Tell us about Almo Films and why you started it? (Morgan Le Faucheur) We decided to create it because we just wanted to film and show what we do in the way we want. After all those years filming with different production companies I wanted to start my own thing, so I hit up my friend Alban Jehlen and Almo Films was born.
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Do you have to be French to be in the crew? No, you just have to be a nice dude that shares the same vision of snowboarding that we have, I would say. We are open to any crazy new characters who want to join the gang! Tell as about the guys behind the cameras. Evan and Mathieu are the dudes holding the cameras. They are both really different, Evan is a pretty quiet guy cuz he doesn’t drink, and Mathieu is an engineer who decided to stop making money and come waste his time with us. Did you guys really do about “Miles Bornes” in a season? Seems like you do more? We clock a ton of miles during a season! I think we did at least 30,000 km by car, millions by plane and hundreds by walking! The new movie is called “Drole de Vie”, what is the funniest thing about life? The life we lead, thanks to snowboarding, is a pretty funny one. Look at it objectively.
We travel every day during the season looking for the best snow conditions at the best spots. Then we spend hours risking our lives in the cold temperatures just because we love snowboarding. It’s kind of funny, if you think about it. Especially to non-snowboarders. When organizing missions with the crew, what is worse: just winging it or overplanning? You can never plan too much ahead of time since what we do depends on snow conditions, but you have to be ready to move fast when it’s go time. Is there such thing as too much slow-mo? We tried to keep it mellow with the slow-
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