Adventure

This drama documentary deals with the life of two extraordinary women who, in 1939, set off together to travel by car from Geneva to Kabul. Each woman is in pursuit of an idea. The writer Annemarie Schwarzenbach, who in the 1930s belonged to the... more

The Norwegian André Bach is one of the pioneers of the international base jumping scene and started, like the most of them, as a reckless young man who had only one focus: B.A.S.E. jumping. In “Portrait of a Serial Jumper” Bach describes how his... more

We spent 40 days in west coastline of Greenland. Kayaking in the fjords, looking for slopes with our own eyes, reading the weather and ski. We have done our best with our own strength in a very natural environment. It was a simple structure... more

This drama documentary deals with the life of two extraordinary women who, in 1939, set off together to travel by car from Geneva to Kabul. Each woman is in pursuit of an idea. The writer Annemarie Schwarzenbach, who in the 1930s belonged to the... more

„First it wasn’t called ‘acro’, it was only called crazy stuff,“ says legendary pilot Richard Gallon about the rise of the paragliding aerobatics, one of the most edging mountain sports these days. The film shows the big battle between the new... more

This drama documentary deals with the life of two extraordinary women who, in 1939, set off together to travel by car from Geneva to Kabul. Each woman is in pursuit of an idea. The writer Annemarie Schwarzenbach, who in the 1930s belonged to the... more

This drama documentary deals with the life of two extraordinary women who, in 1939, set off together to travel by car from Geneva to Kabul. Each woman is in pursuit of an idea. The writer Annemarie Schwarzenbach, who in the 1930s belonged to the... more

The Douglas Mawson Antarctic Expedition of 1912 is one of the most amazing feats of endurance of all time. Although his two companions perished, Douglas Mawson survived, but how? In a bold historical experiment, adventurer Tim Jarvis retraces the... more

This drama documentary deals with the life of two extraordinary women who, in 1939, set off together to travel by car from Geneva to Kabul. Each woman is in pursuit of an idea. The writer Annemarie Schwarzenbach, who in the 1930s belonged to the... more

This drama documentary deals with the life of two extraordinary women who, in 1939, set off together to travel by car from Geneva to Kabul. Each woman is in pursuit of an idea. The writer Annemarie Schwarzenbach, who in the 1930s belonged to the... more

In the early years of flying, pilots were celebrated like heroes. Their records hit the headlines and cast a spell over people worldwide. Their motto was: faster, farther, longer and higher. One of the biggest challenges has always been to cross... more

Almost 60 years after the Chinese occupation, Tibet is still a „Forbidden Land“ just like in former times. The film crew managed to travel into Tibetan regions which usually are not accessible for journalists. They used the original diaries of... more

A three-week-long journey delivered us to one of the loneliest and least known spots on Earth halfway between Russia and Alaska, where the Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea collide at what the Aleuts called the Birthplace of the Winds. Our goal was... more

This drama documentary deals with the life of two extraordinary women who, in 1939, set off together to travel by car from Geneva to Kabul. Each woman is in pursuit of an idea. The writer Annemarie Schwarzenbach, who in the 1930s belonged to the... more

In a remote region in Southern Venezuela towers the table mountain Acopan Tepui with its 700 m steep rock face dropping off vertically into the rainforest. Inaccessible and unexplored, this north face constitutes the dream goal of the professional... more

This drama documentary deals with the life of two extraordinary women who, in 1939, set off together to travel by car from Geneva to Kabul. Each woman is in pursuit of an idea. The writer Annemarie Schwarzenbach, who in the 1930s belonged to the... more

This drama documentary deals with the life of two extraordinary women who, in 1939, set off together to travel by car from Geneva to Kabul. Each woman is in pursuit of an idea. The writer Annemarie Schwarzenbach, who in the 1930s belonged to the... more

In the middle of the rainy August 2006, two men set off on an extraordinary expedition. Ingo Schuster, 51, and Henning Fenner, 35, want to cross the Alps – however in the same way as their predecessors of the New Stone Age did, wearing their... more

This drama documentary deals with the life of two extraordinary women who, in 1939, set off together to travel by car from Geneva to Kabul. Each woman is in pursuit of an idea. The writer Annemarie Schwarzenbach, who in the 1930s belonged to the... more

One often hears extreme sports athletes say "Gravity sucks" or "No Gravity". There are people who would not agree, because without gravity their kind of sports would not exist. The snowboarder Ueli Kestenholz and the paragliding Mathias Roten love... more

Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Oberland is one of the most attractive places for BASE jumpers in the world. The documentary portrays the small Swiss village of Lauterbrunnen by making different voices heard: A pastor whose church is situated... more

