Films

Hilarious, over-the-top film adaptation of Heidi like you’ve never seen before.

Rock-climbing in the mountains gives strength and freedom, even for women in Iran.

Tragicomedy about the spartan existence led by the inhabitants of an Italian mountain village in the form of a highly endearing and entertaining stop-motion film.

Magnificent documentary about the passion of a young photographer for images of the ‘white’ North.

Vividly coloured beautiful animated film about a dark legend.

Prize-winning documentary about a singular devotion to Buddhism on the roof of the world in Tibet.

Climbing in the Alps, but with a twist: with the dog, bike, flamingo and a whole lot of fun.

A film that shows what’s impossible to say in word about your experiences trekking through the wild.

Short impression in crystal clear images of a big wall winter climb in Greenland.

Why do young people rock-climb? With its mesmerising, creative images, this ultra-short film provides some possible answers. 

Edge-of-your-seat documentary about a catastrophic avalanche and those that lived to tell the tale.

In this enchanting road documentary, best-selling author Paolo Cognetti follows in the footsteps of famous writers, makes an ode to the wild and asks questions which we can only answer for ourselves. 

A documentary shot at 4554 metres about everything you wanted to know about altitude sickness but were afraid to ask.

Inspirational documentary about Koba, a blind climber whose passion enables him to surpass even himself.

An intimate documentary which attempts to get under the skin of probably the greatest exponent of climbing at the moment, Adam Ondra. 

Watching this endearing animation you will never look at boulders and eternity in the same way again.

This short documentary tells the uplifting story of a professor in action against the melting of glaciers.

Delightful short film about drought and hope.

Against a mountain backdrop, a friendship between two boys is reawakened in adulthood. The missing period in their lives comes back to make its presence felt.

Spectacular images convey an icy truth: the ice is melting and we have no time to lose!

Animation film rich in imagination, in which the teenager Yi helps a young yeti return to his homeland the Himalaya. Dutch (Heerlen) and German (Aachen) only.

An ode in black and white to the magical beauty of a marlstone quarry.

The unlikely story of Italians tearing barefoot down a mountainside ending up bloodied and gashed in front of the altar.

Vedette is a cow, the queen of the alm. During this documentary, everyone falls in love with her.

A captivating and candid portrait of a Dutch climber who fell 15 metres, broke almost everything and went blind, got back on his feet and heard the call of the mountains again. 

From inside his cave dwelling, Bill provides us with some entertaining observations about society, but even he is not able to evade climate change.

Live music by Tristan Visser to accompany his film footage of his sailing trip to Greenland in search of a sound landscape at sea.

High drama in the French-Swiss Alps, where a resistance fighter tries to smuggle a map though a blizzard across a forbidden frontier.

As one of the few, Hydrologist Progessor Walter Immerzeel carries out research in the Himalaya

First-rate documentary about the ascent of a rain-laden table mountain in the middle of a jungle.

Vielversprechender Debütfilm von Line van den Berg, die im letzten Frühjahr am Grosshorn verunglückte

If you want to experience how to get to the top of the Eiger via the Mittellegi ridge, then this film is a must!

Entertaining documentary about three men in a boat. (Well, several boats actually).