The Langdale and Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team will feature in the premiere of the film on Saturday

A team of Lake District mountain rescuers will join some of mountaineering’s biggest names on the silver screen this week as part of a film festival.

Two years in the life of the Langdale and Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team will feature in a documentary directed by Joy Grindrod in which real-life rescues and footage from the team’s training sessions can be seen.

The film will have its public premiere on Saturday at Zeffirelli’s cinema in Ambleside. Team members have been invited to a special showing the day before. The 50-minute film also features interviews with volunteer members of the rescue team and with a casualty after a rescue. Half of the ticket price will be donated to the Langdale and Ambleside MRT and the film will be released on a DVD available through the team’s website.

The Ambleside Outdoor Festival, which starts tomorrow, 16 September, will also see the launch of the Light on the Fell book, containing a pictorial history of the team’s first 40 years of existence.

The festival will also see Lakeland mountaineer and climber Leo Houlding host a question and answer session after the screening of The Wildest Dream, in which he recreates George Mallory’s ill fated final expedition.

Legendary fellrunner Jos Naylor features in Iron Man – UK 2008 and Doug Scott will also run a question and answer evening on his Everest ascents.

The mountain rescue documentary starts at 6pm on Saturday. Further details of events, which run from 16 to 19 September, are on the Ambleside Outdoor Festival website.