Tough Enough, is a 400 meter climbing route in the Tsaranoro Valley in Madagascar. This film shows the first climb by Arnaud Petit, Stéphanie Bodet, Sylvain Millet and Laurent Triay of this route in 2008.
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Feature-length documentary following award-winning wildlife cameraman Vianet Djenguet as he documents a gruelling but vital mission to ‘habituate’ a notoriously protective 450lb silverback, in a last-ditch effort to save the critically endangered eastern lowland gorillas from extinction.
Six blind Tibetan teenagers climb the Lhakpa-Ri peak of Mount Everest, led by seven-summit blind mountain-climber Erik Weihenmayer.
The hobby detectives “The Three Investigators” want to take a little break. So they take advantage of an offer from Peter's father, who has accepted a job in South Africa and wants to take the detectives there. But Jupiter, Peter and Bob wouldn't be the three investigators marks feared by the criminal world if they just lounged around in the sun on their vacation. So it's no wonder that the clever boys soon have their next case to solve...
Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro.
Roar follows a family who are attacked by various African animals at the secluded home of their keeper.
As a child in Burkina Faso, Yacouba was sent away from home to study the Qur'an, where he and his classmates were almost starving. The young boys would trek across miles of wilderness, only to fall and beg at a straw hut for meagre rations. It is from this harsh background that the young farmer became determined to develop techniques that would bring exhausted soil back into production. His efforts have outdone the work of the world's leading scientists and technological advances costing millions of pounds. They may also yet prove crucial to the future of the world's rapidly growing population and global food demands.
The adventurer, Ivan Bulík, traveled all through Africa. However, one of his dreams still eluded him: He desired to capture the life and customs of the smallest people on Earth, to find the undisturbed civilization of Pygmies.
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Sid Perou follows the attempt of climbing Europe's highest and most extreme rock face, the Troll Wall in Norway, using free climbing methods. The documentary features Hans Christian Dossieth, Colin Brooks, Steve Bancroft, Chris Gibb and Sid Perou.
No Comment portrays the top climbers and young talents of the scene in both bouldering and route climbing with spectacular cinematography. It doesn't just show the hardest problems, it's also about climbing as a lifestyle and those who have shaped the scene from the beginning, such as Ben Moon, Jerry Moffat and Gerhard Hörhager. It also showcases the young talents like David Lama, Luca Zardini, Markus Bock and Michael Mayr introducing a new generation of super athletes, their philosophy and the way they live their lives. The film features an original soundtrack by10 Tyrolean musicians.
A musical trip through southern Africa to the tunes of the post-apartheid generation. Kwaito music originated in the 1950's in the dusty streets of South Africa's townships such as Sophiatown, Pimville and subsequently in Soweto. It is inseparable from the Pantsuela culture of the rebellious youth gangs during the Apartheid regime. Since there was no money for musical instruments or for extravagant costumes, they concentrated on their dancing and singing skills and, turning the streets into their stage. Currently almost fifty years later - Kwaito culture is experiencing a renaissance in a manner completely inconceivable in those days.
In País de Roca , the guys from Avista Multimedia, Dani Salas, Aitor Bárez and Nacho Herranz, offer us a current panorama of the escalation of climbing in Spain, with internationally renowned climbers such as Iker Pou, Josune Bereciartu, Dani Andrada, Pedro Pons and José Manuel Velázquez-Gaztelu Cristo. They parade for more than an hour through some of the most emblematic Spanish sport climbs that have marked the evolution of the maximum difficulty in Spain - like La Rambla in Siurana, possible 9a, El Calvario del Sikario (8c), Exotic (8c / c +), Ondoloin (8c / c +), Honki Mix (8c +). The film has original music and is shot and edited in an innovative way, framing every last detail and every movement in close-up. Seven small films for seven great climbers,
Drama about the tragic Nanga Parbat expedition by the two Messner brothers in 1970, on which Reinhold Messners younger brother Günther died.
Fortune hunter Allan Quatermain teams up with a resourceful woman to help her find her missing husband lost in the wilds of 1900s Africa while being pursued by hostile tribes and a rival German explorer.
On March 29, 1947, peasants armed with sticks and knives attacked the French garrisons in Madagascar. The revolt would end twenty months later with the death of the last insurgents, shot down by the expeditionary force. France, accustomed to memory lapses, knew nothing of this insurrection and its trail of torture and abuses. In Madagascar, well after independence, the events of 1947 were never discussed. For more than a generation, parents refused to speak of them to their children. It wasn't until the 1980s that the silence was broken.
"No Permanent Address" documents the first ascent of a 23 pitch free climb on a 2,700 ft. granite wall located in the remote wilderness of British Columbia. Sean Easton and Aaron Black team up for the first ascent of "Call of the Granite" all amazingly caught on film. The film follows Aaron for the 7 months prior as he climbs with friends in some of the most famous areas in North America such as El Potrero Chico, Hueco, Indian Creek, Bishop, and Yosemite. Watch as a cast of male and female climbers push themselves to their limits on everything from boulders to crack climbs. The film highlights life on and off the rock showing the tricks of survival in the real, inspiring, and sometimes shocking world of the modern climber. Behind every minute of footage are days of rigging and filming. The beautiful photography and up-beat soundtrack are sure to get you psyched to climb!
Best Forgotten Art is Johnny Dawes' classic climbing film about the desperate art of climbing gritstone cracks. Featuring great climbing and bouldering on grit in the Peak District. Starring John Allen, Joe Brown, Johnny Woodward, Boone Speed, Chris Plant, Arthur Dolphin, Airlie Anderson, Ruth Jenkins, and Leo Houlding.
A double feature: In Big in Japan: Follow the highball masta (Jason Kehl) and The Brain (Shane Williams) as they explore the bouldering around Tokyo, repeating classics and establishing new testpieces. Guided by the local daimyo (Naoya Naito), our heroes travel through lush forests, remote sulphur mountains and slick river beds to discover the hidden gems of Japan. Along the way they meet a legendary warrior (Yuji Hirayama) eager to trade techniques. In The HP 40 Installment: Recently opened to bouldering, HorsePens40 quickly established itself as one of the premium bouldering areas in the USA. Shot in December 2003, this installment features 3 short movies focusing on different aspects of the game. First we got Jason Kehl working God Module, the best problem in the park. Then it is a medley of climbers and problems shot during the annual Mortal Kombat competition. Last but not least we follow Utah's strongman Steven Jeffrey on his 1st day in HP40 where he crushed about 10 v8s and v9s.
“The Core” features climber Dean Potter during one of his greatest feats: the one-day ascent of El Capitan and Half Dome, two of the world’s most famous rock faces, in Yosemite. Throughout the documentary, Potter describes what drives him to undertake such epic, perilous, and daring projects, which have made him one of the most renowned climbers. “The Core” captures not only Potter’s profound reflections, but also the iconic beauty of the national treasure that is Yosemite.
Four female climbers face the sporting challenge of a lifetime as they attempt to compete in the first ever Olympic climbing competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Wall: Climb for Gold follows four elite climbers, Janja Garnbret, Shauna Coxsey, Brooke Raboutou, and Miho Nonaka, over an extraordinary two years. They battle through Olympic qualifying events to earn their place at Tokyo, then face a gruelling season of competition and training that sees everything put on hold when the Covid-19 pandemic forces the Games to be postponed. As the young women confront their own mental and physical demons en-route to Tokyo, the film reveals an astonishing and inspiring insight into what it takes to be an Olympian and ultimately what it means to be human.
Arnaud Petit
Stéphanie Bodet
