Academy Award-winning filmmakers Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin are back with a new daring documentary, Everest: The Other Side, that follows Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morisson as they pursue their dream to climb and ski Everest’s direct North Face, a feat no one had ever accomplished.
Directed by Vasarhelyi and Chin, the Oscar-winning filmmakers behind Free Solo and Meru, Everest: The Other Side premiered at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, followed by the Telluride Film Festival.
Up next, the film will continue to screen at the Toronto International Film Festival, Camden International Film Festival, and BFI London Film Festival, before opening exclusively in theaters and IMAX worldwide October 30.
Elite ski mountaineers Jim Morrison and Hilaree Nelson fell deeply in love while reaching the pinnacle of their sport. Their drive sharpened into a shared dream: to climb and ski the direct North Face of Everest – the most difficult and dangerous climb on the mountain and the most coveted ski line on earth. Thousands have summited the mountain via Nepal’s southeast ridge, but only a handful have ever reached the top by this route – and no one has successfully skied down. Already known for their extraordinary feats in the mountains and no strangers to loss, Morrison and Nelson stake everything on this daunting challenge.
“Everest: The Other Side,” the documentary from Walt Disney Studios, National Geographic Documentary Films, and Little Monster Films, is directed and produced by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, and produced by Shannon Dill, Anna Barnes, Bob Eisenhardt, and Janet Yang. The executive producers are Carolyn Bernstein, Tim Horsburgh, Nina Fialkow, David Fialkow, Andrew Reiner, Elizabeth Reiner, Moudhy Al-Rashid, Sam Frohman, Kenneth A. Howery, Jason Bowden, Will Griffith, Bettina Kadoorie. The film is edited by Bob Eisenhardt, ACE, and Simona Ferrari. The directors of photography are Clair Popkin, Jimmy Chin, and Christopher Murphy.
Watch the official trailer for Everest: The Other Side above.
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