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NOTICIAS

The figure of a climber at a glacial cave is the main image of BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia 2025

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Category: Noticias 2025
22 May 2025
Last Updated: 22 May 2025

Bilbo, 2025.05.22. The 18th edition of the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia to be held from December 5 to 14, 2025 already has its main image. It is the snapshot entitled The Cave by Chamonix-based Parisian photographer Julia Roger-Veyer.   

This image has been awarded in the CVCEPHOTO mountain activity photography contest organized by the Basque Camping Club Elkartea of Donostia-San Sebastián, in the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia Poster Award, endowed with 800 euros and the choice as the main image of the Mendi Film 2025.  

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The Basque Mountain Museum-EMMOA has been named as a new member of the International Alliance of Mountain Museums, IMMA

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Category: Noticias 2025
06 May 2025
Last Updated: 22 May 2025

Jabi Baraiazarra, EMMOAko kide Antxon Iturriza, Txomin Uriarte eta Patxi Cortazarrekin, iazko BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia jaialdian

The EMMOA-Euskal Mendi Museoa/The Basque Mountain Museum continues to make history. It has been named a member of the International Mountain Museum Alliance IMMA, at its annual meeting on April 30. 

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Jabi Baraiazarra to begin third term as IAMF President

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Category: Noticias 2024
03 May 2025
Last Updated: 03 May 2025

Jabi Baraiazarra, director of Mendi Film, will continue as president of the International Alliance for Mountain Film association, beginning his third term.

He first assumed leadership of the IAMF in 2018 and has since shared those responsibilities with Mendi Film. The International Mountain Film Alliance is the leading industry authority for the genre, with 30 members, 28 mountain film festivals, and a mountain museum and a documentation center. Twenty-two countries from Europe, Asia, Oceania, and North and South America are represented.

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The IAMF 2025 Grand Prize has been awarded to French director Sébastien Montaz-Rosset

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Category: Noticias 2024
06 February 2025
Last Updated: 06 February 2025

The International Alliance for Mountain Film is proud to announce that its 2025 Grand Prize has been awarded to French director Sébastien Montaz-Rosset.

Instituted in 2000, throughout its trajectory the International Alliance for Mountain Film, which includes the most prestigious organisations in the sector among its members, has become the main reference point for those who produce, promote and conserve mountain films. 

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9,800 spectators attended the 17th edition of BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia, 34% up on last year festival

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Category: Noticias 2024
18 December 2024
Last Updated: 18 December 2024

Bilbao, December 18, 2024. The 17th edition of BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia was held from December 6th to the 15th and gathered 9,837 spectators, an increase of 34% over last year's number of spectators. 

In addition, it has covered 81% of the capacity of the cinema sessions offered (77% with all the events of the program included). This percentage of occupancy represents a new record, the best of all editions so far, surpassing the 74% of 2022, and recovering from last year's drop of 60%. 

In the venues of Euskalduna Bilbao and Sala BBK, this year a total of 23 film sessions have been offered, and in 10 of them the cinemas have filled, the tickets being sold out. 

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‘Songs of Earth’ wins the Mendi Film Grand Price, a Norwegian film with “magnificent cinematography, a poetic narration and a sublime soundtrack”

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Category: Noticias 2024
14 December 2024
Last Updated: 17 December 2024

Bilbao, December 14th 2024. The Norwegian film ‘Songs of Earth,’ which has captivated the Jury and the festivalgoers at the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia, has won the Grand Price of the 17th edition. It is the work of director Margreth Olin, a film based on her parents and the love of Nature inherited from them. The Jury highlighted that it has "magnificent cinematography, a poetic narration and a sublime soundtrack". “The director provides a crystal-clear gift of what we’ve been given when we slow down and listen: nature is calling us,” they emphasize in their verdict..

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Mendi Film is in full swing with a great first weekend

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Category: Noticias 2024
09 December 2024
Last Updated: 09 December 2024

The 17th edition of BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia festival is getting off to a great start and with a lot of energy. Top class filmmaking, full venues at the Euskalduna Congress Centre in Bilbao, Commencing with an emotional Opening Session, many international and local protagonists, memorable conferences... Everything red hot, just like the image on the poster for this year's edition.

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BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia, the mountain film festival suitable for all ages from December 6 to 15

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Category: Noticias 2024
26 November 2024
Last Updated: 27 November 2024

L-R: Ruth López (WOP), Sabin Astorkiza (Japan Car), Begoña de Ibarra (BFA), Joselu Blanco (ETB), Koldo Bilbao (BBK), Leixuri Arrizabalaga (BFA), Jabier Baraiazarra (Mendi Film), Iñaki López de Aguileta (Bilboko Udala), Iñigo Iturrate (Euskalduna Bilbao), Alberto Iñurrategi (Ternua), Ibon Mujika (Deia) and Argiñe Areitio (SUA edizioak).

Bilbao, November 26, 2024. The BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia festival presents its 17th edition to offer fans of the genre the best mountain cinema once again between December 6 and 15. 

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49 films in the Official Section and in Zabalandi of the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia 2024

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Category: Noticias 2024
07 November 2024
Last Updated: 07 November 2024

49 FILMS

49 films will be screened this year at the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia film festival. These are mountain, adventure, extreme sports and nature films, all current productions, at most 2 years old.

