Verbier’s Green Film Festival

The Green Film Festival returns to Switzerland's Val de Bagnes from 20 March to 12 April for its second edition, offering a friendly and inspiring program of socially conscious film screenings, discussions, and activities dedicated to the environment and ecological transition.

Organized by the imAGIne Association, the festival presents six films exploring themes of sustainability, civic engagement, and climate action.

First is Scouts on March 20 at 7:30 pm at Espace Saint-Marc followed by a discussion, then Indigenous Yeasts on March 24 at 7:30 pm at Espace Saint-Marc. Too Hot is the third film on March 26 at 7:30 pm at Verbier Cinema, then Power and Resistance on March 30 at 7:30 pm at Espace Saint-Marc.  Flow is next on April 7 at 3:00 pm at Espace Saint-Marc followed by a children’s workshop and snack, and finally Life Defending Itself on April 12 at 5:00 pm at Verbier Cinema followed by a discussion and drinks.

Taking place between Le Châble and Verbier, the festival invites audiences to reflect and take action together, with open discussions after each screening and a welcoming bar area designed to continue conversations in a convivial atmosphere. Screenings are priced from 10 CHF pp.

In other Verbier film news, professional athlete Jérôme Caroli has released Combine, an ambitious new alpine film that brings skiing and mountain biking together in the high mountains of Val de Bagnes and the Verbier region.

The project explores the shared instincts that unite both sports including line choice, speed, intuition, and the ability to stay composed in steep, exposed terrain.

Caroli, best known for a fourteen-year career in downhill mountain biking with multiple UCI World Cup appearances, has long used skiing as a way to reset and reconnect with the mountains. Combine marks a shift away from competition and towards a more personal, expressive vision, placing both disciplines within the same demanding alpine environment.

The film follows Caroli as he tackles icy ski slopes reaching 4,000 metres and rides technical bike lines as high as 3,600 metres. Rather than focusing on tricks or results, the project highlights the deeper parallels between the two sports—carving turns, committing to a line, reading terrain, and trusting instinct when the margins are razor-thin.

Production was unexpectedly interrupted in early 2023 when Caroli suffered a serious leg injury. After a year of rehabilitation, filming resumed, adding an unplanned but powerful layer of resilience and perspective to the narrative.

“Coming back after an injury and being able to express myself the way I originally imagined made the achievement even more rewarding,” Caroli says.

Image above from Combine credit Jancsi Hadik