AND THE FIVE INTERNATIONAL TEAMS INVITED FOR THE NISSAN OUTDOOR GAMES ARE…

In a class of its own, this unique European outdoor event combines sporting performances with a creative and artistic aspect and blends it all into a festival of film and photography.

Only the best athletes combined with a top-level production team, who will create and produce the still and video images, have the criteria to be selected to the Nissan Outdoor Games. This year, the line up has a strong international touch with top qualitative skills. All teams accepted the invitation from the organisers to challenge themselves and create a 5-minute film uniting 5 outdoor sports activities in only a week around the Mont-Blanc. One of the originalities: the director’s seat of the 5th team is open to the public.

Five international teams are selected for the 2010 Nissan Outdoor Games in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France:

- Team Finland (Team Golgoht). Winner of the last summer edition and therefore automatically invited to defend their title. A very creative team with an original style both image and sound wise. To watch their winning film in summer 2009 click here.

- Team Austria/Germany (Team Argon). They won the last winter edition of the event. With a highly professional production team combined with creative scenarios and world class athletes, it is a team to look out for! To watch their winning film in winter 2009 click here.

- Team International (Team Goosebumps). Very experienced outdoor athletes and eager newcomers to the event will create an interesting mix led by Swedish action sport photographer Patrik Lindqvist.

- Team Russia (Team Gravity Workshop). Extreme sports are very popular in Russia and the country produces many top athletes. It will be the second time at the event for this young talented team, who produced a very qualitative film in 2009. Watch it here.

- Team France (Team name tbc). The film production team will be selected through a contest created by Julbo Eyewear, open for any amateur film producers. The concept of the contest is “you are the director, we provide the actors”. French and Swiss cinema schools have also been invited to participate in the contest. The athletes will include local French talents from the Chamonix valley, provided by the organisation, as well as Julbo’s pro team athletes.

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