BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:Events Booking BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6aee3a4653f24 SUMMARY:Euskalduna Bilbao - 11 dic 19:45 - MendiTalk: IAMF GRAND PRIZE 2026 / Tenzing DESCRIPTION:MENDITALK: IAMF GRAND PRIZE 2026 Jennifer Peedom The Intern ational Alliance for Mountain Film is awarding the 2026 Grand Prize to Jen nifer Peedom\, an Australian writer\, director\, and producer who creates films combining documentary realism with cinematic grandeur. An extremely personal style that\, over the years\, has made her one of the most author itative voices in contemporary documentary cinema\, particularly in the fi elds of nature and mountaineering. Jennifer Peedom's journey began long ag o and at high altitude and the first films that made her stand out were in 2008\, ‘Miracle on Everest’ and above all ‘Solo’\, winner of many prestigious awards. The turning point came in 2015 with ‘Sherpa’\, wh ich was internationally acclaimed and nominated for a BAFTA award.Two year s later\, in 2017\, she made ‘Mountain’ in collaboration with the Aust ralian Chamber Orchestra. The film surpassed ‘Sherpa’ and became the m ost viewed documentary of all time in Australia and was released in cinema s in 26 countries worldwide. The film was awarded with the Special Jury Me ntion at the Mendi Film Festival in 2017 and closed the Savage Cinema sect ion of the San Sebastian Film Festival.She is currently presenting ‘Tenz ing\,’ a feature-length fiction film about Tenzing Norgay and the first ascent of Everest. After the IAMF Grand Prize awarded in 2022 to Michel Di llon\, this new recognition testifies to the vitality and importance of Au stralian filmmakers on the mountain cinema scene. TENZING Uni ted Kingdom \, Australia \, United States\, 128 min Director: Jennifer P eedom Based on true events\, Tenzing chronicles the little-known story o f Tenzing Norgay\, a gifted Himalayan climber who\, alongside New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary\, was the first to summit Mount Everest. Where Western climbers see Everest as something to be conquered\, Tenzing revere s Chomolungma as the sacred mother goddess. What follows is an ascent defi ned as much by the tensions between social backgrounds\, classes\, and com peting ambitions as by the perils of the mountain itself. But high above t he world\, empire\, rank\, and aspiration fall away\, leaving two outsider s bound by mutual respect and trust. LOCATION:Abandoibarra Etorb.\, 4\, 48011 Bilbo\, Bizkaia\, España DTSTART:20261211T184500Z DTEND:20261211T200000Z DTSTAMP:20261106T203622Z ORGANIZER;CN=BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia:MAILTO:web@mendifilmfestival.com GEO:43.266915;-2.944521 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Abandoibarra Etorb.\, 4\, 4 8011 Bilbo\, Bizkaia\, España;X-APPLE-RADIUS=72;X-TITLE=Euskalduna Jaureg ia:43.266915;-2.944521 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR