Interview: Catherine Destivelle – The Beauty And Joy Of The Ascent
#interview #rockclimbing #alpinism #freeclimbing Catherine Destivelle is one of those unique alpinists of all times who raised the standards and gracefully revealed the beauty beyond the difficulties of any ascent. Climbing some of the biggest routes in the Alps in hear teen years, Catherine had a staggering evolution in sport climbing in the ‘80s, becoming soon the first woman to redpoint 8a. With a genuine passion for free soloing, Catherine Destivelle has broken gender barriers in alpinism [...]
Interview: Daniel Bleuer On The Making Of Paradice
#interview #iceclimbing #newgeneration Since it is ice climbing season, we are glad to present the story behind the impressive manifesto of Paradice (A journey into frozen waterfalls) the adventure short directed by the swiss team formed of Daniel Bleuer, Jonas Schild and Nicolas Hojac. The movie impressed our Transylvania Mountain Festival film jury with its inspiring scenes and the message carried to the audience by the three top mountaineers and climbers. Still shot during the Paradice [...]
Cucaș Mountains: More Than A Winter Tale, An Emotion Or An Immaculate Dream
#hiking #Ciucaș #Carpathians #VerticalStories #Garmin #InstinctSolar Rodica Voicu, a supporter of the TMF initiative continues her adventures along the Garmin Instinct Solar smartwatch in the Carpathians of Romania! This time, Rodica invited us in Ciucaș mountains in the Carpathians of Curvature! WE hope that her joyful way of telling mountain stories, will be an incentive to explore the mountains of Romania Rodica Voicu in Ciucaș Mountains / photo: Mihai David Ciucaș Mountains: Winter Hiking I was [...]
Interview: Marc Brulard – Winner of Transylvania Mountain Festival 2020 Film Award
#interview #MarcBrulard #TMF2020 #film #winner #award Marc Brulard is one of those genuinely passionate people who chose an all in strategy for the yearly competitions of Transylvania Mountain Festival! And it definitely did worth it! He impressed the jury with both his real life documentary on mountaineering and his way of declining the vertical story theme during his photography selection. Bringing a raw and honest perspective on how people and women are approaching mountaineering and climbing, Marc [...]
Behind The Scenes: Tic-Toc – Crossing The Valdivian Forest
#interview #kayak #exploration #Valdivian #Chile Straight form Argentina, Tic-Toc was a film project that the public at Transylvania Mountain festival enjoyed a lot! It is a thrilling kayakers story about a group of explorers who try to reach the Trébol Lake, crossing through the Valdivian rainforest in the Aysen region, in Chile. The adventure short is directed by a team of two: Bianca Fidani and Nils Bailey. The amazing bbe team with Bianca and Nils on [...]
Winter on Moldoveanu Peak: Snow, Starry Sky, The Joy of Ascent and Garmin Technology
#hiking #Făgărași #Moldoveanu #VerticalStories #Garmin #technology At Transylvania Mountain Festival we rejoice for each mountain story shared by the people close to us. This year, we had the joy to meet Rodica Voicu, a supporter of the TMF initiatives, who has been following us from the distance, online and has won the nice Garmin Instinct Solar, orchid color, offered by Garmin Romania at the festival raffle! Being a scientist and mathematician, passionate by the mountains and mountaineering, Rodica thought [...]
Transylvania Mountain Festival 2020 Official Aftermovie
Transylvania Mountain Festival 2020 | Vertical Stories Transylvania Mountain Festival 2020, in its hybrid, all-mountain format was a total hit! 5 weeks of refreshing tours, workshops, trips, online films and photo exhibitions centered around one common passion: the Mountains. #VerticalStories, the 3rd edition of our friendly festival was an incredible adventure! We owe it to the most amazing global outdoor tribe gathered around the TMF spirit. In spite of the coronavirus global pandemic, 744 mountaineers, athletes, artists, [...]
