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| Monday, December 07, 2026 |
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Euskalduna Bilbao - 07 dic 12:00 - Up and Down / 75' SECONDS – An account of Chaos, Fear, and Hope Inside an Avalanche / Chimères Patagones / Fifty-FiftyFIFTY-FIFTYCanada, 10 min Director: Angela Percival NATIONAL PREMIERE Tying in with a climbing partner means more than just sending the crux together. For renowned alpinists Ines Papert and Sarah Huenekin, the peak of their aspirations comes as they both climb past the age of 50 - pushing themselves harder while learning more about each other, as well as themselves.
75' SECONDS – AN ACCOUNT OF CHAOS, FEAR, AND HOPE INSIDE AN AVALANCHESweden, 12 min Director: Marco Tribelhorn EUSKADI PREMIERE On a foggy March evening in Norway, free skier Jacob Wester triggers an avalanche and is swept off a cliff. For 75 seconds, he fights for his life inside a roaring mass of snow, while his wife Sofia waits in silence below. '75 Seconds' is an account of chaos, fear, and hope inside an avalanche.
CHIMÈRES PATAGONESFrance, 33 min Director: Guillaume Broust In February 2024, in Patagonia, Lise Billon, Fanny Schmutz, and Maud Vanpoulle made the first female ascent of Cerro Torre’s Southeast Ridge, originally known as ‘the Compressor Route’. Beyond athletic prowess and technical difficulty, this film explores the remarkable journey of three friends and elite climbers who discuss, with both levity and seriousness, a woman’s place in a sport still largely dominated by men.
UP AND DOWNBelgium, 58 min Director: Paul Lavoine EUSKADI PREMIERE Through this documentary, we follow Jean de Biolley, a passionate Belgian paraglider pilot, as he pursues his athletic dream: competing in the Red Bull X-Alps. This extraordinary race involves crossing the entire Alpine range, over 1,200 kilometres, using nothing but the power of one’s legs and a paraglider, all in less than 12 days. This extreme challenge pushes Jean to his absolute limits.
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Euskalduna Bilbao - 07 dic 17:00 - The Cold Song / Rivières secrètes des Nakanaï / RobsonTHE COLD SONGCanada, 8 min Director: Evan Lindberg NATIONAL PREMIERE
An operatic elegy for receding glaciers. Along the Icefields Parkway, a glacial spirit awakens from an endless slumber, entombed in ice, and confronts a rapidly changing landscape. Set to Baroque opera arias by Henry Purcell, the film features bass-baritone Evan Lindberg alongside a Montréal-based string quartet.
RIVIÈRES SECRÈTES DES NAKANAÏFrance, 54 min Director: Alexandre Lopez EUSKADI PREMIERE Deep within the Nakanaï Mountains of Papua New Guinea, a caving expedition ventures into an unexplored underground world in search of a mysterious underground river of extraordinary scale, hoping to better understand and protect this remarkable karst landscape.
ROBSONUnited States, 49 min Director: Philip Forsey NATIONAL PREMIERE Two of the world's most accomplished ski mountaineers, Christina Lustenberger and Guillaume Pierrel, set their sights on the highest and most formidable peak in the Canadian Rockies in February 2025: Mount Robson. They were the first to ski down the Great Couloir on the South Face. The film documenting that feat now becomes a tribute to Guillaume 'Gee' Pierrel, who passed away on June 24, 2026, during an attempt to climb and ski K6 in Pakistan.
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Euskalduna Bilbao - 07 dic 19:45 - The Cruel wayTHE CRUEL WAYBulgaria, 108 min Director: Deyan Bararev NATIONAL PREMIERE 1984 in the shadow of the Iron Curtain, a nation dares to challenge the gods. Socialist Bulgaria sends its best climbers to the deadly West ridge of Mount Everest. 5 summited, but 4 return. 40 years later, the uncensored truth about the most dramatic events during the expedition are uncovered. |
