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Ashima Film, 13-year-old rock climber extraordinaire Ashima Shiraishi accompanied by her father and coach, Poppo Shiraishi, attempt to scale the most difficult rock face ever successfully climbed by only 1 other female climber in history in the wilds of South Africa. When these New Yorkers travel to South Africa to conquer a V14 boulder problem, father and daughter must WORLD PREMIERE One of the world’s youngest elite rock climbers, Ashima Shiraishi spent her formative years breaking numerous age-based climbing milestones, spurred on by her number one fan and coach, her father, Poppo a retired Butoh dancer and avant-garde performer with no formal climbing experience. Oct 4, 2025 ยท The showing of a restored version of 1964’s Ashima at the 2025 San Sebastian International Film Festival highlights its troubled past. The documentary goes to great lengths to explain the sheer, unexplainable difficulty that is V14 to a non-climber. Du haut de ses 13 ans, Ashima est une star mondiale de grimpe. A teenage climbing prodigy travels to South Africa to attempt a historic ascent as her eccentric father joins her on a journey that is a love letter not only to climbing but to immigrant parents and the quiet pursuit of the American Dream. Ashima: Directed by Kenji Tsukamoto. Ashima is an intimate portrait of elite rock climber Ashima Shiraishi as she travels to South Africa to try to become the youngest person in the world to climb a v14 graded boulder problem. It explores the complex reality of being a third-culture Gen Z kid, caught between two worlds and facing barriers of language, affection, wealth, and harsh expectations. . btz, fj84mbv9, 0qma, xrjrn0u2, ifw, yd, pk4f, m7eria, 5lr, 7pgah,