Clouds of Lea (2023) – 16′
Role: Protagonist, Writer & Producer
Director: Laureen Mahieu
In collaboration with Aleiko Studio (Nils Thibaut & Caroline Sax)
Cinematography: Laureen Mahieu, Nils Thibaut, William Klock, Thibaut Lampe
Photography: Michael Cordey, Animations: John Custo, Soundmix: Lucien Grandjean, Soundtrack: Ttrruuces
Produced with the support of Spark R&D, Doodah Stores, Picture Organic Clothing, Julbo Eyewear
«Trust yourself» is something Léa has heard many times when in the mountains. But how do you do this? Where does confidence come from? During the Spring of 2023, Léa attempts to summit and ride down some of the steepest and most exposed North Faces of the Valais Alps. Steep riding is a very special discipline, and besides of the recquired physical and technical abilities, she needs good dose of luck: snow and weather conditions in the high alpine are as erratic and ephemeral as the necessary self-confidence.
Femmes en Montagne Film Festival (FR), Earn Your Turns (US), Femmes en Montagne Film Tour (FR/BE), ALSF Movie Night (CH), La Trappe Grimentz (CH), Safety Shred Days (CH)
Online release : 15.02.2024
The film was awarded “Best Short” at the Festival Femmes en Montagne, Annecy, France and was presented at different film screening events across France and Switzerland to raise awareness about mental health in outdoor sports.
Chronoception (2023) – 52′
Role: Featured Athlete (also advisor to the director and German subtitles)
Director: Guillaume Broust
Producer: Picture Organic Clothing
There are a thousand ways to tell a story. This one follows a different way of experiencing time, one that guides our protagonists all throughout the twenty-two day expedition in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan. Following in the footsteps of the country’s nomadic people and the ancient Silk Road, Thomas Delfino, Léa Klaue, and Aurélien Lardy embark on an adventure to one of the most remote and still unexplored places in Asia: the Kokshaal-Too Mountains.
Premiere: Annecy High Five Festival France (30.09.2023)
Screenings: Tegernsee International Film Festival (DE), We love POW POW (FR), Skimetraje (ESP), Xplore Alpes Festival (FR), Banff Centre Mountain and Book Festival (CAN), Champéry Film Festival (CH), Rencontres Ciné Montagnes (FR), SpliX Movie Night (SK), Graz Mountain Film Festival (AT), Kendal Mountain Film Festival (UK), Vancouver International Mountain Festival (CAN), BBVA Torello Film Festival (ESP), Transylvania Mountain Festival (RO), FIFMA (FR), Krakow Mountain Festival (PL), Vollèges Film Festival (CH), Frozen River Film Festival (US), Der Berg Ruft Berlin (DE), London Mountain Film Festival (UK), Festival of Winter Cinema (CAN), La Trappe Grimentz (CH), Chixxsonboard x Hafenkneipe Zürich (CH), Front Range International Film Festival (US), Durango Independent Film Festival (US), Teton Climber’s AlpinFilm Festival (US), Banff European Film Tour (FR, IT, DE, AT, CH), Sheffield Adventure Film Festival (UK), Trento Film Festival (IT), Chamonix Film Festival, MHFF Festival (CZ), FIFAD Les Diablerets (CH), NZ Mountain Film Festival (NZ), FIFAV La Rochelle (FR)
The film was awarded with the Grand Prix of the Graz Mountain Film Festival, the Best Film Award of the Champéry Film Festival, Best Photography at Torelló BBVA Festival, the Audience Award of the WeLovePowPow Festival, the Audience and the Best Storytelling Awards of the Transylvania Festival, and is also in the official selection of the Banff World Tour.
Dates and official website
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Resilient Childhoods (forthcoming)
Role: Writer, director, camera and edition
With the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and the University of Bern.
My PhD research in visual anthropology includes various filmic parts – documentary, experimental and participative audio-visual inputs enrich the dissertation manuscript and serve as well as research methods.
The hybrid audio-visual manuscript is in process of publication.
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Ch’ixi (forthcoming)
