2025 Films and Award Winners

The 2025 Online Festival (19th November 2025 – 4th January 2026) has now ended, but we still have loads of amazing adventure films, including many from the 2025 Festival, available on our Kendal Mountain Player.

Congratulations to all of our amazing 2025 Festival Films!

You can check out our 2025 film programme HERE or scroll down to see our Award Winners!

Grand Prize

ALL THE MOUNTAINS GIVE

Director: Arash Rakhsha

JUDGES' SPECIAL PRIZE

SAND DANCERS

Director: Connor Langley

BEST SHORT

SWIM SISTAS

Director: Catherine Joy White

BEST CREATIVE

ALICE

Director: Gabriel Novis

BEST ADVENTURE & EXPLORATION

THE LOST BOYS OF CARBIS BAY

Director: Daniel Simpkins

BEST SPORT

ROW OF LIFE

Director: Soraya Simi

CHANGE MAKER AWARD

SNOW LEOPARD SISTERS

Directors: Ben Ayers, Sonam Choekyi Lama, Andrew Lynch

BEST NATURE & ENVIRONMENT

IRON WINTER

Director: Kasimir Burgess

BEST COMMUNITY & CULTURE

BEST DAY EVER

Directors: Ben Knight & Berne Broudy

BEST CLIMBING

GIRL CLIMBER

Director: Jon Glassberg

BEST MOUNTAIN

THE LAST EXPEDITION

Director: Eliza Kubarska

PEOPLE'S CHOICE

THE EDGE OF EXISTENCE

Director: Aaron Wheeler

© Kendal Mountain Festival 2026
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