When Pierre Monatte told me he was going to South Island in New Zealand, I was so happy for him, and a little jealous too… Pierre had been building up a relationship with NZ for years and it’s thank to him that we can see The Rise FIlm Festival, here in France. So there he went, with rods and a camera.

This morning, my eyes opened on a familiar environment, the door of the bathroom was at the same place and the bed was always facing the shutters: I am really at home. However I had the impression of having lived a waking dream, the mind clouded by so much images, spirit flying above genuine idyll where humankind is still absent, my head floating over forests and majestic mountains crossed by fascinating rivers…
You can read more soon…… PM