Two unexpected names are emerging on the World Climbing Championship scene: Ravianto and Raviandi Ramadhan, twin brothers from Indonesia. With limited resources but unwavering determination, these young climbers have travelled across the world in pursuit of their dream. Dissidence follows their e...

With the rise in the number of private climbing gyms and climbing’s inclusion in the Olympic Games, the sport — once a symbol of the counterculture movement — is currently undergoing a profound transformation while facing a truly unique dilemma. On the one hand, the popularity of indoor climbing ...

The Edge of the Frame explores the artistry of rock climbing and its surprising parallels with ballet and breakdancing. While cliffs and mountains differ from dance studios and opera stages, climbing shares the precision, rhythm, and elegance of dance. Traveling across Europe, Australian climber ...

In this all-female production, 32-year-old Canadian climber Bronwyn Hodgins faces burnout after a series of Big Wall expeditions. Unsure how to move forward she decides to shift her focus to sport climbing, thinking it will be less mentally strenuous than big walls. Little does she know that this...

Friend Seve – A Story of Friendship explores the deep bond between two celebrated figures of Brescian alpinism, Angelo Ferraglio and Severangelo “Seve” Battaini. United by their passion for the mountains and many shared climbs, the film reflects on their enduring friendship and pays tribute to Ba...

Rising beside the Aiguille du Midi, surrounded by a vast sea of peaks at 3,842 meters, the 50-meter granite monolith Gendarme des Cosmiques stands alone and imposing. For more than 30 years, its sheer walls offered only two established climbing routes: Digital Crack (8a) and Arête des Cosmiques (...

At 18, Oscar Burnham loses his left hand in an accident that upends his life. Between hospital walls and long weeks of rehabilitation, he has to relearn everything: how to move, get dressed, and regain confidence. Little by little, sport becomes his lifeline. Climbing, mountaineering, and eventua...

Blending techniques from the disparate worlds of mountaineering and acrobatics, adventure aerialist Sasha Galitzki performs gravity-defying routines in subzero temperatures, all without being ‘tied in’. Her aerial adventures require immense physicality, sound risk-assessment, and unwavering confi...

In Filipino, “ahon” means to rise, emerge, or break through a surface. “Ahon” recounts the rise of the K8 Mountaineering Club of Alberta, a non-profit organization that helps Filipino Canadians reach new heights in the Canadian Rockies by providing access to education, equipment, and community. T...

When Katherine Choong invites her friend Eline Le Menestrel to climb the multi-pitch route “Zahir”, a classic of the Swiss Alps and the most difficult route on the Wendenstöcke, Eline agrees—on one condition: they will travel only by sustainable mobility. As the days pass on the rock face, they r...

In Chamonix, birthplace of mountaineering triumphs and tragedies, two young alpinists, Lucien and Guillaume, set out to achieve the unprecedented: linking in a single push the seven sacred Virgin statues that crown the Mont-Blanc massif. Their journey soon becomes more than a climbing challenge. ...

In the heart of Valle Maira, the mountains themselves tell stories. The quartzite and limestone walls serve as pages where the first climbers etched their experiences, shaping the history of the valley. Through the voices of those who forged this legacy, young adventurers Christian and Claudia fr...

Eighty-seven years after the first recorded mountaineering ascent in the Sarca Valley, this film reflects on the rich climbing history of its walls—now a magnet for enthusiasts worldwide. Through gripping climbing footage and in-depth interviews with key figures, set against the valley’s breathta...

Roberto Bassi, born in Milan in 1961 and raised in Trento, revolutionized European free climbing. Starting at 15 through the legendary Graffer School, his 1979 trip to Yosemite with climbing pioneers transformed his approach—from conquering peaks to mastering extreme difficulties using pure body ...

Seb Berthe dreams of climbing the Dawn Wall, the most difficult route in the world. To get to the foot of El Capitan, in the United States, Seb has no intention of taking a plane! Quickly, a team of 6 climbers, 2 sailors and a dog forms to take up a challenge and realize a dream: to reach the Ame...

Nina Caprez, climbing icon, sets off on the most thrilling adventure of her career, accompanied by her partner Jérémy Bernard, an extreme sports photographer, and their daughter Lia. The family embarks on a journey to Morocco at the wheel of Andrea for a highly personal project, encountering loca...

In 2022, amateur mountaineer Jordane Liénard, guided by Frédéric Bréhé, completed a remarkable two-year journey: climbing all 82 Alpine peaks over 4,000 meters across France, Switzerland and Italy without the aid of mechanical lifts. As they approached the 12 most difficult summits, filmmaker Yoh...

Nuptse - Touching the Intangible follows the obsessive quest of the Mustache Gang — Hélias Millerioux, Benjamin Guigonnet, Frédéric Degoulet, and Robin Revest—as they attempt to open a new extreme route on the legendary south face of Nuptse, a towering wall near 8,000 meters in the heart of the H...

"How are you, my little sister? Come, let me hold you in my arms.” This is how Toune d’Automne, a song by the famous Quebec folk band Cowboys Fringants, begins. Since 2020, however, Toune d’Automne has also been the name of a climbing route opened by Didier and Nicole Berthod on the legendary sum...

On the cliffs of the French and Italian Alpes-Maritimes, the name Jean Gounand echoes like a legend. Through bold first ascents, daring variations, adjustable wooden wedges, or a simple piton stamped "JG" left to secure a tricky move, Jean has left his mark on countless routes. Baou de Saint-Jean...

Since March 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic has been pushing the limits of our healthcare system. The physical and emotional load placed on our healthcare workers has been massive. They were proclaimed to be heroes in our society. Frontlines follows three emergency room nurses as they use rock climbin...

Rakchham - Bridge Between Worlds. Ever since Bernd Zangerl started to climb he has been searching for the perfect line. In Rakchham he was once again hoping to find it. What he discovered was even better than that. For climbers, Rakchham is a playground with endless possibilities. Together with h...

Alex Luger has spent five years pushing the limits of multi-pitch climbing and challenging himself in unprecedented ways on “Seventh Direction”, his hardest climb so far. As he nears the completion of his psychotherapy studies, Alex reflects on his priorities and questions his motivations for pur...