Bansko
Film Fest

International Festival of Mountaineering and Extreme Cinema — screenings and meetings with climbers and adventurers from all over the world.

November

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November

Program

Selected screenings

Friday · 18:30 Above the Clouds Documentary about the first winter ascent of K2 — 8,611 meters in hurricane conditions. Documentary

Saturday · 20:00 Vertical World Free climbing on sheer cliffs in Patagonia. Five days. Two climbers. One peak. Adventure

Sunday · 19:00 The Last Horizon Ski mountaineering in the Himalayas. The border between daring and madness. Skiing · Mountaineering

Tuesday · 5:00 PM Ice Symphony Ice climbing in Norway — a visual poem about the silence of nature. Ice Poetry

Wednesday · 21:00 Without Rope Solo climbing without insurance. A provocative film about absolute freedom and its price. Solo · Extreme

Thursday · 20:30 The corridor A new route in the Alps. An international team is looking for a line previously unknown. Alps · Explore

Guests

Himalayan · Poland Krzysztof Wielicki Legend of winter mountaineering. First to climb K2 and Lhotse in winter conditions.

Free climber · USA Alex Honnold Famous for the first unroped solo ascent of El Capitan. Talks about fear and focus.

Ski mountaineering · Norway Liv Sern Explorer of the northern latitudes. Solo expeditions to Greenland and Spitsbergen.

Director · France Jean-Marc Bouvier Author of "Ice Symphony". Tells stories from the peaks with cinematic precision.

„"The mountain is not conquered. It only lets you in for a short time—if you have the humility to listen to it."" — Raymond Lambert, mountaineer

Location & Contact

Main stage Cultural Center 4 Nikola Vaptsarov Street, Bansko

Outdoor screenings Nikola Vaptsarov Square Weather permitting, from 7:00 PM onwards

Partner hotel Grand Bansko Special prices for participants

Tickets 12 – 45 BGN. Day pass · Evening pass · Full pass

Media accreditation [email protected] Applications until October 20

Information [email protected] +359 749 88 123

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