Perfect Moment 2009: Instant

The phenomenon of the Nuit de la Glisse has been inspiring fans and riders across the whole of Europe for over 28 years. Known as Perfect Moment since 2000, the work of a passionate group of visionaries in the sports known as “glisse” – surfing, skiing, free-fall, skate and more – are magnificently captured on film for extraordinary presentation in 2K digital cinema. Perfect Moment films realize the phenomenon of “glisse” sports using images filmed in spectacular places all around the world. French director Thierry Donard continues to push the boundaries of action sports film, taking the audience on the search for the one, that perfect moment.

Perfect Moment 2009: “Instant”

“Instant” documents the athletes’ universal search for that tenth of a second where one must make a turn, jump a cliff or enter into the tube of a 10-metre wave. The riders live for this instant, when the rest of the world disappears and they are at one with nature. From the Chamonix Valley to the Balearic and Canary Islands, Australia to Hawaii, Micronesia to the Spanish Basque country, from Switzerland to Scotland – “Instant” takes us on a discovery of many different personalities and exciting moments in the world of glisse.

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