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Encounters at the End of the World
Experience the first successful ascent of Everest with this landmark in expedition filmmaking.
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Director
Werner Herzog
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USA 2007. 101min
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35mm
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Certificate
U
No stranger to extreme environments, Herzog answered the call of Antarctica with relish – filming its people and places with almost no forward planning (a mad venture in almost any other filmmaker’s hands). Joined by cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger, he encounters a scale of human activity unrecognisable a century ago, examining the inner lives beyond the blank, beautiful expanses of this frozen continent.
+ A Short Film About Ice
UK 2020. Dir Adam Laity. 28min
A multiple award-winning film-poem documenting the journey of a cinematographer through the fragile landscapes of the Arctic.
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