Apple Original Films has landed the global rights to “The Last First: Winter K2,” from Propagate, Ventureland and Object Studios.
The Sundance Film Festival selection hails from director Amir Bar-Lev (“My Kid Could Paint That,” “The Tillman Story,” “Happy Valley”); Propagate Content, the production and talent powerhouse founded by Ben Silverman and Howard T. Owens; West Buttermilk; and producers Sean Richard of Object Studios, and Sarah Thomson and John Battsek of Ventureland.
In “The Last First: Winter K2,” Bar-Lev tells a complex, harrowing and moving story that unpacks the industry of extreme mountain climbing and its changing culture. Focusing on a 2021 expedition, mountaineers John Snorri Sigurjónsson, an Icelander, and Pakistani father-son team Ali and Sajid Sadpara set out to be the first to summit K2 in the winter, when the mountain’s conditions are the cruelest. The men soon find themselves sharing the treacherous ascent with influencer climbers and their film crews, commercial expedition clients, and Nims, a Nepalese celebrity mountaineer, and his team of Sherpas.
“At its core, this is a profoundly human story about the cost of ambition and the people left searching for answers,” said Ben Silverman and Howard T. Owens of Propagate Content. “Amir approaches the film with empathy and precision, and we’re honored to see it reach a worldwide audience through Apple TV after such a powerful Sundance debut.”
“The Last First: Winter K2” is directed by Bar-Lev and produced by Owens, Silverman, Richard, Thomson and Battsek. Executive producers include Drew Buckley, James Packer, Will Kane, Bar-Lev, Taylor Levin, Kerstin Emhoff and Ali Brown. The film is edited by Joe Carey; Will Pugh is the director of photography, and Tom Hodge composed the music.
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