An immense silence swallows up the sound. A mountain kingdom rises majestically into the sky. A call from nature to a wandering soul. A Sense of Wonder is a cinematic visual poem about a solitary adventurer seeking wonder in the Dolomite mountains.
Mathieu Le Lay Productions
With Benjamin Dowie
Direction, image & editing : Mathieu Le Lay
3 minutes
‣ Eho Mountain Film Festival 2017, Macedonia
‣ Bansko Mountain Film Festival 2017, Bulgaria
‣ XXVI Medzinárodný Festival Horských Filmov Poprad 2017, Slovakia
‣ 2nd Milano Montagna Video Awards 2017, Italy
‣ 10th Bilbao Mendi Film Festival 2017, Spain
‣ Travel Video Awards 2018, United States
‣ Adventure Awards Days 2018, Italy
‣ Ulju Mountain Film Festival 2018, South Korea
‣ 35th International Mountaineering Film Festival Teplice nad Metují, Czech Republic
‣ 16th International Festival of Outdoor Films 2018, Czech Republic
‣ Zaghouan Mountain Film Festival 2018, Tunisia
‣ Gran Paradiso Film Festival 2018, Italy
‣ FICMUS XII Festival Internacional Ushuaia SHH…, Argentina
‣ 8th Sestriere Film Festival 2018, Italy
‣ Swiss Mountain Film Festival 2018, Switzerland
‣ Waimea Ocean Film Festival 2019, Hawaii
‣ Mostra Filmes de Montanha 2019, Brazil
‣ Wild Goose Festival 2021, United States
‣ Vimeo Staff Pick, 2017
‣ The Living Mountain Award – 2nd Milano Montagna Video Awards, Italy, 2017
‣ Best Short Film – 10th Bilbao Mendi Film Festival, Spain, 2017
‣ Nominated for Best Spirit of Adventure Film – Travel Video Awards, United States, 2018
‣ Jury Prize – 8th Sestriere Film Festival, Italy, 2018
‣ Best Short Film – 16th International Festival of Outdoor Films, Czech Republic, 2018
" Brief visual journey that shows the mountain as a subtle, fluent and dramatic revelation of magic and transcendental moments. "
MATHIEU LE LAY PRODUCTIONS presents
a film by MATHIEU LE LAY with BENJAMIN DOWIE
written, directed, edited & produced by MATHIEU LE LAY cinematography by MATHIEU LE LAY
original music by FRANCK ZARAGOZA sound editing & mixing by MATHIEU LE LAY