Vertical (1966)

산에서 인연을 맺은 두 친구 조 심슨과 사이몬 예이츠는 아직까지 아무도 등반하지 않은 안데스 산맥의 시울라 그란데 서벽을 등반하기로 결정하고 등반여정에 나선다. 깎아지른 듯한 빙벽을 손도끼와 두 사람을 연결한 자일에 의지해 결국 정상을 정복한 두 사람. 하지만 정상을 내준 시울라 그란데는 이들의 하산여정에 이제껏 경험하지 못한 극한의 고통과 끔찍한 공포를 선사하는데...

Tom Ballard lives with his father James in a campsite in the Dolomites. Tom's mother, Alison Hargreaves died descending K2 when he was just 6 years old. Despite this, he never wanted to be anywhere other than in the mountains. His whole life is dedicated to climbing and his last goal is to solo the Six North Faces of the Alps in a single winter season. Nobody has achieved this before, and he wants to be the first. In a white van driven by James, Tom will travel through the Alps to make his dream come true.

“Getting to the top matters,” or so says veteran alpinist Mark Richey as he prepares to climb Saser Kangri II, at 7,518 meters the world’s second highest unclimbed mountain. In “The Old Breed”, co- director and climber Freddie Wilkinson takes the audience with him on a journey to the heart of one of the last unexplored patches of mountain wilderness: the war-inflicted eastern Karakoram range. As Richey and Steve Swenson, both in their 50s, push the limits of physical health and will power to be the first to claim this final summit, a gripping psychological thriller unfolds.

Dubbed ‘The Mountain God’, the Citadel is a stunning 3000m peak in one of the remaining untouched corners of the Great Alaskan Range: The Neacola Mountains. Due to their typically poor conditions and remote location are largely unexplored. Matt Helliker and Jon Bracey are one the UK's most formidable partnerships in alpine climbing with many world class ascents to their names from the UK to the Alps and the greater ranges. Their objective is to make the first ascent of the extraordinary 1200m long north-west ridge.

On the south face of Annapurna, at 7,400 metres, Iñaki Ochoa de Olza is dying. His rope companion sounds the alarm. And, from the other side of the world, the biggest rescue attempt in the history of the Himalayas gets underway. For four days a dozen men including some of the best mountaineers in the world, from ten countries, set out to try to rescue their stricken comrade. Even beyond his peaks Iñaki is an exceptional man. As exceptional as the rescue attempt itself and the men who risked their lives to save him. Exceptional because their one driving rule is to live. To live in the only way possible: with pure intensity and honesty.

Directed by Gilles Chappaz.

Take a front seat ride and experience what it takes to make a first ascent on one of the world's biggest alpine faces in 2011. The film joins top British alpinists Jon Bracey and Matt Helliker as they honor their late friend Jules Cartwright by following his original vision of making a stunning and formidable new line on Mt Hunter's incredible north buttress; The Moonflower. Climbing the steepest and coldest section of the buttress; marvel at the dogged determination of the world class climbers as they approach exhaustion in an effort to complete the line before the increasingly freezing conditions irrevocably turn against them. The fruits of their efforts result in 'The Cartwright Connection' Ca 6000ft, Alaskan grade 6 (M6, AI6, 5.8, A2).

Travelogue about the 1909 expedition of Duke Luigi Amedeo of Italy to K2.

A history of one of the world's most challenging mountains, the Eiger, and its infamous north face. The film gets to the heart of one of Europe's most notorious peaks, exploring its character and its impact on the people who climb it and live in its awesome shadow

A screen adaptation of the well-known novel by Roger Frison-Roche about the harsh lives of mountain guides and their families in the French Alps, near Chamonix and the French/Swiss/Italian borders... Like his father, Zian Servettaz is a dedicated mountain man. His Italian-born wife Bianca does not adjust well to his mountain village in France, and to the ever life-threatening dangers presented by his mountain guiding and climbing. She briefly returns to Italy and to her family. However, after Zian's insistence and trip to Italy, she returns to mountain life in the French Alps. Once back there, events will unfold, changing their lives as well as those of other mountain people forever.

