Mountains on Stage is back at the Rio Theatre for its Winter 2023 edition on Wednesday, December 6.

Experience a great time full of adventure and inspiration with the best mountain movies of the year! Mountains on Stage is a film festival that aims to bring the mountains into cities with a selection of the world’s best films related to mountain sports.

Wednesday, December 6
Doors 6:00 pm | Event 7:00 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
Advance tickets available HERE

Featuring:

NUPTSE (Hugo Clouzeau, 66 mins) A grandiose film that traces the unfailing commitment of 4 climbers: Hélias Millerioux, Benjamin Guigonnet, Frédéric Degoulet and Robin Revest, to reach the summit of Nuptse, a 7,861 meters Himalayan giant. During 3 years the « moustache gang » attempts a new route up the South face of this mountain that never ceases to obsess them. This extrem climb in alpine-style will challenge their will but also their limits. This expedition was awarded a Piolet d’Or and is brilliantly captured by director Hugo Clouzeau thanks to incredible images that transport us in the heart of the face.

VIA SEDNA (Ramona Waldner, 45 mins) Sailing to Greenland to open up a route on a face over 1,000 meters high is the dream that climber Caro North and skipper Marta Guemes have set out to realize with an all-female expedition. After 2 years of preparation, a team of 8 women, skippers and climbers, is ready to set sail : departure from La Rochelle, France, to the turbulent Arctic Sea… But be warned: if opening a new route at the end of the world is full of unknowns, the journey to reach it is not a piece of cake either!

THE SILENT ESCAPE (Oswald Rodrigo Pereira, 29 mins) Polish skier Bartek Ziemski has a monumental goal: to ski 2 mythical peaks over 8,000 meters high, Annapurna and Dhaulagiri back to back. An incredible feat in the history of extreme skiing, since he wanted to ski these two 8,000 meters peaks without oxygen and without the help of sherpas, but also to descend to base camp without taking off his skis ! It’s a terrifying, captivating film about going beyond one’s limits, without forgetting the solidarity that can save lives at this altitude!

RISE (Fred Rousseau and Maxime Moulin, 21 mins) Humility is an essential quality for discovering the high mountains. That’s what skier Juliette Willmann tells us. After years alpine skiing and freeride competitions, she’s looking for new skills to tackle the legendary descents of the Chamonix valley, from the north face of Les Miages to the Couturier couloir on Aiguille Verte… A fast-paced apprenticeship for this gifted skier, and a gentle blend of wisdom and magnificent lines!