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Tuesday, 09. Nov. 2021

16:45 | Schubert Saal 1

Price: 9 €

Andrea Eidenhammer

Sehnsuchtsort Berge

45 min Deutsch

To reach the top of a mountain and look around till the horizon is pure passion. Some people come to the Alps for... mehr info >

Reinhold Messner

Nanga Parbat - Mein Schlüsselberg

80 min Deutsch

In 1970, Reinhold Messner together with his brother Günther were the first men to climb the Rupal face on the Nanga... mehr info >

19:15 | Schubert Saal 1

Price: 9 €

Michael R. Gärtner & Sebastian Koerner

Die Wildnis kehrt zurück: Die Lausitz...

43 min Deutsch

After the end of brown coal mining in the east-German region Lusatia, huge fallow lands became available, in which... mehr info >

Axel Gomille

Schatzkammer Regenwald

44 min Deutsch

The Manu national park in Peru is a biological treasure trove. Jaguars, caimans, humming birds and macaws live there,... mehr info >

17:00 | Schubert Saal 2

Price: 9 €

Patrick & Dennis Weinert

Ab 18! - Hinter unserem Horizont

36 min Deutsch

Dennis and Patrick are journalists and are known as young crisis reporters. A dangerous incident suddenly makes the... mehr info >

Sasha Snow

The Troublemaker

56 min Englisch mit deutschen Untertiteln

Through two completely different characters we learn about ideas and emotions behind the international protest wave... mehr info >

19:30 | Schubert Saal 2

Price: 9 €

Benoit Regord

Freed Climb

26 min Französisch mit deutschen Untertiteln

Antoine Le Menestrel has been associated with the cliffs of Buoux in France, since his childhood. Early he began to... mehr info >

Harald Weiß

Wirklich oben bist du nie - Reinhard Karl

113 min Deutsch

Reinhard Karl was the first German to stand on the summit of Mount Everest, freed the climbing difficulty scale from... mehr info >

17:15 | Schubert Saal 3

Price: 9 €

Mikel Sarasola

The Tears of Shiva

31 min Englisch mit englischen Untertiteln

Change is part and parcel of development and Nepal is undergoing a major transformation. Using water resources to... mehr info >

Tuan Lam

Antarktika – Die gefrorene Zeit

87 min Deutsch mit englischen Untertitel

When the northern lights cover the ice landscape in summer that means the animals in Antarctica are in a paradisiacal... mehr info >

19:45 | Schubert Saal 3

Price: 9 €

Sebastian Koerner, Herbert Ostwald

Die Wolfsaga

43 min Deutsch

Wolves in Germany? In autumn 2000, wolf pups were seen again in Saxony for the first time. 150 years after the... mehr info >

Francesco Catarinolo

The Red House

82 min Englisch, Italienisch, Dänisch, Ostgrönländisch mit deutschen Untertiteln

THE RED HOUSE tells the life story of Robert Peroni from South Tyrol. During one of his numerous adventures, the... mehr info >

Wednesday, 10. Nov. 2021

16:45 | Schubert Saal 1

Price: 9 €

Tom Dauer

Vom Wert der Zeit

25 min Deutsch mit englischen Untertiteln

90 years of a rich, sometimes hard, often adventurous but always fulfilled life. With this cinematic portray, the... mehr info >

Eliza Kubarska

Die Wand der Schatten

94 min Englisch, Nepali, Russisch, Polnisch, Ghunsa-Dialekt mit deutschen Untertiteln

When a group of mountaineers want to climb the impressive Kumbhakarna in Nepal, the local Sherpa family is faced with... mehr info >

19:15 | Schubert Saal 1

Price: 9 €

Philipp Klein Herrero

Freeride Skiing at Home

1 min nonverbal

Sick of only hearing negative things in the news and being forced to stay home during lockdown (in Barcelona), I... mehr info >

Michael Strauß, Robert Maruna, Bastian Meier

Mokka

17 min Deutsch

The sequel of the particularly successful first Viennese free-ride documentary “Melange” seamlessly picks up where... mehr info >

Fotowettbewerb Mountainfilm - Kleine Zeitung

20 min Deutsch

The award ceremony of the „Fotowettbewerb – Mountainfilm und Kleine Zeitung“. In the previous weeks, the readers of... mehr info >

