The International Alpine Film Festival of Les Diablerets (FIFAD) raises the curtain on Saturday on its 53rd edition. Until August 20, more than 50 films from a dozen countries are to be discovered in the resort of the Vaud Alps.
After two years heckled by the pandemic, “we touch wood, everything is looking very good,” festival artistic director Benoît Aymon told Keystone-ATS on Friday. “For the time being, no evening is complete, but some are already very full. We are very happy with the pre-sales,” added Solveig Sautier, operational director.
On the program, “a palette of films as rich as it is diversified”, according to the organizers. They cite as examples the documentary of the famous Czech climber Adam Ondra (“Pushing the Limits”), the portrait of an artist who sculpts a cello in ice (“N-Ice Cello”) or the story of a snowstorm. in Spain (“Balandru, frozen hell”).
Reflection of current concerns
Referring to the themes of this edition, Benoît Aymon points out that the mountain is by far not limited to mountaineering: global warming is a theme that is increasingly present in the festival.
Just like the concerns around the wolf, notes the artistic director. They are mentioned this year in particular in “Naïs et les Loups”, the story of a little girl who leaves with her father on the trail of these canids.
And to underline the enormous work carried out by today’s wildlife filmmakers. The cult film “The Snow Panther” will also be screened in the presence of its directors Vincent Munier and Marie Amiguet.
