When the majestic predator birds fly their circles above the endless desert at dawn, the masters keep a watchful eye on their protégés. In Arabic countries, the falconry has a long tradition. Training and hunting with these noble birds is a kind... more

Visioning Tibet chronicles the work of the American doctors who have founded the Tibet Vision Project. Their mission is to end preventable blindness in Tibet – the country with the highest rate of untreated cataract blindness in the world - by... more

The central areas of the Sahara -the largest wasteland on earth- are deserted. By the middle of the 20th century, most of its parts were unexplored. Today, there is still one white spot on the map: the Erdi-Ma in the extreme north east of the... more

A profile of the British suffer meister Andy Kirkpatrick. Funny and insightful this film looks at a climber's need for introspection while at the same time providing a master class in climbing snow and ice in marginal conditions. more

Powerful mountain ranges with steep rock faces, crystal clear rivers and lakes, dense forests and narrow gorges mark the Nature Park Steirische Eisenwurzen. This archaic mountain scenery seems to have remained completely unchanged for millions of... more

In 1999, best friends Alex Lowe and Conrad Anker were overcome by an avalanche while climbing in the Tibetan Himalaya, only Conrad survived. Conrad suffered terribly from Survivor's Guilt and in comforting one another, he and Alex's widow,... more

In this film we undertake an imaginary travel back to the Bronze Age, when approximately 1400 before Christ animals were sacrificed on the “Piller Kultplatz” to honour the Gods. Around the year 47 after Christ, Roman legions as well as merchants... more

We are high up in the Alps. The air is thin with little oxygen. Despite the uninviting circumstances, people live here. The 22 inhabitants of the Swiss village Juf in the canton Grisons, which at 2126 m is the highest village in the Alps populated... more

Under the tropical sun, 400 kilometres from the African continent, is a small continent of its own: Madagascar. Fantastic landscapes, bizarre flora and fauna and a people with a deep love of nature make this island so special. There are many... more

The Kogis Indian culture in the North of Columbia is the last heritage of the important pre-Columbian Culture. Their thousands of years old tradition is based on a deep relationship to nature, to the living beings. Amazing close-up filming... more

Sharks, dolphins and seals hunt through the waters, birds plunge headfirst into the waves. Thousands of animals come to eat as much as they can from the enormous swarms of sardines that pass the South African Shore once a year. The spectacle of... more

In the Arctic global warming is a cultural issue. The ice is melting at a rate never seen before by the Inuit people. If it continues the way it’s going, it may change the movements of the animals they hunt — the hunt they have tried to maintain... more

Courageous gliders in the Argentinean Andes. Just like the surfers in Hawaii waiting for the perfect wave, the gliders look for waves made of wind behind the mountains, in an altitude of 12,000 m. With the help of these so-called lee-waves they... more

Hanoi: Priscilla Telmon sets off. Her goal: to traverse the Himalayas, alone and on foot. From the tropical rain forests in Vietnam she climbs high, crossing the Chinese region Yunnan up to the snow deserts of Tibet, to Lhasa, the forbidden city... more

In 2006, ten extreme mountaineers set off to climb the 8,084 metre high Broad Peak. They chose the route of the first ascent by Hermann Buhl. Although the equipment of today cannot be compared to the equipment of then, there are some parallels... more

As darkness fell on May 10, 1996, a fast moving storm of unimaginable ferocity trapped three climbing teams high on the slopes of Mount Everest. The climbers, exhausted from their summit climb, were soon lost in darkness, in a fierce blizzard, far... more

This film is truly thrilling, showing the two blind climbers Andy Holzer and Erik Weihenmayer. Without any help, they climb a route of the 5th difficulty degree leading across the 200 metre high, vertical face of the Roter Turm in the Lienz... more

What did „mountaineering“ mean in the GDR, in a land without high mountains and “behind a wall”? Bettina Wobst worked for a year to answer this question, she talked with contemporary witnesses, who give insights into the socialist climbing scene... more

“Separate Reality“ – offers a six metre protruding rock roof, 200 metres above the Mercedes River in the Yosemite Valley in the USA. In May 2005, the Tyrolean Heinz Zak succeeded in the second solo free climb on this spectacular American cult... more

There are so many choices in everyday life! Everyone has their own journey, their own direction, their own azimuth. Olivier Higgins and Mélanie Carrier chose a journey, but most would call it a long adventure, approximately 8000 kilometers long... more

