The Velvet Queen

Franco-Swiss director Marie Amiguet follows the journey of one of the world's most renowned wildlife photographers, Vincent Munier, and adventurer and novelist Sylvain Tesson on their latest mission into the chilling mountains of Tibet to spot a snow leopard.

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. For several weeks, Amiguet, Munier and Tesson explore this challenging landscape searching for unique animals and to hopefully document one of the rarest and most difficult big cats to approach.

Set to a score by Warren Ellis and Nick Cave, Amiguet's multiple award-winning documentary goes to show how the experience of the journey far outweighs the end goal.

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