With a month to go for the 14th edition of the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao-Bizkaia mountain film festival (3-12 December 2021), we are pleased to announce the selection of films that will be screened.
There are 52 films, including feature films and short films, representing 11 countries, mostly European. Spain and France stand out with 15 and 10 films, among which are 11 Basque films. The United States with 7 films, and Canada with 4, are the extra-European countries that remain faithful to the Bilbao event. United Kingdom (5), Italy (3), Austria (3), Slovakia (2), Germany (2) and the Polish-German-Swiss co-production 'Sciana Cieni (The Wall of Shadows)', complete a luxury selection for the imminent edition of Mendi Film.
The Mountain Culture has known how to overcome the pandemic. 192 films have been inscribed presenting their candidacy to be selected in the festival's 10-day program. It is a record number of films to be presented for the Mendi Film, surpassing the 175 of the year 2020. The new common unified entry form, of the 27 member festivals, of the IAMF-International Alliance for Mountain Film has been very productive, and has perfectly complemented the registration through the mendifilmfestival.com form.
We certify that we will be able to enjoy once again the best mountain and adventure cinema, with the full capacity recovered at the festival's screening venues (Sala BBK, Euskalduna Palace and Golem Cinemas), and once again the Mendi FilmFestival is going to also be on the on-line platform to watch the films on demand.
Advance ticket sales will be activated on November 19, the day of the official presentation of the 14th edition of BBK Mendi Film Bilbao-Bizkaia to the media and sponsors.
The 52 selected films
|
Film |
Year |
Country |
Director |
|
A Day in the Life of an Ultrarunner |
2021 |
Canada |
Vera Neverkevich |
|
A White Dream |
2021 |
France |
Mathieu LeLay |
|
Action Directe |
2020 |
USA |
Zachary Barr & Josh Lowell |
|
After Antarctica |
2021 |
USA |
Tasha Van Zandt |
|
Amagana |
2021 |
Spain-EH |
Jon Goikoetxea Lopez de Alda & Iker Larrañaga Peral |
|
Bideak |
2021 |
Spain-EH |
Xabier Unanua |
|
Black Ice |
2020 |
USA |
Zachary Barr & Peter Mortimer |
|
Cervino - La Cresta del Leone |
2021 |
Italy |
Alessandro Beltrame & Hervé Barmasse |
|
Dhaulagiri is my Everest |
2021 |
Slovakia |
Pavol Barabáš |
|
E11 Lexicon |
2021 |
UK |
Alastair Lee |
|
EKI.LIBRIO |
2020 |
Spain-EH |
Marga Gutiérrez |
|
Encordés, 200 ans dans le regard des guides de Chamonix |
2021 |
France |
Pierre Cadot |
|
Fall Theory |
2021 |
UK |
Alastair Lee |
|
Falling Mountains |
2020 |
France |
Katie Moore |
|
Fire in the Fingers |
2020 |
Spain |
Toni Arbones |
|
Foiled |
2021 |
UK |
Paul Diffley & Ray Wood |
|
Fratelli si Diventa. Omaggio a Walter Bonatti, l'uomo del Monte Bianco |
2021 |
Italy |
Alessandro Filippini |
|
Godspeed, Los Polacos |
2020 |
USA |
Adam Nawrot |
|
Innsbruck. Powder. People |
2021 |
Austria |
Timm Schröder & Neil Williman |
|
Jotünn |
2021 |
Spain-EH |
Mikel Sarasola |
|
Julia |
2021 |
France |
Jocelyn Chavy |
|
Kjerag Solo |
2021 |
UK |
Alastair Lee |
|
La Cumbre es el Camino |
2021 |
Spain |
Alvaro Sanz Alonso |
|
La Isla de los Tigres |
2020 |
Spain-EH |
Igor Bellido |
|
La Liste: Everything or Nothing |
2021 |
Austria |
Eric Crosland |
|
La Pantalla Andina |
2021 |
Spain |
Carmina Balaguer Montón |
|
Le Cavalier Mongol |
2019 |
France |
Hamid Sardar |
|
Like a River |
2021 |
USA |
Jim Aikman |
|
Lock Down Rock Up |
2021 |
UK |
Nico Hambleton |
|
Melting Landscapes Glaciares |
2021 |
Spain |
Pepe Molina Cruz |
|
Mendiak – 1976 |
2021 |
Spain-EH |
Luis Arrieta Etxeberria |
|
Mendi Biluzia |
2020 |
Spain-EH |
Alex Txikon |
|
My Upside Down World |
2021 |
Italy |
Elena Goatelli |
|
Natura Bizia |
2020 |
Spain-EH |
Lexeia Larrañaga de Val |
|
Nechceny autoportrét - Unwanted Self-Portrait |
2020 |
Slovakia |
Rastislav Hatiar |
|
Ocean to Asgard |
2020 |
Canada |
Heather Mosher |
|
One Step Ahead |
2021 |
Germany |
Paul Schweller & Flo Gassner |
|
Out of Frame |
2021 |
France |
Jordan Manoukian |
|
Ouverture Dans les Drus |
2021 |
France |
Jean-Pierre Tauvron |
|
Patagonizados |
2021 |
Spain-EH |
Adolfo Madinabeitia |
|
Pedalkadak Itsasoan (*) |
2021 |
Spain-EH |
Gorka Etxabe |
|
Rock'n'Road |
2021 |
Germany |
Jochen Schmoll |
|
Sam & Me |
2021 |
Canada |
Mike Douglas |
|
Ściana Cieni (The Wall of Shadows) |
2020 |
Poland Germany Switzerland |
Eliza Kubarska |
|
Sonder |
2021 |
Canada |
Jay Macmillan |
|
Swissway to Heaven |
2021 |
France |
Guillaume Broust |
|
The Farmer |
2021 |
USA |
Michael Brown |
|
The Shamans Nightmare |
2021 |
Austria |
Natalie Halla |
|
The Stories We Tell Ourselves |
2021 |
USA |
Michael CB Stevens |
|
The Traverse |
2021 |
France |
Ben Tibbetts |
|
Tic Tac Base |
2021 |
France |
Romain Assie-Rio |
|
Txango (**) |
2021 |
Spain-EH |
Tamara Lucarini |
(*) Zabalandi non competitive section
(**) Mendi Film Bizkaia-Ternua grant
