In June 1985, two young British climbers reach the peak of the west face of Siula Grande, a remote, unconquered twenty-one-thousand-foot peak in the Peruvian Andes. In all respects this should have been the ultimate moment of triumph. But unbeknownst to Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, reaching the summit was only the starting point of what would turn into a desperate struggle for survival.

Adapted from Simpson's book of the same name, Touching The Void is the new docudrama from the director of the Academy Award-winning documentary One Day In September.

The unconquerable human spirit is a theme much dealt with in cinema but few films manage to place it within a story so compelling and worthy of its use. Shot on location against a truly breathtaking backdrop, MacDonald, with unnerving immediacy, takes us into the dramatic core of the film wherein lies a savage moral dilemma. Bound by ties stronger than the rope that keeps them alive, this beautifully filmed epic takes us to a place where a man's humanity is proven with every step he takes on the brink of death.