In 1998, Robert Jasper opened a new mixed route on the Breitwangfluh in the Berner Oberland: four pitches across the ceiling of a huge cave, bolts only on the belay station, classified as M10 and E4 – the first route in the world of this... more

The film is an international collection of seven of the most progressive and creative mountain bike freeriders and downhill racers in the world. Ride shotgun with the boys and follow their inaugural season as they jet set the globe, all for the... more

For four years, the 37-year-old extreme climber Herbert Ranggetiner attempted to climb this 30 metre long and up to 12 metre overhanging line without falling. The changing weather conditions and the altitude of 2.600 m made this attempt very... more

This "modern time adventurer" had a motto: "To live, you have to take chances!" He chose nature as his "field of battle”. In his quest for extremes and discoveries, Jean-Marc Boivin was mountain climber, skier, hang glider pilot, explorer,... more

"Draw Me a Line" is the first film to establish a relationship between extreme skiing and contemporary art. The director has put in parallel the work of three riders and three artists, which apparently have nothing in common. However, the lines... more

Jan Wanggaard was a World Champion windsurfer in the 1980´s. He left the sport at the peak of his career to study industrial design. He then moved to Lofoten, where he has lived since 1989. The film follows Wanggaard during three years, from... more

One of the most stunning, untouched landscapes on Earth is found in the heartland of Asia: Mongolia stretches from the impenetrable forests of Siberia in the North to the Chinese wall in the South. A huge variety of rare animal species are found... more

„And then the Lord sent thunders and hails” the Old Testament says, “lightning flashed from the sky, rain beat down and the hail even killed men and animals on the field”. Due to the changing climate, hail and strong rains cause devastating... more

In 1979, Dr. Jaeger tested his resistance to hypoxia, the lack of oxygen, by living two months at an altitude of 6,700 meters - before disappearing a year later on his way to Mount Everest. more

The “Höfats” is a unique mountain, steep and jagged, yet also green and covered with flowers up to the summit. It cannot be compared to any other mountain in the world. Therefore it is also the emblem of the Allgäu Alps. This “queen of the grass... more

“The only way to feel your life is by risking it! But when your life hangs by a thread, be careful! You will never know if what you are living is simply an illusion.” This incredibly thrilling short movie shows a climber in the middle of winter,... more

With its catchment area the size of the Indian sub-continent and its length of 3.800 kilometres, the Mississippi is the world’s third largest river. From the source area at the Itasca Lake in Minnesota to its mouth in the Golf of Mexico, from the... more

In 1962, Michel Siffre spent two months beneath the earth's surface without any time landmarks. He discovered the existence of an "internal clock", and his experiments gave birth to a new science: chrono biology. Today, he accepts to go down in... more

Mountaineers often dream of untouched summits, of places that are so remote that they have remained mostly undiscovered even today. In April 2006, three mountaineers and one doctor set off on a sensational expedition to the Gyalthang mountains in... more

Exactly 100 years ago, the poacher Joseph Berard from the Aosta valley stole two ibex kids from the reservation of the Italian king and sold them in Switzerland. The Aosta valley then was the only area in the Alps where the ibex still existed... more

Some of the valley-inhabitants describe the landscape where they dwell as the largest pedestrian zone of Europe. In the high season, masses of tourists from Oberstdorf come to hike and are overwhelmed by the magnificent landscape. Nevertheless it... more

A documentary/feature film depicting a team competing in a "krnacky" sledge contest, an unusual sport in Slovakia - country of Central Europe. A film about adrenaline, madness, (un)reliability of men and about love. more

They look like enormous bats and they love the night: the flying foxes. In Australia they are considered to be a plague because they graze masses of fruits in the gardens, plantations and parks. With this complex portrait, the film shows the... more

Lingshi is a mountain village located at an altitude of 4000 metres in the Greater Himalayas of Bhutan. It takes a four days trek to get there. The yak rearing community of Lingshi live in a pristine environment. It is difficult, yet peaceful with... more

The largest waterfalls on earth hold a precious secret: in the heart of one of the most endangered living spaces on earth – in the Atlantic Rain Forests – the stained jaguar searches for prey, the kittenish coati play in the highest tree tops and... more

The Pamir Kirghiz are a tribe of some 2,000 people from the Pamir region of Central Asia. For the last 27 years they have lived in exile in Eastern Turkey. In 2005 an Anglo-Turkish film crew arrives in their village to work with the tribe to tell... more