The Last First: Winter K2

After much consideration, I have decided I will not be climbing K2.

A.A. Dowd

Haunting, all-encompassing, and above all one of the most intense documentary experiences I can think of.  Puts you right into the perspective of the 2021 K2 winter ascent as it played out and mesmerizes you with an immersive scope worthy of the big screen. Chronicles the…

Let'sGetReel

Dear imax miff audience, Why the hell didn't y'all clap at the end of this?? Me and the person sitting next to me were very disappointed with this. Respectfully, A discerning miff patron

Anthony

No one goes to a mountain to die. They go to a mountain to climb it. A powerful story about "performative" achievements and corporate greed in the social media era. Rest in peace to the beautiful souls who lost their lives on the mountain.

Alyssa D :)

the mental gymnastics these filmmakers must be doing to attack the commercialization of mountaineering in this doc, show 4 deaths on screen, and then have the nerve to introduce the screening with an anecdote about going to an industry brunch to try and get distributors to…

dylan leo

MIFF 2026 - Film #27 A documentary following several mountaineering teams as they try to achieve the last great goal in their field—summiting K2, the world’s most dangerous mountain, during winter.  Goddamn. I love mountains, but not this much. Some beautiful footage of…

Caleb O

not enough people had a special interest in the donner party as kids and it shows

PJ

Gripping from start to finish, with only a few lulls in the middle. A thrilling tale that has a refreshingly open dialogue regarding blame and fault in inherently dangerous endeavors.

Presley Schmitt

Documentarians…brave tellers of hard truths or opportunistic vultures? Kinda both.  Asks a lot of the same questions that Free Solo does about the “why” of all this but the real death toll (5 climbers) erased any vicarious thrill of the potential achievement and just had…

Reagan Glynn