“Festivaleröffnung/opening ceremony 2012”

“Höhenrausch - Der Extrembergsteiger Erhard Loretan”

Benoit Aymon (Schweiz), 52 min, Language: D - Alpine Documentation

The Swiss mountain guide Erhard Loretan was the second man who has climbed all 14 eight thousand meter peaks without using oxygen. He has climbed Mount Everest in less than 40 hours, on a direct line across the north face, without tent, but with a... more

“Expedition ins ewige Eis - Alfred Wegener”

Gabriele Wengler , 43 min, Language: D - Adventure

In spring 1930, the nature explorer Alfred Wegener, who had made his mark for eternity thanks to his epoch making theory about the continental drift, set off for his third Greenland expedition. Together with his team, his intention was to collect... more

“Petit Dru Nordwand – Der zerfallene Berg”

Gerald Salmina, Tom Dauer, Jochen Hemmleb , 52 min, Language: D - Alpine Documentation

The north face of the Petit Dru which, in 1997, was deformed and destroyed by a rock slide, serves as a metaphor for the life of two extraordinary mountaineers, whose life had been deformed and changed by dramatic accidents. The British Andy... more