La panthère des neiges (The Velvet Queen)
High up on the Tibetan plateau among unexplored valleys, wildlife photographer Vincent Munier takes adventurer and novelist Sylvain Tesson on a mission to search for rare animals and attempt to spot the snow leopard, one of the most elusive big cats. Through their journey, they ponder humankind's place among the magnificent creatures and landscapes they encounter․
Producers: Laurent Baujard, Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin, Vincent Munier
Director: Marie Amiguet, Vincent Munier
Cinematography: Marie Amiguet, Vincent Munier, Léo-Pol Jacquot
Writer: Marie Amiguet, Vincent Munier, Sylvain Tesson
Editing: Vincent Schmitt
Sound: N/A
Composer: Warren Ellis, with vocals by Nick Cave
Director’s Biography
Vincent Munier is a French wildlife photographer and documentary filmmaker born on 14 April 1976 in Épinal in the Vosges, northeastern France. He began photographing animals at age twelve and dedicated himself to wildlife photography after high school. He is known for his respectful, slow paced photography and for photographing in snow, and has received the Eric Hosking Award three times. His quest to photograph snow leopards began in 2011 and involved six trips to Tibet before his first encounter in 2016, which became the subject of The Velvet Queen, co-directed with Marie Amiguet. The film won the César and Lumière Awards for Best Documentary.