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The music of the hunt

An old hunter with a rifle is waiting. He listens to a distant man shouting to encourage his dogs. Suddenly, the timid barking turns into howlings. The pack has found an animal to hunt. You can't see anything, but you can tell from the old hunter's face that he knows all what's going on. He understands the music of the hunt. This is how this documentary begins, giving voice to the hunters. A passion that mixes stalking, waiting and especially listening to the "music of the hunt". A concert of barking but also of shouts, horns, talky-walky, 4x4s, whips and gunshots. No voice-over or commentary from a narrator, the explanations are given directly by the hunters in the field or through interviews. This film wants to offer an honest and close-up portrait of a little-known but widespread hunting practice in France.

  • Kylian Henchoz-Manitha
    Director
  • Baptiste Aubert
    Producer
  • Ellen Hertz
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    50 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    March 31, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    50,000 CHF
  • Country of Origin:
    Switzerland
  • Country of Filming:
    France
  • Language:
    French
  • Shooting Format:
    UHD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Université de Neuchâtel
  • Visions du Réel - Filmmarket
    Nyon
    Switzerland
Director Biography - Kylian Henchoz-Manitha

Volunteer work in audiovisual associations:
Member of the audiovisual commission of the Swiss Society of Ethnology: 2021-...
Association Pierrot Productions (Founder and president) : 2016-2019
Association YC-movies (co-founder and vice-president) : 2015-2019

Academic formation:
PhD in social sciences : 2022-..., Université de Lausanne
Bachelor and Master in anthropology : 2014-2020, Université de Neuchâtel (Suisse)

Filmography as a director :
La musique de la chasse (documentary, medium film) : 2021, 53mn
De l'oeuf à l'accueil (documentary, short film): 2019, 19mn
Dernier voyage (fiction, short film): 2017, 6mn
Alice (fiction, short film): 2014, 8mn

Filmography as a producer:
Sucre d'Ogre (fiction, short film) : 2017
Amoureusement vote (fiction, short film) : 2017
Croisées (fiction, short film) : 2018
Colimaçon (fiction, short film) : 2019
La carpe (fiction, short film) : 2019
Le joueur de flute (fiction, short film) : 2019

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