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ALDABIDE
2025, Spain, 12min
Director: Jon Mendizabal Roa
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
Cavers Oskar Etxebarria (ADES) and Carlos Arranz (Takomano) venture into the bowels of the Itxina Massif, in the heart of the Gorbea mountain range in Bizkaia, Basque Country. It is an underground world that can only be accessed by diving through a narrow siphon. Witnessing what they experience, the film explores the darkness of this hollow mountain, capturing the passion, obsession and deep feeling for nature that drives these cave divers.
ALONE ACROSS GOLA
2024, United Kingdom, Sierra Leone, Liberia, 20min
Director: Jude Kriwald
NATIONAL PREMIERE
Jude Kriwald's extraordinary solo journey through the dense and unchartered Liberian rainforest of Gola, in a landscape without roads or paths, where every step meant pushing through thick undergrowth with nothing but a bicycle and a tent. Jude carried his 53 kg bicycle over fallen trees, crossed ravines with collapsed bridges and faced life-threatening situations. It is an adventure that tests the limits of endurance, self-sufficiency and the human spirit, and often makes Jude wonder, “Is this route even possible?”
OUT OF THE BLUE
2020, France, 43min
Director: Davina Beyloos Montaz-Rosset & Sébastien Montaz-Rosset
An enigmatic character recruits street artists and mountaineers for a hilarious project on the summits of Oberland in Switzerland. Talented young acrobats from Bern have doubts about hurling themselves into this bizarre vertical odyssey full to the brim with ingredients such as highline, acroyoga, ‘spacenet,’ vertical acrobatic cloth, wingsuit flights…
ETERNAL SOLO
2025, Italy, Pakistan, 31min
Director: Andrea Cossu
NATIONAL PREMIERE
Stefano Ragazzo wasn’t born among the mountains; his passion came later, like a bolt from the blue, with climbing drawing him far up from the plains. Inspired by the Dolomite tradition, he became captivated by solo climbing—a way to push beyond his own limits. His challenge? The Eternal Flame route, a legendary rock face in the heart of Pakistan’s Karakoram range. An exhilarating journey into the world of mountaineering, where passion, courage, and a love for the mountains come together in an adventure that seems impossible.
