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International Film Competition 2022

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The films selected to the International Film Competition of the 20th Krakow Mountain Festival:

  1. A Baffin Vacation, Directors Sarah McNair-Landry and Erik Boomer, Canada, 2022, 13 min – PREMIERE
  2. A Woman’s Place, Director Mena Wakeford, United Kingdom, 2021, 27 min – PREMIERE
  3. Adam Ondra, Pushing the Limits, Directors Jan Simanek and Petr Zaruba, Czech Republic, 2022, 77 min – PREMIERE
  4. An Accidental Life, Director Henna Taylor, USA, 2021, 88 min
  5. Alpine Trilogy (Doggystyle), Directors Damien Largeron, Brian Mathé and Morgan Monchaud, France, 2021, 41 min
  6. Balkan Express, Directors Philipp Becker and Johannes Mueller, Germany, 2022, 40 min – PREMIERE
  7. Be Inspired, Directors Mark Northwood and Bekky O’Neil, Canada, 2022, 6 min – PREMIERE
  8. Big Things to Come, Directors Nick Rosen and Peter Mortimer, USA, 2022, 21 min
  9. Dhaulagiri, Director Tommy Joyce, USA, 2022, 39 min – PREMIERE
  10. Dhaulagiri is my Everest, Director Pavol Barabas, Slovakia, 2022, 64 min
  11. Dreaming of a Better Place, Director Cameron Thuman, Canada, 8 min – PREMIERE
  12. Egoland, Director Ignasi López Fàbregas, Spain, 2022, 20 min – PREMIERE
  13. Ephermal, Director Alastair Lee, United Kingdom, 2022, 55 min – PREMIERE
  14. Everest: by Those Who Were There, Directors Dominic Bush and John Porter, United Kingdom, 2021, 35 min – PREMIERE
  15. Free Rider, Director Jérôme Tanon, France, 2022, 35 min
  16. House of the Gods, Director Matt Paycroft, United Kingdom, 2021, 43 min
  17. JÖTUNN, Director Mikel Sarasola, Spain, 2021, 23 min – PREMIERE
  18. Kumari: A Father’s Dream, Director Sean O’Connor, USA, 30 min – PREMIERE
  19. Longing for Áhkká, Director Gustav Cavallin i Jens Nilsson, Sweden, 2022, 78 min – PREMIERE
  20. Mendiak – 1976: A friendship story in Afghan peak, Director Luis Arrieta Etxeberria, Spain, 2021, 85 min – PREMIERE
  21. Midday at Midnight, Director Julien Ferrandez, France, 2022, 38 min – PREMIERE
  22. Moving Forward, Director Tom Granier, France, 2022, 8 min – PREMIERE
  23. North 6, Director Frank Kretschmann, Germany, 2022, 29 min – PREMIERE
  24. Slegàto (Untied), Director Gabriele Donati, Italy, 2022, 36 min – PREMIERE
  25. Spindrift – The Barry Blachard Story, Director Ivan Hughes, Canada, 2022, 30 min – PREMIERE
  26. Sunbirds, Director Alexa Fay, Canada, 2021, 11 min – PREMIERE
  27. The Call of the Siren, Director Fulvio Mariani, Switzerland, 2022, 31 min – PREMIERE
  28. The Last Mountain: the Story of Tom Ballard, Director Christophfer Terril, United Kingdom, 2021, 107 min
  29. The Mirage, Director Keith Ladzinski, USA, 2022, 60 min – PREMIERE
  30. The Way (Droga), Director Wojciech Kozakiewicz, Poland, 23 min
  31. This is Beth, Director Jen Randall, USA, 18 min – PREMIERE
  32. Wallride, Director Tom Dauer, Germany, 2022, 47 min – PREMIERE
  33. Wild Waters, Director David Arnaud, France, 2022, 85 min – PREMIERE

The Jury of the International Film Competition 20th KFG:

  • Monika Witkowska
  • Keith Partridge
  • Roberto Mantovani
  • Piotr Głowacki
  • Marcin Polar
  • Dariusz Załuski (chairman)

A Baffin Vacation

Erik Boomer and Sarah McNair-Landry set off on a bold multi-sport 45 day expedition traveling through the remote landscape of Baffin Island in search of stunning cliffs to climb and unexplored rivers to whitewater kayak.

