"DOK" film about mountain drama receives award
Frank Senn will receive the Erhard Loretan Prize at the Les Diablerets Mountain Film Festival for his «DOK» film *Todesfalle Haute Route*. This award is presented to outstanding films about mountaineering.
The "DOK" film "Death Trap Haute Route" was screened at the Les Diablerets International Mountain Film Festival, which took place from August 5 to August 12, 2023. Frank Senn is a journalist and documentary filmmaker: his film was particularly honored for its exciting, gripping realization, authenticity and sensitive approach. The documentary reconstructs the drama on the Haute Route in which seven people lost their lives.
About the "DOK" film: On April 29, 2018, seven ski tourers from a group of ten die on the Haute Route, the legendary ski tour between Chamonix VS and Zermatt VS. They die of exhaustion and hypothermia, just 550 meters from the saving hut, the Cabane des Vignettes. The film is a reconstruction of the tragedy with accounts of the survivors as well as re-enacted scenes of the experience.
