The Summit wins both Best Mountaineering Film and The Grand Prize at the 2014 Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival. See More

Irish movie The Summit continues awards success. Tragic deaths of 11 mountain climbers, including Limerick man Ger McDonnell. See More

Pemba Gyalje Sherpa was part of the group of climbers who in early August 2008 began the last leg of their summit of K2, a Mountian in the heart of the. See More

With its near constant threat from avalanches and alpine blizzards, not to mention a steep, icy summit that requires the utmost physical and mental skill to conquer. See More

With its near constant threat from avalanches and alpine blizzards, not to mention a steep, icy summit that requires the utmost physical and mental skill to conquer. See More

It is the most dangerous mountain on Earth. Out of every four climbers who make it to the top, an estimated 300, only three will make it back down again alive. See More

There are risks and adventures people seek out to cross off a bucket list, to fulfill a lifelong dream or to give meaning to their life. Often, when said mission is. See More

“The Summit” chronicles the story of an 2008 expedition to the famed K2, one of Earth’s most deadliest mountains and 2nd tallest, where 11 climbers perished. See More

The Summit mashes up actual footage, interviews and re-creations into a fairly seamless story about the climbers who attempted to reach the peak of K2. See More

On August 1, 2008, 18 climbers out of a group of 31 managed to summit K2, the second-highest peak in the world and by many accounts the most treacherous. See More

IF YOU WONDER what drives someone to want to climb mountains, look elsewhere. The documentary The Summit blows off any expectation that. See More

I’d never, as far I know, met anyone who’d climbed Mount Everest even once, so I didn’t quite know what to expect from Pemba Gyalje Sherpa. See More

This pulsating documentary reconstructs the deadly 48-hour period on Aug. 1 and 2, 2008, when 11 out of 18 mountain climbers died on K2. See More

The absorbing documentary deftly tells the complex story about a tragic attempt climbing K2 in the Himalayas. Nick Ryan directs. K2 in the Himalayas. See More

11 of the world's best climbers died trying to scale K2 in 2008 in what has become known as the single deadliest event in the mountain's history. Don Dahler reports. See More

Expert climber Pemba Sherpa and director Nick Ryan joined host John Canzano Thursday afternoon on The Bald Faced Truth to talk about the new documentary. When Nick Ryan heard the story of the August 2008 K2 climb. See More

“The Summit,” a riveting documentary about a disastrous moment in mountain-climbing history, doesn’t spend much time trying to explain why anyone would tackle a climb that kills a quarter of the people who attempt it. See More

During a fatal climb to summit K2 in 2008, Sherpa Pemba Gyalje risked his life to save the remaining members in his hiking expedition. Documented in a new film ‘The Summit,' which premiers Friday, Gyalje. See More

Everything you ever wanted to know about the perils of scaling the second-highest mountain on earth but were afraid to ask. Nick Ryan’s nature documentary–cum–waking nightmare returns to a 48-hour period in 2008. See More

Everybody thinks that coming down is the easy bit. It makes sense, but don't believe it for one minute.” -Walter Bonatti. As one of the first people to ever climb K2 — nicknamed “Savage Mountain. See More

Pemba Gyalje Sherpa was part of the group of climbers who, in early August 2008, began the last leg of their summit of K2, a mountain in the heart of the Karakoram Range in northern Pakistan. See More

“The Summit” is a Excellent documentary on what happen to the climbers who tried to scale K2 the world’s second highest mountain.In early August 2008. several groups of climbers from. See More

“The Summit” is a Excellent documentary on what happen to the climbers who tried to scale K2 the world’s second highest mountain.In early August 2008. several groups of climbers from. See More

In August 2008, 25 climbers from several international expeditions converged on High Camp of K2, the last stop before the summit. Forty-eight hours later, eleven of them were dead. It was big news in Ireland because, among the dead, was Ger. See More

Plenty of documentaries share stories worth telling, and play just fine resting on the strengths of those stories, incorporating requisite elements like talking-head interviews, news headlines, and archival footage. See More

Nick Ryan's riveting climbing documentary "The Summit" (Sundance Selects, October 4) reveals the unfolding mystery of how eleven climbers perished on their way down from a successful 2008. See More

For every four people who have reached the summit of K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, one has died in the attempt. In 2008, on one day 11 climbers died our of 24 who began the ascent. See More

Nick Ryan was a founding director of Image Now Films in 1995, and works as a director and producer of films.Nick wrote, directed and produced the award winning short film A Lonely Sky. In 2008 he wrote and directed the award winning The German.Nick also produced Ruairi Robinson’s short films The Silent City Blinky™and Imaginary Forces.He is represented as a director in the United States by United Talent Agency and by Independent Talent Group in the UK.

A journalism graduate from the University of Oklahoma, Mark began his television career in Atlanta as a CNN news writer for “Headline News” and “Newsnight”. He has since become an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose theatrical credits include: Writer, “The Cove” (‘Best Documentary Feature’ 2010 Academy Awards & winner ‘Best Documentary Script’, W.G.A. 2010); writer, the critically-acclaimed “The Tillman Story”; writer, “Chasing Ice”; writer, “Last Play at Shea”; writer, “Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos”, (W.G.A. nomination “Best Documentary Script”, 2007); writer “Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who”, and writer/director, “Morning Light”, Disney Pictures 2008.

