After having gathered nearly 10,000 spectators at the Centquatre in Paris at the end of January, the International Adventure Film Festival has given its verdict on the award-winning productions for this 2023 edition.
The fifth edition of the International Adventure Film Festival of Paris will have welcomed nearly 10,000 spectators in theaters for screenings of selected films, conferences, book signings, meetings and privileged exchanges with personalities of the adventure world. The Jury, chaired by the writer Sylvain Tesson, awarded five works in competition. As for the public, they were able to vote for their favorite film and award a sixth prize. Discover below the prize list of this 2023 edition.
Grand Prize of the Festival / NAÏS AU PAYS DES LOUPS
by Rémy Masseglia (France)
Before entering kindergarten, Naïs discovers another school when her father initiates a crazy adventure: teaching her about nature in the heart of the Mercantour mountains. During three years, they approach together the fauna and the flora of this immense territory, until crossing its trace: the wolf.
Jury's favourite / FOUR MONTHS ON MY BIOSPHERE
By Laurent Sardi (France)
High technology would hold the solutions to build a different future. Corentin de Chatelperron, engineer and adventurer, has explored another path. This D-systems enthusiast has embarked on his bamboo raft with thirty or so low-tech devices. Will they be enough to meet his needs?
Adventure Award / MUSHER, THE CALL OF THE ALASKA
By Pierre de Parscau (France)
The musher Sébastien dos Santos Borgès is preparing the hardest race of his life. His last one. The Iditarod. This wolf of the Great North has built his life in a pack with sled dogs rescued from the SPA, and it is together that they will take up this last challenge of 1600 kilometers across Alaska.
Director's Award / KAMTCHATKA, A WINTER IN THE EVENING COUNTRY
By Mike Magidson (France)
After the fall of the Soviet Union, Daria, the head of an even clan, chooses to perpetuate in the forests of Kamchatka the ancestral nomadism of her people, reindeer herders, to escape the trap of a predatory modernity and build another world on the foundations of their history.
Short Film Award / WATER III
By Morgan Maassen (USA)
Water III is the third stanza of a visual poem, a tribute to the ocean, composed by Morgan Maassen. This short film plunges us with grace and majesty into the waters of Tahiti. A striking and elusive beauty.
Audience Award / NJORD, A SVALBARD TALE
By Arnaud Bouquet, Caroline Côté & Vincent Colliard (Canada)
Caroline Côté and Vincent Colliard undertook together the first winter crossing of Spitzbergen. An expedition punctuated by preparations, challenges and dangers. A total commitment of 63 days in the heart of the polar winter, without assistance.