Right next to the Aiguille du Midi peak, situated in a sea of mountains at an altitude of 3842m, stands proudly the legendary 50m high granite monolith Gendarme des Cosmiques. For the past 30 years it hosted only 2 climbing routes, Digital Crack (8a) and Arête des Cosmiques (8a), but this changed on the 10th of August 2022!

In late fall, Carlo a young boy with the help of his friends slackliners wants to accomplish his feat. Walking blindfolded for 430 meters suspended over the void (with a safety harness) on a highline, a line anchored to the mountains, in one of the most scenic places in the Brenta Dolomites…
But an injury seems to put everything in jeopardy…
Will he be able to overcome the difficulties and find the answers he seeks?
What qualities do we need to develop to enter into an intimate relationship with ourselves and the world around us?

Camillo Straulino è stato un falegname artigiano a Sutrio in Carnia; durante una passeggiata racconta il suo amore e rispetto per i noci e la natura della terra in cui vive, la Carnia.

In a village deep in the mountains of Nepal, an aging shaman ekes out a living as a farmer. Since his childhood, the villagers have called him whenever they’ve been plagued by illness and suffering. One day, when he is asked to heal a sick man, his healing powers no longer work. Neither his trance-like recitation of mantras nor the sacrifice of a rooster has any effect. The gods don’t hear him. Has he become too old to be a healer? In tranquil and contemplative images, AAKHAT tells the story of a shaman who is facing the end of his life.

Flight over the sea ice and glaciers of Svalbard in the Arctic. Glaciologist Heïdi Sevestre talks to the glacier.

In Search of Gaura: A Soul of Sustainability” is a captivating and introspective film that embarks on a profound journey to uncover the legacy of Gaura Devi, the visionary founder of the Chipko Movement in Himalayan ranges of Uttarakhand, India. The protagonist sets out to explore the hills of Uttarakhand, witnessing the realities of sustainable practices and the challenges of unchecked development.

“Into the Legend” is a short film that tells the story of a man determined to achieve the goal of enter the legend by a solo ascent on an icefall. In the succession of the scenes we see him engaging in intense training, as he prepares to face the huge challenge that awaits him.
During his journey, that is in space but also within himself, the man spends the nights in a tent, immersed in unspoiled nature that welcomes and amplifies his tacit reflection on life and his goals. These are intense moments of solitude, with only the company of his loyal four-legged friend, his dog, who accompanies him wherever he goes.
Going beyond the challenge and the idea of a fame to be conquered, the man realizes that enter the legend is only a part of the real reward, that is the journey itself. He may feel that the moments spent with his dog and the pure experience of nature are the real treasures of life.
“Into the Legend” is a tribute to willpower and perseverance, the beauty of nature that surrounds us, and the value of friendship that elevates us. 

The film is set on the west coast of Greenland during calendar winter. Two big-wall climbers Marcin Yeti Tomaszewski and Paweł Hałdaś plan to establish the first ever climbing route at this time of year. It is narrated by independent voices – an Inuit woman recalling her father, a reflective narrator describing the climbers’ presence among the frozen fjords, and the climbers themselves. The film does not present the technical aspects of the climb, nor does it chronicle it – instead it describes the inner lives of the characters, their reflections during the expedition. The title-character Inussuk is a type of sculpture created by the Inuit by arranging stones in such a way that their pile resembles a standing person. Inussuk has a practical significance – it serves as a signpost. Inussuk can also show the way through life, the way back home, fulfilling its mystical purpose.

In a world that changes quickly, in an ancient country of abruzzo (Castelli – Te), a man continues his trade in an old pottery workshop.

Step by step. To the rhythm of Yangji’s sure and steady pace, we walk through her life journey, as she returns after many years of absence to the poor village in the Everest region where she grew up. She who turned her back on the mountain as a teenager in the hope of escaping the misery that reigns in the valley of her childhood never thought she would come back, and even less so with the title of mountain guide…

Folktales surrounding an ancient sacred site, hold within them a turbulent and painful history. Yet they also carry messages of hope and possibility.
Tales of outlaws and supernatural beings reveal themselves as more than superstition. Over the centuries they have reconnected storytellers and their listeners with ancestral wisdom, the sacred and ‘The Otherworld’. In this short film, interviews with three historians explore the historical context through which the stories emerged, and excerpts of these old tales are shared once more.

Nelson who is an Alpha Wolf loses his position

Angelo Caliari is the most famous “Tanologo” (bear den expert) in Trentino, the northernmost region in Italy, where a bear population lives. With his experience tells us how to handle an encounter with bears.

Náttúrubönd is a poetic inquiry in our changing relationship with nature, explored through the bond of four people with the Icelandic landscape. 

“Nature’s Child” is an enthralling journey that takes the audience through the pure and genuine perspective of a child, immersing them in a world of discoveries, challenges, and learning amidst the wonders of nature.
The film captures magical moments as the child explores beaches, trails and mountains, revealing their capacity to connect with the environment and how it stimulates the development of essential skills such as empathy, creativity, resilience, and self-confidence […]

Located at an altitude of 2200 mt. in Anamur, the Morca cave is the 3rd deepest cave in Turkey. Since 2014 it has been advanced with cavers from Turkey, Bulgaria, Lebanon, Iran and USA. Located at the summit of the Taurus Mountains, the cave continues along a fault line. There are thousands of white crayfish in the closed lake at a depth of 1256 meters.

