Ladek Mountain Festival (Polish name: Festiwal Górski im. Andrzeja Zawady w Lądku-Zdroju) is the largest and the oldest event of its kind in Poland and one the most important in the world.
Among our speakers we've been having the biggest names of the climbing and mountaineering community. We also hosted the Piolets d'Or Award Ceremonies for 3 years, 2018-2020.
Each year a couple of thousand enthusiasts of the mountain sports and outdoor adventures come in September to a little town of Ladek in the southwest of Poland (very close to Czech Republic and Germany) to participate in this gathering.
The Film Competition is one of the main axes of the festival, along with the Book Contest, key speakers’ presentations, outdoor workshops and music events.
As always, this year's edition will be full of films from around the world, meetings with filmmakers, networking opportunities, inspiration and good vibes.
We warmly invite you to share your mountain film with the Polish audience.
Also, come and join us in person!
The 2025 festival dates are September 4th to 7th.
2024 LINE-UP
https://www.festiwalgorski.pl/filmy-konkursowe-2024/
2024 WINNERS
https://www.festiwalgorski.pl/results-of-the-2024-ladek-mountain-festival-film-competition/
Grand Prize – 2500 EUR – Franklin
Best Film About Climbing – 800 EUR – Climbing Never Die (Reel Rok 18)
Best Film About Mountaineering – 800 EUR – Sophie Lavaud. The Final Summit
Best Film About People & Mountains – 800 EUR – Adra
Best Film About Mountain Sports – 800 EUR – Ashima
Best Film About Adventure & Exploration – 800 EUR – Chasing Casper
Best Polish Film – 2500 PLN – Postards From The Verge ("Pocztówki znad krawędzi")
Best Short Film – 600 EUR – The Slow Lane
People’s Choice Award – 2000 PLN – The Last Expedition ("Wanda Rutkiewicz. Ostatnia wyprawa")
2nd People's Choice Award – Stronger Than Ever ("Silniejszy")
3rd Choice's Choice Award – The Silent Escape ("W krainie ciszy")
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2023 LINE-UP
https://festiwalgorski2023.sched.com/directory/artists
2023 WINNERS
https://www.festiwalgorski.pl/en/results-of-the-2023-mountain-festival-film-competition/
Grand Prize – 2500 EUR – Ice Merchants
Best Film About Climbing – 600 EUR – Transcendence
Best Film About Mountaineering – 600 EUR – Burning the Flame (Reel Rock 17)
Best Film About Man & Mountains – 600 EUR – To the Hills & Back
Best Film About Mountain Sports – 600 EUR – Wild Waters
Best Film About Adventure & Exploration – 600 EUR – Subterranean
Best Polish Film – 2000 PLN – Życie w biegu (Life On a Run)
Best Short Film – 600 EUR – Egoland
People's Choice Award – 2000 PLN – Z góry widać lepiej (From Above You Can See Better)
People’s Choice Award 2nd place – Wild Waters
People’s Choice Award 3rd place – Subterranean
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2022 LINE-UP
https://festiwalgorski2022.sched.com/directory/artists
2022 WINNERS
https://www.festiwalgorski.pl/best-mountain-movies-2022/
Grand Prize - 12 000 PLN - A White Dream
Best Film About Climbing - 2000 PLN - The Way
Best Film About Mountaineering - 500 EUR - The Last Mountain. Story of Tom Ballard
Best Film About Man & Mountains - 500 EUR - Cows on the Roof
Best Film About Mountain Sports - 500 EUR - An Accidental Life
Best Film About Adventure and Exploration - 2500 PLN - House of the Gods
Best Polish Film - 500 EUR - The Way
Best Short Film - 500 EUR - Reel Rock 16: Big Things to Come
Honorable Mention - Sonder
Honorable Mention - Reel Rock 16: Barefoot Charles
People’s Choice Award - 2000 PLN - Polonina, My Dream
People’s Choice Award 2nd place - Kosiak
People’s Choice Award 3rd place - A White Dream
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2021 LINE-UP
https://festiwalgorski2021.sched.com/directory/artists
2021 WINNERS
https://www.festiwalgorski.pl/2021/09/28/the-best-mountain-movies-we-present-the-verdict-of-the-jury-and-of-the-audience/
Grand Prize – 10.000 PLN – "Everest. The Hard Way"
Best Climbing Film – 2000 PLN – "Action Directe" (Reel Rock 15)
Best Film About Man And Nature – 2000 PLN – "Big North"
Best Film About Adventure And Exploration – 500 EUR – "Godspeed, Los Polacos!"
Best Film About Man And Mountains – 2000 PLN – "My Upside Down World"
Best Film About Mountain Sports – 2000 PLN – "North Country"
Best Polish Film – 2000 PLN – "Our Mountains"
Best Short Film – 1000 PLN – "Migrants"
Honorable Mention – "Myrtle Simpson: A Life On Ice"
Honorable Mention – "Deep Roots" (Reel Rock 15)
Honorable Mention – "Climbing Iran"
People's Choice Award 1st place – 4000 PLN – "Black Ice" (Reel Rock 15)
People's Choice Award 2nd place – "Follow the Red Rabbit"
People's Choice Award 3rd place – "Shaman's Nightmare"