16th Tegernsee International Mountain Film Festival …...Andrezj always caters the support act. Yet, together, they form a strong team and were the first to storm the highest peaks

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th Tegernsee International Mountain Film Festival 2018, 17 – 21 October

Short Programme (English)

Tuesday, 16 October 2018

Ludwig-Thoma-Saal, 8:00 pm – Best of Tegernsee – Last Year’s Award-Winning Films

Title Duration Nation Screenwriter/Producer Language

Last Exit

(After a few years of BASE jumping, six out of a group of ten friends have met their death. The fascination and addiction of this extreme sport as well as the pain of those left behind constitute a crucial conversation.)

7’00 DE

Puria Ravahi /

beechstudios tree group German

A mords Sauhaufen in an z’kloan Zelt (A Bunch of Nutters in a Tiny Tent: Freeriders Alex, Max and Rafael are merely testing their tent when a breathtaking roller coaster ride through the mountains begins. Their tiny magical tent brings our heroes to unimaginable places.)

12’00 AT

Simon Platzer, Johannes

Hoffmann, Jakob

Schweighofer /

Whiteroom Production

German

Battle Cat 8c+ Lena Herrmann (Lena Herrmann, Germany’s strongest female rock climber, is the first woman to send “Battle Cat”, an 8c+ route in the Franconian Jura.).

13’00 DE Alexej Funke / Cinecircle German

Symphony on Skis (In 1986 mountain guide Gottlieb Braun-Elwert traversed New Zealand’s southern Alps on skis in just 18 hours, mastering a massive glacier, four mountain passes and 4,000 m of altitude. He never thought of this experience as a struggle, but likes to call it a symphony.)

60’00 NZ Carla Braun-Elwert /

Atara Film English

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Wednesday, 17 October 2018

Barocksaal, 8:00 pm – Opening Night –


Viacruxis (Marcel and Andrezj are very different characters. Marcel likes to hog the limelight, while Andrezj always caters the support act. Yet, together, they form a strong team and were the first to storm the highest peaks of their animated world. Presently, the two likeable cartoon heroes face their greatest challenge, and their path is riddled with obstacles. Even worse, Andrezj is fed up with his existence in Marcel’s shadow.)

11’00 ES Ignasi López / Ignasi

López Fàbregas

Spanish /

English

subtitles

Reiss di zsamm! Geduldsprobe am Cerro Kishtwar (Pull Yourself Together! Ordeal at Cerro Kishtwar) (Only they see those lines on sheer rock, only in their heads do certain traces exist. Swiss mountaineers Stephan Siegrist and Thomas Huber have often demonstrated their intuitive talents. In 2017 they achieve another masterpiece, together with Julian Zanker, at the pristine granite peak of Cerro Kishtwar, succeeding with a first ascent of its icy big wall. They call the route “Har-Har-Mahadev”, which translates roughly through Bavarian as “Pull yourself together!”. Thomas Huber screens his film about this daring venture for the first time at the Tegernsee Mountain Film Festival.)

7’00 DE Max Reichl /

beechstudios tree group German

Mount Everest – Der letzte Schritt (Mount Everest – The Final Step) (In 1978 Peter Habeler and Reinhold Messner master the first ascent of Mount Everest without bottled oxygen. Embedded into the award-winning documentary film by legendary director Leo Dickinson, Reinhold Messner presents newly filmed, dramatised sequences that could not have been shot in 1978. Messner’s son Simon and Philipp Brugger act as the first ascenders on their dramatic way to the summit. In 2017 Reinhold Messner’s film “Still Alive – Drama am Mount Kenia” won the Great Prize of the City of Tegernsee.)

47‘00 AT Reinhold Messner /

Servus TV German

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Ludwig-Thoma-Saal, 8:00 pm - Future, Whereto? -


Wenn die Zugspitz’ schwitzt – Klimawandel in den Alpen (When Mt. Zugspitze Breaks a Sweat – Climate Change in the Alps) (No other place in Germany demonstrates climate change as drastically as the Alps: here, the rise in temperature is almost double the national average, with dramatic consequences for the Alpine environment. Award-winning film maker Jürgen Eichinger conveys this much with the help of spectacular footage shot at and on Mt. Zugspitze. The impact affects animals, plants, people – everybody has to adjust. However, the greatest danger lurks inside the mountain.)

43’00 DE

Angelika Vogel, Jürgen

Eichinger / Jürgen

Eichinger Film

German

Alpine Rebellen – Zwischen Wahnsinn und Wintermärchen (Alpine Rebels – Between Madness and a Winter’s Mare) (Around 100 million people flock to the Alps every year, many of them not on a quest for quiet, but for a bit of hullabaloo. How much Alpine trash tourism can the environment endure? With its picturesque mountain landscapes Germany’s first mountaineering village, Ramsau in the Berchtesgaden region, appeals to a gentler kind of tourism. But can the small community survive on tranquility?)

29’00 DE Brigitte Kronberger /

Bayerischer Rundfunk German

Zozooloi – 199 kleine Helden (Zozooloi – 199 Tiny Heroes) (Zozooloi and her family live in a yurt in the Altai mountains of Mongolia. She labours like a man, carrying water, hacking dung and milking the cows. She tells her story of a foreign, fascinating and endangered world. She goes to school in Tsengel, which is 75 miles away, where she also manages her grandmother’s household. Finally, she gets Internet access. But which of these two worlds holds her future?)

13‘00 DE

Sigrid Klausmann /

Gerhard Schmidt, Gemini

Film & Library

Mongolian /

German

subtitles

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Medius, 8:00 pm – Between Heaven’s Cope and Caves –


Imagination: Tom Wallisch (We’ve all been that kid in the back of their parents’ car, wishing dearly to be somewhere completely different. Dreams grow wings and during a drive through the snow-laden cities of British Columbia they actually come to life: Isn’t that Tom Wallisch beside the car, one of the world’s best free skiers, jumping across rooftops and sliding down railings?)

5’00 CAN Dave Mossop / Sherpas

Cinema English

En vol vers les 8000 (Flying up to 8,000) (Equipped with a tent and a paraglider, Antoine Girard intends to traverse Northern Pakistan. Left entirely to his own devices, he flies for 19 days across more than 746 miles of breathtaking Himalayan mountain chains. He reaches an altitude of 8,157 m (26,762 ft) and even gets to see Broad Peak from above. In 2017 this daredevil mission earned Antoine Girard the National Geographic title “Adventurer of the Year”.)

41’00 F Antoine Girard

French /

German

subtitles

The Ario Dream (An expedition team takes off to further explore the Ario Cave in Northern Spain. Their goal is to discover the missing connection between two passages, thus potentially revealing Europe’s deepest cave system. Nothing must go wrong, an emergency rescue is impossible. Suspense peaks when one diver after the other disappears into the impenetrable darkness of deep underground waters.)

42’00 GB /

ES

Paul Diffley / Hot Aches

Production

English /

German

subtitles

Bernd Arnold – Wege nach innen (Bernd Arnold – Inward Paths) (His climbing record of the 70ies and 80ies lists several of the world’s toughest climbing routes. In this compassionate short portrait, 70-year-old climbing pioneer Bernd Arnold makes connections between his athletic climbing success and inner life: from his childhood roots to faraway places, to homeland and friendship, all the way to the present day. The image-rich retrospective was shot among Saxony’s sandstone features.).

12’00 DE Ulf Wogenstein /

Wogenstein Pictures German

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Schalthaus, 8:00 pm

– Sources of Life –


“I tat nit tauschn” – Ein Leben auf entlegenen Höfen („I Wouldn’t Swap“ – Life on Remote Mountain Farms) (They still exist in South Tyrol: remote mountain farms without drivable access, far from the villages. Ewald Thaler consciously opted for this kind of life, same as Siegfried and Florian Lanthaler. From spring to late autumn they live in isolation at 1,700 m (5,577 ft) of altitude, while their wife and mother manages the farmstead in the valley below. Up there she finds it too lonely. However, those who do go up find quiet and strength and the determination to keep going, with life and with the farm.)

45’00 IT Karin Duregger /

recmedia

German, South

Tyrol dialect

Brahmaputra – Der große Fluss vom Himalay (Tibet) (Brahmaputra – The Great Himalayan River) (Between this river’s source southeast of Mt. Kailash and the Grand Canyon in Eastern Tibet, one of our planet’s most dynamic landscapes unfolds. Here, alongside the Himalaya’s main ridge, the formerly separate continents of India and Asia slam together at full force. This immense collision shaped the Himalaya and the Brahmaputra river system. Numerous hidden high valleys present extremely challenging biospheres, even for well adapted plants and wildlife.)