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The MENDI FILM BEKA 2025 this year has novelties: we are opening the grant to amateur and professional filmmakers

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Category: Noticias 2024
24 July 2024
Last Updated: 24 July 2024

Mendi Film and the Biscay Provincial Government announce the 5th edition of the Mendi Film Beka grant, aimed at the creation of documentary film projects whose aim is the audiovisual promotion of Mountain Culture.  

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The main image of BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia 2024 burns with “Fuego”

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Category: Press
15 May 2024
Last Updated: 15 May 2024

The 17th edition of the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia to be held from 6 to 15 December 2024 now has its official poster. It is titled Fuego, by the French photographer Jean-Baptiste Liautard, and it has been awarded the Mendi Film festal poster prize along with 700 euros in the international mountain activity photography contest CVCEPHOTO organised by the Club Vasco de Camping Elkartea, club of San Sebastian.

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The Basque Country and Navarre mountain federations to receive the WOP Mendi Film 2024 award

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Category: Press
15 May 2024
Last Updated: 15 May 2024

It has been done so in recognition of their historical contribution to mountaineering and mountain values, coinciding with the celebration of the centenary of their founding.

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THE GREAT WHITE WHALE, winner of the Mendi Film Grand Prize, an inspiring story of mountaineers and sailors pursuing the dream of climbing Australia's highest and loneliest mountain

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Category: Noticias 2023
16 December 2023
Last Updated: 16 December 2023

 

Bilbao, 16 de diciembre 2023. Michael Dillon triumphs again at BBK MENDI FILM BILBAO BIZKAIA. The Australian filmmaker wins the festival's two main awards, the Grand Prize and the Best Director Award, with THE GREAT WHITE WHALE, an epic and inspiring story of mountaineers and sailors who pursue the dream of climbing Australia's highest and loneliest mountain, Big Ben, a mass located in the depths of the Southern Ocean.

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Films, exhibitions, conferences, the Jury... This is what the 16th Mendi Film will be like!

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Category: Noticias 2023
03 November 2023
Last Updated: 01 December 2023

In the 16th edition of BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia, 57 films will be screened and there will be 3 exhibitions, 4 conferences. Edurne Pasaban will be presented with The WOP Mendi Film award. The IAMF Grand Prize winner, "K2 Touching the sky" by Eliza Kubarska will be screened, a masterclass will be given by the photographer Yhabril and a conference on the mountain film industry will be celebrated.

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17 World premieres at the 16th edition of the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia

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Category: Noticias 2023
28 November 2023
Last Updated: 01 December 2023

The sponsors, at the presentation ceremony of the 16th edition, held at the Euskalduna Palace. Front line: Nerea Lupardo (Euskaduna), Andoni Iturbe (Gobierno Vasco), Jabier Baraiazarra (Mendi Film), Lexeia Arrizabalaga (Diputación Foral de Bizkaia), Koldo Bilbao (BBK) y Alberto Iñurrategi (Ternua). Back line: Iñigo Aristegui (Lore-eguzki trophee), Susana Muro (Deia-Gr Noticias), Ricardo Hernani (Federación Vasca de Montaña), Ibon Momoitio (Japan Car), Gloria Coman (Pangea Travel Store), Carlos Sergio Atxotegi (Diputación Foral de Bizkaia), Argiñe Areitio (SUA), Mikel Renteria (WOP Foundation)

Bilbo, 28 Noviember 2023. The BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia festival presents its 16th edition to once again make you enjoy the best mountain cinema between 8 and 17 December. At the presentation held at the Euskalduna Palace, the heads of Mendi Film were accompanied by representatives of the festival's main sponsors:

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Presenting: HARRI, ORRI, ARkatz, the world's largest climbing topos exhibition inside BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia basecamp

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Category: Noticias 2023
24 November 2023
Last Updated: 24 November 2023

Bilbao, 24 November 2023. The presentation of the exhibition, HARRI, ORRI, ARkatz, took place today. The exhibition showcases illustrated works of climbing and mountain art & topos and was held at the site that the founders of Bilbao first settled, the Aztarnategia/Yacimiento museum. This is the largest exhibition of its type staged internationally, with contributions from authors from all over the world, and is the ideal setting for the book titled: EL ARTE EN EL CROQUIS DE ESCALADA / ART IN CLIMBING TOPOS.

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More Articles …

  1. This year’s Mendi Tour has been a roadshow of record-breaking proportions: 14,000 spectators in 53 venues
  2. The MENDI TOUR is on par with the best data with 10800 spectators in the first half of the season
  3. "X-Man" by Yhabril Moro is the image of BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia 2023
  4. Art in climbing topos
  5. Film registrations period opened for the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao-Bizkaia 2023
  6. Edurne Pasaban WOP Mendi Film 2023 Award
  7. The International Alliance for Mountain Film is proud to announce that its 2023 Grand Prize has been awarded to Polish director Eliza Kubarska
  8. BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia recovers its pre-pandemic popularity with more than 9,000 people and 74% occupancy rate
  9. A Grand Prize that gives visibility to the lights and shadows of the history of Quinn Brett
  10. Michael Dillon and the importance of living the adventure

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