“Here are the words that Joseph Kessel wrote in the Ladies of California, while he was trying to reach the Pacific coast of the United States: “The purchase of my first cabin trunk (what a sovereign word for those who have dreamed of travel since he became aware of himself), the choice of new uniforms, the expectation of infinite horizons – of earths and skies, of cities and women – that swept away everything in me. My fever, my greed were so strong that they obstructed my joy. It must have been like this throughout the entire journey. I did not yet know at that age how to build the balance between movement and stopping.”
I am convinced that the adventurers we are about to meet during this 21st Adventure & Discovery festival could all subscribe to Kessel’s confidence.
They too have “dreamed of travel”, they too have a “fever”, a “greed” for the world. They too expect “infinite horizons”, new “lands” and “cities”. And above all, they too struggle with the dilemma of moving and stopping. “Movement and stopping”, impossible equation.
At least, like every year, the Val d’Isère festival will offer them the opportunity to resolve this painful inner conflict.
For a few days, at the foot of the snow-capped peaks, scientists, adventurers and filmmakers are invited to stop, take a breather, set down their “cabin trunk” to tell us about their journeys, detail their dazzling experiences, confess their fears and entrust their projects.
Who knows if the images of Antarctica, Reunion Island, Iceland, high-altitude climbs and deep-sea races broadcast this year on the screens of the Henri Oreiller Center will not inspire some people to take other trips , new boardings?
We see from this the importance of stopping for anyone who thrives on movement.”
Sylvain Tesson
| Schedule | 19 H 30 |
| Direction | QUENTIN SIXDENIERS |
| Language | VF |
| Duration | 44 min. |
| Schedule | 18 H 15 |
| Direction | JÉRÔME ESPLA |
| Language | VF |
| Duration | 26 min. |
| Schedule | 21 H 00 |
| Direction | EVRARD WENDENBAUM |
| Language | VF |
| Duration | 52 min. |
| Schedule | 17 H 30 |
| Direction | BERNARDO ARSUAGA |
| Language | VOSTFR |
| Duration | 73 min. |
| Schedule | 19 H 30 |
| Direction | BERNARDO ARSUAGA |
| Language | VOSTFR |
| Duration | 46 min. |
| Schedule | 21 H 00 |
| Direction | HAMID SARDAR |
| Language | VOSTFR |
| Duration | 52 min. |
| Schedule | 17 H 30 |
| Direction | BERNARDO ARSUAGA |
| Language | VOSTFR |
| Duration | 73 min. |
| Schedule | 19 H 30 |
| Direction | BERNARDO ARSUAGA |
| Language | VOSTFR |
| Duration | 46 min. |
| Schedule | 21 H 00 |
| Direction | HAMID SARDAR |
| Language | VOSTFR |
| Duration | 52 min. |
| Schedule | 17 H 30 |
| Direction | BERNARDO ARSUAGA |
| Language | VOSTFR |
| Duration | 73 min. |
| Schedule | 19 H 30 |
| Direction | BERNARDO ARSUAGA |
| Language | VOSTFR |
| Duration | 46 min. |
| Schedule | 21 H 00 |
| Direction | HAMID SARDAR |
| Language | VOSTFR |
| Duration | 52 min. |
| Schedule | 17 H 30 |
| Direction | ESTEBAN ANGEL & ELENA GOATELLI |
| Language | VOSTFR |
| Duration | 67 min. |
| Schedule | 19 H 30 |
| Direction | HUGO CLOUZEAU |
| Language | VF ENGLISH SUBTITLES |
| Duration | 52 min. |
| Schedule | 21 H 15 |
| Direction | GUIDO PERRINI |
| Language | VF |
| Duration | 47 min. |
| Schedule | 17 H 00 |
| Direction | ANTOINE MOINEVILLE |
| Language | VF |
| Duration | 53 min. |
| Schedule | 18 H 30 |
| Direction | JÉRÔME BOUVIER |
| Language | VF ENGLISH SUBTITLES |
| Duration | 90 min. |
Sylvain Tesson
Sylvain Tesson studied geography and geopolitics with Yves Lacoste before devoting his life to writing and long-distance travel.
After presenting the program Montagnes (France 3), he cycled around the world, crossed the Himalayas on foot, Central Asia on horseback, walked from Siberia to India in the footsteps of gulag escapees. , traveled the Caucasus and Anatolia to investigate oil, participated in humanitarian and archaeological missions in Afghanistan.
