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See the world's best climbing films
Get excited for the outdoor season with inspiring documentaries, incredible scenery and extraordinary stories. All in one weekend at Showroom 👇
What if you built a life around climbing?
"Absolutely excellent climbing biopic with superb archive footage filmed by pioneer climbers Herb and Jan Conn between the 1940s and the 1980s. It's fascinating and extremely well made. This one's really worth your time."Â Paul Hodgson, ShAFF judge.
Catching Pinecones is showing in Climb Films 4.
If the Rocky films were about bouldering.
John “Verm” Sherman, legendary climber, raconteur and curmudgeon, has lost his mojo and wants it back. What better way to do that than by scaling Yosemite’s mythical Midnight Lightning? With the help of cheerfully sadistic trainer “Meatball”, he combats old age and beer for one last chance...
Old Man Lightning is showing in Climb Films 3.
Never-done-before climbs and descents.
A North Face expedition to Baffin Island, Canada. "Super ski-mountaineering film. Fabulous photography. Gut wrenching emotional twist. Great film." Paul Hodgson, ShAFF judge.
Earthside is showing in Mountain Films 2.
An ever-shifting, treacherous terrain.
No, not West Street. The unforgiving glacial landscape of Iceland. Jeff Mercier pushes himself and his sport ever further, even as the ice climbing season grows shorter each year. Other-worldly with some epic moves.Â
Ephemeral is showing in Spirit of Adventure Films 1.
The prodigy who turned climbing upside down.
The extraordinary life story Emily Harrington, as she sets her sights on a career-defining, record-breaking 24-hour ascent of Yosemite’s El Capitan. Equal parts gripping survival story and intimate portrait.
Girl Climber is showing in Climb Films 1.
Conquer Everest on a Sunday afternoon
Our Mountain Films 1 screening on Sunday is dedicated entirely to Everest.
Watch Andrzej Bargiel become the first person to summit, and ski back down, without bottled oxygen in an extraordinary Red Bull film. Gawp at continuous footage of the entire north side route. And follow filmmakers Matt and Dom as they try to find the exact spot where the first photograph of Everest was taken.
Never been climbing before? Try it at ShAFF! DC Outdoors are running taster sessions, including weaseling and abseiling in the Peaks, and an indoor roped session at Depot. Then once you've got the bug, get inspired with a film – obviously!