Currently, Mark is working on numerous documentary feature films including: the seminal documentary film about Formula 1 Racing entitled “1” for Spitfire Pictures; “Stolen Seas”, a hardhitting emotional tale about Somali pirates; “The Summit”, which chronicles the deadliest season on K2, the second highest and most dangerous mountain to climb in the world; “Who is Dayani Cristal?”, an investigation into an unidentified body found on the U.S./Mexican border; and “The Singing Planet”, academy award winner, Louis Psihoyos’ follow-up film to “The Cove”.

Executive Producer - Passion Pictures

Launching with Oscar and Emmy award winning ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER in 1999, John Battsek has since produced a slate of over twenty five feature documentaries many of which have been launched at prestigious film festivals and achieved international distribution. These include IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON; Oscar nominated RESTREPO; Academy Shortlisted SERGIO; Grierson Award Winner FIRE IN BABYLON; Academy Award Shortlisted THE TILLMAN STORY; triple Emmy nominated BETTER THIS WORLD, and James Marsh’s PROJECT NIM - which marked the start of Passion’s strategic alliance with Simon Chinn’s Red Box Films.

Two new films executive produced by Battsek premiered at 2012’s Sundance Film Festival; SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN played as the opening night film and was awarded the Jury Special Prize and the Audience Award in the World Cinema Documentary category and THE IMPOSTER, based on the extraordinary story of serial imposter Frederic Bourdin, also played in competition. Both films were released theatrically in UK and the US this summer.

Battsek and the production company he runs, Passion Pictures, are currently working on several new feature film projects, including two new films with Greg Barker; Nadav Schirman’s THE GREEN PRINCE based on the NY Times Bestselling memoir THE SON OF HAMAS by Mosab Hassan Yousef, and a narrative adaptation of Meg Rosoff’s award-winning dystopian novel HOW I LIVE NOW is currently shooting in the UK with Kevin MacDonald directing for FilmFour.

Executive Producer - Image Now Films

Darrell Kavanagh has a BA in Visual Communications and co-founded Image Now in 1992 and he has been advising and directing clients on brand and vision strategies for over 17 years. These include Bank of Ireland, Transport fo London, City of London, Vodafone, DAA, TV3, DCC, UN ICT Task Force.

Darrell was awarded the Sunday Times Ian Parry photography award and has undertaken a number of domestic and international photographic assignments for the Sunday Times Magazine

Pat Falvey is one of Ireland’s leading team trainer and motivational speakers as well as being a world-renowned adventurer and explorer. Pat has over 62 high adventurers completed around the world to his credit. He has Climbed Everest and completed the 7 Summits twice.

Pat has also trained and lead the first Irish team to complete the 1140km trek to the South Pole, in honour of Ernest Shackleton and Ireland’s unsung polar hero’s, across the coldest, loneliest, most barren, desolate and dangerous landscape on earth to reach the South Pole on the 8th Jan 2008. Pat has just completed his current book “ A journey to Adventure. the stories I never thought I tell” and is presently working on two new books.

Executive Producer - Fantastic films

John McDonnell is a film producer based in Dublin, Ireland. Together with Brendan McCarthy, McDonnell runs the Oscar-winning production company Fantastic Films.

McDonnell is one of Ireland most experienced producers. In 2000, he founded Fantastic Films and since the its inception the company has received over 60 international awards, including an Oscar™ in 2006 for Martin McDonagh’s short film, Six Shooter.

Recent films include The Last Days on Mars 2013, the debut feature film from Oscar-nominated Irish director Ruairí Robinson, selected for Director’s Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival, 2013; the award-winning comedy-horror Stitches 2012, directed by Conor McMahon and starring Ross Noble and Tommy Knight, the Bollywood hit Ek Tha Tiger 2012, directed by Kabir Khan and starring Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif, the critically acclaimed Hammer Horror Wake Wood 2011, directed by David Keating and starring Timothy Spall, Aidan Gillen and Eva Birthistle and Outcast (2010) directed by Colm McCarthy and starring James Nesbitt, Kate Dickie and fellow Scottish actress Hannah Stanbridge, who received a Scottish BAFTA for her role in the film.

McDonnell recently executive produced beActive Media's transmedia series BEAT GIRL, which is available on several platforms, including TV, the web, smart phone app, a novel and now a feature film.

Nominated as Irish “Producer on the Move” in Cannes 2006, McDonnell is an active participant in the ACE Producers Network, a founding member of the Irish Film and Television Academy, a regular juror for the Irish Films and Television Awards and a recent participant on the prestigious producer course Inside Pictures.

In 2008, McDonnell received his Hons MA in Screenwriting from DLIADT and regularly designs courses for Screen Training Ireland. He has also lectured in Film at Trinity College, Dublin and DLIADT, Dublin.