Jordan Manoukian

Out of Frame

44 min Französisch mit englischen Untertiteln

The backstage of an extreme photographer, Out of Frame shows the daily life of Mathis Dumas, athlete, high mountain... mehr info >

17:00 | Schubert Saal 2

Price: 9 €

Tasha Van Zandt

After Antarctica

105 min Englisch

An epic journey across both poles, After Antarctica follows legendary polar explorer Will Steger’s lifelong journey... mehr info >

19:30 | Schubert Saal 2

Price: 9 €

Vincent Steiger

A Wolf's Journey

90 min Englisch

Driven out of his pack, a young wolf has to face his fate alone and try to survive in a world ruled by man. A... mehr info >

17:15 | Schubert Saal 3

Price: 9 €

Axel Gomille

Neue Wildnis in Deutschland

45 min Deutsch

Germany has set itself the goal to let a large part of its nature back into „wild“ forests, natural areas where men... mehr info >

Gil Kebaïli, Evrard Wendenbaum, Pierre Stine

Greenland, the Whispering of Ice

52 min Englisch

The environmental Evrard Wendenbaum leads teams of scientists to inaccessible remote areas, to the last so-called... mehr info >

19:45 | Schubert Saal 3

Price: 9 €

Hubert Neufeld

Sounds of the South

60 min Englisch mit englischen Untertiteln

In spring 2020, the Dutch musician Ruben Hein sets off to an expedition of three weeks to the wildest regions on our... mehr info >

Igor Ozherelyev

Belukha Mountain. Climbing the Legend of Siberia

64 min Russisch mit englischen Untertiteln

This is a story about a successful climb onto the top of the highest peak of the Altay Mountains - Belukha Mountain... mehr info >

Thursday, 11. Nov. 2021

19:45 | Stefaniensaal

Price: 21 €

Eröffnung 35 Jahre Mountainfilm Graz

A lot has changed since the foundation of „Internationalen Berg- und Abenteuer Filmfestival“ in 1986, to which 64... mehr info >

Jan Haft

Natur am Königssee

43 min Deutsch

With impressive pictures we learn extraordinary details about flora and fauna in and around Lake Königssee in... mehr info >

John Murray, Jamie Fitzpatrick

Big Bend: America's Wildest Frontier

51 min Englisch

Showcasing the natural magic of the Earth’s most talked about frontier, ‘Big Bend’ explores an extraordinary part of... mehr info >

17:00 | Steiermarksaal

Price: 11 €

Will & Lianne Steenkamp

Olimba – Königin der Leoparden

54 min Deutsch

With their film “Olimba, Queen of the Leopards” and its fabulous, beautiful and dramatic pictures, the nature film... mehr info >

Anja Krug-Metzinger

Menschenaffen - Eine Geschichte von Gefühl und...

58 min Deutsch

This unique footage proves, that chimpanzees are also at war, and demonstrate various behavioural experiments that... mehr info >

20:00 | Steiermarksaal

Price: 19 €

Nico Hambleton

Lock Down Rock Up

10 min Englisch mit englischen Untertiteln

Jerome Mowat takes us through the challenges he faced as a front-line paramedic during the global pandemic and how he... mehr info >

Richard Sidey

Spellbound

5 min Englisch mit englischen Untertiteln

Wingsuit Base jumping is often presented as a thrill seeking adrenaline rush. Spellbound takes us deeper into the... mehr info >

Boris Poscharsky

Glücklich am Abgrund - Geraldine Fasnacht

30 min Deutsch

The Swiss Géraldine Fasnacht practices two of the extreme kinds of sports. In summer, she flies in a wing suit from... mehr info >

Guillaume Broust

Swissway to Heaven

56 min Französisch, Deutsch, Englisch mit englischen Untertiteln

Switzerland is a true paradise for multi-pitch climbing, as well as the country where Cedric Lachat was born and... mehr info >

Friday, 12. Nov. 2021

16:00 | Stefaniensaal

Price: 14 €

Otmar Penker

Die Alpen - Winterwunder

51 min Deutsch

„Winterwunder“ portrays the icy, cold season in the Alps and shows the hardship and dangers related to the... mehr info >

Henry M. Mix, Boas Schwarz

Die Odyssee der Großtrappen

52 min Deutsch

Great bustards are something like dodos in our time. They are dying out, where they once were common. In the middle... mehr info >

19:00 | Stefaniensaal

Price: 25 €

Multivisionsvortrag "Terra Incognita" Kilian...