OPEN YOUR EYES è un racconto visivo ambientato tra le valli Gesso e Pesio all’interno dell’Aree Protette delle Alpi Marittime. Un’esperienza di immagini e suoni per scoprire le ricchezze dei paesaggi di montagna attraverso il punto di vista del naturalista che osserva in silenzio.

Jonathan Bargibant, a climbing teacher, tries to succeed the climbing path “Tom & Je Ris” in the Gorges du Verdon (France), rated 8b+. The film is about Jonathan’s routine to succeed this climbing route. He also tries to find a balance between sport and family because he recently became a dad. 

Il 10 agosto 2021 Peter Moser ha concatenato in un solo giorno sei delle principali cime delle Pale di San Martino. Ispirandosi ai pionieri dell’alpinismo, Peter ha realizzato la traversata solitaria percorrendo le vie storiche dei primi salitori affidandosi solo alla propria esperienza di guida alpina. Un confronto ad armi pari con la montagna, in velocità ma senza fretta, un viaggio intimo che Peter ha voluto compiere per arrivare alle radici dell’alpinismo e del suo essere montanaro, dove l’esplorazione e lo stupore per la Natura sono ancora possibili.
On 10 August 2021, Peter Moser took on six of the main peaks in the Pale di San Martino mountains in a single day. Inspired by mountaineering pioneers, Peter made the solo crossing by following the historic routes of the first climbers, entrusting himself only to his experience as a mountain guide. A challenge with the mountain on equal terms, rapidly but not in a hurry, an intimate journey that he wished to complete to get to the roots of climbing, and of his own approach to mountaineering.

In the independent ski movie project “PROJECTION”, a crew discover the architecture and infrastructure of abandoned ski resorts as well as the landscapes in which they were left behind.
While witnessing a creative reuse of these sites by means of touring and urban skiing, we are told a tale that, most of the time, we refuse to tell ourselves.

The short film “The Poet of Color” transports us to the magical mountain cottage of Toni Zanussi, a visionary painter who lives in a spiritual retreat. Here, in the enchanted loneliness of his home, Toni immerses himself in the very essence of colour and creates works of art that will conquer the whole world. […]

1943, at the age of eighteen, Tilliu brings more than three hundred souls seeking salvation up snowfields and impervious rock walls. Those same souls would become for him like the little stone men for the mountain trails: refuge and hope for the rest of his life.

“La domanda senza risposta” (The unanswered question) is a short film about a guy’s struggle in overcoming his sister’s suicide. The story begins with Federico and his younger sister Emma hiking through the wooded mountains. Along the way the two brothers play a game from their childhood which goal is to guess the question of a given answer. Their peaceful moment is interrupted by Federico who breaks the rule of the game by asking Emma why she killed herself. She suddenly disappears. Plunged into a deep crisis Federico desperately tries to find his sister.

Lanza’s Salamander is found exclusively in a handful of valleys in the Cottian Alps, on the border between Italy and France. It is a highly interesting and extremely vulnerable species from a conservation standpoint, since it is found nowhere else on Earth. 

Hinterland of the French Provence. Summer 1972. In the distance, a wildfire is approaching dangerously close to the family farm. Alone with her son Simon, Chantal has no news of Alain, who has gone to fight the fire with the men of the village.

A little Kurdish girl tries to put a smile back on her grandmother’s face after the disappearance of her television, her only window into the world

This is the story of Namche, the last major human settlement before the Mt. Everest Base Camp, from a porter’s perspective in north eastern Nepal. The film explores how the people of the Khumbu region have preserved the ecology and nature by rejecting infrastructures. The story narrated from a porter’s perspective connects to the livelihood of the rural folks of the region living in one of the most difficult terranes and geographies. 

A landscape remembers how it developed into the mountain it is today. From glacial tongues to raging wildfires, the story is a reminiscence of the human impact on landscapes. 

After serving in the military, Carlos Astete returns to the lands where he was born in the south of Chile, a supremely diverse and outstanding beautiful place. He joined Fundacion Huilo Huilo to work as a park ranger and protect what ancestrally belongs to it. There, immersed in a magical place, their day-to-day life is full of learning and challenges focused to carry out an extremely important task: to protect the Huemul (from the mapuzugun wümul, Hippocamelus bisulcus).
This endemic and locally extinct species is slowly returning to its ancestral territories and its hope rests in Tralka, a re-introduced alpha male in whose hands lies part of the future of the species. Overcoming the challenges that each day brings is an arduous task, in which the connection between Tralka and his protectors is closer than it seems. 

A short poem about the emotions of a young climber, who finds himself in the silence of the snowy mountains.

Except for mountain landscapes, magical rocks, and a few other kids, the village where Xiaohui lives with his grandfather and two cows has nothing to offer. The nine-year-old sorely misses his parents who work in the city. When grandpa has to sell a calf, the clever grandson tries everything to prevent the separation of mother and child. A soulful cry for love in times of capitalism.