Mountain and Adventure Film Festival Graz

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The Mountain and Adventure Film Festival is a film festival that has been taking place in Graz since 1986 . It was founded by the Austrian mountaineer Robert Schauer , who still organizes it today.

Films about mountaineering, mountains, nature and adventure are shown at the festival. The topics are divided into five categories:

• Alpine documentation
• Climbing on rock and ice
• adventure
• nature and environment
• alpine and foreign cultures

The prices are:

• Grand Prix Graz (endowed with 5,000 euros)
• Camera Alpin in Gold (five times 3,000 euros each)
• Jury Prize
• Honorable Mention

The number of categories has only increased over the years. The Grand Prix Graz has only been awarded since 1995. The festival was held every two years until 1990 and has been held annually since then.

Award winners

Festivals 1986–1995

1st Festival 1986

category	winner		Movie title
1. Mountaineering films - documentaries	Jean Afanassieff		Himalaya 8000 meters sans oxygene
2. Mountaineering films - documentaries	Gerhard Bauer		The decision
3. Mountaineering films - documentaries	Laurent Chevallier		Little Karim
1. Topics about climbing in rock and ice	Fulvio Mariani		Cumbre-Cerro Torre
2. Topics about climbing in rock and ice	Robert Nicod		E pericoloso sporgersi
3. Topics about climbing in rock and ice	Nicolas Philibert		Christophe
Jury Prize
	Karl Vlek		Prvni sedma

2nd Festival 1988

category	winner		Movie title
Cat. I documentaries about expeditions, alpine ascents, alpine history, extreme skiing	Wanda Rutkiewicz		K2 Requiem
Cat. II films about climbing in rock and ice	Alun Hughes		Stonemonkey
Cat III films about adventure, nature and the environment	Romolo Nottaris		Metamorfosi
Jury Prize
	Bernard Giredeau		La face de l'Ogre

3rd Festival 1990

category	winner		Movie title
Cat. I documentaries about expeditions, alpine ascents, alpine history, extreme skiing	Kurt Diemberger
Cat. II films about climbing in rock and ice	Robert Nicod		Capitan crochet
Cat III films about adventure, nature and the environment	Alun Hughes		Waterfall kayak
Jury Prize
	François Enderlin		Cervin-mon amour

4th Festival 1992

category	winner		Movie title
Cat. I documentaries about expeditions, alpine ascents, alpine history, extreme skiing	Jérome Equer		Les paroios de la mémoire
Cat. II films about climbing in rock and ice	Kathrin Johnston , Ian Stobie		Over the edge
Cat III films about adventure, nature and the environment	Paul Cleary , Bernadette Cleary		Poles apart
Jury Prize
	Peter Müller		Between kitsch photo and death
Eastman Kodak Special Award
	Didier Lafond		Perret Stroika

5th Festival 1993

category	winner		Movie title
Cat. I documentaries about expeditions, alpine ascents, alpine history, extreme skiing	Michael Dillon		Everest sea to summit
Cat. II films about climbing in rock and ice	Marco Preti		Manolo
Cat III films about adventure	Glen Singleman		Baseclimb
Cat IV environmental and nature films	Frédéric Fougea		Il danse pour ses comorans
Jury Prize
	Ray Muller		The power of pictures-Leni Riefenstahl
Eastman Kodak Special Award
	Robert Winkler		The survivor

6th Festival 1994

category	winner		Movie title
Alpine documentation	Matt Dickinson		An Everest to climb
Climbing on rock and ice	Leo Dickinson		Grappling with the Ogre
Adventure films	Lutz Maurer & HP Stauber		Limitless adventure-the life of Heinrich Harrer
Environment and nature films	Yann Layma		Les sculpteursvde montagnes
Eastman Kodak Jury Prize
	Bernd Seidel		Mountains in the sea without water

