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THE 2026

Official Selection

As the festival selection grows films will appear here. You can choose how you want to enjoy your adventure: the household or community pass.

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4000m from Home

For twenty years, Vivian Bruchez pursued an extraordinary project: to climb and ski all 82 of the Alps’ 4,000-metre peaks. A challenge never accomplished before.

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75' Seconds

Jacob Wester finds himself within a giant avalanche, carrying him, alone with his thoughts down almost a vertical km of steep and complicated terrain, thrown off cliff bands and into rocks.

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A Mystical Ornithology

Ornithologist, poet, and professor Drew Lanham invites us into his South Carolina farm, where birdwatching becomes both refuge and revelation.

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Adrenazen

World-class freestyle highliner Davis Hermes balances hundreds of feet above the desert, battling with fear, focus, and the untamed environment his sport demands.

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Andy - The crux isn't always on the wall

After getting surgery and other treatments for endometriosis Svana's goal is to keep pushing her limits in climbing, while still fighting this disease that has no cure.

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Axes & Orchids

In a limestone quarry near Matlock, two worlds meet - the sharp clang of ice tools on rock, and the delicate bloom of wild orchids clinging to the same walls.

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Before the World Grows Smaller

Through road cycling, electric mountain biking, gravel riding, and finally mountain biking, Lucas embarks on a journey where every landscape awakens an emotion from his childhood.

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Between Breaths

A polar bear, orphaned too soon, grows up alone on the sea ice of Svalbard where Florian Ledoux follows her evolution, witnessing a fragile life in the heart of a changing world.

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Beura

The Celtic goddess of nature, storms and winter, is said to have carved the mountains and glens with ice, and borne the islands like children on her back, disappearing long ago leaving us only with her song – a sad, cautionary tale.

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Beyond the Bob - A Steve Parr Round Story

Harry Firth attempts to set a new fastest known time on the Steve Parr round in the Lake District - only 20 people have previously completed it.

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Birdlife

The evolution of modern wingsuit flying through the stories of nine of the sport's most influential pioneers and athletes, spanning multiple generations and nationalities.

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Born of Ice

An Olympic kayaker and his friends explore the near-mythical Norwegian river Sjoa, its power fading with the glaciers yet still providing extraordinary paddling waters.

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Combine

Jérôme Caroli explores mountains of Valais and the connection between two disciplines that have shaped his life - skiing and mountain biking.

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Elsewhere: Randi Skaug

An intimate cinematic portrait of a remarkable adventurer whose greatest legacy is not the summits she has reached, but the courage, generosity and kindness she has inspired in others.

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Endangered

In Scotland's Cairngorms, a booming outdoor recreation scene comes up against a quiet extinction crisis facing the rare Capercaillie.

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Flipbook

Soon after his younger self shows up late to school, Parkin begins to imagine life outside the classroom, riding big lines as a pro.

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Formline

Formline is the defining visual language of traditional Northwest Coast First Nations art — continuous, curvilinear shapes that swell, diminish, and never meet at a hard edge - like the physics of big mountain snowboarding,

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Framed

Being a pro climber means more than climbing hard — it means turning your life into content, your solitude into a story, your freedom into a franchise - including on a brutal 12-pitch 8a+ line.

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Glory Days

Two climbers step back in time when they set out to climb Western Australia’s first route on it’s 60th anniversary using only the original gear.

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Grade A Bullsh*t

After adaptive climber Maureen Beck finally achieves her long-sought first 5.12 route, the celebration is short lived when the climb is downgraded - so who decides?

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Grit

Driven by a love for adventure, ultra-endurance cyclist Cara Dixon pushes the limits of mind and body, through a relationship with a sport which began as a means to battle with anorexia, it quickly became her sanctuary.

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Holding Ice

An expedition deep into the Sierra Nevada, where a small team of artists and collaborators set out to document the rapidly retreating ice of the Palisade Glacier - the southernmost glacier in the United States.

