Whispers in the Woods

After The Velvet Queen, in which he searched for the elusive snow leopard in the Tibetan Highlands, nature photographer and filmmaker Vincent Munier returns to the landscape that shaped him: the forests of the Vosges. Together with his father Michel and his son Simon, he ventures into the woods, where mist hangs between the trees and time seems to slow down. Waiting in hides, listening to the forest, they observe lynxes, deer, owls, and other shy woodland creatures. Munier captures the interplay of light, silence, and movement in images that portray the forest as a living, breathing whole—where every encounter is rare and meaningful.

At the same time, an intimate portrait unfolds of three generations bound by their shared love of nature. What the father once passed on to the son is now handed down once more: patience, wonder, and respect for the unseen life around them. Whispers in the Woods is a poetic and personal nature film in which Munier brings together his love for his family and for the forest in a sensory, almost fairy-tale-like cinematic experience.