Reel Rock: Riders on the Storm

2025

Big wall climber Siebe Vanhee enlists Drew Smith and fellow Belgian countrymen Nico Favresse and Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll to attempt the first free ascent of the elusive Riders on the Storm route on the East Face of Patagonia’s Torre Central.


Country
USA
Category
Films, Mountaineering
Director
Josh Lowell
Duration
28 minutes
Language
English
Subtitles language
Slovenian
Festival year
20.FGF, 2026

Awards


Best Mountaineering Film

Best Mountaineering Film

Three of the best big wall climbers of their generation attempt one of the last great unsolved problems in Patagonia. This is an inspiring, fast-moving film told with typical Belgian humour, that combines elite climbing skills with the capacity to embrace suffering with a smile.

Screening


Tuesday, 10. 2. 2026

20:00
Mestni kino Domžale, Domžale
V sklopu
C’era una volta ad est

C'era una volta ad est

25 min
Climbing, Films
The Extra Mile

Um passo a mais

26 min
Films, Mountaineering
28 min
Films, Mountaineering

Thursday, 12. 2. 2026

18:00
Cankarjev dom, Kosovelova dvorana, Ljubljana
V sklopu
C’era una volta ad est

C'era una volta ad est

25 min
Climbing, Films
The Extra Mile

Um passo a mais

26 min
Films, Mountaineering
28 min
Films, Mountaineering

Friday, 13. 2. 2026

20:00
Kino Radolca, Radovljica
V sklopu
26 min
Films, Mountains, sports and adventure
28 min
Films, Mountains, sports and adventure
28 min
Films, Mountaineering

Saturday, 14. 2. 2026

18:00
Mestni kino Domžale, Domžale
V sklopu
26 min
Films, Mountains, sports and adventure
28 min
Films, Mountains, sports and adventure
28 min
Films, Mountaineering