A Woman’s Place

A funny, heartwarming and honest conversation with The Pinnacle Club. Highlighting women’s longstanding involvement in climbing, and aiming to rebalance a narrative which has been primarily about men; join members of the club as they celebrate their centenary during a […]

Adam Ondra: Pushing the Limits

Adam Ondra is one of the best climbers today, a true virtuoso who has tackled the world’s most difficult rocks and walls. But with the pressure of the media and the audience rising, his desire to climb has changed into […]

Alpine Trilogy (Doggystyle)

During the summer of 2020, Belgian pro climbers Nicolas Favresse and Sébastien Berthe cycled through Europe to tackle the Alpine trilogy, three of the most difficult routes in the Alps. With Kroux and Bintje, their dogs! Together with Damien Largeron, […]

An Accidental Life

The document is a deeply personal and vulnerable portrait of Quinn Brett, an ambitious, record-setting climber who strives to make meaning out of tragedy in the years following a near-fatal rock climbing accident on El Capitan that left her paralyzed.

Balkan Express

Cycling and skiing Europe’s wildest mountains. The mountaineers Max Kroneck and Jochen Mesle book a one-way train ticket from Munich to Thessaloniki – and start their way back home by bike and ski. Along the route they explore the mountains […]

Be Inspired

“Be Inspired” is based on the famous painting “Mt. Lefroy” by Group of Seven Canadian artist Lawren Harris. It is the animated story of renowned Canadian para-athlete Peter Eager, ice climbing, rock climbing, and hiking Lefroy in Lake Louise. The […]

Big Things to Come

When elite climber Alex Johnson meets a bouldering project which proves to be more difficult than anticipated, she is set on a journey of self-discovery and works to inspire the world as a rad LGBTQ+ icon.

Dhaulagiri

An Ecuadorian mountaineer balances friendship, love, and luck in his quest to climb a new route on one of the tallest and most dangerous mountains in the world. Topo Mena is an Ecuadorian mountain guide and rising star in alpine […]

Dhaulagiri is my Everest

In 1984, Zoltán Demján summited two eight-thousanders without supplementary oxygen. First, he climbed the south face of Lhotse Shar, then the south pillar of Mount Everest. However, the weather turned his descent into a drama. His life lesson happens during […]

Dreaming of a Better Place

Nestled deep within British Columbia, the Gostlin family finds solace in the spirit of the mountains and culture of powder skiing, after an unexpected tragedy changes the family’s dream forever.

Egoland

Marek Molek and Bruno Grassi are on the verge of reaching the summit of The Great Troll, the last and most difficult unclimbed mountain. A heavy storm, exhaustion and adverse snow conditions prevent them from actually reaching the summit, which […]

Ephermal

Ephemeral is a brand new production for 2022 by adventure filmmaker Alastair Lee. The Scottish winter climbing scene is something Alastair has always looked at with admiration and this season Alastair could no longer resist the challenge of making a […]

Everest: by Those Who Were There

Produced in the centenary year of the first Everest expedition, ‘Everest by Those Who Were There’ follows Julie Summers, the great niece of Sandy Irvine, as she explores the history of the three earliest Everest expeditions. Using the original footage […]

Free Rider

Sam Anthamatten and Victor De Le Rue explore the wildest corner of Alaska, in search of the craziest spine walls to ski and snowboard. A bush pilot drops the small crew of 5 on a remote, unexplored glacier to establish […]

House of the Gods

The great northern prow of Mount Roraima soars from the depths of the Amazon rainforest like the prow of a gigantic ship. Shrouded in cloud, drenched by torrential rain and guarded by vertical jungle, deep mud and overhanging cliffs, local […]

