Project Detail

The Last First: Winter K2

Synopsis

The race to grab the last great prize in mountaineering, K2 in winter, left five dead. It exposed deep fault lines in alpinism today: pressures from commercialisation, toxic effects of social media, and long-brewing tensions between those who’ve been marginalised and those who’ve always basked in the sport’s glory.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2026 - World premiere

Details

Year: 2026
Type of project: Features
Director: Amir Bar-Lev
Producer: John Battsek, Sean Richard, Sarah Thomson, Howard T. Owens, Ben Silverman
Executive Producer: Amir Bar-Lev, Ali Brown, Kerstin Emhoff, Will Kane, James Packer
Editor: Joe Carey
Director of Photography: Will Pugh
Composer: Tom Hodge

Genre

Sport

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

UK, US co-production

Object (UK), Propagate Content (US), Ventureland (US), West Buttermilk (US)

Object

c/o Ventureland

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