“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 late March, followed by a series of outdoor screenings in the summer and a festival tour around 13+ Slovak towns in the fall.

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

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 Onda, Hans Rey
2012: Lynn Hill, Olaf Obsommer, Lutz Eichholtz
2011: Beat Kammerlander, Tommy O'Neill, Jessu 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 Leskot
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

Awards & Prizes

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

BEST FILM OVERALL (Festival Grand Prix) – 1000 €
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.)

Rules & Terms

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. We accept films produced in 2020 - 2022. 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.

5. Call for entries is open from December 1st, 2021 until March 31st, 2022 exclusively via FilmFreeway online entry system. Entries sent by e-mail or mail with 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.

6. The selection committee will select films for the film competition. Filmmakers will be informed about the status of their entry by April 15th, 2022.

In case you have any doubts or encounter any issues, please contact us at:
Zuzana Greksáková
Programming Director
zuzana@horyamesto.sk
+421 903 304 302

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 by nemali mať starší rok výroby ako 2020.

4. Filmy v inom ako anglickom jazyku musia obsahovať anglické titulky, keďže ich bude hodnotiť medzinárodná porota. Filmy bez anglických titulkov môžu súťažiť iba o Cenu literárneho fondu.

5. 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 1. 12. 2021 do 31. 3. 2022 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. Tento súhlas môžete hocikedy odvolať.

7. Výberová komisia vyberie filmy do festivalovej súťaže. Filmových tvorcov vybraných filmov budeme kontaktovať do 15. 4. 2022.

V prípade akýchkoľvek otázok nás kontaktujte:

Zuzana Greksáková
programová riaditeľka
zuzana@horyamesto.sk
+421 903 304 302

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  • Harry Seagar

    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!

  • Olaf Obsommer

    Awesome as usual. Looking forward to next year.

    June 2021
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you, Olaf, always pleasure having your films at our festival!

  • antonin michaud-soret

    That was perfect ! Thanks a lot for screening our movie !

    April 2019
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you, Antonin, for being part of our festival. We look forward to your upcoming films!

  • Paweł Jaworski

    I think it is Nice Festival .

    April 2019
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you, Pawel! And thank you for being part of our 20th edition!