Dundee Mountain Film Festival
Important
Dundee Mountain Film Festival (DMFF) “Scotland’s pioneering mountain film festival” in 2024 celebrated its 40th Anniversary of presenting a programme of outstanding speakers, films, exhibitions and events inspiring, educating and entertaining outdoor enthusiasts of all persuasions. In order to ensure continuity of this popular event the Festival is actively seeking enthusiasts to join the organisers towards achieving this objective. Previous organising experience whilst being an advantage is not essential for this voluntary role other than enthusiasm for bringing together the continued presentation of Scotland’s longest running mountain film festival.
There are a number of ways to express interest in becoming involved and obtaining further information. These are :-
Website :- www.dmff.co.uk (Contacts Page)
Email :- mail@dmff.org.uk
Our amazing and successful festival for 2024 is now over. You can have a look at the pdf version of the brochure here.
You can watch some of the films (not all are available) from this year, and previous years, on our film archive page
Our speakers for 2024 were:
Jenny Graham (Friday evening)
Jenny Graham is a world-record-breaking cyclist and author of Coffee First, Then the World. In 2018, she cycled 18,000 miles around the globe, solo and unsupported, in 124 days and 11 hours. Jenny’s story is one of determination, humor, and embracing the unexpected.
Join us for an evening with Jenny as she shares honest and down-to-earth stories from her record-breaking ride and her adventures with the Global Cycling Network. From exploring the rugged landscapes of Scotland to the mountains of Colombia and the Gobi Desert, Jenny’s tales are sure to inspire and entertain.
Alex Roddie (Saturday Morning)
Alex Roddie is a professional editor and award-winning outdoor writer. He is editor of Sidetracked magazine and an author with Vertebrate Publishing. He writes features, and gear reviews for The Great Outdoors magazine.
His writing focuses on mountains and wild places – their wonder and mystery, nature and adventure, but also their culture and both fiction and non-fiction.
At Dundee he will relive his adventures on the Cape Wrath Trail in winter, which he has also written about in his book “The Furthest Shore”. This talk is presented is association with The Munro Society as the Irvine Butterfield Memorial Lecture.
Anna Wells (Saturday afternoon)
Anna Wells is a climber and mountaineer. She has an insatiable appetite for moving in the mountains and loves gigantic days out combining multisport activities of rock climbing, paragliding, cycling, swimming and running. Anna has a background in competitive ice climbing, winning multiple national titles and representing Great Britain on the World Cup Circuit. She set FKTs on the Cuillin Ridge in both summer and winter and has climbed 55 of the 82 4000m peaks in the Alps. She has rock climbed all over the world from El Capitan in Yosemite to the desert towers of Wadi Rum.
At Dundee, Anna will describe the highs and lows of her epic journey and explore the fundamental life lessons learned along the way. The kindness of strangers and support from friends was ultimately key to the success and joy of an unforgettable winter.
Mick Fowler (Saturday evening)
Mick balanced holding a full time job with being a family man and a leading figure in the climbing world for over 40 years. He continues to climb despite a cancer problem which resulted in removal of his anus and rectum in 2018.
Until retiring in January 2017 all his climbing was done in his holidays from his job in the UK tax office where he held the position of Assistant Director of Shares and Assets Valuation. He has served as President of the Alpine Club and is a Patron of the British Mountaineering Council and an Honorary Fellow of the University of Cumbria. He lives in Derbyshire with his wife Nicki. They have two grown up children.
The talk will include a brief summary of his climbing life and then focus on his latest expedition which he undertook with Simon Yates; a most memorable, near disastrous, attempt on Patkhor (6083m) the highest peak in the Rushan Pamir range in Tajikistan.
Films on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon were from the Vancouver World Tour.
Rewatch most of the 2024 films and more
Stuck at home? Bored? Check out our Film Archive page. (updated 9 December 2024)
Really bored? You can browse through our old brochures and bring back memories. Our records are incomplete so if you have one of the brochures we don’t have we would like to borrow it, scan and return.
Sponsorship
We invite potential sponsors to discuss participation in our exciting film festival. You can download a sponsorship package here.
We also have sponsorship opportunities for clubs, namely for supporting a film – download the package here.
Film Submission
Although we do not have a film competition, we welcome approaches from film makers wishing to consider using the Dundee Mountain Film Festival as a showcase for their films. We often have representatives from other film festivals and film makers attending the DMFF.
Our call for film submissions for 2025 will go live soon.
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See us on Flickr
A link to our Flickr photostream. Open, then click on “Albums” to sort the photographs by year/festival. If you want to use any of these photographs please let us know first and and credit Dundee Mountain Film Festival as owners. There are no charges or formalities though, its just nice to know how they are being used!
Acknowledgements for the photographs and music used in 2024
Bothy picture in brochure (Corryhully) – Alex Roddie
Website header photographs – Alex Roddie, Anna Wells
Alex Roddie picture – James Roddie
Trailer music – “Scottish Dance” by Zlata Dzardanova (Pond 5)