‘Au dela des cimes’ (Francia)

BEST FILM

FILM ONENA

MEJOR PELÍCULA

 ‘Asgard Jamming’ (Bélgica)

AUDIENCE AWARD

IKUS-ENTZULEGOAREN SARIA

PREMIO DEL PÚBLICO

 ‘Berhault’ (Francia)

SPECIAL AWARD OF THE JURY

EPAIMAHAIAREN AIPAMEN BEREZIA

MENCIÓN ESPECIAL DEL JURADO

 ‘The Sharp End’ (USA)

BEST EXTREME MOUNTAIN SPORT FILM

MUTURREKO MENDI-KIROL FILM ONENA

MEJOR PELÍCULA DE DEPORTE EXTREMO

 ‘Le Mystere de la Baleine’ (Francia)

MOUNTAIN AND HUMAN AWARD

MENDIA-GIZAKIA SARIA

 ‘Begiz Begi’ (Euskadi)

EUSKARAZKO FILM ONENA

MEJOR PELÍCULA EN EUSKERA

BEST BASQUE LANGUAGE FILM

 ‘Mount Saint Elias’ (Austria)

BEST MOUNTAIN FILM

MENDIKO FILM ONENA

MEJOR PELÍCULA DE MONTAÑA

Finaliza el II MENDI FILM FESTIVAL. Durante 9 días 4.000 espectadores se han dado cita en el Palacio Europa de Vitoria para disfrutar con las mejores películas de montaña del momento. Ese ha sido el mejor premio, el que habéis otorgado al Festival con vuestro apoyo. Gracias!

Ya estamos preparando la tercera edición, tenemos las baterías a tope tras la edición que cerramos ayer. 

Gran día. Grandísimo. El extremo frio exterior no fue nada comparado con el otro extremo, el del calor del MENDI, de una sala llena hasta los topes, con protagonistas, directores, productores... animadísimos y motivados por el ambiente. Fue la antesala perfecta de la Sesión de Clausura de hoy.

Friday: Otxoa de Olza, Urubko, Andrew of the Tower, Nico Favresse …

After an externally chill but inside hot Thursday, within the Basque - Chilean production ' Isla Pascua's caverns ' and 'L'altra cara de la forca ' by its director Oriole García Farre, we stand firm before the last official session of the MENDI, on eve of the Closing. And we will be covered well, assurance: with the incorporation of Denis Urubko, Kazak top mountain-climber worldwide, and with the presence of Pablo Otxoa de Olza and Pablo Iraburu-director, we will return to do a posthumous honouring to Iñaki Otxoa Olza with ' Iñaki's voice '. Asturian Andrés de la Torre will be also there to present 'Aconcagua', and we will see what brings in hands this time Nico Favresse, which after taking advantage of the trip for their two projections was climbing yesterday and returning to incorporate today the MENDI.

Ah, and already almost everything is prepared for the Saturday closing. The juror already has digressed and given its verdict for that we will wait irritate until the beginning of the session at 18:30. The only thing that is not decided yet is which of the 42 movies to contest will take the Award of the Public. Were you voting today? Welcome!

Wednesday night, Europe Palace, MENDI, the second projection of the session does that the public enjoying a lot, many laughs and enclosedly plaudits in the course of the projection, but the credits appear, it’s ending, … with live music! Nico and Sean jump to the stage mandolin in hand and harmonica in mouth to finish off the live task, the public exploits, plaudits, shouts, hisses, laughs … party!

 It is what happened with the 'Asgard Jamming', the work that these two elements lead. And take care, Nico threatens to return, it will be on Friday session to present 'Free South Africa '. It promises. Agreeable session in general. With a good beginning by Bideografik-boys and their 'Slack Line' and also with the advertisement of which next year they will present the film of the work that they have just realized in the river Tamur of Nepal, and with an elegant end by Christian Ravier who with Chris Sharma has formed the duet of special guests of this edition fully fulfilling both.