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Eliza Kubarska

Powerful documentary The Wall of Shadows takes top prize at Norwegian film festival

Three leading alpinists take part in the expedition on the eastern face of the Kumbhakama mountain which, at 7,400 metres, is one of the most difficult challenges in alpinism today. Press materials

VIDEO: The film by Eliza Kubarska and Monika Braid tells the story of Sherpa family which breaks a sacred taboo by agreeing to lead a group of westerners up the Kumbhakarna Mountain so that they can earn money for their son's school.

Hitting a high: documentary film maker to dig deep into the minds and the lives of those who risk all on Himalayan peaks

Film director and climber, Eliza Kubarska took a TFN reporter to the beautiful Kampinos National Park to talk about her new project ‘The Wall of Shadows’ that examines what drives people to risk everything to get to the summits of the world’s highest mountains.

Hitting a high: documentary film maker to dig deep into the minds and the lives of those who risk all on Himalayan peaks

Award-winning documentary film maker Eliza Kubarska explains why she is accompanying an expedition to climb a sacred Himalayan mountain.

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Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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