One anniversary is nice, several anniversaries are even nicer: In this respect, the Tegernsee Mountain Film Festival team refers to several anniversaries, even if not all of them have a direct connection to this event. But with important milestones in mountain sports: 70 years ago, in May 1953, Edmund Hillary and the Sherpa Tenzing Norgay were the first people to stand on the highest peak on earth, Mount Everest. Just a few weeks later, in July 1953, the Austrian Hermann Buhl made the first ascent of the eight-thousander Nanga Parbat.
The mountain film festival itself can also celebrate an anniversary: This year it is taking place for the twentieth time and many new films are being shown, but also some old ones. Among other things, there are excerpts from Hans Ertl’s 1953 expedition film “Nanga Parbat” (about Buhl’s first ascent) and two documentaries about Mount Everest.
A total of 65 films from 28 countries are on the program and will be shown in the Baroque Hall of the Tegernsee High School, the Ludwig Thoma Hall, Medius and Schalthaus. In addition, a festival tent was set up on the Point especially for the anniversary year, where films will also be shown and guests will be welcomed.
On the opening evening, the audience can choose between several events; the films go to Patagonia, Nepal, Kyrgyzstan or the Valais Alps. There are mostly documentaries, portraits or portraits, but there is also a feature film on the program: The Salzburg-born director Adrian Goiginger filmed Felix Mitterer’s play “Märzengrund”, which is about a farmer’s son who, as a teenager, escapes to an alpine pasture and turns 40 there stays alone for years. The film was shown in German and Austrian cinemas a year ago and will be shown twice at the Bergfilm Festival.
Hermann Buhl was the first person to climb Nanga Parbat in 1953, and Hans Ertl’s expedition film made in the same year tells of this adventure.
(Photo: Bergfilm Festival Tegernsee)
The awards ceremony will take place on the evening of October 21st in the Baroque Hall. A jury made up of directors, journalists and festival people will award awards in three categories (“mountain adventure space”, “mountain natural space” and “mountain habitat”). Many filmmakers come to Tegernsee in person, and there are also discussion groups, hikes or guided tours.
20. International Tegernsee Mountain Film FestivalWed., October 18th, to Sun., October 22nd