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| Tuesday, December 08, 2026 |
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Euskalduna Bilbao - 08 dic 12:00 - Nininbaori / Zegama Zegama da / The GuidebookNININBAORISwitzerland, 19 min Director: Mathieu Achermann EUSKADI PREMIERE 'Nininbaori' follows three climbers with disabilities through fragments of their daily lives, where ordinary domestic gestures intertwine with the quiet precision of athletic practice. Moving seamlessly from one to the next, the film refuses hierarchy, unfolding instead like the pages of a single book written by multiple hands.
THE GUIDEBOOKGermany , Canada, 30 min Director: Alexi Liotti NATIONAL PREMIERE Matt Gunn's 2005 guidebook, 'Scrambles in Southwest British Columbia', helped introduce a generation of mountain enthusiasts to the mountains of British Columbia's Sea-to-Sky corridor. Nearly two decades later, as he works toward a long-awaited follow-up, Matt returns to the
ZEGAMA ZEGAMA DASpain, 59 min Director: Mikel Urriza Pascual INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE The story of a trail race that began 25 years ago with the aim of uniting a town—Zegama—and a mountain—Aizkorri. Built with modest resources, driven by local initiative, and grounded in community work, over the years, it has become one of the most renowned mountain races in the world. Yet its growth brings a question: “How far?” How can it remain a global benchmark without losing the essence of the village, the mountain, and the spirit of community work?
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Euskalduna Bilbao - 08 dic 17:00 - A call from the wild / Liberez la directeLIBEREZ LA DIRECTEFrance, 35 min Director: Bertrand Delapierre NATIONAL PREMIERE Ice climbing champions Louna and Tristan Ladevant, together with renowned mountaineer Mathieu Maynadier, form an unusual and delightfully entertaining team. Among their ambitions is a bold challenge: to free-climb one of the hardest routes on the North Face of the Grandes Jorasses, the ‘Directe de l’Amitié’, first climbed fifty years ago by a band of unconventional mountaineers. The film follows the three friends through the many obstacles on their journey to success, united by a shared belief: extreme mountaineering, from one generation to the next, can be pursued with joy and a light-hearted spirit.
A CALL FROM THE WILDNorway, 80 min Director: Asgeir Helgestad EUSKADI PREMIERE
Filmmaker Asgeir Helgestad documents the state of nature in his home country, Norway, which he has photographed all his life. From the lives of bees at his farm to wild reindeer on the high mountains and puffins at the ocean's edge, he shows the beauty of threatened nature and tracks down human actions responsible for its decline. This is a personal story about our connection with the non-human world, the relations between the small and the big, and a reminder of nature's strength and vulnerability.
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Euskalduna Bilbao - 08 dic 19:45 - K2 west face. The legacy of two climbers / KronoshockKRONOSHOCKSpain, 9 min Director: Ignasi López Fàbregas EUSKADI PREMIERE Nestled in the middle of a secluded valley and surrounded by green meadows and rivers, an imposing mass of snow and rock rises abruptly. The adventurous Lord Cliffrider hopes to be the first to achieve the summit of his longed-for mountain, but as time passes, this dream vanishes like the smoke from his pipe. K2 WEST FACE. THE LEGACY OF TWO CLIMBERSJapan, 89 min Director: Moe Wada INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE In July 2024, two Japanese mountaineers fell on K2, the world’s second-highest peak. Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima were among the world’s foremost alpine climbers. The unclimbed route they set out to tackle on K2’s west face was one of the most difficult challenges even on this mountain. Their love for their families and their passion for a form of climbing that demands everything they have intertwine, raising profound questions about the meaning of life. |
