Festak 2012

International Mountaineering Film Festival

film PískařiPremiere of film Piskari (Sandmen), bigwall expert from Calalunia Sílvia Vidal and more of climbing movies, guests and actions is scheduled on this year Festak, that is the 29th International Mountaineering Film Festival (MHFF- nicknamed Festak), that begins next Thursday.

Trailer of the film Piskari :



Besides the film Piskari - about 40 years of trad climbing in Czech sandstones - there are other climbing films on the schedule.
About the mountaineering and getting old is Polish film  Deklaracja nieśmiertelności (Declaration of Immortality).
Trailer:


The Fastest Man on the Mountain is the name of the Swiss film with Ueli Steck solos speed climb in Alps,  Yosemites and Himalayas.
The movie:
DOK vom 20.01.2011

EC Rocktrip 2011 is report from the Czecch local climbing and bouldering competition on the Czech local rock.  Trailer:


Grand Libre au grand Cap (High Difficulties at Grand Capucin) about Arnaud Petit and Stéphanie Bodet tries free climb  rout on Grand Capucin that is 450 m long and 8b.



Bask climber Iker Pou is the star of the film Iker Pou – Nit de Bruixes. He climbs route for 9a+ in Margalef, v in Catalunia. The film:


Iker Pou figures in the another film that names Pou Brothers: Pan Aroma Expedition about ascent of the route Pan Aroma, in Italian Alps (8c/500m) on Cima Ovest, Tre Cime di Lavaredo.


Magic Bean - is the film about Arnaud Petit trad  climbs 70 m long route Black Bean 8b in Ceüse, France. The film:


The Czech film Skalni muz (The Rock Man) about the specific climbing marathon in Czech Sandstones. The film is here:


The next film should by attractive for boulderers.  Beal Petrohradské Padání (Beal Petrohrad Falling 2012) about the internation natural rocks bouldering competition in West Bohemia by the winner of the last year poll on our site CzechClimbing.com Ondrej Smrz.



Ondrej Smrz has on Festak the 2nd film Sherpa Soda 2, this one should be some kind of Czech fun:






CzechClimbing.com/Lezec.cz as media partner of Festival, has again opportunity to grant an award to the film that our readers most like: Award of the website CzechClimbing.com/Lezec.cz. The poll would be open on the start of Festival on the homepage here.

The poll: What film on Festak 2012 is the best?




The guest Sílvia Vidal has slideshow „Alone on the Wall“ on Saturday 25.8. at 18.00 in the festival cinema. About Silvia viz:
Festak 2012: Sílvia Vidal etc...


There would be Czech Championship in bouldering on the bypass program too.

The detailed program www.horolezeckyfestival.cz

Standa Holec   [edit] 13:01 16.08.2012

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