for the actors, the resulting film may not seem particularly logical to an audience knowledgeable about climbing. For instance, a rescuer in the film may take a hard, but dramatic-looking route, even though in real life, time is of the essence and rescuers will always go by the easiest available route. International Alliance for Mountain Film The International Alliance for Mountain Film (IAMF) is an organization committed to the future of mountain film. IAMF was set up in February 2000 and founding members of the alliance included film festivals in Autrans, France; Banff, Canada; Cervinia, Italy; Graz, Austria; Lugano, Switzerland; Les Diablerets, Switzerland; Torello, Spain; and Trento, Italy and one museum, Museo Nazionale della Montagna in Turin, Italy. Soon other film festivals joined IAMF over time, which is now composed by twenty members from some of the most important mountain film festivals in the world and one museum, Museo Nazionale della Montagna in Turin, Italy, representing 17 countries of Europe, Asia, and North and South America. IAMF has now become one of the main point of reference concerning mountain filming. The following festivals are today members of IAMF, in addition to Museo Nazionale della Montagna in Turin. There are many other mountain film festivals too which are not part of the alliance, such as the Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival and Mountainfilm in Telluride. According to the website for the Alliance, "the Alliance determines that one of its first priorities is to inform audiences and filmmakers about the global film festival opportunities. As well, information is shared on films, programming and technology, promotion and ticketing and funding challenges. An agreement emerges to take every opportunity to cross-promote mountain film festivals around the world and to meet twice a year at member festival events." IAMF created also the IAMF Grand Prix in order to recognize career leaders in mountain film. Recipients of the IAMF Grand Prix: 2002 – Gerhard Baaur 2003 – Leo Dickinson 2004 – Fulvio Mariani 2005 – Jean-Pierre Bailly 2006 – Directorate General for Television Switzerland 2007 – Michael Brown 2008 – Sebastián Álvaro 2009 – Lothar Brandler 2010 – Hans-Jürgen Panitz List of mountain films The Vulture Wally (1921), remade 1940, 1956, 1988 and 2005 The Holy Mountain (1926) The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929) The White Ecstasy (1931) Das Blaue Licht (1932) Kleine Scheidegg (1937) Schlitz on Mt. Washington (1937) Der Berg ruft (1938) The White