Film program – 26 September, Sunday
26 September, Sunday
BIG HALL, Culture Center “Nikola Vapcarov”
11:00 / 12:46 – Ocean to sky, Australia, 2019, Michael Dillon, 106`
Soon after the tragic death of his wife and youngest daughter, Sir Edmund Hillary, deeply depressed embarks on a healing expedition- an epic journey by jet boat and foot along the River Ganges to its Himalayan source. The journey brings him back to life, but then mountain sickness threatens to end his life, and his son and best friends try desperately to save him.
12:46 / 13:03 – Antarctica – at your fingertips, Bulgaria, 2020, Jivko Konstantinov, 17`
Producer: Marina Stoimenova, NOVA TV
We are teleporting to a place that is as unknown as space. We move into another dimension, where the only master is Mother Nature. Thousands of kilometers from the comfortable concert halls, in the coldest place on the planet, I will meet the musicians Teodosii Spasov and Hari Tsvyatkov. They will perform in front of a colony of penguins, elephant seals, eared seals and birds.
13:03 / 13:30 – break
13:30 /15:30 – See presentations program
15:30 / 16:40 – La montaña desnuda/The naked mountain, Spain, 2020, Alex Txikon, 70`
After the first attempt 100 years ago by Albert Mummery to ascend Nanga Parbat in 1895 and the first ascent in 1953 starring Hermann Buhl, Alex Txikon with Ali Sadpara and Simone Moro managed to reach the top of Nanga Parbat in 2016 in winter, marking a milestone in mountaineering history
TURZESTVENA HALL, Culture Center “Nikola Vapcarov”
11:00 – 12:10 – My Upside Down World, Italy, 2021, Elena Goatelli, 70`
After having competed all her life and having won almost everything there was to win, climber Angelika Rainer decides to abandon the races and get back into the game on a personal journey to rediscover herself, her relationship with the past and with the nature. In front of the most difficult rock and ice walls in the world, Angelika faces the moment of inflection of her career, in search of new challenges and new paths to follow, in freedom.
12:10 / 12:23 – El gran hito/The Great Milestone, Spain, 2020, Ignasi Lopez Fàbregas, 13`
A well-off mountaineer’s hobby is reaching the summits of the highest mountains. He has one last goal to accomplish in order to complete this special collection: that impossible summit, the one he is determined to climb, whatever it takes. A woman bored of waiting for her husband to return from his excitement-packed mountain escapades has decided to seek some adventure of her own and attempt a more modest ascent. Being a woman, she will have to overcome obstacles that will prove to be more difficult than actually reaching the summit. The destinies of both characters will come together as they pursue their respective goals.
12:30 / 13:00 –break
13:00 / 14:17 – Super Frenchie, USA, 2019, Chase Ogden, 77`
Super Frenchie provides an intimate look at the life of professional skier and BASE jumper Matthias Giraud, who stops at nothing to pursue his passion for adventure. The film follows Matthias as he dares ever more dangerous stunts while simultaneously falling in love and starting a family. The story takes a turn when Matthias suffers a catastrophic crash just days before the birth of his first child. After miraculously surviving, Matthias struggles to get back to the sport he loves while grappling with the effects it has on his young family. Ultimately he must decide if his passion for BASE jumping is worth the risk and how far he is willing to go to pursue it. This film uniquely combines the thrills of some of the world’s most extreme sports with Matthias’ personal journey to tell a story filled with heart and excitement.
14:17 / 15:52 – Notes From The Wall, Belguim, 2017, Siebe Vanhee and Guillaume Lion, 34`
19 days on a 1200-meter-high vertical wall in Torres del Paine, Patagonia. An honest and profound story of an ascent spiced up by rough weather conditions, technical climbing and live music.
