Baltic Film Society Eiger

A unique Lithuanian documentary about mountaineers and their challenges on the six northern walls of the Alps.

In March-April 2015, the filmmakers travelled and lived together with a group of mountaineers in preparation for shooting the film in the French Alps, in Chamonix at the foot of Mont Blanc. The key focus of the film is placed on conquering the biggest north face in the alps, thhe complicated and legendary northern wall of the Eiger. The filmmakers attempted to show not only the sporty side of alpinism, but portray the beauty of the mountains and emotional experiences of the mountaineers in their risky undertaking. The film also tries to answer the eternal question of why people climb mountains. To great dismay, the Northern Wall project was marked with a tragic loss of one of the initiators of the film Artūras Bazys. Thus this film is dedicated to the memory of Artūras, the work of whom will have to finished by his colleagues.

The screening will be co-hosted by Rugile Bazyte, daughter of late mountaineer Arturas Bazys.