46’00 AT

Klaus Feichtenberger /

pre tv/dreid.at/EOS

Films/ORF

German

Quirinal, 8:00 pm – History and Stories –


Die Alpen – Eine große Geschichte (The Alps – A Tremendous History) (The Alps are Europe’s most imposing mountain barrier. Breathtaking images and exciting dramatised scenes show early man’s conquest of this mountain wilderness. Across the millennia, the Alps become home to 14 million people. The film’s time travels begin

60’00 DE

Florian Breier, Christian

Stiefenhofer /

Bilderfest/factual

entertainment

German

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with the murder of Ötzi, take us through Bronze Age mines all the way to the Alpine myth of Wilhelm Tell. Then, the pioneers of alpinism are followed by the murderous high mountain battles of World War I.)

Break on Through (The US climbing grade of 5.15 (UIAA scale 11) is reserved for the world’s best sports climbers. Never has a woman sent one of these routes. Margo Hayes, a so far largely unknown climber from Colorado, wants to change that. To get closer to the world’s toughest routes, she goes to Europe and gives everything to reach her goal. She pushes her body and her willpower to the utmost extreme – risking injury and failure on her quest to be the first gal to send a 5.15.)

26’00 US

Peter Mortimer, Matty

Hong, Nick Rosen /

Zachary Barr, Reel Rock

English /

German

subtitles

Schattenfänger (Shadow Catchers) (Nothing but the legend of the “shadow catchers” remains from a formerly grand civilisation and all its riches and cultural treasures. On a quest for bygone times, the narrating “I” hikes across ancient forests and discovers a collapsed shaft entry. She hopes to find the legendary treasures deep down in the dark and thereby to discover how people used to live here. What she does unearth, exceeds all expectations.)

15‘00 DE Nadine Zacharias /

Moving Ideas German

Thursday, 18 October 2018

Ludwig-Thoma-Saal, 9:30 am

– Children’s Programme I –


Imagination: Tom Wallisch (rep.) (We’ve all been that kid in the back of their parents’ car, wishing dearly to be somewhere completely different. Dreams grow wings and during a drive through the snow-laden cities of British Columbia they actually come to life: Isn’t that Tom Wallisch beside the car, one of the world’s best free skiers, jumping across rooftops and sliding down railings?)


Cinema English

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Die Larinenwarner (Avalanche Warning) (They have to get out at 5 am every morning, in any kind of weather. They have to be swift and reliable. Because it is the Bavarian avalanche warning team’s job to transmit their daily report at 7.30 am exactly. This is where skiers, ski tourers, communities, road maintenance, ski lift operators and mountain inn keepers get their information about the current avalanche risk. It’s not an easy job and there is no room for mistakes – as they could be fatal. )

26’00 DE

Jan Kerckhoff /

Bilderfest/Bayerischer

Rundfunk

German

Vincent – 199 kleine Helden (Vincen – 199 Tiny Heroes) (11-year-old Vincent often is the only boy on his favourite mountain, the Feuerkogel. His tomcat Socke and his parents replace friends his own age. In any kind of winter weather he skis down steep mogul pistes to his school in Ebensee, together with his father. Vincent worries about climate change because he knows: no snow means no guests. Later in life, Vincent would like to take over his parents’ mountain inn.)

15’00 DE

Sigrid Klausmann /


Film & Library

German

Zozooloi – 199 kleine Helden (Zozooloi – 199 Tiny Heroes) (Zozooloi and her family live in a yurt in the Altai mountains of Mongolia. She labours like a man, carrying water, hacking dung and milking the cows. She tells her story of a foreign, fascinating and endangered world. She goes to school in Tsengel, which is 75 miles away, where she also manages her grandmother’s household. Finally, she gets Internet access. But which of these two worlds holds her future?)

13’00 DE

Sigrid Klausmann /


Film & Library

Mongolian /

German

subtitles

Viacruxis (rep) (Marcel and Andrezj are very different characters. Marcel likes to hog the limelight, while Andrezj always caters the support act. Yet, together, they form a strong team and were the first to storm the highest peaks of their animated world. Presently, the two likeable cartoon heroes face their greatest challenge, and their path is riddled with obstacles. Even worse, Andrezj is fed up with his existence in Marcel’s shadow.)

11‘00 ES Ignasi López / Ignasi

López Fàbregas

Spanish /

English

subtitles

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Schalthaus, Start from 12:00 pm midday

– Nonstop Programme I – (no presenter)


12:00 pm midday, Faszination Erde – Rocky Maountains (Fascinating Planet – The Rocky Mountains) (The Rocky Mountains turn the Northern American continent into a place of extremes. Erecting a massive barrier across its north-south axis, they contain 22 national parks, an immensely diverse flora and fauna and treat skiers to “champagne powder” in winter. Dirk Steffens took the leap to explore North America’s fate in the Rockies.)

44’00 DE Iris Zink / Zweites

Deutsches Fernsehen German

Approx. 12:45 pm, Über Österreich – Juwele des Landes (Above Austria – A Nation’s Jewels) (Jewels – this idea includes both natural treasures and outstanding architectural landmarks. In Vorarlberg, the Alpine Rhine Valley and the expansive region surrounding Lake Constance offer magnificent contrasts against massifs such as the Silvretta Alps. In the Tyrolean Inntal and Lechtal Valleys, the main Alpine ridge’s peaks as well as the Karwendel Range loom above enchanted castles and monasteries. Local treasures also include National Park Hohe Tauern and the Lienz Dolomites, facing South Tyrol. )

49’00 AT Georg Riha / Riha Film German

Approx. 1:40 pm, Mein anderes Russland – Ein Amateur am Elbrus (My Other Russia – An Amateur at Mt. Elbrus) (Christof Franzen, Russia correspondent for Swiss TV, has been reporting on crises and conflicts for ten years. Now, he would like for once in his life to stand on top of Mt. Elbrus, the roof of Europe. But he is no mountaineer. A Russian mountain guide shows him the first few steps towards the summit. En route across the dormant volcano’s flanks, Christof nearly loses heart. What on earth was he thinking?)

52’00 CH Lisa Röösli / Schweizer

Fernsehen/3 SAT German

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Schalthaus, Start 4:00 pm

– Nonstop Programme II – (no presenter)


4:00 pm, Uruca II – Bugaboos Edition (Hugo and Lipe are back on the wall. This time, they face fierce conditions on a very alpine route. Wet and icy rock, communication problems and constantly changing conditions give the animated heroes a hard time. Hugo and Lipe won over the hearts of Tegernsee audiences a couple of years ago, when climbing at Rio de Janeiro’s Sugarloaf Mountain. )

8’00 CAN /

BRAS Erick Grigorosvki

Portuguese /

German

subtitles

Approx. 4:10 pm, Solo in volo (By Flight Only) (“If anyone wants to save me here, they’re gonna need wings” – or a chopper. In the 1950ies, Luigi Bombardieri was one of the great pioneers of aerial rescue in the Alps. What counted as spectacular single incidents at the time is everyday life in the mountains by now – at least in the Alps. At the extreme altitudes of the Himalayas, however, flying remains an art form. Maurizio Folini perfects this art and was able to conduct the highest rescue operation of all times at Mt. Everest.)

31’00 IT

Gianluca Maspes /

Fondazione Luigi

Bombardieri

IItalian

Approx. 4:50 pm, Wildes Deutschland – Das Erzgebirge (Wild Germany – The Erzgebirge Range) (Among mud volcanos and cold air columns, the Erzgebirge Mountains offer biospheres to many specialists. The water shrew hunts in mountain brooks, peregrine falcons nest in rock crevices and the tardigrade even survives a deep-freeze around here. Growth and demise in the Erzgebirge are determined by the power of water, which shaped the rocks, tilled caves and valleys and created the hill moors.)

44‘00 DE

Uwe Müller / Capricornum

Film/Mitteldeutscher

Rundfunk

German

Approx. 5:45 pm, Notes from the Wall, (Three Belgian world class climbers are on their way to Patagonia. The El Regalo de Mwono Route on the east face of Torre Central (Torres del Paine) is where Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll is headed (as always equipped with his flute), together with Nicolas Favresse and Siebe Vanhee. The route extends across 1,200 m (almost 4,000 ft), is extremely difficult and was only free-climbed once before. The trip lasts 19 days. Accentuated by not always harmonious melodies, it revolves around more than just climbing, particularly around mountain camaraderie.)

35‘00 B Siebe Vanhee, Guillaume

Lion / Siebe Vanhee

English,

French,

Dutch /

German

subtitles

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Barocksaal, 5:00 pm

– Retrospective Norman G. Dyhrenfurth-


Amricans on Everest (In 1963 Norman Dyhrenfurth starts a new chapter in the history of high altitude climbing — as the organiser, fundraiser and film maker of the US expedition to Mt. Everest. Not only do the first US-Americans reach the world’s highest peak, a further endeavour succeeds: the first traverse of Everest in two teams across two routes, of which one, the western ridge, had never been climbed before. As their cinematographer, Dyhrenfurth reaches an altitude of 8,700 m (28,543 ft). Upon its return, the Everest ’63 Team is honoured by President John F. Kennedy in the White House, which represents the zenith of Norman Dyhrenfurth’s career. This impressive documentary film is narrated by nobody less than Orson Welles.)

