

The Velvet Queen
Director: Marie Amiguet & Vincent Munier
Producer: Arte France Cinema, Le Bureau – Bertrand Faivre
Screenplay: Marie Amiguet & Vincent Munier, Sylvain Tesson
Cinematographer: Vincent Munier, Marie Amiguet, Léo-Pol Jacquot
Editor: Vincent Schmitt & Marie Amiguet
Cast: Vincent Munier, Sylvain Tesson
2021 | French | Colour | 92 mins.
High up on the Tibetan plateau. Amongst unexplored and inaccessible valleys lies one of the last sanctuaries of the wild world, where rare and undiscovered fauna lives. Vincent Munier, one of the world’s most renowned wild life photographers, takes the adventurer and novelist Sylvain Tesson with him on his latest mission. For several weeks, they’ll explore these valleys searching for unique animals and try to spot the snow leopard, one of the rarest and most difficult big cats to approach.
Marie Amiguet has done Masters in Wildlife Cinema. With Jean-Michel Bertrand, she shot ‘La Vallée des Loups’ and directed ‘Avec les Loups’. In 2017, she made ‘Silence des Bêtes’ with Vincent Munier.
Vincent Munier: Since 2011, Munier has shot extensively in Tibet. He has chosen photography to convey his dreams and is the author of a dozen books, including ‘Arctique’ (2015) and’ Tibet, Minéral Animal’ (2018).