120 min Deutsch

(Multimediavortrag) The Austrian professional climber Kilian Fischhuber, who has already won several bouldering world cups, will tell... mehr info >

15:30 | Steiermarksaal

Price: 11 €

Berndt Welz

Das Geschäft mit dem Winter

29 min Deutsch

Climate change threatens Alpine skiing resorts, but at the same time, ski tourism itself also contributes in a... mehr info >

Patrick Centurioni

Wildes Innsbruck - Zwischen Moderne und alpiner...

45 min Deutsch mit englischen Untertiteln

“Wildes Innsbruck“ describes the unavoidable encounter between men and animal on a blurred border between two worlds... mehr info >

17:30 | Steiermarksaal

Price: 11 €

Paul Schweller

One Step Ahead

9 min Deutsch mit englischen Untertiteln

After the long standstill in the year 2020, the Mountain Tribe Crew has a big goal, but still no clear plan how to... mehr info >

Andreas Ewels, Alexander Hick

Bewahrer der Alpen - Ein Leben als Bergführer

29 min Deutsch

Every year, about 100 million of tourists flock the mountain regions in the Alps. Some aim high goals but without... mehr info >

Bettina Wobst

Wilde Gesellinnen - Frauen am Sächsischen Fels

43 min Deutsch

Bettina Wobst’s film pays homage to the mountain dreams of women, who first dared to venture into the realm of rocks,... mehr info >

20:00 | Steiermarksaal

Price: 21 €

45 Jahre Nanga Parbat Special

In 1976, 45 years ago, the founder of the Mountainfilm Graz festival, Robert Schauer, was a participant in one major... mehr info >

Simon Messner

Traditional Alpinism - Erfahrungen sind nicht...

48 min Deutsch mit englischen Untertiteln

For me, traditional mountaineering is not just doing it alone, but also knowing the history of a mountain, knowing... mehr info >

Mathias Peschta

Emilio Comici - Meister | Mensch | Mythos

47 min Deutsch

Emilio Comici was Italy’s best climber in the 1930s, he was the master of the sixth degree, the highest difficulty... mehr info >

15:00 | Kammermusiksaal

Price: 11 €

Lisa Eder

Der wilde Wald

89 min Deutsch, Englisch mit deutschen Untertiteln

„Let nature be nature“, is the philosophy of the Bavarian Forest National Park. Despite massive opposition, this... mehr info >

17:00 | Kammermusiksaal

Price: 11 €

Dennis Timm

Katharina Lunger - Zuhause im Westernsattel

15 min Deutsch

Katharina Lunger learned saddlery trade from scratch – in the wild, pristine north of the USA, in the federal state... mehr info >

Zoltan Török

Wild Horses - A Tale from the Puszta

88 min Englisch

Meet Dot, the little wild horse foal! She is a Przewalski’s horse, they are the only true wild horse species of the... mehr info >

19:30 | Kammermusiksaal

Price: 14 €

Xi Zhinong, Zi Ding, Da Jie, Qu Peng

Das Jahr des Schneeleoparden

52 min Deutsch

The Tibetan high plateau is home to the extremely rare snow leopard. The story of these charismatic big cats takes... mehr info >

John Murray

Wild Cuba: A Caribbean Journey

60 min Englisch

For two years, the nature filmmaker Colin Stafford-Johnson embarked on a journey to one of the world’s most charming... mehr info >

15:15 | Grüner Saal

Price: 7 €

Iris Gesang, Beate Marx

Kielings wilde Welt - Zurück zur Natur

43 min Deutsch

The animal filmmaker Andreas Kieling uses several examples from different regions on earth to focus on the influences... mehr info >

Reinhold Wurm

Das Jahr des Apoll

28 min Deutsch

The Apollo butterfly is one of the rarest butterflies, since much of its habitat were destroyed. Today, one can find... mehr info >

Peter Scholl

Trauminseln - Mit dem Rad auf Island

52 min Deutsch

A bubbling earth, hot springs, rushing waterfalls – Iceland is an island of fire and ice. Together with a group of... mehr info >

18:30 | Grüner Saal

Price: 7 €

Joaquín Gutierrez Acha

Dehesa Spaniens Serengeti - Die Landschaft der...

