Rencontres Montagnes & Sciences - Scientific adventure film festival

Lagoped supports the association Montagnes et Sciences and its partners for the 11th season of the scientific adventure film festival. The event, aimed at schools and the general public, will take place from November 2024 to June 2025 throughout the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and in the Hautes Alpes.

(subject to confirmation)

The general public program will be revealed in October.

Directed by: Andrew Tkach - 31 min (2024)

Themes: biology, conservation, evolution, climate

In the misty bamboo forests of Kanchenjunga hides the Himalayan red panda. This species is the ambassador of all the wildlife threatened by climate change and habitat degradation in this region spanning India, Nepal, Bhutan and China. With only 2,500 individuals left in the wild, biologists are trying to learn more about this species and set up a conservation program with the help of local populations.

Directed by: Sonia Collavizza - 7 min (2023)

Themes: biology, chemistry, physics, global warming

It's a microscopic algae that lives... in the snow! Sanguina nivaloides, its scientific name, can be seen in the spring when it tints the snow blood red. Head to the Lautaret pass in the Alps, where biologists and physicists explain how snow turns out to be an astonishing ecosystem in which life plays a major role.

Directed by: Axel Falguier - 11 min (2022)

Themes: agropastoralism, livestock breeding, cohabitation

Rasco was born in Savoie but it is in the Drôme that he will accomplish his mission: to protect livestock during predator attacks. There are now more than 5,000 livestock protection dogs like him in France. How are these guardians raised and trained to properly protect livestock, in the mountains as well as near villages?

Directed by: Olivier Gouix - 4 min (2023)

Themes: biology, agropastoralism, conservation, biodiversity

The Lauzanier Valley, in the Mercantour National Park, is home to the southernmost plants in the Alps. Forty years ago, the Queen of the Alps, the emblematic flower of this region, almost disappeared. A real scientific program was deployed to study its dynamics within the mountain pastures; to allow dialogue between shepherds, guards and owners; and to ensure its preservation.