The PPFIFM / The Smallest International Mountain Film Festival

11:00 a.m. TODAY: featuring Yvan Estienne, author, and Michel Zalio
Twenty-four mountain enthusiasts—guides, tour leaders,
photographers, and filmmakers—share their stories of experiences
lived in the heart of the mountains.
1:30 p.m. Come discover and improve your watercolor painting technique
with Georges Saladin. A unique experience not to be missed!
3:30 p.m. CABANES LIBRES: featuring Vincent Martin and Matias Lieuthaud
On the trails of the Alps, set out to discover mountain huts
and the people who are breathing new life into them.
THE EAGLE OF HOKKAIDO: On the island of Hokkaidō, Japan, photographer Jérémie Villet sets out in
search of the Steller’s sea eagle, one of the world’s largest birds of prey,
accompanied by watercolorist Georges Saladin.
5:30 p.m. OUT OF THE BLUE: A wild project is taking shape on the peaks of the Swiss Oberland: a mysterious figure is bringing together street artists and mountaineers for an extraordinary adventure.
EMBERS: After losing everything in a forest fire, aerial artist
Sasha Galitzki transforms her grief into a message of environmental awareness.
7:00 p.m. KAZAK: Through their travels in Azerbaijan, Fred’s homeland, they recount
a country of oil and gas, potholes on the road, Ladas,
men in big caps, tea, tea, and more tea...
It is through song that Fred Kazak and Philippe Fontaine have chosen
to forge ties between the two countries.
8:30 p.m. LES LUMIÈRES DE VALLOT: This documentary pays
tribute to Joseph Vallot, a geographer, naturalist, and
mountaineer born in 1854 in Lodève. Fascinated by the
Mont Blanc massif for nearly forty years, he devoted
a large portion of his fortune to it and demonstrated that it was
possible to live and conduct scientific research at
altitudes above 4,000 meters.
STAY ALIVE: traces the journey of Jean-Louis St Arneault,
a snowboarder from Quebec who has lived for fifteen years in La Grave,
in the Hautes-Alpes, a mecca for freeriding.

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