The CALL Film Festival is delighted to present the world’s first cinematic retrospective of, with, and about the most significant mountaineer, boundary-pusher, and adventurer of our time: Reinhold Messner. At the festival, you can also experience Reinhold Messner in person at a masterclass, a lecture, Q&A sessions, and an autograph session.
You can see these films at the CALL Film Festival:
Gasherbrum – The Luminous Mountain
Thursday, 28 May 2026, 1.30 p.m., Kursaal. The grand CALL Film Festival opening. Opening film and masterclass with Reinhold Messner.
Sunday, 31 May 2026, 10.00 a.m., Congress Centre. Matinee with two films: Gasherbrum – The Luminous Mountain. Sturm am Manaslu (Storm on Manaslu).
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Starring: Reinhold Messner, Hans Kammerlander, Werner Herzog
Everest – The Last Step
Thursday, 28 May 2026, 4.30 p.m. With masterclass by Reinhold Messner and prominent guests.
Directed by: Reinhold Messner
Starring: Simon Messner, Philipp Brugger, Peter Habeler, Reinhold Messner
Still Alive – Drama on Mt. Kenya
Friday, 29 May 2026, 10.00 a.m., Kursaal.
Directed by: Reinhold Messner
Starring: Hansjörg Auer, Vitus Auer, Gert Judmaier, Oswald Ölz
K2 – The Great Dispute
Saturday, 30 May 2026, 10.00 a.m., Congress Centre.
Directed by: Reinhold Messner
Starring: Reinhold Messner
Sturm am Manaslu (Storm on Manaslu)
Sunday, 31 May 2026, 10.00 a.m., Congress Centre. Matinee with two films: Gasherbrum – The Luminous Mountain. Sturm am Manaslu (Storm on Manaslu).
Directed by: Reinhold Messner
Starring: Reinhold Messner, Hans Kammerlander
Ama Dablam – The Sacred Mountain
Saturday, 30 May 2026, 11.45 a.m., Congress Centre. With masterclass by Reinhold Messner.
Directed by: Reinhold Messner
Starring: Reinhold Messner
The Cerro Torre Myth – Reinhold Messner Investigates
Saturday, 30 May 2026, 1.45 p.m., Congress Centre.
Directed by: Reinhold Messner
Starring: Reinhold Messner, David Lama, Cesare Maestri
Messner’s Himalayas (3 Episodes)
Saturday, 30 May 2026, 4.00 p.m., Congress Centre.
Directed by: Reinhold Messner
Starring: Reinhold Messner, local inhabitants of the Himalayas
Further details on the Reinhold Messner Retrospective will be published here on an ongoing basis.