60’00 AT / GB

Norman Dyhrenfurth / National Geographic

Society; TV premiere in 1965

English

Samsara – Ein tibetisches Erbe (Samsara – A Tibetan Heritage) (After working as an expert for mountaineering sequences in large-scale Hollywood movie productions throughout the 1970ies and 80ies, Norman Dyhrenfurth shot this acclaimed and award-winning documentary about Tibetan funeral rituals, the Dalai Lama and the concept of reincarnation. The making of this film once again took him to the land of the Sherpas, at the foot of Mt. Everest. )

49’00 CH Norman Dyhrenfurth /

1993

English

Ludwig-Thoma-Saal, 5:00 pm

– Passion on the Mountain –


Auf Entdeckungstour in den Abruzzen (Discovery in the Abruzzo Mountains) (Few people know that there are a number of quite high mountains situated near Rome, Italy. The Abruzzo is a mature massif and its Mt. Corno Grande is almost as high as German Mt. Zugspitze. A small group of passionate mountaineers departs on a discovery tour into this less known mountain range. There, they encounter not only mediterranean firn ice and warm rocks, but also plenty of culture and culinary delights.)

27’00 DE Michael Düchs /


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The Lorax Project (Six friends take off to climb the Lorax Route in Tasmania’s remote West. The adventure’s zenith is a BASE jump from the peak, at least according to plan. Surrounded by pristine wilderness, the team faces extreme weather conditions and a path through challenging, rugged terrain. But they trust their own abilities – and never lose their sense of humour.)

34’00 AUS Pete Wyllie, Simon Blair /

Mission Control Collective

English /

German

subtitles

La Congenialità – Seelenverwandtschaft (La Congenialità – Kindred Souls) (Simone Moro and Tamara Lunger are a rope team with ambitious goals and an age difference of 18 years. A passionate winter mountaineer, Simone already has a track record of many achievements. So far, responsibilities were clearly divided: Simone as master and Tamara as his student. However, when they undertake the world’s highest eightthousander traverse at Mt. Kanchenjunga, circumstances force the routined duo to abruptly switch roles.)

20‘00 DE

Christian Schmidt /

HelliVentures

Filmproduktion

German,

Italian,

English /

German

subtitles

Medius-Center, 5:00 pm

– Dream and Challenge –


North of Nightfall (Beyond the glaciers of the Arctic Circle, brutal temperatures, unpredictable weather and a 9-month winter ensure that humans avoid this region. But in summer, the never-setting sun allows this landscape to bloom, which makes incredible, never attempted mountain bike routes accessible.)

66’00 CAN

Jeremy Grand /Freeride

Entertainment, Red Bull

TV

English /

German

subtitles

12

Ramsay’s Round (Ultramarathon runner Alicia Hudelson decides to brave one of Scotland’s toughest long distance runs: the infamous Ramsay’s Round. This 24-hour challenge takes her across 24 Scottish “hills” and to a total altitude gain of 8,500 m (27,887 ft) amidst the overwhelming landscape of the Scottish Highlands.)

21’00 Scotland

Claire und Dave

MacLeod / Rare Breed

Productions

English /

German

subtitles

Home Stories (A morning in Munich. Harshly, the alarm clock terminates a beautiful dream of untouched powder snow glistening in the sun. A student decides to break free from his unbearable daily grind, with the help of his skis. Whereto: Japan? Or simply to the Tyrolean mountains? After all, freeriders do not need to travel to the end of the world to make the white gold fly!)

9’00 AT/DE Flo Gassner German

Quirinal, 5:00 pm

–– Surch for Traces -


Die Rückkehr der Wildnis – Reno Sommerhalders Suche nach der intakten Natur (Return of the Wilderness – Reno Sommerhalder’s Search for Unblemished Nature) (Switzerland is an overused part of the world. Thousands of plant and animal species are endangered. But a different Switzerland exists. Here, a new wilderness is in the making, where nearly extinct animals find a home. For the first time in almost 200 years, bears have been spotted, bearded vultures once more circle the summits. It is possible that even Europe’s biggest mammal will make itself at home again in Switzerland – centuries after its disappearance.)

92’00 CH Beat Bieri / Schweizer

Fernsehen

German / Swiss

dialect

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Barocksaal, 8:00 pm

– Retrospective: Norman G. Dyhrenfurth II


It can be challenging to be born to famous parents. Norman Dyhrenfurth, son of Oskar G. Dyhrenfurth, the Himalayan authority of the 1930ies, and his wife Hettie, didn’t encounter any problems. He followed in his father’s footsteps, not as a scientist, but as a mountaineer, expedition leader and film maker – and made many of his dreams come true. When he died in September 2017 at the age of 99 in Salzburg, a deeply fulfilled life came to its end.

Since he first accompanied the Swiss Everest expedition as its cinematographer in 1952, the globe’s highest peak kept him enthralled. He returned to it several times, experienced his great triumph there in 1963, but also endured disappointments. However, no failure dampened his zest for action, he always kept his composure. Up until the very end he also kept abreast with mountain events and impressed those around him with his openness, dignity and humility

Zum dritten Pol (To the Third Pole / Norman Dyhrenfurth, Part 2) (In this second part of the great documentary about the Dyhrenfurth family, film maker Andreas Nickel primarily follows in the footsteps of Norman Dyhrenfurth.) Further footage will be screened. Moreover, Michael Pause will talk to Maria Sernetz-Dyhrenfurth, to film maker Andreas Nickel and Dr. Michael Bilic, who, in his role as director of the Salzburg Mountain Film Festival, enjoyed amicable relations with Norman Dyhrenfurth over many years.

45’00

DE

Andreas Nickel /Jürgen Czwienk /

explorermedia

German

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– On a Wing and a Prayer –


Tierra del viento (Land of the Wind) (Patagonia. Even further south than our thoughts reach, there is a land of outrageous expansion and beauty. When photographer Eliseo Miciu goes to explore it, he not only discovers many mystical places and unique motifs, he also learns a lot about himself.)

18‘00 GB/ARG Laura Belinky / Wild

River Films

Spanish /

German

subtitles

Aigle et Gypaète – Les maîtres du ciel (Eagle and Ossifrage – Masters of the Sky) (Over more than seven years, the Lapied family accompanied the fantastical odyssey of two eagles. To survive the harshness of winter, these majestic birds trick marmots and chamois and fight hard for every morsel of flesh. When a bearded vulture tries to settle in their territory, they face a whole new challenge. Veronique, Anne and Erik Lapied have already been awarded several Prizes for the Best Nature Film in Tegernsee.)

70’00 F

Veronique, Anne and

Erik Lapied / Lapied

Film

French /

German

subtitles

Der Treppenläufer (The Stairway Runner) (Görge Heimann is a runner of stairways. He trains ferociously on the 18 steps in his garden, because his next run will take him to Mt. Niesen, a popular Swiss mountain commanding scenic views. That’s where the world’s longest stairway awaits him: 11,674 steps along the tracks of a funicular towards the summit. Normally, this “route” is out of bounds, but during the annual Niesen stairways run, athletes are welcome to have a go.)

9‘00 DE

Anna Verena Müller,

Simon Rupieper /

Kunsthochschule für

Medien Köln

German

15

Medius, 8:00 pm

– Lines in the Rock – Traces in the Snow –


Sand Climbing – The Seventies (This footage spent 50 years in a garage until Karel Vlcek’s recent discovery and assemblage to a highly watchable documentary. Recorded between 1968 and 1973, the photographs and 16 millimetre sequences deliver a remarkable impression of what went on in the Czech sandstone climbing scene of that time.)

7’00 CZE Karel Vlcek

Czech /

German

subtitles

Golden Line Verdon (The Golden Shower Route opened by Stefan Glowacz remains one of the hardest multi-pitch routes in France’s Verdon Gorge. A consecutive Redpoint climb has not yet been achieved. Mountain guides Tobias Bitschnau and Christoph Schranz are fascinated by this distinctive and exposed line and decide to try the project. The key passage and atypical rock conditions force them to give everything).

18’00 AT

Stefan Fritsche /

Peakventures

Filmproduktion

German

Nadine Wallner – Der Arlberg (Nadine Wallner – Mt. Arlberg) (Nadine Wallner is a professional skier. Her extreme freeride competitions take her around the globe. However, she is personally and intimately connected to Mt. Arlberg. For years, these mountains have shaped her personality, have given her strength – but also cost her a lot of energy.)

47’00 AT Tom Dauer / Servus TV German

16

Schalthaus, 8:00 pm

– Trailblazers –


Bonington Mountaineer (Sir Christian Bonington counts among the world’s most renowned alpinists. He started out as a rock climber in Great Britain and climbed Mont Blanc on new, daring routes. He wrote alpine history on the world’s highest mountains: he was the first to summit on Annapurna 2 and on Mt. Nuptse. Further groundbreaking expeditions followed across the south face of Annapurna and the southwest face of Mt. Everest. His life story is marked by visionary routes and thrilling experiences.)

