Kendal Mountain Festival: The Film Edit

Join us for a special evening celebrating the spirit of adventure, with a lovingly curated selection of films fresh from the Kendal Mountain Festival.

Bringing together powerful stories from around the world, this collection features stunning landscapes, people, passion, and a shared love of the outdoors that connects us all. Whether it’s climbing, running, exploring, or simply finding joy in wild places, these films reflect the experiences that resonate close to home. Can’t make it to Kendal? Come along, meet fellow enthusiasts, and be inspired together. It’s a chance to gather, connect, and celebrate the adventurous spirit that makes our community special.

About Kendal Mountain Festival:

Established in 1980, Kendal Mountain Festival celebrates all aspects of outdoor and adventure culture. An internationally-acclaimed gathering for filmmakers, writers, adventurers, and enthusiasts, the Festival showcases films, talks, exhibitions, and activities that inspire a love for the outdoors. Kendal Mountain is a global platform for sharing stories of nature, exploration, adventure, and discovery. During the four-day Festival, held 19-22nd November 2026, over 200 live sessions – including 300+ speakers, 150+ films, and 60+ activities – engage over 25,000 adventure-seekers and outdoor enthusiasts.

Films:

Surfing with a Penguin

8 mins dir Will Bendix

From sharks to seals to whales and everything in-between, Cape Town in South Africa is renowned for wildlife encounters in the water. But it’s rare for surfers to see a penguin, let alone share a few waves with one – until this little guy came along.

Virtus - The Four P’s

11 mins dir Toby Roney

Virtus is a short film centred on Ed Jackson’s climb of the Matterhorn, but at its core it is not really about the mountain. It is about the values that have shaped who Ed is after trauma: Purpose, Perspective, Progress and Perseverance. Rather than focusing only on his spinal cord injury or the physical challenge itself, the film explores the mindset behind his journey and the principles that continue to guide his life. Through scenes from the climb, moments from recovery, and links to the Millimetres to Mountains community, the film looks at how challenge can rebuild identity, deepen perspective and create meaningful growth.

It takes Two to Tandem

6mins dir Catherine Aeppel, Anna Wilder-Burns

It Takes Two to Tandem is a feel-good short following longtime riding partners Sam and Jazz as they take a tandem bike across some of their favorite trails, marking ten years since their first tandem adventure together. Part celebration, part reflection, the film explores friendship, trust, and the rare joy of moving through the world in sync.

Zuma Rock

34 mins dir Luke Logan-Malik

Rotimi, an amateur climber and writer from London with deep family roots in Nigeria sets out to achieve the unthinkable: a first ascent of Zuma Rock, a 300 meter monolith considered sacred by the communities who live in its shadow. To do it, he enlists Olympic climbing champion Shauna Coxsey but neither of them has ever tackled a wall of this scale.

Find Mòr

28 mins dir Steve Small

Exploration. Community. Discovery.

Scotland still has its mysteries roaring in remote glens and sometimes hidden in plain sight. Find Mòr follows a group of canyoneers over the span of two years as they embark on a journey of exploration into the hidden corners of the Scottish Highlands.

The film offers a unique perspective from within the relatively unknown niche community and discovers the myriad motivations that drive this passion of curiosity.

Having set off in search of uncharted canyons, they find true adventure and connection, to people and place.

"You come for the canyons but stay for the people."

Hunter’s Moon

14 mins dir Christina Lusti, Gee Pierrel

Mountaineers Christina Lusti and Gee Pierrel are the first to summit and ski Mt. Cook, NZ in which they called their run, "Hunter's Moon."