Kirk Horton on Character-Driven Documentary
In short films, strong characters are everything. Kirk: "You do really need a strong sense of character to sort of drive that narrative.
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Dom Bush on Storytelling with Authenticity
From leveraging new tech and tackling industry hurdles to staying true to ethical storytelling, Dom Bush shares what it takes to make an...
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London Mountain Film Festival 2024 Award Winners
As we approach the launch of LMFF 2025, we wanted to reflect on our winners from last year, to remind ourselves of the brilliance to...
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Help Fund a Documentary!
In the case of this latest film, the costs mount to a point that it grinds to a halt without financial input. Therefore I've gone for crowdf
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How-to Crowdfund a Documentary
With sponsor budgets under pressure and costs rising, filmmakers are struggling to avoid compromising the quality of their output....
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A young documentary filmmaker on the challenges of breaking through
Bristol-based Mark Vaughan has made his mark on the adventure film world with a couple of productions under the brand of Lightshed...
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Everest Revisited 1924-2024
In the Centenary year of the ill-fated Mallory-Irvine Everest expedition there has been a rush of new books, films, exhibitions and more,...
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Emma Crome's route to working in commercial filmmaking
Emma Crome's career in the outdoors market started in retail, and from there she's networked her way in to Coldhouse Collective , one of...
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Film review: A Crack in the Mountain
The old travel argument of people wanting to 'love what they see and protect what they love' is true to an extent, but of course the privile
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The Last English Poacher
In the award-winning short film The Last English Poacher (the first independent doc to come from Coldhouse), Brian roams his surrounding...
Sam Huby
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The Alpinist - a film review
Our premiere screening at last weekend's London Mountain Film Festival event was a sell-out - make sure you see this on the big screen...
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Nomadland - an adventure film in disguise
If media reviews are to be believed, Nomadland is a drama about financial collapse, community and learning to live with grief and loss....
Greg Hackett
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Film-maker Interview: Passages
Three women - strangers to each other - embark on a multisport expedition following the Koroc river in Nunavik. Travelling together...
Greg Hackett
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Jurria: The Guardians of the Pole
Have you heard of the Canarian Shepherd's Leap? It's the practice of using a long pole to move around the mountains swiftly, originally used
Greg Hackett
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The Mystery Mountain Project
In 1926, a young couple set off into the British Columbia wilderness in search of an undiscovered mountain. A century later a group of...
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Totally FKT
Totally FKT by Summit Fever Media follows two ultra runners, John Kelly and Damian Hall, as they attempt to break the Pennine Way FKT...
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The Cull: Scotland's Deer Dilemma
I think this film, and the reaction to it, has proved to us that there are audiences out there who want to see a different type of natural h
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An Extreme Sea To Summit Adventure
INSTILLED follows Andrea Mason as she embarks on an incredibly ambitious and extreme triathlon . In this film, we watch as she attempts...
Greg Hackett
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Paragliding the Indian Himalayas
You'll join two of the most experienced paragliding pilots around as they take us on a risky yet breathtaking exploration of the Spiti...
Greg Hackett
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The Inner City Meets the Mountains
Make sure you catch this moving film and join three disadvantaged teens from Atlanta as they attempt to climb four 12,000ft mountain...
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