Mountain film festival
First Prize: Carlos Soria and K2: A life in the mountain
1. Director: Aitor Bárez
2. Producer: Avista Multimedia, www.avistamultimedia.com
3. Year: 2004
4. Summary:Carlos Soria is the oldest mountain climber ever to have done the K2 ascent. The documentary film describes his profile as a sportsman and narrates the K2 expedition from the beginning to the summit.
5. Director’s resume. Aitor B’arez heads producer Avista Multimedia specialized in sports and climbing spots. He was previously camera operator for TVE’s On the edge broadcast.
6. Length: 56 min
7. www.avistamultimedia.com
Prize : Alpamayo de Plata.
Audience award
Audience award: First Prize: Carlos Soria and K2: A life in the mountain
Prize : Alpamayo de Plata.
Special mentions were awarded to the following films:
- Climbing the Copa: Overall first path to the Copa’s south summit
Producer : Enrico Rosso and Don Bosco Marcara guides- Italy / Peru
- Lotus Flower : Located in the circus of unclimbables, the elegance of these 600 meters of pure granite can only be compared to the beauty of climbing it. Arnaud Petit, Stephanie Bidet, Beth Rodden and Tommy Caldwell were there. Filmed by Robert de Benoist.
Director: Guillaume Broust - France
Producer: PETZL - France
- In Americo’s footsteps : Back in the eighties, Americo Tordoya Cornejo was reputed as the Peruvian Andes mountain climber with the greatest potential worldwide. His continuous mountain prowesses featured prominently in the specialized media of the time. He climbed not less than 40 mountains in Peru and overseas. On January 24, 1983 an avalanche in El Juncal snowcapped mountain in Chile truncated the aspirations of Peru’s youngest and most outstanding mountain climber.
Director : Pedro Noguchi Ishimatsu - Peru
Producer : TeleAndes Producciones – Peru
