Ce Monday January 20during the day, home festival for the Font-Romeu middle school which will host “Parfum d’essence”, in the presence of Jessica Malbet and Anaïs Bénè.
At 5 p.m., return to the Angléo room for Sunny boypresented by Arthur Guérin-Boëri. He discovered his passion for freediving at a very young age, after watching The Big Bluea work by Luc Besson which will mark him for life. Cradled in this environment, he grew up in the south of France and encountered the aquatic element in Nice and Corsica where he lived as a child. He decided to return to swimming at the end of his engineering studies and began his freediving career at the age of 26. Thus, he has been able to break eight world records to date and has to his credit five world champion titles accumulated in this discipline. Since 2021, Arthur has been at the heart of a double breaststroke world record attempt project. In March 2021, he set a new world record with his wetsuit, at 120 m, in the icy waters of a Finnish lake. Then on March 8, 2022, in the Morrison quarry in Quebec, where he swam 105 m, still breaststroke, but this time wearing a simple swimsuit. Absolute record!
At 9 p.m., presentation of the Book Prize to Volodya Petropavlovsky for The last frontier published by Pointsaventure. At the age of 21, Volodya Petropavlovsky left for a solitary crossing of Alaska by canoe. It follows the course of the Tanana then the Yukon for 2,000 km to the Bering Sea.
Followed by Parfum d’essencethe story of two young women who set off on a whim to reach the Himalayas by bike. Without any training, they embark on an unusual and eventful journey which will lead them, against all expectations, to meet the 14th Dalai Lama. From fear to love of people, from laughter to tears of laughter and armed with Tibetan prayer flags, they will be pushed to question the limits of peace and freedom according to encounters and political contexts. But with only one course of action: “As long as we have a laugh! “. Directed by and in the presence of Jessica Malbet and Anaïs Bénè. Hot chocolate and signings conclude the evening.
