Dundee Mountain Film Festival

The three-day event, based at the Bonar Hall, University of Dundee, celebrates mountaineering achievements, adventure and exploration. There's a wide variety of mountain activities covered in the films, with plenty of climbing as well as ski-ing, snowboarding and kayaking, a few of these are award-winning films from the Banff World Tour. You'll also have a chance to see presentations by seven leading mountaineers and film-makers (see below for details). On top of that there’ll be exhibitions, trade stands, book signings and opportunities to meet the speakers.

Tickets are between £5 and £9 and a Saturday-Sunday Ticket is available for £25. You can find out more about the festival and order tickets online on their website.

The presenters:

Barry Blanchard: Barry is a leading Canadian Alpinist, film-maker, raconteur and all round entertainer. Barry has worked on the films Cliffhanger, K2 and Vertical Limit.

Leo Houlding: Leo is one of Britain's young extreme big wall climbers and a captivating speaker.

Vicky Jack: A Scottish HR consultant, Vicky is on the brink of completing the highest summits in each of the continents - the Seven Summits.

Jerry Kobalenko: A Canadian explorer, Jerry relates his travels in the remote and beautiful Ellesmere Island.

Carsten Peter: A National Geographic photographer and explorer, Carsten goes dangerously close to volcanoes to give us spectacular footage.

Stephen Venables: Stephen was the first Briton to climb Everest without oxygen. He talks about his "Life in the Mountains", including acting the part of Edward Wymper in a BBC documentary programme about the first ascent of the Matterhorn.

Award winning films shown during the weekend include "Cannibals and Crampons", "The Second Step", "Front Range Freaks" and "Eiger BASE".

Exhibitions include artwork by Alan Gordon and Steve Kirk. There will be a rare opportunity to view some memorabilia of the local worthy Davy Glen.