This documentary event immerses us alongside photographer Laurent Baheux in the heart of the African bush, on the trail of 3 fascinating felines. A photographic quest, “a grail”, his grail. The lion, king of the savannah, powerful, majestic and vulnerable all at once. The graceful cheetah, so fast but so vulnerable. The leopard, a silent, ghostly predator. All around, fragile and threatened nature. Laurent is ready to seize what it has to offer, expecting nothing in particular, always humble in his relationship with the animal. He captures the beauty of the moment, the play of light, the harmony of the scenes.
Bonne Pioche Télévision, Canal Azul & Ushuaïa TV
A film written & directed by Mathieu Le Lay
Produced by Alexandre Soullier
Photography and Sound : Mathieu Le Lay, Tiago Lage
Editing : Mathieu Le Lay, Tiago Lage
Calibration : Tiago Lage
Original soundtrack : Franck Zaragoza
52 minutes
Ushuaïa TV
TF1
Planète+ Canada
‣ 1st Terre Sauvage Festival, France
‣ 24th Gran Paradiso Film Festival, Italy
‣ 5th What A Trip! in Montpellier, France
‣ 27th International Nature Festival Namur, Belgium
‣ 20th Le Grand Bivouac d’Albertville, France
‣ 37th Ménigoute International Ornithological Film Festival, France
‣ 18th La Rochelle International Adventure Film and Book Festival, France
‣ 24th International Wildlife and Nature Photography Festival, France
‣ 35th International Nature & Environment Film Festival, France
‣ 8th Quais du Départ Festival, France
‣ 7th Les Rendez-Vous de l’Aventure de Lons-le-Saunier, France
‣ VIII International Nature and Environmental Protection Festival of Gödöllő, Hungary
‣ Wildlife Conservation Film Festival 2022, United States
‣ Green Screen Naturfilmfestival 2022, Germany
‣ 20th Matsalu Nature Film Festival, Estonia
‣ 11th Wildlife Vaasa Festival, Finland
‣ XXXVII Pärnu International Documentary Film Festival, Estonia
‣ Regards de Voyages 2022, Switzerland
‣ 36th Sondrio Festival, Italy
‣ 5th Objectif Aventure – Paris International Adventure Film Festival, France
‣ Hérisson d’Or in the Nature Category at the 35th International Nature & Environment Film Festival, France
‣ Grand Prix François Bel at the 7th Les Rendez-Vous de l’Aventure de Lons-le-Saunier, France
‣ Nominated for the ‘Heinz Sielmann Film Award’ at the Green Screen Naturfilmfestival 2022, Germany
BONNE PIOCHE TÉLÉVISION & USHUAÏA TV present
a BONNE PIOCHE TÉLÉVISION & USHUAÏA TV production with the participation of CANAL AZUL
with the support of the CNC, PROCIREP – SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODUCTEURS AND ANGOA, SONY FRANCE
directed & written by MATHIEU LE LAY edited by MATHIEU LE LAY, TIAGO LAGE
produced by ALEXANDRE SOULLIER cinematography by MATHIEU LE LAY, TIAGO LAGE
original music by FRANCK ZARAGOZA sound editing & mixing by KUNDALINI colour-grading by TIAGO LAGE
with LAURENT BAHEUX, MORRIS NTHIWA MWANIA narration by LAURENT BAHEUX
distribution LUCKY YOU
