⚪️ COMPLETED · 2023
TRACKING THE FOOTSTEPS OF
THE ARCHOSAURS
A captivating scientific expedition into the prehistoric past of the Swiss Alps — uncovering the remarkable story of 240-million-year-old fossil footprints through the expertise of passionate paleontologists.
ABOUT the film
In the Émosson region (Canton of Valais, Swiss Alps) lays a paleontological treasure, discovered at an altitude of 2400 m.
On a sandstone slab, footprints left by animals 240 million years ago were unveiled in 1976 during an exceptionally warm summer that melted the snow covering the footprints. What animals could have left these traces, in what environment did they live and why are these footprints visible today in Émosson? Tamara El Hossny and Lionel Cavin, both paleontologists at the Natural History Museum of Geneva, answer these questions and show us all the secrets contained in these fossilised footsteps.
SCREENING & awards
Featured in the Labocine Issue: "THE GIANT WORLD" — January 2025
🦕 Official selection at the RAM film festival— September 2025
PARTNERS & supporters
A huge thank you to all our supporters and partners for this project: the Trient Valley and Mont Blanc Region, the University of Geneva and the Geneva Natural History Museum