Silence

Silence follows Adam Ondra into the shadowed sweep of Norway’s Hanshelleren Cave as he works toward a moment that redefined the limits of sport climbing. Directed by Bernardo Giménez, the film traces the lead-up to September 3, 2017—when Ondra finally linked his long-term project and named it Silence, proposing the first-ever 9c and setting a new benchmark for difficulty. What makes this worth your time is how it captures the real texture of a breakthrough: the obsessive rehearsal, the failed links, the quiet recalibration after each attempt, and the razor-thin line between control and chaos on steep limestone. It’s a front-row seat to elite performance under pressure—equal parts atmospheric cave climbing, intimate process, and the kind of commitment that turns a single afternoon into climbing history.

Adam Ondra · 17:41

What it takes to climb the world’s first 9c? Let’s find out in Silence, a movie by Bernardo Giménez. It shows what preceded the afternoon of September 3, 2017 when Adam Ondra, a professional rock climber and currently one of the best climbers in the world, made a little piece of climbing history when he climbed his project in the spectacular Hanshelleren Cave in Norway. The route, later named Silence, received a new grade of 9c and became the hardest route in the world. Directed by BERNARDO GIMÉNEZ Main Cameras BERNARDO GIMÉNEZ PAVEL KLEMENT Second Camera PAVEL BLAZEK Camera Assistant VOJTECH LICKO Executive Producer PAVEL BLAZEK Executive Producer Assistant KRISTYNA HERCIGOVA Music BROKE FOR FREE CHRIS ZABRISKIE KAI ENGEL LA LIBERTE SERGEY CHEREMISINOV Aerial Footage PETR JAN JURACKA BERNARDO GIMÉNEZ Edited by PABLO BETANCOURT BERNARDO GIMÉNEZ Cast ADAM ONDRA PAVEL BLAZEK KLAUS ISELE IVA VEJMOLOVA © 2018 AO Production s.r.o.