50 min Deutsch

One of the most unique forests of the world is located in the south of Europe. Shaped by man and marked by the... mehr info >

Kilian Neuwert

Mont Blanc

27 min Deutsch

The Bergauf-Bergab team together with aspiring mountain guide Maria Pilarski planned a very special route on the Mont... mehr info >

Dereck & Beverly Joubert

Pumas - Legenden der Anden - Wiedergeburt

50 min Deutsch

In Patagonia, in the far south of Chile, in the middle of the rugged mountain range of the Andes, a very special... mehr info >

21:00 | Grüner Saal

Price: 7 €

Uwe Krüger

International Year of Cave and Karst 2021

6 min Deutsch

For the International Year of Caves and Karst, cavers from all over the world want to draw attention to facts, which... mehr info >

Toni Arbones

Fire in the Fingers

22 min Englisch

Toni Arbones is the Godfather of Siurana, one of the world's significant climbing areas. Toni grew up in Catalunya... mehr info >

Timm Schröder

Innsbruck Powder People

17 min Deutsch, Englisch mit deutschen Untertiteln

A New Zealand free rider stranded in Innsbruck meets several locals, who bring him to the magnificent mountains in... mehr info >

Mitja Legat & Katja Pokorn

Keep Busy

2 min Englisch mit englischen Untertiteln

There is a big difference between being ALONE and being LONELY.During the recent pandemic, we had to stay in... mehr info >

Martín Campoy

Good for the Soul

10 min Spanisch mit englischen Untertiteln

Sometimes BIG ADVENTURES become so big thanks to small things, simple feelings... Having a dream in these strange... mehr info >

Johan Andrieux

Annapurna 1950, pour la patrie, par la montagne

53 min Französisch

On June 3, 1950, after more than a half century of failures, it was the two French Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal... mehr info >

Saturday, 13. Nov. 2021

13:30 | Stefaniensaal

Price: 11 €

Jürgen Gruber

Christoph Strasser - 377 - Eine Race Across...

126 min Deutsch

This sport documentary accompanies Christoph Strasser and his crew from the former dream to the legendary records at... mehr info >

16:15 | Stefaniensaal

Price: 14 €

Vortrag Christian Stangl: "Sea to Summit"

30 min Deutsch

(Multimediavortrag) For the fastest ascent of Kangchenjunga, the world's third-highest mountain, from the sea level in just 76 days, the... mehr info >

Elena Goatelli, Angel Esteban

My Upside Down World

70 min Deutsch, Italienisch mit deutschen Untertiteln

After having competed all her life and having won almost everything there was to win, Angelika Rainer decides to give... mehr info >

19:00 | Stefaniensaal

Price: 25 €

Siegerehrung und Lange Nacht des Bergfilms

240 min Deutsch

At the award ceremony the winners of Mountainfilm Graz’s film contest will be announced. Festival director Robert... mehr info >

10:30 | Steiermarksaal

Price: 11 €

Marlene Wynants

Wildnis Europa - Der Bartgeier

43 min Deutsch

The bearded vulture is the biggest bird in the Alps and the rarest. It has once been persecuted and hunted and... mehr info >

Frédéric Larrey

The Frozen Kingdom of the Snow Leopard

52 min Englisch

Set in the remote mountains of China and Tibet, this film follows the perilous existence of a female snow leopard and... mehr info >

13:00 | Steiermarksaal

Price: 11 €

Christophe Raylat

Patagonia Wings

52 min Französisch mit englischen Untertiteln

The author and adventurer Sylvain Tesson accompanies four members of the Special Mountain Service of the French Army... mehr info >

Pavol Barabas

Salto is the King

64 min Slowakisch mit englischen Untertiteln

Rappelling the highest waterfalls on earth becomes a great challenge for a group of Slovak friends. They want to fuse... mehr info >

15:45 | Steiermarksaal

Price: 19 €

Olaf Obsommer

Bike2Boat Alps

28 min Englisch

In July 2020, the award-winning director Olaf Obsommer and his team embark on an extraordinary journey across the... mehr info >

Richard Sidey

In the Theatre of the Gogs

19 min Englisch mit englischen Untertiteln

A contemplation of art and adventure in the southern wilds of New Zealand by both a landscape photographer and an... mehr info >

Almut Faass

Abenteuer Freiheit - Unterwegs auf der...

