Noticias 2020

Thank you for making it possible!

Details: Category: Noticias 2020; Last Updated: Wednesday, 23 December 2020 16:02; Published: Wednesday, 23 December 2020 15:59

Happy New Mendi 2021!

Details: Category: Noticias 2020; Last Updated: Monday, 21 December 2020 19:54; Published: Thursday, 31 December 2020 12:00

The Rosary of the Everest, the icon of the Basque-Polish brotherhood of Himalayism

Details: Category: Noticias 2020; Last Updated: Saturday, 19 December 2020 21:32; Published: Saturday, 19 December 2020 21:28

The rosary blessed by Pope John Paul II that Krzysztof Wielicki and Leszek Cichy deposited on the summit of Everest in the first ever winter climb of 1980, and that Martin Zabaleta collected as a testimony of the first Basque summit to Everest on 14th May 1980, is today the icon of the Basque-Polish brotherhood in Himalayism. An icon owned by EMMOA (Basque Mountaineering Museum Foundation) and which was shown at the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao-Bizkaia mountain film festival to the coordinator of the Polish Institute of Culture in Madrid, Iwona Zielińska-Sąsiada.

Awards ceremony in Bilbao of the 13th edition

Details: Category: Noticias 2020; Last Updated: Monday, 14 December 2020 16:58; Published: Monday, 14 December 2020 16:55

Successful edition of the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao-Bizkaia festival with the support of cinema and mountain lovers

Details: Category: Noticias 2020; Last Updated: Monday, 14 December 2020 16:36; Published: Monday, 14 December 2020 11:12

Eduardo Martínez and Jabier Baraiazarra, President and Director of the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia at the closing ceremony of the 13th edition

Bilbao, 14^th December 2020. The BBK Mendi Film Bilbao-Bizkaia International Mountain Film Festival has successfully celebrated its 13^th edition. A total of 5,578 people have attended the screenings at Euskalduna, at Sala BBK and at the Golem cinemas in Bilbao.

The film of the Hillary's last grand expedition wins the Grand Prize of the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao-Bizkaia mountain film festival

Details: Category: Noticias 2020; Last Updated: Sunday, 13 December 2020 11:12; Published: Saturday, 12 December 2020 10:01

The film "Hillary - Ocean to Sky" is the Grad Prize of the 13th edition of the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao-Bizkaia mountain film festival. The film directed by Michael Dillon is about Sir Edmund Hillary's last grand expedition Ocean to Sky, where he embarks on a journey from the ocean, ascending the sacred waters of the Ganges in motorboats, to reach the virgin peak of Akash Parbat in the Himalaya.

Mendi Film meeting point of cinema and the mountain culture in Bilbao and virtually all over the world

Details: Category: Noticias 2020; Last Updated: Monday, 07 December 2020 19:53; Published: Monday, 07 December 2020 13:28

The BBK Mendi Film Bilbao-Bizkaia mountain film festival started with a massive support of spectators. During the first three days of the festival, the sessions of the Euskalduna Palace and the Sala BBK were sold out, and the Golem Cinemas had a constant and numerous assistance too. 2000 spectators attended the face-to-face sessions, overcoming all the measures of the pandemic.

The Baltistan Fundazioa Foundation receives the recognition of 20 years of cooperative work with the WOP 2020 Award

Details: Category: Noticias 2020; Last Updated: Sunday, 06 December 2020 15:59; Published: Sunday, 06 December 2020 15:53

The Baltistan Fundazioa foundation has been awarded with the WOP-The Walk On Project Award at the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao-Bizkaia mountain film festival in recognition of its trajectory and social and humanitarian work of international cooperation. Pedro Ibarra (President of the foundation) and Alberto Iñurrategi (mountaineer and founder of the foundation) have represented thousands of solidarity actions at the ceremony.

The energy of the Opening Ceremony sets the route to BBK Mendi Film Bilbao-Bizkaia

Details: Category: Noticias 2020; Last Updated: Sunday, 06 December 2020 15:49; Published: Sunday, 06 December 2020 15:44

CVCEPHOTO: mountain activity photographic exhibition in the city

Details: Category: Noticias 2020; Last Updated: Tuesday, 01 December 2020 23:54; Published: Tuesday, 01 December 2020 19:22

The 13th edition of the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao-Bizkaia mountain film festival brings the spirit of the mountains to unique corners of the city. Both in the Ensanche building and in the Abando, Moyua, Indautxu and SanMamés stations of Metro Bilbao, the awarded images of the 6th edition of the CVCEPHOTO mountain activities photography contest are exhibited.

Ticket sales and Mendi Film Online for the 13th edition of BBK Mendi Film Bilbao-Bizkaia activated

Details: Category: Noticias 2020; Last Updated: Monday, 23 November 2020 12:13; Published: Saturday, 21 November 2020 18:58

Gorka Martínez (BBK), Alberto Iñurrategi (alpinista), Lorea Bilbao (BFA-DFB), Eduardo Martínez (President Mendi Film), Iñaki López de Aguileta (Bilbao), Jabier Baraiazarra (Director Mendi Film), Mikel Renteria (WOP) and Andoni Iturbe (EJ-GV)

Bilbao, November 23, 2020. The 13th edition of BBK Mendi Film Bilbao-Bizkaia will be held from December 4 to 13. It will be a special edition, conditioned by the pandemic. This year the festival can be enjoyed in two ways: with screenings in Bilbao and the online offer for those who cannot attend Bilbao.

The Official Selection of the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao-Bizkaia festival will include 54 films, which will be available at theatres and online from 4th to 13th December

Details: Category: Noticias 2020; Last Updated: Wednesday, 21 October 2020 16:48; Published: Saturday, 17 October 2020 00:37

The best international mountain films will be screened in Bilbao during the 13th edition of the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao-Bizkaia mountain film festival, from 4th to 13th of December. 54 films representing 18 countries will compete in the contest, bringing to Bilbao some of the best mountain cinema made in Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Oceania. 

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