The Dundee Mountain Film Festival will return for its record-breaking 36th year in November.
The festival is the UK’s longest continuously running mountain film festival and this year’s event will feature a host of international speakers discussing their love of the outdoors in addition to screenings of international and locally-produced films.
Highlights of this year’s event will include Scots Makar Jackie Kay in discussion with Erlend Clouston abnout the legacy of Nan Shepherd.
The Scottish writer was primarily known for her modernist novels but also wrote The Living Mountain, about her experiences walking in the Cairngorms.
Other famous names appearing at this year’s festival will include travel writer and explorer Benedict Allan and Scottish mountaineer Cameron McNeish.
There will also be exhibitions of mountain art and photography by Douglas Roulston and Anke Addy.
The main festival will take place on November 23 and 24 but a “fringe” programme of events will also take place beforehand.
The main venue for this year’s event will be Dundee University’s Bonar Hall.
Dundee Mountain Film Festival is a member of the International Alliance for Mountain Film.
Organiser Alfie Ingram said the festival has broadened since it was first held in 1982 — and also said its long-running appeal could be attributed to the Scottish weather.
Mr Ingram said: “The reason we hold it in November is because the weather is usually horrible at that time of year so people aren’t out on the hills.
“We’ve developed from being solely about the mountains so the festival is now more about outdoor activities generally.”
He added: “I don’t think the number of people who go out on the big hills has changed but there is now much greater involvement and interest from people about getting out into the countryside.”
Last year’s event featured a host of international speakers including Mollie Hughes, the youngest Briton to summit the highest peak of Mount Everest from both sides, and elite climber Robbie Phillips.
