THE WALL OF SHADOWS

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Documentary, Poland, Germany, Switzerland 2020
Runtime: 92 min. / 52 min.
Director: Eliza Kubarska
Production: Braidmadefilms

Award winning director Eliza Kubarska (K2 – TOUCHING THE SKY) returns to the Himalaya. A Sherpa family breaks a taboo and climbs Kumbakarna, the most holy of mountains, to earn money for their son’s education. They accompany a European expedition on a wall that has never been climbed before. Will they face the wrath of the mountain Gods?

Festivals: Hot Docs, Millenium Docs Against Gravity, DMZ Docs, Bergen IFF, Jihlava IFF, BANFF, Torelló Mountain FF, Kendal Mountain FF, NAFF, DocPoint Helsinki, DocPoint Tallinn, Vermont Mountain Film Festival, Ulju Mountain FF, Women FF Jerusalem, Salem IFF

Awards:

GRAND PRIX of Documentaire Extraordinaire competition – Bergen International Film Festival (Norway, www.BIF.no), 2020
GRAND PRIX – Festival International du Film Alpin des Diablerets (Switzerland),        www.FIFAD.ch
GRAND PRIX – Ulju Mountain Film Festival (SKorea)
GRAND PRIX – Cervino Cine Mountain Film Festival (Italy). Grand Prix for winners of multiple awards at Internatinal Alliance of Mountain Film, called “mountain OSCAR“.
GRAND PRIX – Domzale Mountain Film Festival (Slo)
GRAND PRIX  –  Alpin Film Festival, Bresov, Romania
GRAND PRIX – Echo Mountain Film Festival, Macedonia
GRAND PRIX – La Rochelle Adventure Film Festival (FR)
Best Film of the Year – Nordic Adventure Film Festival (Denmark)
Best Film (Climbing cat.) – Banff Mountain Film Festival (CA)
Best Adventure Film – VIMFF  Vancouver Int. Mountain Film Festival (CA)
Best Mountain Film, Polish film competition – Krakow Mountain Festival (PL)
Best Polish Film, 2020 – Lądek Zdrój Mountain Festival
Best Polish Film – Moc Gór – Mountain Spirit Festival ZAKOPANE
Youth Jury Award – Moc Gór – Mountain Spirit Festival ZAKOPANE
Special Jury Prize – Chamonix Film Festival (FR)
MARIO BELLO Prize – Trento Film Festival (IT)
Best Feature Film – Rain International Nature Film Festival (India) – CRYSTAL ELEPHANT AWARD
Best Mountain Culture Film – Torello Mountain Film Festival (Spain)
Best Photography Award – Torello Mountain Film Festival
Audience Award (Silesian Voivodeship), 2020 – Millenium DOCS AGAINST GRAVITY
Best documentary nomination – ORŁY – Polskie Nagrody Filmowe
Best Cinematography for “The Wall of Shadows” for DoP Piotr Rosołowski, Polish Society of Cinematographers 2021
American Cinematographer Award – Salem Film Festival (USA) for The Wall of Shadows – Piotr Rosołowski/ Keith Partridge
Special Mention – Hory a Mesto, International Mountain Film Festival (Slovakia)
German Camera Award – nomination
Zurcher Film Prize (Switzerland) – winner
Best screenplay / Peter Atanasov Award for Eliza Kubarska – Bansko Film Fest (Bulgaria)
Le prix de la cinémathèque de montagne 2021  – 13 reconteres de la cinemateque montagne (Gap, FR)
GRAND PRIX – DMFF/Dutch Mountain Film Festival  (Netherlands)