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THE GREAT WHITE WHALE, winner of the Mendi Film Grand Prize, an inspiring story of mountaineers and sailors pursuing the dream of climbing Australia's highest and loneliest mountain
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- Category: Noticias 2023
- Last Updated: Saturday, 16 December 2023 20:14
- Published: Saturday, 16 December 2023 17:52
Bilbao, 16 de diciembre 2023. Michael Dillon triumphs again at BBK MENDI FILM BILBAO BIZKAIA. The Australian filmmaker wins the festival's two main awards, the Grand Prize and the Best Director Award, with THE GREAT WHITE WHALE, an epic and inspiring story of mountaineers and sailors who pursue the dream of climbing Australia's highest and loneliest mountain, Big Ben, a mass located in the depths of the Southern Ocean.
Films, exhibitions, conferences, the Jury... This is what the 16th Mendi Film will be like!
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- Category: Noticias 2023
- Last Updated: Friday, 01 December 2023 10:58
- Published: Friday, 03 November 2023 08:49
In the 16th edition of BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia, 57 films will be screened and there will be 3 exhibitions, 4 conferences. Edurne Pasaban will be presented with The WOP Mendi Film award. The IAMF Grand Prize winner, "K2 Touching the sky" by Eliza Kubarska will be screened, a masterclass will be given by the photographer Yhabril and a conference on the mountain film industry will be celebrated.
17 World premieres at the 16th edition of the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia
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- Last Updated: Friday, 01 December 2023 10:51
- Published: Tuesday, 28 November 2023 00:35
The sponsors, at the presentation ceremony of the 16th edition, held at the Euskalduna Palace. Front line: Nerea Lupardo (Euskaduna), Andoni Iturbe (Gobierno Vasco), Jabier Baraiazarra (Mendi Film), Lexeia Arrizabalaga (Diputación Foral de Bizkaia), Koldo Bilbao (BBK) y Alberto Iñurrategi (Ternua). Back line: Iñigo Aristegui (Lore-eguzki trophee), Susana Muro (Deia-Gr Noticias), Ricardo Hernani (Federación Vasca de Montaña), Ibon Momoitio (Japan Car), Gloria Coman (Pangea Travel Store), Carlos Sergio Atxotegi (Diputación Foral de Bizkaia), Argiñe Areitio (SUA), Mikel Renteria (WOP Foundation)
Bilbo, 28 Noviember 2023. The BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia festival presents its 16th edition to once again make you enjoy the best mountain cinema between 8 and 17 December. At the presentation held at the Euskalduna Palace, the heads of Mendi Film were accompanied by representatives of the festival's main sponsors:
Presenting: HARRI, ORRI, ARkatz, the world's largest climbing topos exhibition inside BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia basecamp
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- Last Updated: Friday, 24 November 2023 20:09
- Published: Friday, 24 November 2023 16:07
Bilbao, 24 November 2023. The presentation of the exhibition, HARRI, ORRI, ARkatz, took place today. The exhibition showcases illustrated works of climbing and mountain art & topos and was held at the site that the founders of Bilbao first settled, the Aztarnategia/Yacimiento museum. This is the largest exhibition of its type staged internationally, with contributions from authors from all over the world, and is the ideal setting for the book titled: EL ARTE EN EL CROQUIS DE ESCALADA / ART IN CLIMBING TOPOS.
This year’s Mendi Tour has been a roadshow of record-breaking proportions: 14,000 spectators in 53 venues
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- Last Updated: Wednesday, 22 November 2023 06:59
- Published: Sunday, 19 November 2023 17:58
The Mendi Tour 2023 circuit, has once again reached all of Spain, starting from the Basque Country. Mountain cinema sessions have been screened in 53 towns and cities -last year there were 46-, attracting 14,000 spectators and a 25% increase on last season's figure.
The MENDI TOUR is on par with the best data with 10800 spectators in the first half of the season
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- Last Updated: Friday, 21 July 2023 13:05
- Published: Thursday, 15 June 2023 10:35
Spectacular data and great atmosphere in the Mendi Tour circuit in 2023. In the winter-spring season, during the first half of the year, it has had 34 venues, with a total of 64 film sessions, and 10,800 spectators.
"X-Man" by Yhabril Moro is the image of BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia 2023
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- Last Updated: Wednesday, 31 May 2023 12:07
- Published: Tuesday, 30 May 2023 16:21
The photograph "X-Man" is the main image of our edition this year, it has won the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia 2023 poster award in the CVCEPHOTO contest. It is the work of the Bilbao photographer Gonzalo Bartolomé Tierra 'Yhabril Moro', who has made "the dream" of winning this award "come true".