80’00 GB Brian Hall, Keith

Partridge

English /

German

subtitles

Bernd Arnold – Wege nach innen (rep.) (Bernd Arnold – Inward Paths) (His climbing record of the 70ies and 80ies lists several of the world’s toughest climbing routes. In this compassionate short portrait, 70-year-old climbing pioneer Bernd Arnold makes connections between his athletic climbing success and inner life: from his childhood roots to faraway places, to homeland and friendship, all the way to the present day. The image-rich retrospective was shot among Saxony’s sandstone features.)

12‘00 DE Ulf Wogenstein /&

Wogenstein Pictures German

Quirinal, 8:00 pm

– Unpredictable –


Die Hohe Tatra – Im Reich der Bären (The High Tatra – In the Realm of Bears) The High Tatra is a wild mountain range characterised by extremes, located between Poland and Slovakia. It harbours the biggest predators of our part of the world, which are extinct elsewhere: bear, wolf and lynx. Untouched forests and ragged peaks offer them ideal hunting conditions. A motivated film team spent more than 900 days of shooting in the Tatra and filmed never seen stories in Europe’s smallest alpine mountains.)

50’00 DE Erik Baláž / Arolla Film German

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Le mystérieux volcan du Moyen Age (The Mysterious Dark Age Volcano) Scientists Franck Lavinge and Jean-Christophe Komorowski travel around the world to lift the secret of a mysterious 13th century volcanic eruption. This must have been one of the most gigantic eruptions of past millennia. In the course of their gripping scientific investigations, the team makes incredible discoveries.)

52’00 F Pascal Guérin / Kwanza

Blink Productions/arte German

Sporthalle, 8:00 pm

– The World’s Hardest Climbing Routes –


Die härtesten Kletterrouten der Welt (The World’s Hardest Climbing Routes) Vortag von Heinz Zak (Talk by Heinz Zak) (Young Adam Ondra from the Czech Republic undoubtedly counts among the world’s best climbers. In the last couple of years, Adam has won just about every imaginable sports climbing competition in the areas of lead climbing and bouldering. What impresses the initiated even more are his individual achievements on the rock. For years, he has been raising the bar of what’s possible in climbing further and further up. In November 2016 he achieved in only eight days and with breathtaking style the first repetition of the world’s hardest multi-pitch route, the Dawn Wall on El Capitan in the Yosemite Valley. Heinz Zak has accompanied, filmed and photographed the young climbing star at the Dawn Wall and on many other routes. Additionally, Heinz will screen exciting adventures with Alexander Huber and Fabian Buhl. As the evening’s highlight, Heinz will present the film “Die Kunst des Kletterns” (The Art of Climbing).

Heinz Zak and Guests German

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Friday, 19 October, 2018

Ludwig-Thoma-Saal, 9:30 am

– Children’s Programme II –


Imagination: Tom Wallisch (rep) (We’ve all been that kid in the back of their parents’ car, wishing dearly to be somewhere completely different. Dreams grow wings and during a drive through the snow-laden cities of British Columbia they actually come to life: Isn’t that Tom Wallisch beside the car, one of the world’s best free skiers, jumping across rooftops and sliding down railings?)


Cinema English

Die Lawinenwarner (Avalanche Warning) (They have to get out at 5 am every morning, in any kind of weather. They have to be swift and reliable. Because it is the Bavarian avalanche warning team’s job to transmit their daily report at 7.30 am exactly. This is where skiers, ski tourers, communities, road maintenance, ski lift operators and mountain inn keepers get their information about the current avalanche risk. It’s not an easy job and there is no room for mistakes – as they could be fatal.)

26’00 DE

Jan Kerckhoff /

Bilderfest, Bayerischer

Rundfunk

German

Vincent – 199 kleine Helden (rep) (Vincent – 199 Tiny Heroes) (11-year-old Vincent often is the only boy on his favourite mountain, the Feuerkogel. His tomcat Socke and his parents replace friends his own age. In any kind of winter weather he skis down steep mogul pistes to his school in Ebensee, together with his father. Vincent worries about climate change because he knows: no snow means no guests. Later in life, Vincent would like to take over his parents’ mountain inn.)

15‘00 DE

Sigrid Klausmann /


Film & Library

German

Zozooloi – 199 kleine Helden (rep) (Zozooloi – 199 Tiny Heroes) (Zozooloi and her family live in a yurt in the Altai mountains of Mongolia. She labours like a man, carrying water, hacking dung and milking the cows. She tells her story of a foreign, fascinating and endangered world. She goes to school in Tsengel, which is 75 miles away, where she also manages her grandmother’s household. Finally, she gets Internet access. But which of these two worlds holds her future?)

13‘00 DE

Sigrid Klausmann /

Gerhard Schmidt,

Gemeini Film & Library

Mongolian /

German

subtitles

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Viacruxis (rep) (Marcel and Andrezj are very different characters. Marcel likes to hog the limelight, while Andrezj always caters the support act. Yet, together, they form a strong team and were the first to storm the highest peaks of their animated world. Presently, the two likeable cartoon heroes face their greatest challenge, and their path is riddled with obstacles. Even worse, Andrezj is fed up with his existence in Marcel’s shadow.)

11‘00 ES Ignasi López / Ignais

López Fàbrigas

Spanish /

English

subtitles

Schalthaus, Start 12:00 pm midday

Nonstop Programme I (no presenter)


12:00 pm, Trollfinger (Remote islands with many sheep and dubious weather: New Zealand and the Faroe Islands have a lot in common, but also couldn’t be more different. Three kiwi climbers from New Zealand, together with their friends, plan to open a new route on Trollfinger, a 300 m (984 ft) cliff shrouded in myth and surrounded by rough seas. After innumerable attempts the climbers reach their limit – physically and psychologically. But one chance remains.)

29’00 NZ Jason Blair / Katabatic

Creativ

English / German

subtitles

Approx. 12:30 pm, Die Kinder von Seraplana II (The Children of Seraplana II) (Seraplana is a rich village: of its 42 inhabitants 14 are younger than 19 years. That was in 2006. Now, even the youngest are at least eleven years or older. What has become of this bunch of kids? With this question in mind, Isabelle Jaeger took off to Seraplana a second time. A new film resulted from past and current encounters.)

23‘00 CH

Isabelle Jaeger /

Radiotelevisiun Svizra

Rumantscha

Rhaeto Romanic

/ German

subtitles

Approx.1:00 pm, Ferien auf der Alpe – Die Kleinhirten von Einödsbach (Holidays on the Pasture – The Shepherds of Einödsbach) (Summer, sunshine and the Mediterranean Sea – are not on the menu for these boys from the Allgäu. They spend their entire holidays as “modest shepherds” on the mountain, on a pasture directly beneath the Allgäu’s Matterhorn, Mt. Trettachspitze, south of Oberstdorf. This experience is a far cry from the bucolic romance some might imagine. In all weather conditions, Roman und Vinzenz brave steep grassy

14’00 DE Georg Bayerle /


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slopes at elevations of up to 2,000 m (6,562 ft).)

Approx. 1:15 pm, Xenius: Yak (In Switzerland yaks are utilised for landscape conservation and in Western China they are probably the most important of all animals. Only they are able to provide the people of the Tibetan Plateau with meat, milk and wool. However, domestic yaks destroy the already barren highland ground – unlike wild yaks. To open up new perspectives, Chinese scientists now try to cross-breed domestic and wild yaks.)

26’00 DE/CH/ China

Jan Kerckhoff / Bilderfest, Bayerischer

Rundfunk German

Approx. 2:00 pm, Timmelsjoch – Wenn Grenzen verbinden (The Timmelsjoch Pass – When Borders Connect) (Since 1968 the Timmelsjoch High Alpine Road has been connecting the Northern Tyrolean Ötztal Valley to the South Tyrolean Passeier Valley. This road bears immense significance for adjacent residents. The history of its construction across the highest passable frontier pass between Austria and Italy is lengthy and characterised by change.)

55’00 DE Philipp J. Pamer /

Remulus Film German, Tyrolean

Approx. 3:00 pm, Solang der Herrgott will (As Long as the Lord Wills it) (Her age and her work load weigh heavily on the shoulders of Frieda, a mountain farmer in Völs. “I won’t get much further,” she says. Her body can’t go on as it used to, which doesn’t make work any easier. But with remarkable optimism and tenacity she overcomes all challenges with which life presents her. Because “I’m grateful for every day I get to rise up.”)

55’00 IT Hubert Schönegger /

geosfilm German


Nonstop Programme II (no presenter)

16:00, Patagonie, l’ile oubliée (Patagonia – Forgotten Island) (Almost the entire world has been measured and explored. What remains in Patagonia is the wild, remote limestone island of Madre de Dios. For the eighth time Bernard Tourtes is travelling there, together with his team of explorers from the Centre Terre. They defy the teaming ocean as well as storms and discover traces of the Kawesqars, an almost forgotten people. They hope to achieve lasting protection for this territory as world heritage.)

