Mountain Film Festivals
| DUNDEE MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL The DMFF has run for 26 years and is Scotland's longest running mountain film festival featuring over that period most of the world's most famous climbers, explorers, outdoor enthusiasts and conservationists. Sir Chris Bonnington, Doug Scott, Rhinehold Messner, Catherine Destivelle, Kurt Diemburger, Stephen Venables, Hamish Brown and Hamish McInnes have all given lectures over the years. Mountain photography competitions and Art exhibitions together with stalls selling mountaineering books, clothes and gear made this the benchmark festival of Scotland's outdoor people. The Festival is held in the Bonar Hall in November annually. |
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| EDINBURGH MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL The initial festival was held in 2003 and apart from featuring climbing and moiuntaineering covers ski-ing, snowboarding, base jumping, mountain biking, kayaking and exploration.The Festival is held in October in the George Square Lecture Theatre of Edinburgh University, Newington. 'The Festival is currently seeking exciting, unusual and intriguing new films for its next event. A prize of £250 will be won by the best film, as voted by our judging panel. There is also a prize of £150 for the Best Climbing film and £50 for the People's Choice Award.' |
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| FORT WILLIAM MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL A celebration of mountain culture featuring lectures and films including a selection from the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour. The Festival is held in March in the Nevis Centre Festival Theatre. 'The Fort William Mountain Festival are delighted to announce that Dave 'Cubby' Cuthbertson, a climber, mountain guide and mountain photographer, who has been inextricably linked to the development of cutting edge climbing in Scotland for the past two and a half decades, will be the new Patron of the Fort William Mountain Festival.' |
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