Art in climbing topos
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- Last Updated: Tuesday, 09 May 2023 11:18
- Published: Tuesday, 09 May 2023 11:01
The crowdfunding campaign to publish our book ART IN CLIMBING TOPOS is active. It is a dream that we have worked on for a long time and we need your help to publish it.
Join us, get a copy and if you do soon you can get an extra gift.
Film registrations period opened for the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao-Bizkaia 2023
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- Last Updated: Friday, 31 March 2023 14:50
- Published: Friday, 31 March 2023 14:38
The deadline for film registrations for the 16th edition of the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao-Bizkaia festival is open from 31 March to 15 September.
The 2023 edition will be held between December 8 and 17. Interested producers, directors and filmmakers must present their works in the aforementioned period.
Edurne Pasaban WOP Mendi Film 2023 Award
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- Last Updated: Wednesday, 22 March 2023 13:03
- Published: Wednesday, 22 March 2023 10:00
The WOP-The Walk On Project Foundation and the Mendi Film Festival Association are awarding the WOP Mendi Film 2023 Foundation Award to Edurne Pasaban, mountaineer and businesswoman from Tolosa, Gipuzkoa. She is first woman to complete the 14 eight-thousanders, the highest mountains on the planet. The award ceremony is going to take place at the Opening Ceremony of the 16th edition of BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia, on December the 8th 2023, at the Euskalduna Congress Centre in Bilbao.
The International Alliance for Mountain Film is proud to announce that its 2023 Grand Prize has been awarded to Polish director Eliza Kubarska
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- Last Updated: Wednesday, 22 February 2023 11:15
- Published: Wednesday, 22 February 2023 11:06
This year the International Alliance for Mountain Film decided to award the Grand Prize to Eliza Kubarska, in recognition of her career as a director of documentaries capable of investigating the human events hidden behind great adventures.
BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia recovers its pre-pandemic popularity with more than 9,000 people and 74% occupancy rate
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- Category: Press Festival
- Last Updated: Tuesday, 20 December 2022 15:27
- Published: Tuesday, 20 December 2022 11:35
Bilbao, 20 December 2022. The 15th edition of the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia held from the 9th to the 18th of December, has reached the summit with an overall attendance of 9,005 people. The festival screened a total of 59 films from 14 countries. There were 16 world premieres and 22 spanish premieres. 16 prizes were awarded among 13 winning films, with a total prize money of 25,200 euros. In addition, this year the ceremony in which the Grand Prize of the International Alliance for Mountain Film has been awarded to the Australian filmmaker Michael Dillon, has been held in Bilbao.
A Grand Prize that gives visibility to the lights and shadows of the history of Quinn Brett
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- Last Updated: Sunday, 18 December 2022 21:15
- Published: Sunday, 18 December 2022 01:09
The director Henna Taylor and main character of "An Accidental Life" Quinn Brett at the photocall of the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia
The film "An Accidental Life" has won the Grand Prize of BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia. Directed by Henna Taylor, the film revolves around the life of Quinn Brett, a climber who on October 11, 2017 suffered a traumatic accident while climbing in El Capitan, Yosemite. Amazingly she survived to be able to tell the story, but at the same time she had to face the irreparable consequences of the accident, leaving her paraplegic. Both, Henna Taylor and Quinn Brett, have been in Bilbao these past days, presenting the film, and in addition to the verdict of the Jury, they have received the warmth and recognition of the spectators of the Mendi Film.
Michael Dillon and the importance of living the adventure
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- Last Updated: Saturday, 17 December 2022 20:29
- Published: Friday, 16 December 2022 23:51
Michael Dillon received on December 16, 2022, in Bilbao, the Grand Prize 2022 of the International Alliance for Mountain Film. The Australian filmmaker was accompanied on stage by Piotr Turkot (Krakow Mountain Festival, Poland) and Jabier Baraiazarra (BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia, and president of the alliance). And after a standing ovation from the audience at the Sala BBK, he was grateful through an emotional dedication:
The breeze of the fans Mendi Zale raises the beginning of the Mendi Film 2022
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- Last Updated: Saturday, 10 December 2022 09:51
- Published: Saturday, 10 December 2022 09:48
The 15th edition starts with two great films in competition: "Ephemeral" and "Egoland"
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- Last Updated: Friday, 09 December 2022 08:37
- Published: Friday, 09 December 2022 08:02
The long-awaited Opening Session will launch on the night of December 9 the 15th edition of the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia 2022 at the Euskalduna Palace in Bilbao. The expedition begins with two great films, the filmmaker Ignasi López and the protagonists of "Egoland" Marek Molek and Bruno Grassi on stage, many of the filmmakers and protagonists who will participate in the first weekend among the public, and a special review in images of the past editions of the festival.
