30 May 2022, 12:00 am
Touching the Void
Programme Type
Webcasts
Touching the Void (UK)
(104 min; 2003; English)
Director: Kevin Macdonald
With Simon Yates, John Simpson, Brendan Mackey
Multiple award winner including Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film, BAFTA Awards 2004; British Independent Film Awards 2004 for Best Technical Achievement and Best British Documentary; Seattle Film Critics Award for Best Documentary, Seattle Film Critics Awards 2004; among others
Touching The Void is the true story of two British mountaineers and their disastrous climbing expedition in Peru. Their harrowing adventure has been turned into "a gripping tale of ordinary men coping with extraordinary circumstances"
