Everest: The Other Side

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Everest: The Other Side
Everest, The Other Side poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Produced by
  • Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
  • Jimmy Chin
  • Shannon Dill
  • Anna Barnes
  • Bob Eisenhardt
  • Janet Yang
Starring
Cinematography
  • Clair Popkin
  • Jimmy Chin
  • Christopher Murphy
Edited by
  • Bob Eisenhardt
  • Simona Ferrari
Production
companies
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release dates
  • September 3, 2026 (2026-09-03)(Venice)
  • October 30, 2026 (2026-10-30)(United States)
Running time
115 minutes [1]
Countries
  • United States
  • China
  • Nepal
LanguageEnglish

Everest: The Other Side is a 2026 documentary film directed and produced by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin. A co-production of the United States, China, and Nepal, it follows Jim Morrison and Hilaree Nelson as they fall in love and share a dream of climbing and skiing down the North Face of Mount Everest.

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The film had its world premiere out of competition at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival on September 3, 2026, and it's scheduled to be theatrically released by National Geographic Documentary Films on October 30.

Premise

Follows Jim Morrison and Hilaree Nelson as they fall in love and share a dream of climbing and skiing down the North Face of Mount Everest.

Release

It had its world premiere out of competition of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival on September 3, 2026, [2] and had its North American premiere at the 53rd Telluride Film Festival. [3] It will also screen at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival. [4] [5]

It is scheduled to be released in the United States by National Geographic Documentary Films on October 30. [6]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 86%, based on 14 reviews, with an average rating of 7.6/10. [7] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 66 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. [8]

Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com gave the film three out of four stars and wrote, "A lot of people are going to be moved and inspired by this movie. It's impressively assembled, from its elegant and clarifying drone footage to its first-person GoPro shots of crampons jabbing into icy rock walls and pickaxes crunching into hard snow." [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Everest: The Other Side (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. October 12, 2026. Retrieved October 12, 2026.
  2. ↑ Vivarelli, Nick; Shafer, Ellise (July 23, 2026). "Venice Film Festival Lineup: Robert Pattinson's 'Primetime,' Martin McDonagh's 'Wild Horse Nine,' Oasis Reunion Doc and More". Variety . Retrieved July 28, 2026.
  3. ↑ Hammond, Pete (September 3, 2026). "Telluride Film Festival Lineup: 'Elsinore' With Andrew Scott And Olivia Colman; Jesse Eisenberg's 'The Debut'; Mike Leigh's 'Tender Loving Care' And More Set For World Premieres". Deadline. Retrieved September 4, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Everest: The Other Side". Toronto International Film Festival . Retrieved July 28, 2026.
  5. ↑ Stern, Marlow (July 20, 2026). "TIFF Announces Star-Studded Gala and Special Presentations, Led by 'Rocky' Biopic 'I Play Rocky' and Chris Rock's 'Misty Green'". Variety . Retrieved July 28, 2026.
  6. ↑ Wright, Joshua (July 23, 2026). ""Everest: The Other Side" To Open Exclusively In Theaters And Imax® October 30". BroadwayWorld . Retrieved July 28, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Everest: The Other Side". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved October 22, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Everest: The Other Side". Metacritic . Fandom, Inc. Retrieved October 22, 2026.
  9. ↑ Zoller Seitz, Matt (September 2026). "Everest: The Other Side" . Retrieved September 7, 2026.
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