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I Can Do It

Heidi Walsh shows what is possible with a little positive thinking, a kayak and a thunderous Norwegian waterfall.

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Immersion

Set against the stark beauty of Bishop, California, Immersion follows climber Ross Fulkerson through the focused, high-consequence world of highball bouldering.

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Kirsten van Horne – Rising Tide

From a shy, small-town kid to competing on the biggest stage in freeride mountain biking, Kirsten's journey shows what can happen when you give yourself permission to try.

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L'Inutile

Skylining in the Mont Blanc massif - at a record 800m for this region.

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La chèvre d'Hispar

A portrait of Piolet d'Or mountaineer Hélias Millerioux - told in fragments, his alpinism goes beyond the high peaks, finding just as much meaning in the quiet drift of basecamp life.

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Lazarus Lake, The Hillbilly Scientist

Deep in rural Tennessee, the eccentric mastermind behind the world’s most torturous races applies his unorthodox, psychological genius to push human endurance to its breaking point.

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Manang's Gem

Three Nepali mountaineers attempt the first ascent of a 250-metre ice wall in the Manang Himalaya (3500m), confronting what it means to explore new terrain in their own country.

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Mountains and Trees

The story of the Mountain Races of Nelson Trees and his approach to race directing in Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Greece and Turkey - widely known as the hardest in the discipline.

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Mukatila - Female Warrior

Two women open a new climbing route on a 400-meter sandstone wall in Jordan's Wadi Rum desert, one who thrives on uncertainty, one who doesn't.

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Nanga Parbat - Echoes of Sisyphus

After five expeditions over ten years, "Expert in Failure" David Göttler stands atop the 8,125-meter-high Nanga Parbat, reached by the difficult “Schell Route".

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Nininbaori

Nininbaori follows three para-climbers through fragments of their daily lives, where ordinary domestic gestures intertwine with the quiet precision of athletic practice.

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No A Basher

A documentary following retiree Frank Dorrans, exploring his love for the Scottish hills which he can no longer climb.

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Nouveau Regard

Known for high-altitude alpinism, Chamonix becomes the stage for a quieter, more intimate form of exploration - alpine bouldering.

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Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage

85-year-old Susan Baur and her crew of fearless women defy limits, protect the environment, and rediscover wonder and joy through water and community.

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One Man, One Boat, One Mission

Adam Waugh competes in the Mini Globe Race -a groundbreaking sailing event that challenges 15 competitors to circumnavigate the globe solo in identical 19ft Class Globe 580 boats, pushing sailors to their physical and mental limits.

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Onlooker

Onlooker is a meditation on presence in the city through the eyes of a professional bmx biker.

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Postcards from the Peaks

When mental health campaigner Stu Skinner wakes up after a charity auction to find a cast-iron Royal Mail postbox at the end of his bed, his first thought is... what have I done?

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Realm of the Gods

In 1953, Colonel Pat Baird led an expedition to Baffin Island, where he received the honour of naming "Mt Asgard" - 75 years later, his grandchildren Niall & Finn McCann return to its slopes for a summit attempt.

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Redemption!

After struggling to keep their ski touring business going through three terrible winters, Blair Aitken and the British Backcountry team celebrate the return of a ‘proper’ Scottish winter to the Cairngorms.

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Resonance

Resonance tells the story of the creation of a living artwork: seven circles, each of seven silver birch trees, set in a constellation across the UK’s Lake District National Park.

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Rev

What these eight women accomplish is not a sporting feat. It is something rarer and more precious, an ordinary act of freedom, the kind most of us have stopped noticing.

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Rodeo On Ice

With Skijoring poised as a potential addition to the 2030 Winter Olympics, lifelong equestrian Britta Nancarrow assembles a team to push her Skijoring experience to the next level.

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Ronan's Way

Follow out-of-their-depth lifelong outdoor instructors Rich Ensoll and Johan Hoving as they become the first people in the world to circumnavigate Ireland in a currach canoe.