This drama documentary deals with the life of two extraordinary women who, in 1939, set off together to travel by car from Geneva to Kabul. Each woman is in pursuit of an idea. The writer Annemarie Schwarzenbach, who in the 1930s belonged to the... more

“Der stille Fall” is the portrait of Mike Schönherr, a 34-year-old basejumper from Ziller Valley (Austria). We follow the extreme athlete on his adventures in the air and get an insight into the way in which he experiences the world. The film... more

From Zurich across the Alps and back to Zurich, 500 km on one single day, on foot, mountain bikes, skis, motorcycles, in sports cars and airplanes. The Red Bull race had its premiere in 1931. After 68 years, it celebrated its resurrection in 2007,... more

A team of 10 women from Australia and the USA come together to attempt to climb three of Africa’s highest peaks - Mt Kenya (5,199m), Mt Meru (4,666m), and Mt Kilimanjaro (5,893m) - in less than three weeks. The women have to come to terms with... more

This drama documentary deals with the life of two extraordinary women who, in 1939, set off together to travel by car from Geneva to Kabul. Each woman is in pursuit of an idea. The writer Annemarie Schwarzenbach, who in the 1930s belonged to the... more

This drama documentary deals with the life of two extraordinary women who, in 1939, set off together to travel by car from Geneva to Kabul. Each woman is in pursuit of an idea. The writer Annemarie Schwarzenbach, who in the 1930s belonged to the... more

This drama documentary deals with the life of two extraordinary women who, in 1939, set off together to travel by car from Geneva to Kabul. Each woman is in pursuit of an idea. The writer Annemarie Schwarzenbach, who in the 1930s belonged to the... more

This drama documentary deals with the life of two extraordinary women who, in 1939, set off together to travel by car from Geneva to Kabul. Each woman is in pursuit of an idea. The writer Annemarie Schwarzenbach, who in the 1930s belonged to the... more

Throughout his life Olav Heyerdahl has been listening to stories of his grandfathers famous Kon-Tiki expedition. Now he is going to play his own part in the continuing saga. 60 years after the historic Kon-Tiki, another balsa wood raft set sail... more

This drama documentary deals with the life of two extraordinary women who, in 1939, set off together to travel by car from Geneva to Kabul. Each woman is in pursuit of an idea. The writer Annemarie Schwarzenbach, who in the 1930s belonged to the... more

This drama documentary deals with the life of two extraordinary women who, in 1939, set off together to travel by car from Geneva to Kabul. Each woman is in pursuit of an idea. The writer Annemarie Schwarzenbach, who in the 1930s belonged to the... more

In early March 2007 three Spanish parachute jumpers flew over Antarctica in wingsuits – a feat that nobody had ever achieved before. The only previous attempt, by a US team, ended in tragedy. The film follows the meticulous preparation of the... more

Join three women who test their limits racing their huskies 1000 miles through the Yukon and into Alaska's frigid Interior on the toughest sled dog race on earth - the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. Get an insider view and find out why... more

The Mont24 was a 24-hour mountain bike race held in the scenic pine forests of Canberra, Australia in October 2007. Follow two teams riding the race: a professional male team of four, and an amateur team of six female riders. Live the journey of... more

Andi Kromer and Philipp Feldbacher lead us into the Klostertal. However, they don’t do it in the traditional way, because the Trial World Champion and the World Cup Downhiller use the marvellous landscape as a playground for their bicycles. They... more

In the first winter to show the undeniable effects of global warming, Absinthe Films has explored the effects of a changing planet. For those who live to snowboard, these changes can be perceived as impossible challenges or creative opportunities... more

This documentary follows a group of slack liners walking their lines. The film shows harmless slack lining above the ground as well as advanced slack lining across the crevasses of Mont Blanc and the legendary Lost Arrow Spire in Yosemite National... more

This semi animated science fiction movie presents two gamers in the year 2061. They use the trip box game device to travel through alternative realities, playing various extreme sport scenes. The Game is like a big system with a lot of connected... more

All three Slovenian expeditions (in 2005, 2006, and 2007) had to face logistical difficulties. Violent storms and temperatures in the region of minus 50 degree Celsius are not uncommon in the Polar Circle. The steep walls of the largest island of... more

'balance' is a look into the rapidly growing world of newschool skiing. As the title suggests, this short film was edited to profile all aspects of the sport. Big Mountain Lines, Terrain Parks & Half Pipes, and Jibbing. With a refreshing mix of... more

30 athletes navigate 850 km through the massive Alpine range, racing against their competitors, physical exhaustion as well as the elements. They negotiate compulsory turning points at Austria’s icy Dachstein glacier, Italy’s Marmolada peak, the... more

People of different ages and professions united into one team take the task to pass the picturesque summits and valleys of the Eastern Sayan mountains. Heavily packed, they travel on foot and by boat. The crew of rovers passes various passes... more