“Hory a mesto - Mountains and City” Annual Festival of Mountain Film and Adventure is the biggest mountain and adventure film festival in central Europe and a sister festival of Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival (VIMFF). The Festival's goal is to approach the outdoor communities and city people and to offer them films and multimedia presentations dealing with mountain sports and mountain culture. The Festival also offers a platform for the exchange of ideas between filmmakers, outdoor activists, and the public, while at the same time supporting the most artistic and effective ways of communicating outdoor-related issues.

The main 5-day event takes place in Bratislava, Slovakia in March, followed by a series of outdoor screenings in the summer and a festival tour around 10+ Slovak towns in the fall.

Throughout our existence we have hosted the biggest outdoor stars in the world including:

2024: Catherine Destivelle, Hadley Hammer, Jana Švecová
2023: Czech and Slovak stars: Anna Hanuš Kuchařová, Jozef Krištoffy, Vlado Porvazník, Gusto Štibrányi, Luciša Hollá
2022: Janja Garnbret, Tadeja Magdič
2021: local stars like Mountain Lovers, Juraj Koreň and Martin Navrátil
2020: cancelled :(
2019: Tommy Caldwell, Mára Holeček, Laura Dekker
2018: Nina Caprez, Aaron Huey, Maurizio Giordani
2017: Kevin Jorgeson, Adam Ondra, Ines Papert
2016: Kurt Diemberger, Daila Ojeda, Gregg Losinski, Alberto Rizzi
2015: Sasha DiGiulian, David Lama, Maurizio Oviglia
2014: Tommy Caldwell, Silvia Vidal, Adam Pustelnik, Ola Dzik, Harald Philipp, Mára Holeček
2013: Alex Honnold, Manolo, Adam Ondra, Hans Rey
2012: Lynn Hill, Olaf Obsommer, Lutz Eichholtz
2011: Beat Kammerlander, Tommy O'Neill, Jesse Guthrie, Adam Ondra, Piotr Pustelnik
2010: Dean Potter, Krzysztof Wielicki, Hansjorg Auer
2009: Chris Sharma, Steph Davis, Thomas Oehler
2008: Alex Huber, Doug Scott, Adam Ondra
2007: Alain Robert, Klem Loskot
2006: Heinz Zak, Timmy O'Neill
2005: Jeff Lowe, Josune Bereziartu, Simon Yates
2004: Thomas Huber, Will Gadd, John Sherman
2003: Jim Bridwell, Peter Habeler, Silvia Vidal
2002: John Bachar, Alex Huber, Nazir Sabir
2001: Jerry Moffatt, Krzysztof Wielicki
2000: Silvo Karo, Alek Lwow

International Jury will award financial and other prizes in the following categories:

BEST FILM OVERALL (Festival Grand Prix) – 1.000 €
V4 PRIX (The award for the best film from the V4 countries) – 500 €
SLOVAK LITERARY FUND AWARD (for a Slovak filmmaker) – 700 €
Special mentions in the categories: *ROCK, *EARTH, *WATER, *AIR and *JURY AWARD
(* The jury may decide not to award one or more prizes if justified.)

(The jury may decide not to award one or more prizes if justified.)

ENGLISH (scroll down for Slovak)

1. We welcome documentary, fiction, animated and/or experimental features dealing with the mountain sports, mountain culture and environmental issues.

2. There is no duration limit.

3. Films in foreign languages other than Slovak or Czech and/or films without Slovak or Czech subtitles must be accompanied by English subtitles/transcript.

4. Films should not have an older production year than 2023.

5. We accept films produced in 2024 and 2023. Films that were already screened online or on TV will be accepted only if they are not freely available online at the time of entry.

6. Call for entries is open from November 15th, 2024 until January 15th, 2025 exclusively via FilmFreeway online entry system. Entries sent by e-mail or mail will not be accepted. By submitting your entry, you consent to processing of your personal data (name, e-mail address and phone number) and storing them in our database. You may withdraw your consent at any time.

7. The selection committee will select films for the film competition. Filmmakers will be informed about the status of their entry by January 31st, 2025.

In case you have any doubts or encounter any issues, please contact us at:

Ľubica Fenclová
lubica@horyamesto.sk
+421 949 626 870

SLOVAK

Pravidlá a požiadavky filmovej súťaže

1. Vítame dokumentárne, hrané, animované a/alebo experimentálne filmy s tematikou horskej kultúry a horských športov.

2. Časový rozsah filmu nie je obmedzený.

3. Filmy v cudzom jazyku, inom ako slovenčina alebo čeština a/alebo filmy bez slovenských alebo českých titulkov musia mať vložené anglické titulky/prepis.

4. Filmy by nemali mať starší rok výroby ako 2023.

5. Filmy staršie než s rokom výroby 2023 je možné prihlásiť len za podmienky, že nemali celoslovenskú (napr. televíznu) premiéru, neboli v slovenskej distribúcii a nie sú voľne prístupné na internete.
Filmy je možné prihlásiť aj v prípade, že už mali online alebo televíznu premiéru. Nemali by byť však voľne dostupné na internete v čase prihlasovania a v prípade zaradenia do súťaže ani v období pred festivalom.

6. Prihlasovanie prebieha od 15.11.2024 do 15.1.2025 výlučne cez online systém FilmFreeway. Prihlášky zaslané e-mailom alebo poštou nebudú akceptované. Vyplnením online formulára nám dávate dobrovoľný súhlas so spracovaním osobných údajov v rozsahu meno, e-mail, telefónne číslo, a s ich následnou archiváciou v databáze festivalu, a to výlučne na účely spojené s filmovou prehliadkou.

7. Výberová komisia vyberie filmy pre festivalovú prehliadku. Filmových tvorcov vybraných filmov budeme kontaktovať do 31.1.2025.

V prípade akýchkoľvek informácií nás kontaktujte:

Ľubica Fenclová
lubica@horyamesto.sk
+421 949 626 870

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  • Mitja Legat

    Really proud to be a part of this festival! One of the best communications with the team!

    April 2025
  • Alfonso García Franco

    Very good festival. Good communication and good vibes.

    April 2025
  • Miroslav Haluza

    It is one of the most prestigious outdoor film festivals in Europe. They accept only high quality adventure outdoor film production. Also it is projected in multicinema - Cinema city so both sound and visual level is great.
    I am so glad that I won the best film and received prestigious V4 award together with 500 Euro reward.
    The only thing I would mention is that I would love to take the price personaly in Bratislava but may be it was not possible for some reasons.
    If you make great outdoor film production this is the festival for you.

    April 2024
  • Caroline Côté

    Thanks guys! It was so nice. See you next time. Suzana you are the best.

    August 2022
  • Great festival! Looking forward to the next one.

    August 2021
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    Response from festival:

    Thanks, Harry! We all loved Fly the Roof!