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SUMMARY:Euskalduna Bilbao 12 dic 19:45  PREMIO WOP MENDI FILM 2025\, CHAMPI
 ONS OF THE GOLDEN VALLEY
DESCRIPTION:WOP MENDI FILM AWARD 2025
 CATHERINE DESTIVELLE
 Friday decem
 ber 8 – 19:45 Euskalduna Bilbao
 
 Climber\, mountaineer\, writer\, ed
 itor and conference speaker. Catherine Destivelle probably never imagined 
 where her first steps climbing the boulders of Fontainebleau\, where her p
 arents took her to play as a child\, would lead her. At 16\, she was alrea
 dy climbing in the Verdon. Her victory in the first world climbing champio
 nship in Bardonechia (1985) propelled her into the professional world. The
 n came the leap into mountaineering: the first solo female winter ascent o
 f the north face of the Eiger\, the first absolute repeat of the Bonatti r
 oute on the north face of the Matterhorn\, the Trango Tower\, the ascent o
 f the south-west face of Shisha Pangma... all of which forged her path. In
  2020 she was awarded the Piolet d'Or for her career.
 She founded the pu
 blishing house Les éditions du Mont-Blanc with the aim of transforming th
 e mountain itself into an educational tool. The books she publishes reveal
  incredible mountaineering stories and share a love of the mountains. “M
 y goal is to build a bridge between cultural history\, sporting heritage a
 nd the ecological and scientific concerns of the times we live in”\, she
  says. Her publishing team is deliberately made up entirely of women.
 

  WOP Mendi Film Award winners:
 • Basque and Navarre Mountaineering Fed
 erations (2024)
 • Edurne Pasaban (2023)
 • Eduardo Martínez de Pis
 ón (2022)
 • Sebastián Álvaro (2021)
 • Baltistán Fundazioa Foun
 dation (2020)
 • Nives Meroi and Romano Benet (2019)
 • Juanjo San S
 ebastián (2018)
 • Peter Habeler (2017)
 • Sir Chris Bonington (201
 6)
 • Josep Manuel Anglada (2015)
 • Drawn film by Jeremy Collins (2
 014)
 
 
 
 CHAMPIONS OF THE GOLDEN VALLEY
 2024\, Afghanistan\, Germ
 any\, United States\, 81min
 Director: Ben Sturgulewski
 NATIONAL PREMIE
 RE
 Up in the snow-capped mountains of Afghanistan\, in the remote region
  of Bamyan\, a homegrown ski culture is emerging. At the heart of this mov
 ement is Alishah Farhang\, a former Winter Olympic hopeful whose dream of 
 being the first to represent Afghanistan in alpine skiing\, transforms int
 o a mission to bring his passion for the sport to his homeland. Equipped w
 ith handmade wooden skis and second-hand gear\, young athletes from rival 
 villages come together to compete in a ski mountaineering race\, like no o
 ther. The event becomes a powerful catalyst for unity and hope\, showcasin
 g the transformative power of sport to bridge deep divides. And when their
  world is suddenly upended\, Alishah and the athletes must call upon those
  lessons learned on the slopes.
 
   
LOCATION:Abandoibarra Etorb.\, 4\, 48011 Bilbo\, Bizkaia\, España
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