Matteo Della Bordella

Matteo Della Bordella appears in Coconut Connection, a documentary that follows a small team intent on free climbing after skiing into a remote Baffin Island valley. The film records the practicalities of an Arctic trip: the crew skis across broken sea ice, chooses to travel without a boat, and—by circumstance and choice—spends nearly two months stranded in a valley of rock.

The footage is less about a single summit push and more about life on an ambitious objective: friendship, shared music, weather, and the slow rhythm of waiting at the edge of the Arctic. Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll directed the piece and joined Matteo with climbers Nico Favresse, Matteo De Zaiacomo, and Luca Schiera; the film frames climbing goals within the social and logistical texture of expedition life. Matteo’s presence in this record reflects the alpinist role in a multipart team working toward free-climbing aims under challenging conditions, and the film preserves the team’s everyday choices and small moments as much as it preserves the climbing itself.

Verified as an Italian mountaineer, Matteo Della Bordella’s contribution here is anchored in expedition-style trad and big-wall objectives, shown through on-the-ground footage and candid, participant-shot perspectives rather than polished post-production narration.