Noticias 2018
5th CVCEPHOTO edition to get the Mendi Film Festival 2019 poster
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- Last Updated: Thursday, 17 January 2019 12:07
- Published: Thursday, 17 January 2019 11:46
The international mountain activity photography contest CVCEPHOTO promoted by the Club Vasco de Camping Elkartea of Donostia-San Sebastián, will close entries for its 5th edition on 31th March 2019.
Among the prizes offered, the Bilbao Mendi Film Festival Poster Award, worth 700 euros and the honor of being the official image of the 12th edition of the Mendi Film Festival, is announced for the third consecutive year.
Information and rules: 5th CVCEPHOTO
The Director of BMFF Jabier Baraiazarra new President of the IAMF
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- Last Updated: Wednesday, 19 December 2018 13:59
- Published: Tuesday, 06 March 2018 00:02
Bilbao, March 6, 2018. The International Alliance for Mountain Film-IAMF has renewed its board team this past weekend at the meeting held at the Domzale Festival in Slovenia. The Director of the Bilbao Mendi Film Festival is the new President, a position that will hold the next three years. The IAMF is composed of 23 mountain film festivals plus the Musseo Nazionale della Montagna in Turin, and BMFF has been a member since 2011.
'Becoming who I was' Gran Prize of the 11th Bilbao Mendi Film Festival
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- Last Updated: Tuesday, 18 December 2018 16:25
- Published: Saturday, 15 December 2018 19:11
The Korean film Becoming who I was directed by Moon Chang-Yong and Jin Jeon, has been awarded with the Grand Prize of the Mendi Film Festival, the main prize of the 11 prize winners of the 11th edition. On Sunday,16th, day of Non Stop sessions composed of award-winning films, will be announced the last one, the Audience Award, an audience that has enjoyed an edition that continues to attract more and more followers.
Bilbao Mendi Film Festival sets a new record and over 12,000 people attended all screenings
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- Last Updated: Tuesday, 18 December 2018 11:28
- Published: Monday, 17 December 2018 14:59
Bilbao, 17th December 2018. Mendi Film Festival closes its 11th edition with a historic increase. The mountaineering film festival gathers the most recent productions of this genre and its attendance has reached 12,008 people.
Juanjo San Sebastián WOP Foundation Award 2018
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- Last Updated: Monday, 17 December 2018 13:38
- Published: Saturday, 15 December 2018 12:53
The mountaineer and writer Juanjo San Sebastián has been the guest of honour of this 11th edition of the Bilbao Mendi Film Festival. He has received the WOP ‒The Walk On Project Foundation Award‒ for his defense and transmission of the social values of mountaineering.
This has been the fifth edition in which the Award is given by the The Walk On Project Foundation, and Juanjo San Sebastián will join the exclusive group of great mountaineering personalities that have already been awarded: Josep Manuel Anglada, Sir Chris Bonington and Peter Habeler, along with the film Drawn by Jeremy Collins.
The IAMF Grand Prize was for Kurt Diemberger
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- Last Updated: Monday, 17 December 2018 13:07
- Published: Saturday, 15 December 2018 12:20
Ever since the founding of the International Alliance for Mountain Film (IAMF) in February 2000, its members have been interested in celebrating those who, through their talent, have changed the world of mountain film. IAMF members wish to express their gratitude to the filmmakers, directors and producers who have contributed throughout their careers – through loyalty and dedication, and with little regard for personal profit — to the evolution of mountain film into the prominent genre that it is today.
Programación sesiones Non Stop del domingo 16 de diciembre
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- Last Updated: Monday, 17 December 2018 11:16
- Published: Saturday, 15 December 2018 19:11
Great Festival start to Sold Out rhythm
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- Last Updated: Friday, 14 December 2018 12:19
- Published: Monday, 10 December 2018 17:12
Mountain culture is all over Bilbao these days. The 11th edition kicked off last Friday at the Euskalduna Palace with 1,600 spectators, and all tickets were sold out. At the Opening Ceremony, the movie The Dawn Wall was screened, and we welcomed its main character Tommy Caldwell and director Peter Mortimer.