50’00 FR Gilles Santantonio /

MC4, Jean-Pierre Baila

French / English

subtitles

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Approx. 4:55 pm, Auf der Jagd – Wem gehört die Natur?. (On the Hunt – Whose Nature is it?) (To whom does nature belong? To animals? Or to humans? This documentary’s spectacular footage reminds us of the responsibility each one of us bears towards himself and his environment. One thing is obvious: Humans have changed life on earth, especially over the past 200 years, in irreversible ways. The planet’s biosphere is finite. Earth can survive us – but we cannot survive earth.)

96’00 DE Alice Agneskirchner /

Broadview Pictures German

Stieler-Haus, 4:30 pm

– Fireside Chat –

Wem gehört die Zukunft? Massentourismus oder Bergsteigerdorf

(Whose is the Future? Mass Tourism or Mountaineering Village)

(Three months ago Kreuth joined the small number of Bavarian “mountaineering villages”. However, not all of Kreuth: only 13 of its 17 districts, because those belonging to the residential community around Lake Tegernsee were explicitly excluded by the German Alpine Club. A mountaineering village must preserve its organically grown layout, protect the environment and not be marred by touristic mega-structures such as large-scale hotels, lifts and the like. Quite on the contrary: the point of mountaineering villages is to demonstrate that there is another way and how that can look. In the Tegernsee Valley, these two worlds collide. Perspectives for this co-existence and the general idea of mountaineering villages will be discussed by Dr. Georg Bayerle (Bavarian Broadcasting), Kreuth’s Mayor Josef Bierschneider and the East Tyrol farmer and entrepreneur Josef Schett, who lives in a flagship mountaineering village in the Villgraten Valley.)

Dr. Georg Bayerle

(Bavarian Broadcasting)

German

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Barocksaal, 5:00 pm

–Under the Spell of the Mountains –


Hüttenwirt auf Zeit (Temporary Mountain Inn Keeper) (Just to go off to the mountains for two weeks – to work at a mountain inn as its keeper. Mountaineer, author and film maker Georg Bayerle sets out with his ice ax and his camera towards the Rauhekopf Hut in the Ötztal Alps. In summer, the inn is managed by a different volunteer every two weeks. It is an exposed place that offers shelter and homeliness. But it is also a space for special atmospheres and experiences. )



Mountain (With breathtaking images and strong testimonials this documentary comprehensively renders the mountains’ fascination on the silver screen. It shows their powerful impact on our life and our dreams. The film was created thanks to a unique cinematic and musical collaboration between the Australian Chamber Orchestra and award-winning film maker Jennifer Peedom.)

74’00 USA Jennifer Peedom / dcm German


– Passion –


Magnetic Mountains (After a 70 m (230 ft) fall from the north wall of the Petites Jorasses, Steve Wakeford struggles to find his feet again. His severe injuries even tie him to a wheelchair for a while. But he is happy to be alive at all. Each ascent involves a descent – also into the depths of the human soul. Which, despite everything, makes this already award-winning story a declaration of love.)

86’00 FR Steve Wakeford (

Everyfield Films

English /

German

subtitles

23

Medius, 5:00 pm

– Mountain Addiction –

La Promenade (The Stroll) (Two young freeriders intend to climb Mont Blanc, Mt. Matterhorn, Monte Rosa and Gran Paradiso on skis from the Aosta Valley. Their tour through a lonesome and untouched winter landscape lasts 20 days and grants views of the Alps’ highest peaks. Their own adventure gradually becomes entangled with a story that took place over 40 years ago.)

26’00 IT Michel Dalle /

Grobeshaus Italian

Choices (Steph Davis has opted for climbing. In her early twenties she dropped out of law school, let go of a career as a solicitor and lived in her car instead for a few years. After major climbing achievements and expeditions she discovered BASE jumping. Even if fate often pushed her towards her limits, even though she lost her husband during a BASE jump, she regrets nothing, but continues to live her dream.)

21‘00 DE

Teresa Hoerl /

Helliventures

Filmproduktion

English /

German subtitles

Wanderer gegen Mountainbikder – Showdown in den Alpen (Hikers vs. Mountain Bikers – Showdown in the Alps) (Nowadays, hikers and mountain bikers meet on the most remote peaks and the narrowest trails. These encounters do not always remain peaceful. Is the solution a strict separation of trails? In the interest of tourism – and of course keeping conservation in mind – neither group should be scared off altogether.)

30‘00 DE Frank Gensthaler /

Spiegel TV German

Stirb langsam (Die Slowly) (Alpinist Michi Wohlleben’s ambition is hard to contain. He performs at the top of his game and is completely enthralled by mountaineering. Until his body flags up his limits after a banal training unit. From one moment to the next his world becomes unhinged. It remains doubtful whether he will ever climb mountains again. What is the impact of mountain addiction on a young, highly motivated individual?)

16‘00 AT

Jakob Schweighofer,

Simon Platzer /

Whiteroom Productions

English /

German subtitles

24

Quirinal, Start 5:00 pm

– Lost Homeland –


Das versunkene Dorf (The Drowned Village) I(n August 1950 the blossoming South Tyrol village of Graun drowns in floods from the Reschen Reservoir. Almost overnight, inhabitants are driven from their farms. Even today, many contemporary witnesses continue to mourn their lost homeland. The lake remains alien to them. A younger generation only knows this story through oral culture. Freshly confident, they free themselves from the crippling hold of the power station company and use their fraught heritage towards their own purposes.)

82’00 IT Georg Lembergh /

Albolina Film German

Sporthalle, 5:00 pm

– Dramatic –


Wenn die Zugspitz’ schwitzt – Klimawandel in den Alpen (rep) (When Mt. Zugspitze Breaks a Sweat – Climate Change in the Alps) (No other place in Germany demonstrates climate change as drastically as the Alps: here, the rise in temperature is almost double the national average, with dramatic consequences for the Alpine environment. Award-winning film maker Jürgen Eichinger conveys this much with the help of spectacular footage shot at and on Mt. Zugspitze. The impact affects animals, plants, people – everybody has to adjust. However, the greatest danger lurks inside the mountain.)

43’00 DE

Angelika Vogel, Jürgen

Eichinger / Jürgen

Eichinger Film

German

Der blinde Mann und der Berg (The Blind Man and the Mountain) (He is at home in the Lienz Dolomites, but he has never actually seen his local mountains. The world’s peaks magically attract him. Even though he is blind. Andy Holzer is an extreme mountaineer who has already mastered six of the highest peaks across all continents. Only the world's highest, Mt. Everest is missing. Twice he had to turn back. But Andy Holzer is not the kind of guy to give up.)

30’00 DE Juliane Möcklinghoff /

Norddeutscher Rundfunk German

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SOS Bavaria (In June 2014 cave explorer Johann Westhauser is badly injured by a rock fall. He lies lifelessly a thousand metres below ground inside Riesending, Germany’s biggest cave system, in Untersberg near Salzburg. It seems impossible to rescue him from the dark. But an international rescue teams succeeds in bringing two medics to the severely injured man and to return him to daylight during a complex multi-day operation.)

33‘00 CH/IT Andrea Gobetti, Fulvio

Mariani / Iceberg Film

English,

German,

Italian,

Croation /

German

subtitles

Barocksaal, 8:00 pm

– Alpine Club Night I –


Viacruxis (rep.) (Marcel and Andrezj are very different characters. Marcel likes to hog the limelight, while Andrezj always caters the support act. Yet, together, they form a strong team and were the first to storm the highest peaks of their animated world. Presently, the two likeable cartoon heroes face their greatest challenge, and their path is riddled with obstacles. Even worse, Andrezj is fed up with his existence in Marcel’s shadow.)


López Fàbrigas

Spanish /

English

subtitles

Hansjörg Auer – No turning back (He has perfected solo climbing like nobody else. His free solo climb of “Path through the Fish” on Mt. Marmolada made Hansjörg Auer famous. According to him, however, the most difficult part is not the ascent, but the return home. It’s only then that he realises how crucially important it is to have a relationship. A powerful and clever insight into an unusual life.)

30’00 IT

Damiano Levati /

Storyteller-Labs, Matteo

Vettorel

English /

German

subtitles

Silence (It is the 3rd of September 2017. Czech professional climber Adam Ondra is currently one of the world’s best. Inside the spectacular Hanshelleren Cave in Norway, he aims to write climbing history on this very afternoon. His objective is to open the first route at a 5.15d level of difficulty. Later on, he will name the world’s new hardest line “Silence”.)

18’00 CZE Bernardo Giménez / AO

Production

English /

German

subtitles

26

La Promenade (rep.) (The Stroll) (Two young freeriders intend to climb Mont Blanc, Mt. Matterhorn, Monte Rosa and Gran Paradiso on skis from the Aosta Valley. Their tour through a lonesome and untouched winter landscape lasts 20 days and grants views of the Alps’ highest peaks. Their own adventure gradually becomes entangled with a story that took place

over 40 years ago)


Grobeshaus

Italian /

German

subtitles



Cinema English

The evening’s host Michael Pause from Bavarian Public Broadcasting

will welcome a number of interesting guests.

