A varied programme of films and speakers has been announced for this year's Dundee Mountain Film Festival and tickets are now on sale. The Fesitval takes place on Friday 23 and Saturday 24 November at Bonar Hall near the city centre.
The Festival is the UK’s longest continuous running mountain film festival. It showcases an international programme of speakers, all appearing at DMFF for the first time this year, and award winning films and exhibitions.
There are four main film and speaker programmes with a further four supporting events, all presented under the one roof of the Bonar Hall:
• Friday evening: The Festival opens with four films, including ‘Wide Boyz’ from Paul Diffley, featuring two English climbers exploring the world of offwidth crack climbing. Julie Summers, renowned lecturer and mountain historian, presents a lecture on her great uncle, Sandy Irvine, lost with Mallory while attempting the summit of Everest in 1924.
• Saturday morning: Scottish filmmakers Jim Osborne and Alan Ferrier return to DMFF with films on walking on the Greek island of Tilos and the West Highland Way. Scottish mountaineer, author and photographer Hamish Brown’s presentation is on his beloved High Atlas Mountains of Morocco.
• Saturday afternoon: The first programme of the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour features six individual films capturing adrenalin bursting extreme sports. Polish mountain photographer Lukasz Warzecha will speak about his photo shoot during the filming of Scotland’s Dave MacLeod climbing the Long Hope Route on St John’s Head, Hoy.
• Saturday evening: The second programme of the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour with a further four fantastic films. Ranulph Fiennes, the world’s greatest living explorer, presents his extraordinary career of adventures at the Poles and on the highest peaks.
Tickets for the whole Festival cost £41 and are available by post only, individual sessions range from £6 to £15. Further details including where tickets can be bought are on the Festival website.