From his adventures in the Russian Far East, Mongolia, the Himalayas and Tibet, he brought back around fifteen stories, essays and collections of short stories, most of which are available in pocket editions. His latest work recounts the life of Alpine hunters in Afghanistan: Haute tension, Gallimard. His collection A Life to Sleep Outside published by Gallimard won the Goncourt for short stories in 2009 and the short story prize from the Académie Française.
He collaborates with Figaro Magazine, writes documentaries for France 5. He loves climbing, books and horse riding. Last year he stayed in a cabin in the middle of the Russian forest for six months and is preparing a “Cabin Journal” to be published in the Nouvelle Revue Française in spring 2011.
Eric Loizeau
Eric Loizeau is a special kind of adventurer who loves to push his limits both on the oceans and on the largest mountains on our planet. A distinguished navigator, an emblematic runner of the 90s with numerous victories on the oceans alone or with a crew, he changed his life in 1992 to settle in the mountains and become a mountaineer.
With a team of guides, he founded the Adventure School which quickly became ELO (Eric Loizeau Organizations) when he decided to share his experience in team-building and sustainable development with companies.
To maintain the link with the sea, for many years it has organized the Sea and Mountain Trophy where the elite of sailors and mountaineers meet.
Author of the book “From Cape Horn to Everest”, he explains his formidable adventures which led him to cross Cape Horn in a race before climbing the roof of the world with Patrick Berhault in May 2003.
Muriel Barra
Muriel Barra
After starting her career between dance, theater and radio, Muriel Barra produced an extreme sports show for television then directed the production of a cultural web TV in 2000 in Paris.
In 2004, aware of the formidable tool of knowledge and discovery that is television, she decided to make a small contribution, by putting her profession at the service of changing mentalities for a more just and responsible society. . She then created Lato Sensu Productions with the objective of producing activist and committed documentaries on social and environmental themes.
At the beginning of 2007, when the term “sustainable development” was already being used for marketing purposes, she was convinced that the time was no longer for awareness but for action.
In 2008, she initiated and co-produced the Franco-Canadian documentary collection “Artisans du Changement”, a series of portraits of entrepreneurs witnessing a new economy, more respectful of Man and his environment. Convinced of the positive impact of these films for young generations, she always favors this “hope-giving” dimension in the films she produces.
TV documentary films, fictions, new technologies and new writings (3D, 5D, 360°-VR), it thus evolves the editorial line of Lato Sensu Productions towards greater public awareness of the social, economic and environmental issues of our time.
Christian Clot
Christian Clot
Originally from Switzerland, Christian Clot first devoted several years to the professions of actor and stuntman. Then this enthusiast of mountaineering, skydiving and discovery left the boards to devote himself to exploration expeditions in the most extreme environments on our planet: very high mountains, jungle, desert, sea and submarine…
He has carried out, alone or in groups, around fifteen expeditions without motorized means, with several firsts to his credit including the exploration of the Darwin Cordillera (Chile).
His constant questioning of Man’s ability to adapt to his environment led him to quickly combine his expeditions with scientific work on Man, both in the fields of entomology and glaciology.
In 2015, he created HAIS (Human Adaptability In Situ) and set up the ADAPTATION 4×30 DAYS expedition program in the most extreme environments on the globe. The objective: to study, in collaboration with several large European laboratories, the cognitive and physiological adaptation capacities of humans.
He is the author of several works (stories, historical books and comics) and documentary films. He also received numerous honors for his expeditions.
Marie Tabarly
Marie Tabarly
“Man needs passions to exist” is Marie’s mantra.
Passionate about sport, nature, and life, Marie has always had an attraction to surpassing oneself. A sailor in her first life on racing boats, it was with horses that she began her second life. From her passion was born a vocation, she is an equine behaviorist, taking care of difficult horses, victims of behavioral problems. A universe that will lead him to live for a few years in Montana, Kentucky, England and the Camargue. In 2010, it was thanks to sailing that Marie managed to combine two of her passions, horses and travel.
During a regatta, she met the adventurer-explorer Mike Horn who offered to supervise the equestrian part of his Pangea expedition in Mongolia in order to pass on his equestrian knowledge to young explorers from around the world.
