Tag: FIFAD

  • FIFAD Day 8 – Sylvain Saudan and the winners

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Sylvain Saudan was at the FIFAD event on the final day from 11am onwards both to project two of his films and to speak about his experiences as a pioneer of extreme skiing. During the conference he presented his film about the Grandes Jorasses descent as well as his trip to…

  • FIFAD – Day 7

    Reading Time: 2 minutes When we watch the news and when we read articles from France we often hear about the disadvantaged youth and the mischief that they get up to. Par-Delà les Hauteurs, shown at FIFAD, is a documentary about a team of youths who go to the Alps and experience the mountains for…

  • FIFAD Day 6 – Women and Extreme sports

    Reading Time: 3 minutes On the 6th day of FIFAD two films stood out. One looked at a wheelchair bound woman who still had the urge to go climbing and the second film looked at a woman who went from riding snowboarding lines in winter to base jumping in summer. By having these two documentaries…

  • FIFAD Day 4 – Youth and Alpinism

    Reading Time: 2 minutes The fourth Day of FIFAD could have had the banner of youth and children of Alpinism. It began with a conference by Swiss university students who had travelled to Siberia for their projects, a short documentary about the actress who played Heidi in the recent film, disadvantaged youth who went to the mountains…

  • FIFAD Day 2 – a day of introspection about exploration.

    FIFAD Day 2 – a day of introspection about exploration.

    Reading Time: 2 minutes FIFAD Day 2 FIFAD’s second day’s documentaries were introspective. They looked at mining in Bolivia, Jean Troillet’s life of adventure and the film Sherpa. The peaks we see from the Festival Tous Les Jours La Nuit Tous Les Jours La Nuit is a documentary by Jean-Claude Wicky who passed away recently. The documentary…

  • FIFAD Day 1

    FIFAD Day 1

    Reading Time: 2 minutes FIFAD Day 1 From the 6th to the 13th of August 2016 The International Alpine Film Festival, FIFAD, is taking place in the Alpine town of Les Diablerets. This is a week long festival of Alpine films covering the environment, extreme sports, adventure and more. Alpland Alpland is a photo exhibit…

  • In August I will be at FIFAD

    In August I will be at FIFAD

    Reading Time: < 1 minute In August of this year I will be at FIFAD as a volontaire. FIFAD stands for Festival International du Film Alpin Des Diablerets. It’s the international Alpine Film Festival of the Diablerets. I want to participate at this event for three main reasons. The first of these is that I…