7th Festival 1995

category	winner		Movie title
	Jean-Claude Jaud		Les quatre seasons du berger
Alpine camera in gold
Alpine documentation	Gian Luigi Quarti , Fulvio Mariani		L'uomo di legno
Climbing on rock and ice	Matjaz Fistravec		Without
Adventure films	Matt Dickinson		Stratosfear
Environment and nature films	Ian Mackenzie		Cry for the forgotten land
Jury Prize
			Land of Mountains
Eastman Kodak Special Award
	Vesna Arhar-Stih , Gaga Stojan		Life is mortally dangerous

Festivals 2006–2010

18th Festival 2006

Grand Prix Graz 2006
category	winner		Movie title
Alpine & foreign cultures	Fulvio Mariani , Mario Casella		Siachen - A War For Ice
Alpine camera in gold
Alpine documentation	Ludwig Ott		Death on Nanga Parbat - The Messner Tragedy
Climbing on rock & ice	Ermanno Salvaterra		Cerro Torre, el arca de los vientos
adventure	Sjur Paulsen		Loop
Nature & Environment	Jan Haft		The story of the flower meadow
Alpine & foreign cultures	Kurt Mayer		Carpathian Mountains - Life in Dracula's Forests
Jury Prize
Alpine & foreign cultures	Richard Ladkani , Kief Davidson		The Devil's Miner

19th Festival 2007

Grand Prix Graz 2007
category	winner		Movie title
Alpine & foreign cultures	Olivier Higgins , Mélanie Carrier		Asian courage
Alpine camera in gold
Alpine documentation	Andreas Nickel , Jürgen Czwienk		To the Third Pole - Part 1: Günter Oskar Dyhrenfurth
Climbing on rock & ice	Pepe Danquart		At the limit
adventure	Fulvio Mariani		Wings On Your Feet
Nature & Environment	Sasha Snow		Conflict Tiger
Alpine & foreign cultures	Jean-Michel Corillion		Becoming a Woman in Zanskar
Jury Prize
Alpine & foreign cultures	Christian Frei		In the valley of the great Buddhas

20th Festival 2008

Grand Prix Graz 2008
category	winner		Movie title
Alpine & foreign cultures	Giorgio Diritti		The Wind Blows Round
Alpine camera in gold
Alpine documentation	Edmond Offner		Jannu 20 years later
Climbing on rock & ice	Alun Hughes		Dringo i'r Eitha '(Climbing to the Limits)
adventure	Michael Bühler		The base jumpers from Lauterbrunnen. Athletes, weirdos, addicts
Nature & Environment	Ellen Windemuth , Marion Pöllmann		Forbidden Paradise - The Animals of Pripyat
Alpine & foreign cultures	Christian Gramstadt , Christian Weisenborn		Grüß Gott Gams - Felix and the mountain game shooters
Jury Prize
Alpine & foreign cultures	Eva Eckert		Eisenwurzen (The Musical)

21st Festival 2009

Grand Prix Graz 2009
category	winner		Movie title
Nature & Environment	Jan Haft		The myth of the forest part 1: Animal paradise and realm of shadows Part 2: The fight for light
Alpine camera in gold
Alpine documentation	Vlad Bykov		Russia's Face on K2
Climbing on rock & ice	Peter Mortimer , Nick Rosen		The Sharp End
adventure	Gerald Salmina		Mount St. Elias
Nature & Environment	Volker Barth		Sperm whale ahoy!
Alpine & foreign cultures	John Murray		Crossing the Himalayas
Jury Prize
Alpine & foreign cultures	Andy Gregg		The last nomads

22nd Festival 2010

Grand Prix Graz 2010
category	winner		Movie title
adventure	Christian Frei		Space Tourists
Alpine camera in gold
Climbing on rock & ice	Alastair Lee		Asgard Project
Climbing on rock & ice	Dave Brown		Welsh Connections
adventure	Jennifer Peedom , David Michôd		solo
Nature & Environment	Nicolas Vanier		The boy and the wolf
Alpine & foreign cultures	Jean-Michel Corillion		Chadar, the Ice Trail
Jury Prize
Alpine & foreign cultures	Tim Cope		In the footsteps of the nomads (parts 1–4)

Web links

• Official website
• The winners from 1986–2006

Individual evidence

1. ^ Winner 2006 , accessed November 18, 2010.