In parallel with her job, Marie continues to race mainly aboard the 15MJI Mariska and continues to discover sports such as paragliding, freediving, climbing, slacklining and even the art of the circus by rubbing shoulders with the Zingaro universe. Today, she plans to sail her boat around the world by making a series of documentaries.
Thursday
20
April
Bertrand Bodin - photographe du film
Hôtel Aigle des neiges
| Direction | Marie Amiguet |
| Duration | 52 min. |
Aigle de Neige hotel – Special screening “Ushuaia TV”
WITH THE WOLVES
Following his full length film “The Valley of Wolves”, released in 2017, this film highlights what goes on backstage during the filming. This documentary features wildlife film maker Jean-Michel Bertrand in his search for wild wolves. During the film his dream finally comes true as he encounters wild wolves in their natural habitat, finally letting him the place of the “untamed” in our society.
Free entry/ limited number of seats
Du mardi 18 au jeudi 20 avril - Maison de Val
DISCOVER VIRTUAL ADVENTURE
3pm to 5pm – Multimedia library
Discover a whole new world with our virtual reality headset. Inforamtion and free registration at the multimedia library
LE DÉFI DE L’AIGLE
Propelled on the wings of an eagle, set off on a fantastic adventure and let yourself be amazed by the astonishing encounters.
MARDI 19 AVRIL - VALEE DU MANCHET
WORKSHOP WALK AND NATURE SKETCHING
10am-12.30pm
Aurelie CALMET, illustrator of the « Les mysteres du Scoresby » film and the « Couleurs et Toiles » association invite you to join in their workshop. Try sketching, drawing and watercolours as an introduction to alpine natural art.
Information and free registration at the Tourist Office from Friday April 14th
MERCREDI 19 AVRIL - DOMAINE SKIABLE
HIGHLINE DEMONSTRATION
1pm to 4pm – Station centre – Dolomites square
Quentin Sixdeniers, Mimi Guesdon and record holder Nathan Paulin from the BARTAS team take to the skies in the heart of the resort. A thrilling, breathtaking acrobatic demonstration.
JEUDI 20 AVRIL - PIED FACE DE BELLEVARDE
SKI JOËRING EVENT
10.30am-12.30pm – Foot of Bellevard Face
Try your hand at ski joëring in the com- pany of the team from « Ranch el Colo- rado » and special guest cowboy from “Unbranded”. Guaranteed thrills for all!
VENDREDI 21 AVRIL - CONTRE DE CONGRES
INTRODUCTION TO MEDITATION
10am to 11pm – Conference centre
In addition to the film « Tibet, le chemin des vents » we offer an introduction to meditation inspired by the Buddhist culture. With Nicolas Novel.
Information and free registration at the Tourist Office from Friday April 14th
PHOTOGRAPH - Evard Wendenbaum
Scoresby Sund is one of the last unexplored lands in Greenland. Photographer and explorer, Evrard WENDENBAUM, an ardent defender of nature, shares his latest mission with us as he explores SCORESBY SUND. His adventure is also aimed at scientific research.
His spectacular shots, along with Aurelie Calmet’s drawings, depict not only their adventures and scientific research, but also the beauty and fragility of Greenland.
PHOTOGRAPHIES - Vincent Munier et Laurent Ballesta
« The Wild-Touch Antarctica » expedition took place from October to November 2015 on the Antarctic coast of Pointe Géologie Archipelago, in Adélie Land. Launched and organized by Wild-Touch, director Luc Jacquet’s NGO, the aim is to multiply the artistic perspectives and tell the story of one of the world’s most magnificent ecosystems. Wildlife photographers Vincent Munier and Laurent Ballesta were invited to share parallel observations of the adventure, both above and under the water while Luc Jacquet was shooting his new movie.
PHOTOGRAPHY - Hamid Sardar
Director and photographer Hamid Sardar exhibits his previously unreleased portraits and landscapes featuring Tibet. This exhibition accompanies his new film which is to be previewed on Wednesday April 19th at 9pm.
Hamid SARDAR was awarded the Golden Eagle prize and the Public Choice Award in 2016 with his film “Taiga”
du mardi 18 au vendredi 21 avril - Centre station
Watch famous Mongolian Calligraphist, Onolt. T Jamiyansuren, demonstrate his artistic talents with Alain Richard in a genuine yurt
Du mecredi 19 au vendredi 21 avril - Centre station
MONGOLIAN CALLIGRAPHY
From 2pm to 4pm – Margherio square