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Rooted

During a week's residency in Glen Tanar, storyteller Sarah Hobbs and photographer David Lintern recorded many people with connections to the glen, giving space for their perspectives on land, types of knowledge, nature, ownership and thoughts for the future.

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Running High

Attempting the Pyrenean Haute Route Fastest Known Time.

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See What I Saw: Karakoram

An 18-day glacier expedition through the Karakoram forms the backdrop for a physically and mentally demanding journey, where a darker side of beauty emerges.

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Senu

Senu Madushani was told surfing wasn't for girls. She learned on broken, discarded boards, and became Sri Lanka's first female national surfer. Senu is an intimate portrait of a young woman and her bond with the ocean, and her hope of making the path easier for the girls coming after her.

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Sharp Edges

Shara Zaia, a writer and climber, navigates the sharp edges of identity, belonging, and mental health within the Assyrian diaspora - one of the world’s oldest, yet most endangered cultures.

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Skyclimber: Scaling the Eiffel Tower

Urban Free Solo climber Adam Lockwood takes on the iconic Eiffel Tower climb - he is one of just a handful of people who climb tall buildings without any safety equipment, and at 24 years old he’s also the youngest.

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Slowly, Through The Red Mountains

A slow and immersive six day journey through the Cairngorms. Two humans, two dogs and a pack pony.

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Teeth to the Wind

Teeth to the Wind delivers a haunting yet lighthearted portrait of alpinism's allure, the deep bonds it forges, and the truths about life that echo even in death — what they called "the spirit."

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The Architects of Winter

Zack Saiz-Hawes didn’t choose snowmaking — but after an injury prevented him from snowboarding, it became a way to stay part of the mountain community.

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The Burden

Created after the loss of a close friend to suicide, The Burden is an event that uses physical weight as a way to symbolise men's mental health, the power of community and the importance of sharing the load.

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The Flying Viking

A mesmerising glimpse into the heart of extreme sports. But as the stakes soar higher and tragedy strikes, we see the true cost of chasing our wildest dreams.

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The Kitchanian Ascents | Gumbies Go Big Walling

Laden with heavy bags and heavier hearts, two longtime friends and climbing partners are dropped deep in the remote Alaskan wilderness, battling ice, choss, and heartbreak in search of healing.

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The Last of the Lookouts

Bart Vanderlinde scans the forest for smoke and reflects on a 50-year career in the British Columbia Wildfire Service as other fire lookout towers across the province stand empty around him.

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The Queen Swing

Kate Kelleghan dreams of completing Yosemite’s legendary Triple Crown: El Capitan, Half Dome, and Mount Watkins under 24 hours - a challenge previously completed only by men.

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To Hear The Trees Speak - Adventures In Listening

Writer Olivia Sprinkel uncovers the wisdom held within trees, from the echoes of childhood this short poetic documentary explores her relationship with nature, memory, healing, and belonging.

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Ultra Women

Through exhaustion, injury, doubt and moments of unexpected strength, four very different journeys reveal what it really takes to face the winter Spine race.

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Unravel

A trail runner living with ADHD embarks on a journey through the breathtaking landscapes of the Swiss Alps — but the real journey takes place inside his mind.

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Virtus - The Four P's

Ed Jackson’s climb of the Matterhorn follows a traumatic spinal cord injury, laying out the values that have shaped who he has become - Purpose, Perspective, Progress and Perseverance.

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Way of Snow

Part ski odyssey, part visual haiku, Yuki no Michi is a meditation on how every breath of wind and every flake that falls connects us to nature, to each other, and to the way of snow.

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World's Highest Marathon

In the remote Atacama Desert in Chile, a team of athletes, adventurers and ordinary runners sets out to run a marathon from the top of the world'd highest volcano.

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You Should See Me Now

A group of Scottish teenagers who feel unseen, bullied, isolated, struggling to cope, are selected for something extraordinary: a year of brutal physical training culminating in a polar expedition.

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