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2021 · Movie · 20m

UTA: The Climb For Kosovo

In 2017, 34 year-old Uta Ibrahimi became the first person from Kosovo to attempt Everest. Born and raised in eastern Kosovo, her childhood was interrupted by a fierce ethnic war that ripped the heart out of the Balkan nation. Battling against Kosovo’s entrenched gender stereotypes and misogyny within the climbing community, Uta climbed the highest peaks in Kosovo, and then Europe.

My take

A gripping portrait of determination against impossible odds. Watch one woman defy cultural constraints and physical limits to summit Everest, turning personal trauma into transcendent achievement. The kind of story that reshapes what you think is possible.

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Cast

Uta IbrahimiSkender IbrahimiLutfije IbrahimiTendi Sherpa

Directors

Jake TupmanJack Somerville

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