44 min Deutsch

Pack everything and simply drive off, for several years. A young family of four takes this courageous step, and... mehr info >

11:00 | Kammermusiksaal

Price: 11 €

Joerg Daiber

Erzgebirge

4 min nonverbal

The filmmaker takes us on a journey across the German Erzgebirge. Due to an unusual perspective, an unusual focus and... mehr info >

Lorenzo Riboni

The Dance Between Heaven and Earth

7 min nonverbal

Among the peaks and the sky of Gran Paradiso, the moon, the mountains, the wind and the animals start to dance... mehr info >

Jan Haft

Heimat Natur

96 min Deutsch

Home is where we grow up or where we settle permanently. And, this home is always shaped by nature. Today, humans... mehr info >

13:45 | Kammermusiksaal

Price: 11 €

Florian Guthknecht

Wunderbaum Zirbe

47 min Deutsch

The Swiss pine defies extreme conditions, lives up to 1,000 years, and tolerates global warming better than any other... mehr info >

Gilles Santantonio

A Life in the Forest

52 min Englisch

For nearly 50 years, the botanist Francis Hallé has surveyed and studied the great old-growth tropical forests. We... mehr info >

16:30 | Kammermusiksaal

Price: 14 €

Cira Crowell

Dream Mountain

18 min Englisch

When is it right to follow your dreams? Pasang, an accomplished mountaineer, humanitarian and now mother, has won... mehr info >

Linus Herbig-Matten

Freedom Seat

27 min Englisch, diverse Sprachen mit englischen Untertiteln

In 2019, Naresh Kumar sets off on his greatest adventure to date. He wants to cycle with his tandem, from Chennai in... mehr info >

Benoit Delfosse

Fly Spiti

56 min Englisch, Spanisch, Französisch mit englischen Untertiteln

Two of the most experienced paragliding pilots engage in exploration of the Spiti Valley in the Indian Himalayas... mehr info >

11:00 | Grüner Saal

Price: 7 €

Antonio Bizzarri

Denali, Towards the Summit of Another Man’s Dream

19 min Spanisch mit englischen Untertiteln

This film was created in memory of Cristóbal Bizzarri Lyon, a Chilean mountaineer who died on July 22th, 2017, in the... mehr info >

Almut Faass

Jenseits der Alpen - Am Lago Maggiore

43 min Deutsch

This documentary leads to the autumnal Lago Maggiore, to its wild nature and the people, who have closely connected... mehr info >

Herbert Ostwald

Freche Viecher - Nandus

52 min Deutsch

In a small area in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern live the only colony of wild greater rhea in Europe. Twenty years ago, the... mehr info >

13:30 | Grüner Saal

Price: 7 €

RUBEN CRESPO

Dry Refuge

5 min Baskisch, Spanisch mit englischen Untertiteln

After declaring the confinement due to the Covid 19 health crisis, Mikel lives day to day immersed in a forced... mehr info >

Jochen Schmoll

Rock'n'Road

27 min Deutsch

Ines Papert and Caro North belong to the most famous and best professional alpinists. Both of them make their living... mehr info >

Rafael Duarte

RIO by Unique Sights

52 min Portugiesisch mit englischen Untertiteln

The Brazilian nature and adventure photographer Rafael Duarte goes on a journey across the city of Rio de Janeiro... mehr info >

Etienne Mérel

Roots

45 min Englisch mit deutschen Untertiteln

ROOTS takes us on a journey across the entire spectrum of free skiing, from the caves of the Dolomites in Italy to... mehr info >

16:00 | Grüner Saal

Price: 7 €

Ignasi López Fàbregas

The Great Milestone - El gran hito

13 min nonverbal

A woman bored of waiting for her husband to return from his excitement-packed mountain escapades has decided to seek... mehr info >

Paul Diffley

A Dream of Edwin Drummond

54 min Englisch mit englischen Untertiteln

Edwin Drummond was known for his poetic writings, bold first ascents and urban protest climbs; such as his 1978... mehr info >

Pierre Cadot

Roped, 200 Years in the Eyes of the Chamonix...

53 min Französisch mit englischen Untertiteln

The beginnings of mountain guiding in Chamonix, France, go back to the 18th century, when a Swiss first offered money... mehr info >