Please note: to accommodate its immense popularity, the German Alpine Club (DAV) programme will

simultaneously be screened in the Sporthalle venue, albeit it in different sequence.

Thoma-Saal, 8:00 pm

– Adrenaline –




López Fàbregas

Spanish /

English subtitles

Thomas, der Huberbua Thomas, the Huber Boy) (Together with his brother Alexander, Thomas Huber has managed to turn his mountaineering passion into a profession. Despite lasting athletic success, the love for his children and a happy marriage he is burdened by the pressure to juggle it all. To find release, the older Huber boy among all possible hobbies picks one that is even more dangerous than climbing: BASE jumping.)

43‘00 DE Malte Roeper /


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Ama Dablam – Drama am heiligen Berg (Ama Dablam – Drama at the Holy Mountain) (For locals, Nepalese Mt. Ama Dablam (6,814 m / 22,356 ft) is a holy mountain, for many others at least the world’s most beautiful. In 1978 Peter Hillary together with three friends hopes to open its west face, but the mountaineers are hit by an ice avalanche. Reinhold Messner and Oswald Oelz happen to be climbing on the same mountain on a different route. They terminate their tour immediately and try to achieve the impossible: to save the New Zealanders. A race against time ensues … In 2017 Reinhold Messner received the Great Prize of the City of Tegernsee.)

52‘00 AT Reinhold Messner /

Servus TV German

Medius, 8:00 pm

– Walls –


Viacruxis (rep.) (Marcel and Andrezj are very different characters. Marcel likes to hog the limelight, while Andrezj always caters the support act. Yet, together, they form a strong team and were the first to storm the highest peaks of their animated world. Presently, the two likeable cartoon heroes face their greatest challenge, and their path is riddled with obstacles. Even worse, Andrezj is fed up with his existence in Marcel’s shadow..)


López Fàbregas

Spanish /

English

subtitles

The Dawn Wall (In January 2015 climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson hope to complete the Yosemite Valley’s Dawn Wall. The ascent takes 19 days in total, during which they have to rely entirely on themselves on the rock face. Tommy in particular is driven by his traumatic past: he was captured by rebels in Kyrgyzstan, a few years later lost an index finger and faced the end of his marriage to his longstanding climbing partner.)

100’00 AT

Josh Lowell, Peter

Mortimer / Red Bull

Media House

German

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Schalthaus, 8:00 pm

– Dreams and Dreamlike Places –




Cinema English

Florian’s last Climb (In 1909 Austrian climber Florian Frederick Graf von Liechtenstein leaves his estate near Innsbruck. He travels to Corsica to go climbing – and disappears without a trace. 90 years later, the Count’s grandson Otto commissions two film makers to help him clear up the mysterious disappearance. They uncover much more than expected, particularly regarding the true history of alpinism.)

25’00 GB Harold Chapman / Primal

Screen German

Wunderwelt Schweiz – Die Jura-Region (Swiss Bliss – The Jura Region) (The Jura Mountains are the Alps’ smaller brother. They are a multifaceted low mountain range extending along the French-Swiss border, relatively unknown, characterised by untouched nature. From springtime in the colourfully blooming Ajoie Region, Northern Switzerland’s orchard, to summer in the idyllic Vallée de Joux and freezing cold winters in the coldest part of Switzerland – the year in the Jura holds many surprises in a region which is both rough and lovely.)

52’00 DE Mi-Yong Brehm / Marco

Polo Film German

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Quirinal, 8:00 pm

– Full Force –


Trembling Mountain (The Langtang Valley in Nepal is much loved by trekkers and was hit by the devastating earthquake of 2015 with full force. An avalanche of ice, rock and mud poured down its hillsides. Hundreds of people died, whole villages were destroyed and the survivors evacuated to Kathmandu. When they return, they search for the remains of their former lives: for livestock, the foundations of their houses – and for the bodies of their buried relatives.)

82’00 Nepal

Kesang Tseten /

Shunyata Film

Production

Nepali, Tibetan

/ German

subtitles

Eigentlich wollten wir nur bergsteigen … (We Just Meant to Climb Mountains) (Help that facilitates self-help is the key to progress through individual initiatives in countries we call underdeveloped. A cooperation between the Technical Universities of Munich and of Kathmandu strikes out on a path which one would not have expected in this context. The young team does not let unexpected difficulties deter it from creating solutions for access to education, information and easier living conditions in even remote regions of Nepal. Help from outside is only the first step – from then on, self-help is called for!)

19’00 DE /

Nepal

Heinrich Brunner /

Technische Universität

München und

Kathmandu

German

Sporthalle, 8:00 pm

– Alpine Club Night II – (see Barocksaal)




Cinema English

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Silence (rep.) (It is the 3rd of September 2017. Czech professional climber Adam Ondra is currently one of the world’s best. Inside the spectacular Hanshelleren Cave in Norway, he aims to write climbing history on this very afternoon. His objective is to open the first route at a 5.15d level of difficulty. Later on, he will name the world’s new hardest line “Silence”.)


Productions English

Hansjörg Auer – No turning back (He has perfected solo climbing like nobody else. His free solo climb of “Path through the Fish” on Mt. Marmolada made Hansjörg Auer famous. According to him, however, the most difficult part is not the ascent, but the return home. It’s only then that he realises how crucially important it is to have a relationship. A powerful and clever insight into an unusual life.)

30’00 IT

Damiano Levati /


Vettorel

English /

German

subtitles



López Fàbregas

Spanish /

English

subtitles

La Promenade (rep.) (The Stroll) (Two young freeriders intend to climb Mont Blanc, Mt. Matterhorn, Monte Rosa and Gran Paradiso on skis from the Aosta Valley. Their tour through a lonesome and untouched winter landscape lasts 20 days and grants views of the Alps’ highest peaks. Their own adventure gradually becomes entangled with a story that took place over 40 years ago.)


Grobeshaus

Italian /

German

subtitles

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Saturday, 20 October 2018

Schalthaus, Start 10:00 am

Nonstop Programme I (no presenter)


10:00 am, Auf den Spuren Elios (In Elios’s Footprints) (Located halfway between Sondrio and the Stelvio Pass on the banks of the Adda River, the tiny village of Mazzo was built from stones the river had been smoothing over centuries. Forests surround it and time seems to be at a standstill. The old dairy chalet of Salina is located further up, in the Bergamasque Alps, with only a steep path leading to it. It was rediscovered by Patrick who keeps old traditions alive and brings his 30 pieces of cattle up there for pasture.)

23’00 DE

Alessandro Soetje /

Alpenway Media

Productions

German

Approx. 10:30 am, Finding the Line (Two extreme skiers from Melbourne want to learn how to manage their fears, which often stop them from utilising their whole potential. Nat calculates their risk very carefully and tries to minimise it. Anna just lets the situation unfold, often without mulling possible consequences. Both sisters look for that narrow divide between staying safely within their comfort zone and taking a risk that might or might not be too high. )

60’00 AUSTR Bjarne Salén / Birds of a

Feather English

Approx. 11:35 am,Searching for Gold (A goldmine, a Russian off-road vehicle, a fox, two tents, four skiers, a film maker and two weeks time. Those were the production conditions. In the remote mountain world of the Ak-Shirak Range the skiers look for steep ice flanks and challenging descents. Further thrills are added by the sugar snow that is typical for Kyrgyzstan, a missing gold-digging permit and bad roads.)

23’00 AT/KGZ Johannes Hoffmann /

Whiteroom Productions German

Approx. 12:00 pm, Die Kinder von Seraplana II (rep.) (The Children of Seraplan II) (Seraplana is a rich village: of its 42 inhabitants 14 are younger than 19 years. That was in 2006. Now, even the youngest are at least eleven years or older. What has become of this bunch of kids? With this question in mind, Isabelle Jaeger took off to Seraplana a second time. A new film resulted from past and current encounters.)

23‘00 CH

Isabelle Jaeger /


Rumanscha

Rhaeto

Romanic /

German

subtitles

32

Approx. 12:30 pm, Sand Climbing – The Seventies (rep.) (This footage spent 50 years in a garage until Karel Vlcek’s recent discovery and assemblage to a highly watchable documentary. Recorded between 1968 and 1973, the photographs and 16 millimetre sequences deliver a remarkable impression of what went on in the Czech sandstone climbing scene of that time.)

33’00 CZE Karel Vlcek

Czech /

German

subtitles


Nonstop Programme II (no presenter)


1:30 pm, Loved by All – The Story of Apa Sherpa (The Sherpas, a strong, religious people, live at the foot of Mt. Everest. Although countless people visit the region, most Sherpas remain poor and uneducated. Apa Sherpa is a child of the Khumbu and has already summited 21 times on Mt. Everest. Since he was twelve years old, he has been working as a high altitude carrier and has often risked his life. With the help of a foundation he now wishes to enable a better future for his people, because he knows: “Without education, we don’t stand a chance.”)

