Mountains on Stage film festival is back in the UK in the next two months following a successful launch in 2016. The festival of films, inspired by skiers, snowboarders and mountaineers, will also tour to three new cities this year.
The first of nine cities in the Mountains on Stage programme is London on November 27, followed by Southampton, Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool and then Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Mountains on Stage films
The films include:
Ueli Steck Tribute
Ueli Steck was one of the best mountaineers of his generation. Last May, he disappeared on Nuptse, in the Himalayas.
Mountains on Stage followed him a final time, in a film tribute including some of his most beautiful sequences as a mountaineer.
Ya Mas – Snowmads in Greece
During a freeride skiing trip to Greece, Fabian Lentsch and his team reveal a new path in regions that don’t yet appear on any freeride map.
Marco, Shooting Star
Marco Siffredi was born and raised in Chamonix, France, but the Mont-Blanc massif soon became a playground too small for him.
From Peru to Everest, Marco made history and this film immortalises his snowboarding exploits but also his unique larger than life personality.
This is Home: Candide Thovex and Henry Sildaru
A short but intense film revealing a handover between the legend Candide Thovex and the young Henry Sildaru, who is just 10 years old.
This magic pursuit race shows us that “king Candide” can be confident in the next generation’s ability to take the baton.
Waking Dream
A beautiful skiing film that sees Sam Favret and Julien Herry rip the steepest lines around Chamonix as if it was just another freeride run. Except that, falling on the exposed faces is not an option.
Riso Patron
This film is proof that adventure still exists. Jérome Sullivan, Lise Billon, Diego Simari, Martin Elias and Antoine Moineville made a crazy bet to try an ascent of Riso Patron, a mountain lost in Chilean Patagonia and deemed impossible.
It is an expedition to the ends of the earth honoured by the most prestigious reward of mountaineering: The “Piolets d’Or”.
Mountains on Stage dates
Monday November 27
Empire Haymarket, London.
From 7pm to 10:30pm (doors open 6:30pm)
Price: £16.
Wednesday November 29
Vue Cinemas Eastleigh, Southampton
From 7pm to 10:30pm (doors open 6:30pm).
Price: £14.
Thursday November 30
Showcase Cinema Avonmeads, Bristol
From 7pm to 10:30 pm (doors open 6:30pm)
Price: £16.
Monday December 4
Vue Cinemas, Birmingham
From 7pm to 10:30 pm (doors open 6:30pm).
Price: £15.
Tuesday December 5
Vue Cinemas Printworks, Manchester
From 7pm to 10:30 pm (doors open 6:30pm).
Price: £15.
Wednesday December 6
Vue Cinemas The Light, Leeds
From 7pm to 10:30 pm (doors open 6:30pm).
Price: £14.
Thursday December 7
Vue Cinemas Birkenhead, Liverpool
From 7pm to 10:30pm (doors open 6:30pm).
Price: £14.
Monday December 11
Vue Cinemas Fort, Glasgow
From 7pm to 10:30pm (doors open 6:30pm).
Price: £15.
Tuesday December 12
Vue Cinemas Omni Centre, Edinburgh.
From 7pm to 10:30 pm (doors open 6:30pm).
£16.