Movie
Annapurna: Dreams and Nightmares
2026 · 115 min
A raw, introspective climb that trades triumph for fear and failure, leaving you uneasy and moved by fragile human drive.
- Directed by
- Don Bowie
- Genres
- Documentary, Adventure
- Starring
- Don Bowie, Ueli Steck, Horia Colibășanu
- Overview
- Annapurna: Dreams and Nightmares is a 2026 documentary film by Thin Air Cinematics that challenges the traditional "man-conquers-mountain" story by exploring high-altitude mountaineering through failure, fear and human obsession Filmed over 13 years, spanning 6 expeditions on 5 different climbing routes, this deeply personal documentary is an unflinching exploration into the life and mind of a high-altitude climber. What begins with a dream becomes obsession, and ultimately a reckoning with why we climb in the first place.
- How it feels
- Bleak, tense, melancholic and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Obsession, survival, death, isolation
- Content
- Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Don Bowie
- Genres
- Documentary, Adventure
- Starring
- Don Bowie, Ueli Steck, Horia Colibășanu
