19th Mountain Film Festival in Just Two Weeks

Stories that take us into the world of love for mountains, the magic of nature, the power of human will, and the unstoppable spirit of exploration. Alpinism, climbing, adventure, mountain nature, and culture back on the big screen. At the 19th Mountain Film Festival, from February 17 to 22, 2025, inviting visitors to Ljubljana, Domžale, and Radovljica.

In Cankarjev dom in Ljubljana, Mestni kino Domžale, and Linhartova dvorana in Radovljica, from February 17 to 22, 32 mountain films will be screened, a select choice from 85 submitted films from all corners of the world. Seven alpinistic, nine climbing, seven about mountains, sports, and adventure, and nine in the mountain nature and culture category. The films will be judged by an international festival jury: Bulgarian journalist and climber Tanya Ivanova, Slovenian publicist and filmmaker Mojca Volkar Trobevšek, and Swiss director and alpinist Fulvio Mariani.

To warm up for this year's festival, the film Mongolia: Valley of Bears, winner of the 18th Mountain Film Festival, can be viewed on February 5 in Cankarjev dom in Ljubljana. The full program of this year's festival is available on the website www.gorniski.si.

"If I were to weigh this year's festival, it amounts to 30 hours of program, with a third taken up by content related to mountaineering culture in words, books, and images. The rest are film stories that take us into the world of love for mountains, the magic of nature, the power of human will, and the unstoppable spirit of exploration. I am pleased with the excellent film response to this year's festival; we received as many as 85 films. This is clear proof that mountain film production has revived after the COVID drought. If I translate the 19th Mountain Film Festival into alpinistic terms, we are already high on the wall with the 19th pitch – and there's no way back," emphasizes the director and founder of the Mountain Film Festival, Silvo Karo.

In the rich accompanying program, there will be several alpinistic and travel lectures, book presentations, and discussions. American alpinist Jackson Marvell will present his gold ice axe-awarded ascent of the mighty north face of Jannu, top Slovak climber Miška Izakovičová her exceptional feats on big walls, Slovenian alpinists Ana Baumgartner, Urša Kešar, Anja Petek, and Patricija Verdev their resonant Himalayan expedition to Lalung I. Matjaž Jeran will relive a family trek in Pakistan, Marija and Andrej Štremfelj the Great Himalayan Trail, which they described in the book The Power of the Night is in the Light of the Stars, Alenka Klinar will present the book Along the Rope to Light, Iztok Tomazin and Tomo Virk the book Naveza, Rožle Bregar and Rok Rozman the paddling guide Soča from Source to Sea, Vladimir Habjan and climbing legends Klavdij Mlekuž, Janko Ažman, Janez Brojan, and Janez Dovžan the book Mojstranške veverice. The film Czech Cabin by Ladislav Jirásk about Czech-Slovenian mountaineering cooperation will also be shown.

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