14’00 CAN Eric Crosland / Sherpas

Cinema

Nepalese /

German

subtitles

Approx. 1:45 pm, Magnetic Mountains (rep.) (After a 70 m (230 ft) fall from the north wall of the Petites Jorasses, Steve Wakeford struggles to find his feet again. His severe injuries even tie him to a wheelchair for a while. But he is happy to be alive at all. Each ascent involves a descent – also into the depths of the human soul. Which, despite everything, makes this already award-winning story a declaration of love.)

86’00 FR Steve Wakeford /

Everyfield Films

English /

German

subtitles

Approx. 3:20 pm, En vol vers les 8000 (rep.) Flying up to 8,000) (Equipped with a tent and a paraglider, Antoine Girard intends to traverse Northern Pakistan. Left entirely to his own devices, he flies for 19 days across more than 746 miles of breathtaking Himalayan mountain chains. He reaches an altitude of 8,157 m (26,762 ft) and even gets to see Broad Peak from above. In 2017 this daredevil mission earned Antoine Girard the National Geographic title “Adventurer of the Year”.)

41’00 FR Antoine Girard

French /

German

subtitles

33

Thoma-Saal, 3:00 pm

– Family Cinema –




Cinema English

Ein Sommer auf der Alpe (Summer on Pasture) (Lena is a Braunvieh cow in the Allgäu and lives on Farmer Reinhold’s farm. But in early summer Lena and twelve fellow cows depart on a journey: with loud banging of bells they march up to the alpine Oberberg pasture. There, the work day starts early. Children drive Lena and the rest of the herd from pasture to stable for milking. Next door in the cheese dairy, Sebastian processes the fresh milk.)

29’00 DE Malin Büttner /

Westdeutscher Rundfunk German

Unbekannte Tierarten – Entdeckungen in den Allgäuer Alpen (Unknown Species – Discoveries in the Allgäu Alps) (Beyond the “big five” of ibex, eagle, deer, chamois and bearded vulture, the Allgäu High Alps shelter hundreds of barely known species, such as the book scorpion or rare small snails and butterflies. Teacher and amateur explorer Alfred Karle-Fendt from Sonthofen climbs the steepest cliffs to discover rare creatures.)



Die Kinder von Seraplana II (rep.) (The Children of Seraplan II) (Seraplana is a rich village: of its 42 inhabitants 14 are younger than 19 years. That was in 2006. Now, even the youngest are at least eleven years or older. What has become of this bunch of kids? With this question in mind, Isabelle Jaeger took off to Seraplana a second time. A new film resulted from past and current encounters.)

23‘00 CH

Isabelle Jaeger /


Rumantscha

Rhaeto

Romanic /

German

subtitles

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11‘00 ES Ignais López / Ignasi

López Fàbregas

Spanish /

German

subtitles

Barocksaal, 4:00 pm

– Through the Wall –


The Dawn Wall (rep.) (In January 2015 climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson hope to complete the Yosemite Valley’s Dawn Wall. The ascent takes 19 days in total, during which they have to rely entirely on themselves on the rock face. Tommy in particular is driven by his traumatic past: he was captured by rebels in Kyrgyzstan, a few years later lost an index finger and faced the end of his marriage to his longstanding climbing partner.)

100‘00 AT

Josh Lowell, Peter

Mortimer / Red Bull

Media House

German

Thoma-Saal, 5:00 pm

– Rhythm of Nature –


Gesichter mit Geschichten: Siegfried Lanthaler (Faces with Stories: Siegfried Lanthaler) (A fulfilled life. No travels. No warm water. No complaints. No overkill of anything – only of pain, but he has learned to accept that a long time ago. Freedom is his luxury. Siegfried Lanthaler lives in the South Tyrolean Passeier Valley. He shaves when the first part of the day’s work is done, prepares lunch while others drink their first coffee, and goes to bed when they sit down to watch TV.)

10‘00 IT Astrid Kofler, Helmut

Lechthaler / Audiovision

German,

South

Tyrolian

dialect

35

Aigle et Gypaète – Les maîtres du ciel (rep.) (Eagle and Ossifrage – Masters of the Sky (Over more than seven years, the Lapied family accompanied the fantastical odyssey of two eagles. To survive the harshness of winter, these majestic birds trick marmots and chamois and fight hard for every morsel of flesh. When a bearded vulture tries to settle in their territory, they face a whole new challenge. Veronique, Anne and Erik Lapied have already been awarded several Prizes for the Best Nature Film in Tegernsee.)

70’00 FR Veronique, Anne and

Erik Lapied / Lapied Film

French /

German

subtitles

Medius, 5:00 pm

– Legendary and Free –


The Fire within (Ever since he started climbing, Stephan Vogt has been dreaming of sending the first ever 9a route: the legendary “Action directe” in the Franconian Jura. Wolfgang Güllich opened the route in 1991. It is known as the wold’s first climbing route with a UIAA grade of XI. It remains a great challenge, even for the very best climbers )

8’00 DE Alexej Funke / Cinecircle

English /

German

subtitles

Auf den Spuren der Ersten (On the Track of Pioneers) (Matthias Haunholder and Matthias Mayr have completed many first ski descents in the mountains of the world. Now, they are on a mission to find tracks and honour the achievement of pioneers. They engage in time travel and try their luck with the gear of yesteryear.)

47’00 AT Matthias Mayr / M-Line,

Servus TV German

Pirmin Bertle – Ein Bergvagabund 5.0 (Pirmin Bertle – A Mountain Vagabond 5.0) (He has opened the most difficult climbing routes in South America and one absolute top route in Switzerland – yet Pirmin Bertle is hardly known outside the climbing scene. For him, climbing is not a means of self-marketing, but a true passion. He travels through the world, sleeps in his tent, loves his freedom and nature. He has never sacrificed his radical life-style, not even even as the father of two children.)



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Quirinal, 5:00 pm

– Explorers –


Retrospektive Otto Guggenbichler – Reise durch das Pustertal (Retrospective Otto Guggenbichler - A Journey through the Puster Valley) (The Tegernsee Mountain Film Festival’s initiator was passionately dedicated to the so-called landscape film. Before beginning his great series about the most beautiful national parks on earth in 1975, he produced a movie portrait about the Puster Valley in South Tyrol in 1973. This retrospective not only demonstrates Otto Guggenbichler’s special kind of storytelling, it is also a commemoration of “the good old times” — when life in the Puster Valley happened at a different heart rate than today.)

42’00 DE Otto Guggenbichler /


Tierra del viento (rep.) (Land of the Wind) (Patagonia. Even further south than our thoughts reach, there is a land of outrageous expansion and beauty. When photographer Eliseo Miciu goes to explore it, he not only discovers many mystical places and unique motifs, he also learns a lot about himself.)

18’00 GB/

ARG

Laura Belinky / Wild

River Films

Spanish /

German

subtitles

Schalthaus, 5:00 pm

– Firn, Rock and Fun –

Hoch über den Krimmler Wasserfällen – Firnfreuden für Skitourengeher (High Above the Krimmler Waterfalls – Fun on Firn for Ski Tourers) (West of famous Mt. Großvenediger the formerly significant Krimmler Tauern Pass connects the Oberpinzgau Region near Salzburg with the South Tyrolean Ahrntal Valley. Between the well-known Krimmler waterfalls and the pass, the Krimmler Tauernhaus Inn looks back on a longstanding tradition. Further up, vast ski touring terrains expand: “Killer firn slopes, beautiful summits, great views” is the kind of rave review provided not only by mountain guide and author Markus

Stadler.)



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Break on Through (rep.) (The US climbing grade of 5.15 (UIAA scale 11) is reserved for the world’s best sports climbers. Never has a woman sent one of these routes. Margo Hayes, a so far largely unknown climber from Colorado, wants to change that. To get closer to the world’s toughest routes, she goes to Europe and gives everything to reach her goal. She pushes her body and her willpower to the utmost extreme – risking injury and failure on her quest to be the first gal to send a 5.15.)

26’00 USA

Peter Mortimer, Matty

Hong, Nick Rosen /

Zachary Barr, Reel

Rock

English /

German

subtitles

Parasol Peak (Together with six musicians and a film and audio crew, musician and composer Manu Delago has set out on a mountain expedition through the Tyrolean Alps. In several locations and at different altitudes the team assembled a total of eight pieces of music to a work of art that combines the genres of mountain and music film.)

30’00 AT

Johannes Atzetmüller,

Jeb Hardwick / Manu

Delago

Sporthalle, 5:00 pm

– Thin Air –


Mount Everest – Der letzte Schritt (rep.) (Mount Everest – The Final Step) (In 1978 Peter Habeler and Reinhold Messner master the first ascent of Mount Everest without bottled oxygen. Embedded into the award-winning documentary film by legendary director Leo Dickinson, Reinhold Messner presents newly filmed, dramatised sequences that could not have been shot in 1978. Messner’s son Simon and Philipp Brugger act as the first ascenders on their dramatic way to the summit. In 2017 Reinhold Messner’s film “Still Alive – Drama am Mount Kenia” won the Great Prize of the City of Tegernsee.)

