2025, Spain, 16min
Director: Alfonso García
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
Since 1970 in the isolated and picturesque valley of Atxarte in the mountains of the Basque Country, a group of young climbers used to meet to share their passion for the mountains as they ventured into pioneering climbs at an international level. However, everything changed when one of them suffered a serious accident and doctors told him he would never climb again. After a miraculous recovery, he devised a special tradition to celebrate his return to life. Over the years, that day became an unmissable event for the climbing community: The Atxarte Carnival.
2025, Austria, United States, 83min
Director: Jonathan Glassberg
EUSKADI PREMIERE
Professional climber Emily Harrington has summited Everest and Cho Oyu and dominated the competition circuit winning five times the USA lead climbing national championship and a silver medal at World Championship too. But her greatest challenge extends beyond what is merely physical, it is to cement her legacy in the male dominated world of elite rock climbing, she sets her sights on a career-defining 24-hour ascent of Yosemite’s El Capitan. Amongst Yosemite’s legendary boy’s club, Emily isn’t just proving she is the best Girl Climber, she's proving she is one of the best overall, full stop!