15th Mountain Film Festival award-winning films

17:30

Godspeed, Los Polacos!
USA, 2020, 88'
By: Adam Nawrot
Best film in the Mountains, Sport and Adventure category

Five kayakers on the edge of adulthood find themselves on an expedition in the Americas with a six-wheeled military truck, homemade equipment, and little to no white-water skills. The story follows their epic two-year journey that culminates in the record-breaking first descent of the world’s deepest canyon, and finds the kayakers in Soviet

20:00

To Be a Woman in the Himalayas
Poland, 2019, 44'
Directed by: Eliza Kubarska
The unforgettable Wanda Rutkiewicz personifies the perfect example for younger generations of Polish mountaineers. Maya Sherpa from Nepal shares the same feelings: women's achievements must be recognized in the same way as those by their male counterparts. We are all equal when we face the mountain.

Everest – The Hard Way
Slovakia, 2020, 52'
Directed by Pavol Barabas
Best film in the Alpine Style category and RTV Award

Is it possible to climb the hardest route on Mount Everest in Alpine style? Sir Chris Bonington, the most famous British climber, named this route The Hard Way and stated it is impossible. It became a challenge for four Slovak climbers. In 1988 they started their hardest way with no escape.