The Velvet Queen

* * * M 2021 Documentary 1hr 32 mins

In the heart of the Tibetan highlands multi-award-winning nature photographer Vincent Munier guides writer Sylvain Tesson on his quest to document the infamously elusive snow leopard.

Munier introduces Tesson to the subtle art of waiting from a blind spot tracking animals and finding the patience to catch sight of the beasts.

Through their journey in the Tibetan peaks inhabited by invisible presences the two men ponder humankind's place amongst the magnificent creatures and glorious landscapes they encounter along the way.

Stars: Vincent Munier Sylvain Tesson

Release date: 10 November 2022 (Australia)

Official Trailer

Review

"Gorgeous humbling looking out- up- and inward the documentary "The Velvet Queen" is the rare nature film about not only beauty and beasts but also the very human urge to make sense of our place in it all."

- Los Angeles Time