Touching the Void

Kevin Macdonald directs this docu-drama which narrates true events. In 1985, two ambitious young British mountaineers, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, set off to scale the treacherous west face of the Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. They reached the summit on day three, but shortly after starting the descent Simpson fell and broke his leg badly. This accident turned their daring expedition into a desperate fight for survival, when Yates had to decide whether to stay with Simpson and wait to be rescued, potentially dying in the process, or leave him behind to save his own life.

Producer: John Smithson
Actor: Brendan Mackey
Actor: Nicholas Aaron
Subject: Simon Yates
Cinematographer: Mike Eley
Cinematographer: Keith Partridge
Subject: Richard Hawking
Actor: Ollie Ryall
Music: Alex Heffes
Subject: Joe Simpson
Director: Kevin Macdonald