Transylvania Mountain Festival 2020 – A Story of Verticality
A Friendly Review Transylvania Mountain Festival 2020, was definitely an edition to remember for the entire mountain community! While navigating through the turmoil of the global pandemic, this team gracefully deployed an all-mountain, hybrid event format. “Vertical Stories” - the lead theme of the TMF 2020 edition was present in the entire creative output of the mountain festival and in the actions of the TMF team, who carefully distributed the festival program across five weeks, from October [...]
Transylvania Mountain Festival Awards 2020
#VerticalStories The highlight of Transylvania Mountain Festival is always the moment of announcing the winners of the TMF awards! The 3rd expEdition has probably been the most difficult by now, but TMF team has turned it with great agility and creativity into a hybrid program in an ALL MOUNTAIN format. The four annual competitions occurred as scheduled, in spite of the economic context of 2020, and the festival schedule was extended to a 5 week plan, from [...]
TRANSYLVANIA MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL 2020 | OFFICIAL FILM SELECTION (PART III)
Films of the week - November 16 – 22 #VerticalStories In November, the 3rd expedition of Transylvania Mountain Festival deployed in an all-mountain format, brings to the public and the festival friends the 2020 Official Film Selection! Given the current conditions in Romania and abroad, the online film collection and the viewing duration is extended by courtesy of the team. You are welcome to find inspiration from the #VerticalStories submitted in the competition this year. In order [...]
TRANSYLVANIA MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL 2020 | OFFICIAL FILM SELECTION (PART II)
Films of the week - November 9 – 15 #VerticalStories In November, the 3rd expedition of Transylvania Mountain Festival deployed in an all-mountain format, brings to the public and the festival friends the 2020 Official Film Selection! Given the current conditions, we will launch each day a film or a short, online. You are welcome ti find inspiration from the #VerticalStories submitted in the competition this year. In order to have access to the full TMF 2020 [...]
TRANSYLVANIA MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL 2020 | OFFICIAL FILM SELECTION (PART I)
Films of the week - November 2 – 8 #VerticalStories In November, the 3rd expedition of Transylvania Mountain Festival deployed in an all-mountain format, brings to the public and the festival friends the 2020 Official Film Selection! Given the current conditions, we will launch each day a film or a short, online. You are welcome ti find inspiration from the #VerticalStories submitted in the competition this year. In order to have access to the full TMF 2020 [...]
Transylvania Mountain Festival 2020 | All Mountain Format
Schedule | October 20 - November 15 The 3rd expedition of the international mountain festival Transylvania Mountain Festival will be held during October 20 – November 15, in a mixed, „all-mountain“ style, adjusted to the current siatution. The theme of TMF 2020 – Vertical Stories – enjoyed a wide participation, from 12 countries, from 5 continents! In order to compliment all the participants who submitted mountain films, mountain photos, innovative environment and sport projects, Transylvania Mountain festival [...]
TMF 2020 Mountain Photography Official Exhibition
20 October - 30 October | Institut Français Cluj @ TRANSYLVANIA MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL 2020 Sincere congratulations to all those who participated in the mountain photography competition, this complicated year! We are pleased to announce that the jury has completed the official selection of photos that will be presented at the annual Transylvania Mountain Festival photography exhibition. Due to the current context, the traditional TMF program was fragmented during 4 weeks when outdoor activities and actions predominate. The [...]
ALTITUDES | Mountain Photography Exhibition
October 20 - 30, 2020 @ TRANSYLVANIA MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL 2020 Tuesday, October, we officially launch ALTITUDES the mountain photography exhibition, featuring works from Alex Sava and Dan Tăuțan, members of our photography competition jury. The works were selected under the inspiration of Transylvania Mountain Festival 2020 key theme: vertical stories. The photos will be exhibited in La Cave art gallery hosted by our partner Institut Francais de Cluj-Napoca, for 2 weeks, until October 30. The vernissage will [...]