47’00 AT Reinhold Messner /

Servus TV German

En vol vers les 8000 (rep.) (Flying up to 8,000) (Equipped with a tent and a paraglider, Antoine Girard intends to traverse Northern Pakistan. Left entirely to his own devices, he flies for 19 days across more than 746 miles of breathtaking Himalayan mountain chains. He reaches an altitude of 8,157 m (26,762 ft) and even gets to see Broad Peak from above. In 2017 this daredevil mission earned Antoine Girard the National

41’00 FR Antoine Girard

French /

German

subtitles

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Geographic title “Adventurer of the Year”.)

Barocksaal, 7:00 pm

– Final Celebration and Conferring of Prizes –


Please take note of the changed start time – 7 pm! During the final celebration at the festive Barocksaal venue, the Mountain Film Festival Competition’s winners will be formally presented. The most beautiful scenes from all winning films will be screened. Many winning directors and producers will receive their prize in person. Jury, film makers, mountaineers, supporters and viewers end the evening with a sumptuous buffet. Live music will enhance the festive atmosphere.

Thoma-Saal, 8:00 pm

– Pull Yourself Together! –


Reiss Di zsamm! Geduldsprobe am Cerro Kischtwar (rep.) (Pull Yourself Together! Ordeal at Cerro Kishtwar) (Only they see those lines on sheer rock, only in their heads do certain traces exist. Swiss mountaineers Stephan Siegrist and Thomas Huber have often demonstrated their intuitive talents. In 2017 they achieve another masterpiece, together with Julian Zanker, at the pristine granite peak of Cerro Kishtwar, succeeding with a first ascent of its icy big wall. They call the route “Har-Har-Mahadev”, which translates roughly through Bavarian as “Pull yourself together!”. Thomas Huber screens his film about this daring venture for the first time at the Tegernsee Mountain Film Festival.)

18’00 DE Thomas Huber / Huber,

Siegriest, Zanker German

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SOS Bavaria (rep.)

(In June 2014 cave explorer Johann Westhauser is badly injured by a rock fall. He lies lifelessly a thousand metres below ground inside Riesending, Germany’s biggest cave system, in Untersberg near Salzburg. It seems impossible to rescue him from the dark. But an international rescue teams succeeds in bringing two medics to the severely injured man and to return him to daylight during a complex multi-day operation.)

33’00 CH / IT Andrea Gobett, Fulvio

Mariani / Iceberg Film German

Die Wildheuer – Senkrecht über dem Urnersee (The Wild Hay Maker – Vertical above Lake Urnersee) (While making hay at the steep flanks of Mt. Rophaien, 62-year-old Axiger Sepp plunges 300 m (984 ft) down to his death. The father of six was an experienced wild hay maker and well familiar with the risks of retrieving grass from often near-vertical mountain flanks. Nowadays, his youngest daughter Julia keeps the mountain farm going. Just like him, she will need to clamber up to the “Wildi” slopes to obtain enough fodder for her animals.)

51‘00 CH Beat Bieri / Schweizer

Fernsehen

German,

Swiss

German

Medius, 8:00 pm

– Bold Gang! –


100 Jahre Huberbuam – Bluad is dicker wia Wossa (100 Years of Huber Boys – Blood is Thicker than Water) (Over three decades, the Huber Boys have become an actual brand, not only in the outdoor community, but also as climbers, mountaineers and as brothers. Since their youngest days, Thomas and Alexander have been embodying a seemingly perfect rope team. It does not surprise that between such different characters with their respective egos, sparks can fly. They live through highs and lows, falls and triumphs. In 2017 the Huber Boys together turned 100 years old. A good moment for an interim balance.)

47’00 AT Werner Bertolan / Servus

TV German

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La Congenialità – Seelenverwandtschaft (rep.) (La Congenialità – Kindred Souls) (Simone Moro and Tamara Lunger are a rope team with ambitious goals and an age difference of 18 years. A passionate winter mountaineer, Simone already has a track record of many achievements. So far, responsibilities were clearly divided: Simone as master and Tamara as his student. However, when they undertake the world’s highest eightthousander traverse at Mt. Kanchenjunga, circumstances force the routined duo to abruptly switch roles.)

20‘00 DE

Christian Schmidt /

HelliVentures

Filmproduktion

German,

Italian,

English /

German

subtitles

Silence (rep.) (It is the 3rd of September 2017. Czech professional climber Adam Ondra is currently one of the world’s best. Inside the spectacular Hanshelleren Cave in Norway, he aims to write climbing history on this very afternoon. His objective is to open the first route at a 5.15d level of difficulty. Later on, he will name the world’s new hardest line “Silence”.)


Production

English /

German

subtitles

Quirinal, 8:00 pm

– En Route –




López Fàbregas

Spanish /

English

subtitles

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Florian’s Last Clim (rep.) (In 1909 Austrian climber Florian Frederick Graf von Liechtenstein leaves his estate near Innsbruck. He travels to Corsica to go climbing – and disappears without a trace. 90 years later, the Count’s grandson Otto commissions two film makers to help him clear up the mysterious disappearance. They uncover much more than expected, particularly regarding the true history of alpinism.)

25’00 GB Harold Chapman / Primal

Screen German

Weiße Wildnis in den Pyrenäen – Skitouren im Aiguestortes-Nationalpark (White Wilderness in the Pyrenees – Ski Touring in the Aiguestortes National Park) (Olé! Sun, beach, siesta – these spring to mind when we think of Spain. How about an archaic mountain landscape with snowy flanks and proud peaks? The Aiguestortes National Park is located on the Spanish side of the Pyrenees. Whoever takes off on a ski tour around here will barely find any information. Surprises are a quintessential part of this mountain wilderness as well as interesting encounters.)



The Lorax Project (rep.) (Six friends take off to climb the Lorax Route in Tasmania’s remote West. The adventure’s zenith is a BASE jump from the peak, at least according to plan. Surrounded by pristine wilderness, the team faces extreme weather conditions and a path through challenging, rugged terrain. But they trust their own abilities – and never lose their sense of humour.)

34’00 AUSTR

Pete Wyllie, Simon Blair /

Mission Control

Collective

English /

German

subtitles

Schalthaus, 8:00 pm

– Dream Images –




Cinema English

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Loved by All – The Story of Apa Sherpa (rep.) (The Sherpas, a strong, religious people, live at the foot of Mt. Everest. Although countless people visit the region, most Sherpas remain poor and uneducated. Apa Sherpa is a child of the Khumbu and has already summited 21 times on Mt. Everest. Since he was twelve years old, he has been working as a high altitude carrier and has often risked his life. With the help of a foundation he now wishes to enable a better future for his people, because he knows: “Without education, we don’t stand a chance.”)

14‘00 CAN Eric Crosland / Sherpas

Cinema

Nepalese /

German

subtitles

Mountain (rep.) (With breathtaking images and strong testimonials this documentary comprehensively renders the mountains’ fascination on the silver screen. It shows their powerful impact on our life and our dreams. The film was created thanks to a unique cinematic and musical collaboration between the Australian Chamber Orchestra and award-winning film maker Jennifer Peedom.)

74‘00 USA Jennifer Peedom German

Sporthalle, 8:00 pm

– Unconditional –


Hansjörg Auer – No turning back (rep.) (He has perfected solo climbing like nobody else. His free solo climb of “Path through the Fish” on Mt. Marmolada made Hansjörg Auer famous. According to him, however, the most difficult part is not the ascent, but the return home. It’s only then that he realises how crucially important it is to have a relationship. A powerful and clever insight into an unusual life.)

30’00 IT

Damiano Levati /


Vettorel

English /

German

subtitles

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Choices (rep.) (Steph Davis has opted for climbing. In her early twenties she dropped out of law school, let go of a career as a solicitor and lived in her car instead for a few years. After major climbing achievements and expeditions she discovered BASE jumping. Even if fate often pushed her towards her limits, even though she lost her husband during a BASE jump, she regrets nothing, but continues to live her dream.)

21’00 DE

Teresa Hoerl /

HelliVentures

Filmproduktion

English /

German

subtitles

Thomas, der Huberbua (rep.) (Thomas, the Huber Boy) (Together with his brother Alexander, Thomas Huber has managed to turn his mountaineering passion into a profession. Despite lasting athletic success, the love for his children and a happy marriage he is burdened by the pressure to juggle it all. To find release, the older Huber boy among all possible hobbies picks one that is even more dangerous than climbing: BASE jumping.)

43’00 De Malte Roeper /


Sunday, October 21, 2018

Ludwig-Thoma-Saal, from 9:30 am

- Matinée - Finale -


Matinée with the winning films

(detailed programme will be available

from Saturday evening)

In the case of high demand, the matinée

will also be screened at Schalthaus.

(Please note: All programme information is subject to correction / short term changes may occur.)

Booking of tickets starts on September 14th, online www.bergfilm-tegernsee.de or www.muenchenticket.de;

for further information please contact: Tourist Information Tegernsee, Tel. +49-(0)8022-9273860.

http://www.bergfilm-tegernsee.de/

http://www.muenchenticket.de/

Documents

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