Our next event will be 24th to 26th November 2022. Full details about the programme to follow. In the meantime, we are delighted to announce our speakers for the 2022 Festival.
On Thursday evening, at the Steps Theatre, Mick Tighe will present a selection of archival films from his Scottish Mountain Heritage Collection, accompanied by live music and diddling from Steven Gellatly and Denis Shepherd!
Our Friday evening presenter is Pauline Sanderson, who will talk about her record breaking expedition “Worlds Longest Climb” – Dead Sea to Everest summit”
In association with The Munro Society, the Irvine Butterfield Memorial Lecture on Saturday morning will be given by local “Munro Moonwalker” Alan Rowan. Alan will talk about his experience of walking during the night!
The Saturday afternoon speaker is poet, writer and outdoor enthusiast, Helen Mort. Helen has a particular interest in mountaineering and womanhood, the subjects of her latest title “A Line Above the Sky”
Returning to the Dundee Mountain Film Festival after a number of years, is the ever popular Alan Hinkes. Alan will enthuse about his adventures & extreme exploits towards becoming the first Briton to summit all fourteen 8000 metre peaks.
We also have an art exhibition at the Bonar Hall during the festival, and one of our artists is Elizabeth Drysdale Kay. See the Exhibition page for more details. Details on a second artist to follow.
Stuck at home? Bored?. Check out our Film Archive page.
Obituary – John Burdin
John Burdin, who was one of the founder members of the Dundee Mountain Film Festival, has died. There is an obituary online on the Dundee Courier website
Films at Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA)
I will add details of appropriate films here when notified by DCA. The website for DCA is here
Sponsorship
We invite potential sponsors to discuss participation in our exciting film festival. You can download a sponsorship pack here.
Film Submission
If you have submitted a film during 2020 or 2021 there is no need to re-submit the film as we will of course consider films from these years. For enquiries about the presenters and films or the website contact allan@dmff.org.uk.
As usual, we can accept film entries via FilmFreeway
We will also be accepting film submissions through the International Alliance for Mountain Film (IAMF). You can submit a film just to our festival, or submit a film to multiple festivals.
The last day for film submissions is 31 July 2022
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