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The program will feature the best outdoor and mountain films during the last 2 years - 80 films, premiering in Bulgaria from 43 countries across 6 continents, selected from over 250 submissions.
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A Horse Is a Human’s Wings
A Japanese traveler spends 100 days in Kyrgyzstan, including 84 days crossing the country with a horse he buys there. Covering approximately 1,200 kilometers and 16,000 meters of cumulative ascent, their journey becomes a story of companionship, freedom, and learning to move through the world at another being’s pace.
A Horse Is a Human’s Wings
A Japanese traveler spends 100 days in Kyrgyzstan, including 84 days crossing the country with a horse he buys there. Covering approximately 1,200 kilometers and 16,000 meters of cumulative ascent, their journey becomes a story of companionship, freedom, and learning to move through the world at another being’s pace.
L'Envol
Director Nicolas Falquet followed Swiss Jura climber Katherine Choong and her partner Jim Zimmermann as they took on one of their biggest challenges: attempting to climb Fly, a 550-metre-long multi-pitch route in Lauterbrunnen, rated at a very high level and one that has resisted many climbers. Between autumn 2022 and autumn 2023, Nicolas Falquet followed the couple through their struggles and successes. The director captured this chapter of their lives in L'Envol.
L'Envol
Director Nicolas Falquet followed Swiss Jura climber Katherine Choong and her partner Jim Zimmermann as they took on one of their biggest challenges: attempting to climb Fly, a 550-metre-long multi-pitch route in Lauterbrunnen, rated at a very high level and one that has resisted many climbers. Between autumn 2022 and autumn 2023, Nicolas Falquet followed the couple through their struggles and successes. The director captured this chapter of their lives in L'Envol.
Temporary Nomad
Valentin documents his two-year journey eastward from Austria — hitchhiking, sleeping on strangers’ sofas and under open skies, encountering people from all walks of life. Deep in Iran’s mountains he makes an unexpected encounter with one of the last nomadic families.
Temporary Nomad
Valentin documents his two-year journey eastward from Austria — hitchhiking, sleeping on strangers’ sofas and under open skies, encountering people from all walks of life. Deep in Iran’s mountains he makes an unexpected encounter with one of the last nomadic families.
The Altai Crossing
Two mountain bikers and a local guide set out to cross the Mongolian Altai on fully loaded bikes. They carry them over a pass the locals call the pass of death, sleep among wild horses, and are taken in by nomadic families along the way. A route only a handful of cyclists have ever ridden — through a land where people still live the way the world has forgotten how to.
The Altai Crossing
Two mountain bikers and a local guide set out to cross the Mongolian Altai on fully loaded bikes. They carry them over a pass the locals call the pass of death, sleep among wild horses, and are taken in by nomadic families along the way. A route only a handful of cyclists have ever ridden — through a land where people still live the way the world has forgotten how to.
Bulgarians on communism peak
The film captures the historic ascent of Peak Communism (now Peak Ismoil Somoni, 7,495 m high, in the Pamir Mountains) by Bulgarian mountaineers. The ascent was accomplished on July 30, 1972, by Avram Avramov, Encho Petkov, Kancho Dolapchiev, and Ognyan Baldzhiyski.
Bulgarians on communism peak
The film captures the historic ascent of Peak Communism (now Peak Ismoil Somoni, 7,495 m high, in the Pamir Mountains) by Bulgarian mountaineers. The ascent was accomplished on July 30, 1972, by Avram Avramov, Encho Petkov, Kancho Dolapchiev, and Ognyan Baldzhiyski.
Les etoiles du Mont Blanc
The legend and history of human exploits on Mont Blanc starting from Jacques Balmat and Michel-Gabriel Paccard's first climb in 1786.
Les etoiles du Mont Blanc
The legend and history of human exploits on Mont Blanc starting from Jacques Balmat and Michel-Gabriel Paccard's first climb in 1786.
Old Man Lightning
John “Verm” Sherman, a legendary rock climber, raconteur and curmudgeon, has lost his climbing mojo and wants it back. What better way to do that than by scaling the world’s most famous boulder problem, Yosemite’s mythical Midnight Lightning? He conquered it 25 years ago, but since then the climb has gotten harder and Sherman at 60 years old has gotten softer due to beerlust and his passion for bird photography.
Old Man Lightning
John “Verm” Sherman, a legendary rock climber, raconteur and curmudgeon, has lost his climbing mojo and wants it back. What better way to do that than by scaling the world’s most famous boulder problem, Yosemite’s mythical Midnight Lightning? He conquered it 25 years ago, but since then the climb has gotten harder and Sherman at 60 years old has gotten softer due to beerlust and his passion for bird photography.
The Day Is Not Lost
Pressured to convert to Islam under the Ottoman Empire, Bulgarian Muslims have lived at the margins of the dominant Orthodox Christian culture for centuries. Because of this, the villagers of Gorno Dryanovo have forged a unique mountain community defined by deep, enduring relationships to the land and to each other.
The Day Is Not Lost
Pressured to convert to Islam under the Ottoman Empire, Bulgarian Muslims have lived at the margins of the dominant Orthodox Christian culture for centuries. Because of this, the villagers of Gorno Dryanovo have forged a unique mountain community defined by deep, enduring relationships to the land and to each other.
VIVA CHILE
As summer continues in the Northern Hemisphere, four friends cross the globe in search of winter in the Chilean Andes. Their journey leads them through steep couloirs, remote mountains, and snow-covered volcanoes. It is a world of contrasts: ice and heat, hot springs and freezing rivers, lush vegetation and raw volcanic rock. The film combines skiing in legendary locations with the everyday challenges and difficult logistics of travelling through Chile.
VIVA CHILE
As summer continues in the Northern Hemisphere, four friends cross the globe in search of winter in the Chilean Andes. Their journey leads them through steep couloirs, remote mountains, and snow-covered volcanoes. It is a world of contrasts: ice and heat, hot springs and freezing rivers, lush vegetation and raw volcanic rock. The film combines skiing in legendary locations with the everyday challenges and difficult logistics of travelling through Chile.
Tension
The highline alpinism documentary by @moisescastrolepe , created for the Allianz FIS Freeride World Championships 2026 Andorra by Mammut and @freerideworldtour. Directed by @_albertmateu. A line suspended in the void, pushed to the limit by cold, wind and heavy snowfall. Many things changed, and not everything went as planned. Precision, risk and balance in the high mountains.
Tension
The highline alpinism documentary by @moisescastrolepe , created for the Allianz FIS Freeride World Championships 2026 Andorra by Mammut and @freerideworldtour. Directed by @_albertmateu. A line suspended in the void, pushed to the limit by cold, wind and heavy snowfall. Many things changed, and not everything went as planned. Precision, risk and balance in the high mountains.
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