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2020s · France · documentary

The Velvet Queen (2021)

Directed by Marie Amiguet with Vincent Munier · 1 h 32 min

Year
2021
Running time
1 h 32 min
Countries
France
Languages
French
Produced by
Olivier Goinard, Laurent Baujard and Vincent Munier
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snow leopard, the film's subject
snow leopard, the film’s subject — not a still from the film. Photo: Bernard Landgraf, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

About the film

The Velvet Queen is a 2021 French-language documentary film. It follows Sylvain Tesson and Vincent Munier as they attempt to find a snow leopard in Tibet. The film was directed by Marie Amiguet and Munier in their feature-length debut, and premiered in the Cinema for the Climate section at the 74th Cannes Film Festival on 13 July 2021, with a wider theatrical release in France on 15 December and a limited release in the United States on 22 December.

It won Best Documentary Film at the 47th César Awards, and Best Documentary at the 27th Lumière Awards.

From the film's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).

What it is about

snow leopard

Awards on record

  • César Award for Best Documentary Film
  • Lumière Award for Best Documentary

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