"Better Up There | The Story of Léo Slemett is an intimate documentary portrait of French freeride skier Léo Slemett that goes far beyond competition highlights and powder footage. Directed by alpinist-filmmaker Mathis Dumas, the film traces Slemett's journey from a talented Chamonix kid to a Freeride World Tour standout, while focusing less on results and more on the personal struggles that shaped him along the way."
"The documentary explores the "duality" of the mountains-a place that can give purpose and joy but can also take everything away in an instant. Rather than following a traditional sports narrative, the story unfolds as a reflective portrait about resilience. It touches on setbacks, life-altering challenges, and the emotional toll of loss, showing how those experiences reshaped Slemett's relationship with skiing and with himself."
Better Up There | The Story of Léo Slemett follows a French freeride skier from a talented Chamonix youth to a Freeride World Tour standout while prioritizing personal experience over competition results. The film emphasizes the mountains' dual nature as sources of purpose and joy that can also cause sudden devastation. The narrative centers on resilience through setbacks, life-altering challenges, and grief, and shows how those events changed Slemett's relationship with skiing and with himself. The film shifts attention away from winning lines to the deeper motivations that draw athletes back to mountains for balance, meaning, and healing through passion.
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