The Jury of the 7th International Mountain Film Festival in Bansko (Bulgaria), comprising: Georgi Danailov (Bulgaria), Mariana Evstatieva-Biolcheva (Bulgaria), Janusz Majer (Poland), Ivan Popyordanov (Bulgaria), Radoslav Spasos (Bulgaria),Rumen Stoichkov (Bulgaria), Mikhail Rahov (Bulgaria), viewed 37 film in the competition from 29 November to 2 December 2007.


The Jury has unanimously decided to award the:

Grand Prix
“Dying for Everest”, New Zeeland, 2007, Richard Dennison, James Heyward, 52’.

Judge Special Award
“Premeny Tatier” (“Metamorphoses of the Tatra Mountains”), Slovakia, 2006, Pavol Barabas, 13’.

Award for complete realization in extreme conditions
“Patagonia, a travel to the end of the world”, Norway, 2006, Steinar Stalsberg, Borge Ousland, Thomas Ulrich, 45’),

Award for Bulgarian Short Film for Mountains, Extreme Sports and Adventures (for Bulgarian filmmakers only)
“El Capitan – one materializing dream”, Bulgaria, 2007, Doychin Boyanov, Nikolay Petkov, Mikhail Mikhailov, 30’.

Award of the Union of tourist business – Banskо
“Asiemut”, Canada, 2006, Olivier Higgins, Melanie Carrier, 57’.

Award of the Bansko Municipality
“Ispolin” (“Colossus”), Bulgaria, 2006, Nikolay Vassilev, Nikolay Petrov, Liubomir Andreev.

The official guest of the Festival was Reinhold Messner.