The documentary film ANWAR (Full of light), starring our collaborator Alex Txikon, can be seen for the world premiere on Saturday, April 2 in Bilbao. The preview of this story of mountaineering, solidarity and renewable energy has been scheduled in a session in the Auditorium of the Euskalduna Palace at 7:30 p.m.
Shot in Nepal, Sierra Leone and Pakistan, ANWAR immerses us in the winter expedition from Txikon to Manaslu (Nepal). It is the first non-polluting ascent, powered by solar panels. With this sustainable system, which makes it possible to reduce the energy footprint by following the Paris Agreements, a solidarity effort begins with the EKI Foundation. Alex will learn about the work carried out by the Foundation in Sierra Leone, where they provide solar energy systems that allow energy autonomy in schools and hospitals. Txikon proposes to replicate this idea in a very special school in the Diamer Valley, in Pakistan, the Günter Mountain School, uniting two different cultures but at the same time the same.
In the words of the protagonist, “this is a project born from good work in which I want to highlight the difficulty of filming in the midst of a pandemic, the importance of humanitarian values and the belief that it will be able to make the viewer empathize and reflect on the difference of opportunities.
I'm sure the movie is amazing.