Les Etoiles de Midi is an engaging docudrama about some of the more spectacular exploits of French mountain climbers over the last several decades. In one re-enacted story, there is a wartime escape through the mountains, and in another, a daring rescue of a pair of climbers who had been missing. The actors themselves are adept at the sport of climbing, and they give the scenes an immediacy and real daring that brings the stories alive. A combination of their acrobatics and skill and the outstanding episodes in the history of French climbing creates a winning 78 minutes.

Movie about David Lama climbing the Patagonian mountain Cerro Torre for the first time free, a mountain that has been dubbed the most difficult to climb in the world.

Miha invites his fiancée Minka to the dance, but he's tempted by another big desire of his - climbing. Frustrated Minka insists on the festivity, where she finds herself in a company of older hiker. However, all ends happily, as Minka and Miha, after many smaller adventures, meet at the top of Mount Triglav, where they sign the marriage contract, but also confirming their love for the mountains. In addition to its charming story, the movie features footage of picturesque Slovenian mountains.

캘리포니아주에 위치한 요세미티 산맥은 한 해 300만 명이 넘는 관광객이 찾는 미국의 대표적인 국립공원이다. 하지만 세계에서 가장 큰 암석인 앨카피탄과 3,000미터가 넘는 암벽이 즐비한 이곳은 동시에 미국 등반가들의 성지이기도 하다. 1950년대부터 지금까지 무허가로 암벽을 오르는 등반가들은 한가로이 자연 경관을 바라보며 느긋한 휴가를 즐기려는 중산층 시민들과 경찰당국에겐 늘 눈엣가시였으며 아직도 그렇다. 50년대에 처음 이곳에 둥지를 튼 최초의 등반가들은 소비주의에 매몰된 사회에 반항하는 비트족이자 등반을 통해 대항문화공동체를 이뤄나간 반체제주의자들이었으며, 이런 전통은 아직도 후배 등반가들을 통해 지속되고 있다. 아카이브 영상을 발랄하고 자유자재로 편집한 장면들은 시종일관 웃음을 자아낸다. 최근 요세미티에서 베이스점프 중 사망해 많은 등반가들의 안타까움을 자아낸 전설적 등반가 딘 포터의 모습을 볼 수 있는 마지막 영화이기도 하다. [2016년 울주세계산악영화제]

각자 인생의 굴곡진 시련을 겪은 세 친구들. 이들은 세계 최고의 전문 산악인이다. 그들은 히말라야에서 가장 위험하고 난이도가 높은 봉우리인 메루의 샥스핀을 오르며 복잡한 과거, 내면의 악마, 그리고 자연이 주는 가장 큰 시련에 맞서 싸운다. '메루, 한계를 향한 열정'은 그들의 여정과 불가능해 보이는 탐험에 대한 이야기이다.

Catherine Destivelle is an ambassador for the French Alps and is well known in France and abroad. In Beyond the Summits, viewers will feel like they are climbing up the mountain with her. The film shows three classic Chamonix routes with three different climbing partners. Each partner was chosen because they had a profound impact on her life. The camera captures the magnificent scenery, as well as frank and intimate moments during the ascents ...

The film in a charming and original way compares the first ascent to the first free-climb ascent of the Face of Sphinx, located in the most prominent part of the North Face Triglav. The aesthetic and breathtaking footage present beautiful and powerful environment of the Slovenian national symbol, with the mystical Sphinx at the forefront and all four protagonists of the two crucial ascents, which are separated by a period of three decades. The central story tells us that the Sphinx does not want that the climbers to solve her riddle, taken from her famous question: 'Who walks in the morning on four, at moon on two and in the evening on three (legs)?'