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| dates and duration = March, end, 3 days | | dates and duration = March, end, 3 days | ||
| duration weeks = 13,14 (2011) 14 (2012) 16 (2013) 9 (2014) | | duration weeks = 13,14 (2011) 14 (2012) 16 (2013) 9 (2014) | ||
− | | festival dates = 23.2.2015 - 27.2.2015, 15.2.2016 - 19.2.2016, 20.2.2017 - 26.2.2017 | + | | festival dates = 23.2.2015 - 27.2.2015, 15.2.2016 - 19.2.2016, 20.2.2017 - 26.2.2017, 26.2.2018 – 2.3.2018 |
| contacts = {{Contact | | contacts = {{Contact | ||
| name = Silvo Karo | | name = Silvo Karo |
The festival is produced by Društvo za gorsko kulturo (Society for Mountain Culture) and co-produced by Cankarjev dom, where most of the festival's events occur. However, screenings tend to take place all over Slovenia, with some of the venues being the Franc Bernik Culture House, Domžale, the Nova Gorica Arts Centre, the Art kino Metropol Celje and the Slovenian Alpine Museum.
Since the beginning the festival has been led by its founder, the legendary mountaineer Silvo Karo. In 2010 the International Festival of Mountain Film became a member of the International Alliance for Mountain Film.
The gathered audience for a lecture by the legendary female climber Lynn Hill, taking place at Cankarjev dom, 2015.
The festival's film programme has 5 main categories: Mountaineering; Climbing; Mountains, sports and adventure; Mountain nature and culture; and (sometimes) Retrospective. In each of these categories (excluding retrospective) the best film is chosen and awarded by the international jury, which also awards the best short film prize.
There are also awards given by the Mountaineering Association of Slovenia and RTV Slovenia), as well as the "Viewer's Choice" award, selected by the audience. From 2007 until 2015, the Main Prize has been awarded to the following films: L’Abisso (Italy), Baffin, l’île aux enfants (France), Unknown Antarctica (Slovakia), Asgard Project (Great Britain), Voyage au bout de l’hiver (France), Art of Freedom (Poland), Mimalaya, le vilage suspendu (France), The Summit (Ireland), Jeff Lowe’s Metanoia (USA).
Kurt Diemberger, an Austrian mountaineer and author of several books. The only living person who has made the first ascents on two mountains over 8,000 metres. His lecture took place at Cankarjev dom, 2016.
Culture.si offers information on Slovene cultural producers, venues, festivals and support services, all in one place. It encourages international cultural exchange in the fields of arts, culture and heritage. The portal and its content is owned and funded by the Ministry of Culture, funded by the European Union Recovery and Resilience Plan and developed by Ljudmila Art and Science Laboratory.