Goddess (52")
11:52 12:36 Annapurna Circuit (44")
12:36 13:06 Tomorrow's World (30")
13:06 13:46 The Headless Horseman (")
13:46 14:44 Ant/Arctic Women (58")
14:44 15:12 Still Alive (28")

Tourist Information Centre

Start End Title/Presentation
11:30 12:45 Women Warriors (75")
12:45 13:15 break (30")
13:15 14:38 "ANORI, inuit windsled" (83")
14:38 15:24 Pachamama (46")

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