Film from the expedition of Piotr Pustelnik, Piotr Morawski, Peter Hamor and Dariusz Załuski to Annapurna in spring 2008. The mountaineers didnt reach the summit, but they came close. Does climbing a difficult, northwest face in good style, but without reaching the summit, make for a successful expedition?

In this documentary, Stanisław Berbeka revives the memory of his father, Maciej Berbeka. Thanks to the accounts of expedition participants, the reminiscences of his family members and archive film and sound recordings, we can gain a better insight into the way of thinking of this eminent Polish mountaineer and adventurer. Among the stories about the family, the values embraced by Berbeka, and his most important expeditions, there is one related to the winter expedition to Broad Peak. On 5 March 2013, the protagonist reached the summit, making his dream come true, but he died on his way down to the base camp.

Jerzy Kukuczka died on October 24, 1989 during an expedition to Lhotse. This was his first trip to the Himalayas with money, with good equipment, and as a real celebrity. His death was a combination of unfortunate circumstances, coincidence, and a tragedy that seemed unavoidable. But Paweł Wysoczańskis documentary does not focus on the mystery of Kukuczkas demise. It is the portrait of a man who is climbing to the top, both literally and figuratively. From a zero to a hero, from a communist worker to a star of international media, from a man climbing mountains with neither funding nor equipment to Reinhold Messners key rival in reaching the Crown of the Himalayas. A humble yet expressive man who loved the mountains. Interviews with friends and family, archive footage, photographs, recordings, excerpts from television shows and interviews are brought together in this documentary to create a portrait of the whole mountain climbing community of the 1980s. It is also a portrait of their time - a time that was both difficult and colourful; a time when ideals were valued more than fame. Photo: Danuta and Tadeusz Piotrowskis Archive

Andrzej Bargiel is one of the best Polish skialpinists. As a young boy from a remote small village he started to train very hard just by himself. His dream was to take part in competitive sports and due to his determination, it didn’t take long before he became one of the best at what he does. A story full of passion, humor and sensitivity. A story about how to make the dreams come true thanks to incredible determination and distance to oneself and life.

The film will be screened in Polish only.

„Sailing in Mountains” is an outstanding film due to several reasons. The most important is the presentation of how new routes are set and you find new mountains which were never climbed before. The expedition resulted in discovering two new regions and setting new climbing routes. One of them was on the Agpad island where they found seven virgin walls. On one of the walls, which the climbers named Europa, a new route was set. In the second region, where new mountain range was discovered – which was named Bergland by the crew, after the captain Artur Bergier and his yacht the Berg, thanks to whom the expedition took place – another new climbing route was set. This route is one of the two most difficult in Greenland. What is more, this move is about the cooperation of two extreme groups – climbers and sailors. „People are the strength of this project – the head of the expedition Marcin Yeti Tomaszewski and the captain of the S/Y yacht Berg, Artur Bergier. The driving force are the young Polish climbers Konrad Ociepka (sports climber) and Wojtek Malawski. Their struggles, everyday situations, conversations at breakfast, preparations and most of all climbing strikes were accompanied by our camera. All of this to make the „Sailing in the Mountains” a move full of sport emotions, natural and authentic” – says Łukasz Pereszczak, the Director and Producer of this movie.

Film about the first winter ascent of Shishapangma in 2005. A small Polish-Italian expedition is coping with the difficult south face of Shishapangma, for yet another consecutive year. This time they are successful. Piotr Morawski from Poland and Simone Moro from Italy set foot on the summit, thus conquering in winter the eighth out of fourteen eight-thousanders.

In a workplace situated higher than any other in Poland, the constant nocturnal observation of the surrounding world is an unbroken norm. In "The Place", the employees suspended beyond time and space, remain at their posts, unshaken and immovable, despite reversals, adversities and startling situations.

The expedition on K2 North Pillar. Ralf Dujmovits and Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner together with other climbers are fighting with this difficult mountain. For Gerlinde, K2 is the last remaining peak for completion of the Crown of the Himalayas. But Gerlinde and Ralf are a couple who loves each other, and this opens for them a new dimensions of climbing.

A spectacular documentary that reveals the story behind the first attempt at climbing Earths second highest peak, K2, in winter. Darek Załuski uses unique and previously unreleased film shots, archival photos and sound recordings, in order to retrace the steps of the international expedition led by Andrzej Zawada. It lasted as much as 7 months. 700 porters, 33 crew members, 15 climbers – they are all trying to cope with the extreme conditions of an inaccessible peak. Winter K2 means battling with horrendous cold, a hurricane-force wind, snowstorms, frostbite and complete exhaustion. Man versus nature.