JÖTUNN

Iceland, the land of fire and ice, is one of the places with the highest concentration of waterfalls in the world, which makes it one of the most popular places for extreme kayaking. Even so, given the difficulty, the inaccessibility […]

KUMARI: A Father’s Dream

Deep in rural Nepal, a group of childhood friends from low-caste families have started a trekking guide social enterprise that has transformed their home community of Kumari. Led by Jagat Lama, the guides have channeled their profits and energy into […]

Longing for Áhkká

Magnus Granér is a Swedish professional freeskier and climate activist. When the journal of his unknown great grandfather Arthur Thelin emerge, it brings a deeper understanding for his own chosen path, his love for nature and the importance of the […]

Mendiak 1976 – A friendship story in Afghan peak

An adventure, a journey, a success forgotten in memory. In 1976, a group of young people from Pamplona made history by successfully reaching the summit of Shakhaur (7,116 m) in Afghanistan. It was “the first Basque seven-thousander”, but the joy […]

Midday at Midnight

There are those attractions whose origin cannot be explained. It is not a question of human ties but rather of an alchemy between a skier and his mountain. This is the feeling I get when I think of the Dents […]

Moving Forward

A freestyle and skitouring impressions.

North 6

NORTH 6 – with Roger Schäli und Simon Gietl They are considered as the six greatests of the Alps: the north faces of Cima Grande, Piz Badile, Matterhorn, Eiger, Petit Dru and Grandes Jorasses. Almost 70 years ago, the French […]

Slegàto (Untied)

The story of a freesolo ascent that might have seemed impossible. Alfredo Webber probably the strongest over fifty year old in the world, still able to climb 9a consistently and, in the case of the film, also a route above […]

Spindrift – The Barry Blanchard Story

After sustaining a serious major brain injury alpinist Barry Blanchard reflects on his adventures and reconciles his life in the mountains.

Sunbirds

The sunbird, a unique species of person you’ve probably never heard of, spreads its wings over the mountainous backcountry and snowy coastline of the Gaspé Peninsula. These creatures live in feverish anticipation of the long, dizzying nights and crystal clear […]

The call of the Siren

One Italian, one French, one Swiss go to Greenland. It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but in fact it’s the story an adventurous expedition, where the three protagonists – Matteo Della Bordella, Symon Welfringer and Silvan Schupbach- decide […]

The Last Mountain – the Story of Tom Ballard

In 2019 record-breaking British climber Tom Ballard disappeared on one of the Himalayas’ most deadly mountains, Nanga Parbat. 25 years earlier and just 100 miles away, his mother Alison Hargreaves, one of the greatest ever female mountaineers, perished on K2. […]

The Mirage

Ultra runner, Timothy Olson, aims to break the fastest known time on the Pacific Crest Trail. Braving record high temperatures and impending wildfires, he must outrun nature and reach the finish line before the birth of his daughter. Supported by […]

The Way

The Krakow climbing scene has always been full of personalities from the edge of science, culture and art. For many, sport was a window to the world. The invisible force that draws you into sport is like a drug. Sometimes […]

This is Beth

Rock climber Beth Rodden is one of the most prolific athletes in climbing history, with multiple free ascents of El Capitan and first ascents of seemingly impossible lines to her name. ‘This is Beth’ takes an intimate look beneath the […]

Wallride

WALLRIDE follows Stefan Glowacz as he crosses the Alps together with his partner Philipp Hans with mountain bikes and trailers. The main goal was to climb first ascents on Croda Bianca in the Dolomites, Wetterhorn in Switzerland and Pic de […]

Wild Waters

Adventurer, competitor, daughter, friend, pioneer, hero, and badass human are all words used to describe French kayaker, Nouria Newman. In Wild Waters, we follow Nouria as she prepares to become the first female to run a 100ft (30m) waterfall; we […]