Programme
update 2 September 2024
All shows are at the Dalhousie Building
Tickets for the event are now available. See details on our Tickets page
Thursday Evening 5th December 2024 – Tickets £10
Two talks featuring disabled athletes and their adventures. More details about the participants and the show on our Thursday Programme page
Dean Dunbar is a blind adventurer who started losing his sight at the age of 9 and was registered blind when he was 27. Now aged 55, he has spent the last 26 years on a constant hunt for his next adrenaline fix, abseiling, hydrospeeding, swimming and prone paddleboarding!
Read more about Dean in his website Extreme Dreams
Neil Russell, Rosie Baxendine and Stefan Morroccco . Neil, Rosie (participants and producers of the film) and Stefan (Film Maker) will talk about the background to the film, Three Wheel Drive, and how it was made.
Three Wheel Drive (which we will screen on Saturday Morning) is an inspiring film about three physically disabled cyclists: Neil, John, and Caroline. They embark on an extraordinary journey to reach and stay in a remote bothy in the Highlands of Scotland, overcoming hardcore challenges on the route.
Read more on the Adaptive Riders Collective CIC Facebook page
Also see Stefan’s website Morrocco Media
Friday Evening 6th December 2024 – Tickets £14
Full details about this evening’s show on our Friday Programme page.
The evening starts with great films from the Vancouver Mountain Film Festival World Tour, then Jenny Graham tells us about her cycling exploits after the interval.
Jenny Graham, Coffee First Then the World
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.
Saturday Morning 7th December 2024 – Tickets £8
More details about this morning’s show are on our Saturday Morning page
We start the morning with exciting Scottish films including the much awaited film Three Wheel Drive, then we are delighted for that Alex Roddie presents the Munro Society’s Irvine Butterfield Memorial Lecture, “The Cape Wrath Trail in Winter”
Alex Roddie is a professional editor and award-winning outdoor writer. He is editor of Sidetracked magazine and an author with Vertebrate Publishing and gestalten, and he writes features, op-ed 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.
Alex has been an active backpacker, mountaineer and hillwalker for over 20 years. Since 2015 he has been a passionate long-distance walker and has completed many classic trails, including the Cape Wrath Trail (summer and winter), Tour of Monte Rosa, Haute Route Pyrenees, Toubkal Circuit, and a fastpacking traverse of the Alps. He is based in Scotland with his wife Hannah.
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”.
Saturday Afternoon 7th December 2024 – Tickets £12
Full details about this afternoon’s show are on our Saturday afternoon page
The afternoon starts with great films from the Vancouver Mountain Film Festival World Tour, then Anna Wells talks about her Winter Munro Round after the interval.
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.
During the last few years Anna has sought adventure closure to home and fallen deeply in love with all that Scotland has to offer. In March 2024, she became the first woman and fourth person to complete a “Winter Munro Round”, climbing all 282 Munros in a single winter season. She achieved the feat in just 83 days, equalling the record set by Martin Moran in 1985. From breathtaking sunrises atop snow-covered peaks to long lonely nights battling through blizzards, the challenge demanded a robust combination of technical skill, physical endurance and mental resilience.
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.
Saturday Evening 7th December 2024 – Tickets £17
More details about this evening’s show are on our Saturday evening page
Three fantastic films: A climbing holiday with the kids. a midge-fest canoe trip across Knoydart (including a Q&A after the film with the film makers) and an epic wild swimming challenge in Ireland. Then the entertaining Mick Fowler after the interval!
Mick Fowler 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.
In the UK he is renowned as a leading adventure climber with numerous ground breaking first ascents on chalk, shale, sea stacks, London drainpipes and other cliffs not previously viewed as suitable for climbing. He was one of the first to rock climb at E6 level (Linden, Derbyshire 1976) and winter climb at Grade VI level (Shield Direct, Ben Nevis 1979.) He has been a regular expedition climber since 1982, specialising in technically challenging, eye catching lines on peaks between 6000m and 7000m.
He was voted the Mountaineers’ Mountaineer in the Observer newspaper, has won three Piolet d’Or awards (the Oscars of the mountaineering world) and has been awarded the King Albert Medal for mountain achievement. He has also written four books about his climbs and won several literary awards.
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.
Mick’s talk at Dundee will include a brief summary of his climbing life and then focus on his latest expedition with Simon Yates; a most memorable, near disastrous, attempt on Patkhor (6083m) the highest peak in the Rushan Pamir range in Tajikistan.
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 closing date for film submissions is now passed
Contact email for films is allan@dmff.org.uk