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The complete online pack to view all the films -36 in total- from the Torelló Mountain Film Festival from home costs 29.90 euros. There is also the possibility of buying tickets at 5.90 euros.
The Torelló Mountain Film Festival (Barcelona) opened the new digital platform to access the films of the 38th edition, which will be held from 22 to 31 this month in mixed format. The pandemic drastically reduced the face-to-face part in Torello. Instead it opened to all fans of the Spanish geography the possibility of enjoying the best from home mountain cinema that can be seen this season. The contest should have been held last November, but the negative evolution of Covid-19 advised suspending it.
Now, fans of the mountains and nature cinema can access the digital platform, through their special online page and get the ticket to see the 36 documentaries that compete to win La Flor de Neu de oro. The films and documentaries can only be seen during the ten days of the mountain film festival -22 to 31 January- andl full price of 29.90 euros. This pack is a very good option for moviegoers of this genre. If we make the division, each film will cost us 0.83 cents. There is also the possibility of buying tickets at 5.90 euros, that allow viewing 1, 2, 3 and up to 6 films depending on the productions and themes.
Films and documentaries can only be seen during the ten days of the Torelló mountain film festival, between January 22 and 31 for rights reasons
In parallel, the organization completed the new programming and health protocols for face-to-face activities. The uncertainty over COVID-19 and the restrictions decreed by the Catalan government forced the organization to reinforce coverage and broadcast face-to-face acts by streaming to guarantee their maximum diffusion.
Inaugural gala dedicated to Tibet
The 38th edition of the Muntanya de Torelló BBVA Film Festival will open the curtain -Friday, January 22- with the opening day “Terra de neus, terra de déus” (Land of snows, land of gods) dedicated to the universe of Tibet at the Cirvianum theater in Torelló. The session will feature the director of the Observatory of Tibet and Central Asia of the University of Barcelona, Josep Lluís Alay, the journalist Antoni Arbonés, the mountaineer Núria Balagué, the film critic Quim Casas and the Tibetan lama Thubten Wangchen, director of the House of the Tibet of Barcelona. They will be in charge of diving in this immense plateau through the cinema.
The closing gala will be held on January 29 at 7:30 p.m. at the Cirivanum theater. Txe Arana will lead the session in which the winners of the Gold and Silver Flower of Neu will be announced, and the remaining eight categories. The session will be offered in streaming and will end with the screening of the winning film, which for rights reasons will not be offered open. Of the thirty-six films / documentaries selected from the total of 126 that were submitted to the contest, we highlight: Hillary-Ocean to Sky, which has just won the Mendi Film 2020, “Everest- The hard way”, “Salto is The King”, “The wall of shadows” and “Ultima Patagonia”.
Hillary-Ocean to Sky
The pandemic wanted the Mendi Film 2020 – held last December – to premiere in the Iberian Peninsula and award the latest production by Australian director Michael Dillon. It is “Ocean to Sky” that was well received and won the Grand Prize of the Mendi Film 2020 in Bilbao. The documentary relives the last great expedition of Sir Edmund Hillary (1919-2008) carried out in 1977 in speedboats from the mouth of the Ganges River to the virgin summit of Akash Parbat in the Himalayas. Dillon remastered existing footage from the 1979 version of “From the Ocean to the Sky,” and other previously unreleased footage, and interviewed team members. The trip was very special for Edmund Hillary. The mountaineer, who was about to die at the end of the adventure, sought to find himself again, after the loss of his wife and youngest daughter in a plane crash.
“Everest- The hard way”.
Other good filmmakers such as the Slovak Pavol Barabas or the Polish Eliza Kubarska participate in this 38th edition of the Torelló Mountain Film Festival. Barabas presents two productions. “Everest- The hard way” and “Salto is The King”. The documentary “Everest- The hard way” recalls the alpine-style ascent of the southwest face of Everest on the route “The Hard Way”. In the autumn of 1988, the Slovaks Dušan Becík, Peter Božík, Jaroslav Jaško and Solo Jozef faced the climb of this route opened in 1975 by a British expedition led by Chris Bonington. It is considered the most difficult route on Everest. Ivan Fiala, leader of the Slovak expedition of ’88, Chris Bonington himself or Peter Habeler, the first to climb Everest without the aid of oxygen, recall that extreme ascent, which had a fatal outcome.
“Salto is The King”
“Salto is The King” brings us closer to the rappels of the highest waterfalls in the world. It is the challenge of a group of Slovak mountaineers and adventurers. We will see the True de Fer and Bras Magasin waterfalls on Reunion Island, Tugela in South Africa and Angel Falls in the Venezuelan Amazon in their maximum splendor. And the most impressive is the latter. The group goes to her at the beginning of 2018, in the middle of the rainy season, when the river flow is strong, to try to rappel it. As did one of the expedition members, Becko Ondrejovic, the first man to achieve it in 1997.
«The wall of shadows»
A Sherpa family from the Kirat or Kirati indigenous group breaks a taboo and collaborates in the trek to climb a sacred mountain. The reason to earn money for your child’s education. The winter expedition takes place in la cara este del Kumbhakarna a remote area of eastern Nepal. This giant wall of rock and ice has never been climbed. In the Kirat religion this mountain is considered sacred and cannot be climbed. Russian mountaineers Dmitry Golovchenko, Sergey Nilov and Polish climber Marcin Tomaszewski are ready to try.
«Last Patagonia»
The film “Ultima Patagonia” by director Gilles Santantonio tells of the adventure lived between January-February 2019 by 46 scientists from various specialties on the island Madre de Dios, located in the Pacific Ocean in the southern region of Chile, south of the Gulf of Penas. Two months in full autonomy to enter an unknown part of the island and an area of the Témpanos glacier, in Campo de Hielo Patagónico Sur.
Lecture series of the Torelló Mountain Film Festival
Trip to the secret Mustang
Tuesday, January 26 at 7:30 p.m.
The writer and collaborator of the Festival Enric Soler Raspall will discover the Nepalese valley of Mustang, where the Tibetan culture is deeply rooted. Soler has traveled extensively in this area and will explain the local and spiritual traditions of Buddhism.
Ancient kingdoms of Tibet. The Enigma of Zhang Zhung
Wednesday, January 27 at 7:30 p.m.
Journalist Toni Arbonès will give a lecture to publicize what little is known about the ancient Tibetan kingdom of Zhang Zhung; a confederation of states that until the end of the 7th century had a great territorial domain.
The solution to problems, according to Buddhist philosophy
Thursday, January 28 at 7:30 p.m.
The Tibetan lama and director of the House of Tibet in Barcelona, Thubten Wangchen, will explain how to face difficulties so that they become an opportunity and come out stronger. This is the starting point of Buddhist philosophy and Wangchen will detail the main keys.
All lectures are given at the Cirvianum Theater and offered free of charge via streaming.
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