Dundee Mountain Film Festival returns to city for 38th time

Lovers of the hills rejoice! Dundee Mountain Film Festival is returning to the city after a Covidrelated hiatus.

The event is the UK’S longest running film festival, featuring a three-day programme of international speakers, award-winning films, art, photography and exhibitions.

It starts on November 24 with former Lochaber Mountain Rescue guide Mick Tighe presenting films from his Scottish Mountain Heritage Collection, accompanied by live music and “diddling” from Steven Gellatly and Denis Shepherd.

Adventurer Pauline Sanderson speaks on November 25.

She’s the first person to tackle the world’s longest climb, from the Dead Sea to the summit of Everest, resulting in a Guinness World Record.

Courier columnist Alan Rowan gives the prestigious Irvine Butterfield Lecture on November 26 in a talk titled Mountains At Night: Three Decades Of Chasing The Moon, in which he’ll discuss his experiences of walking through the night.

Helen Mort will talk about her passion for mountaineering and womanhood.

International mountaineer Alan Hinkes closes the festival, talking about becoming the first Briton to summit all the world’s peaks over 8,000 metres.

The festival runs from November 24 to 26. dmff.co.uk

Mountaineering returns in cinematic form.