Meeting of the International Alliance for Mountain Film in Bilbao
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- Last Updated: Friday, 14 December 2018 12:16
- Published: Friday, 14 December 2018 12:06
The directors of the most relevant mountain film festivals on the international stage are celebrating their AGM in Bilbao this year, in order to examine the mountain film industry's present and near future. The Director of the Bilbao Mendi Film Festival, Jabier Baraiazarra, is the current President of the IAMF-International Alliance for Mountain Film.
The meeting was held this morning in the Palace of the Provincial Council of Bizkaia, in which the international representation of the IAMF was received by the General Deputy of Bizkaia Unai Rementeria, and the Deputy of Euskera and Culture Lorea Bilbao.
'The Dawn Wall' with Tommy Caldwell and Peter Mortimer hangs the Sold Out
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- Last Updated: Friday, 07 December 2018 16:36
- Published: Friday, 07 December 2018 16:02
1600 Mendi fans will enjoy in the Euskalduna Palace with THE DAWN WALL with its protagonist Tommy Caldwell and the director of the film Peter Mortimer.
'Hartz eta Otsoekin lotan' Mendi Short 2018 winner
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- Last Updated: Thursday, 06 December 2018 01:55
- Published: Thursday, 29 November 2018 17:45
The Mendi Short 2018 jury, made up of ETB sports director Joseba Urkiola, ETB journalist specialized in extreme and mountain sports, Anartz Agirre, and Mendi Short coordinator and journalist, Naia Díez, has decided that 'Hartz eta Otsoekin lotan' (sleeping with bears and wolves), by Iñaki Atxa, is the winning short film of the fifth edition of the contest.
Immerse in the Metro Bilbao and enjoy the best of CVCEPHOTO
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- Last Updated: Sunday, 02 December 2018 14:27
- Published: Sunday, 25 November 2018 14:34
As in previous years, the 20 CVCEPHOTO award-winning photographs are displayed in some of the Metro Bilbao underground stations (Moyua and Abanto). They will also be displayed in the Sala BBK during the festival. The photographs being exhibited are those that are prize winners of this year’s International Mountain Activity photography competition, which is run by ‘Club Vasco de Camping Elkartea’ from San Sebastian.
Mendi bete diru: exhibition of bank bills with mountain themes
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- Last Updated: Sunday, 02 December 2018 11:35
- Published: Sunday, 25 November 2018 14:34
Till December 31th the exhibition Mendi bete diru is exposed in the Basque Museum of Bilbao within the framework of the 11th edition of the Bilbao Mendi Film Festival. It is an exhibition produced by EMMOA-Basque Mountaineering Museum, which shows bank bills from around the world illustrated with mountain themes.
TICKETS
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- Last Updated: Thursday, 29 November 2018 19:43
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OPENING CEREMONY: The Dawn Wall
GOLEM ALHONDIGA cinemas
Tickets will also be available at the Kutxabank multi-service ATMs,
and at the Sala BBK, Golem Alhóndiga cinemas and Euskalduna Conference Centre ticket offices
14,000 spectators at the Mendi Tour 2018
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- Last Updated: Saturday, 24 November 2018 21:29
- Published: Saturday, 24 November 2018 21:11
Liébana-Potes, november 14th 2018. The Mendi Tour 2018 expedition comes to an end after the successful delivery of the European Mountain Film Days of Liébana-Potes, in Cantabria. In total 14,000 spectators have enjoyed this show of mountain cinema that has hosted 49 locations in Spain through the Bilbao Mendi Film Festival.
'The Dawn Wall' and Tommy Caldwell will open the 11th Bilbao Mendi Film Festival
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- Last Updated: Friday, 23 November 2018 21:25
- Published: Friday, 05 October 2018 15:39
Bilbao Mendi Film Festival, which will be held from 7th to 16th December, announces its first big star of the Official Section: the movie The Dawn Wall and the presence of its main character, the climber Tommy Caldwell.
The audience will have the chance to enjoy the Opening Ceremony of this 11th edition of the Mendi Film. Together with Caldwell, who will sign autographs for the audience after the screening, the film will be presented by Peter Mortimer ‒director, Sender Films‒ and Philipp Manderla ‒producer, Red Bull Media House‒.
