Description
Come and admire 20 talented ice sculptors.
You'll discover their unique and enchanting artistic creations.
This magical event will conclude on Friday, January 10, 2025 with a magnificent son & lumière show.
The competition takes place on the Verneys plateau, facing the Galibier, 3km from the center of Valloire.
Free parking is available in the hamlet of Les Verneys, or you can take the shuttle bus to the site.
Teams taking part in the 2025 edition:
AUSTRALIA: STAROW Kevin - "Nothingness"
DENMARK: DUSAVITSKIY Gleb - "Echo of you"
SPAIN: JORDA Enrique - "El aliento de vulcano"
FINLAND: KUKLINA Ekaterina - "Modern leftovers"
FINLAND: KUKLIN Egor - "Imagine hapiness
FRANCE : COURNIL Mickael - "Mélodie le chant magique du coquillage"
FRANCE: DE BAZELAIRE Laetitia - "Sphinge
FRANCE : LESIGNE Stéphane - "Où est la cabine téléphonique?"
FRANCE: PEIGNIER Philippe - "Le Dernier..."
GREECE: MANIATAKOS Nikolaos - "Passage to unknown"
IRAN: CHEGENI Bhaman - "Canned food"
IRAN: RAZMJOO Sepideh - "About her"
ISRAEL - PRIMINGER Tanya - "Octopus
LITHUANIA - POVILIONIS Tautvilas - "Star fishing"
POLAND: KUJAWA Lucyna - "Le petit prince"
UNITED KINGDOM: SEDDON Christopher - "Octopuss"
RUSSIA: MOLOKOV Andrey - "Forest king deer"
TAIWAN: CHUN WEI CHIU - "Be an iceberg beauty"
TCHEQUIE : LASTOVICKA Jiri - "Ice meditation"
UKRAINE: PODA Oleksiy - "The core of the family"
RESULTS 2024
JURY PRIZE
1st Prize "Teleportation" - POVILIONIS Tautvilas - Lithuania
2nd Prize "I believe I can fly "KUKLINA Ekaterina - FINLAND
3rd Prize "Born to soar" - MOLOKOV Andrey - Russia
AUDIENCE'S PRIZE
"Teleportation" - POVILIONIS Tautvilas - Lithuania
YOUNG AUDIENCE PRIZE
"Born to soar" - MOLOKOV Andrey - Russia
ARTISTS' AWARD
"Menu for today" - CABISIDAN Rogel - Philippines
INTERNET USERS' PRIZE
"Born to Soar" - MOLOKOV Andrey - Russia
PROGRAM
Start of competition, Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 9:00 am.
Contest ends Friday, January 10, 2024 at 12:00 noon.
The competition takes place on the Verneys plateau, 3 km from Valloire.
TUESDAY TO FRIDAY
Introduction to Ice Sculpture with sculptor Sébastien Dieu from 10am to 12pm and 3pm to 6pm Tuesday to Thursday, and from 10am to 12pm on Friday.
TUESDAY TO FRIDAY, you can watch and cheer on the sculptors day and night.
(Please note that, depending on the weather, the sculptures may be protected and therefore difficult to see during the day).
FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2025:*
12pm: end of competition
3pm: Jury passes through
6pm: prize-giving ceremony followed by fireworks display.
saturday january 11 and sunday january 12
Come and admire the works by day and by night: the sculptures will be illuminated until Sunday evening.
* Program subject to change.
Additional shuttle buses will run between Valloire and Les Verneys, at the usual stops, between 3pm and 9pm.
After the show, the sculptures will remain lit on Friday and Saturday nights (weather permitting).
THE PRIZES
3 Jury Prizes
1 Audience Award
1 Young Audience Award
1 Artists' Award
(sculptors taking part in the Competition
vote for their favorite sculpture)
1 Internet User Award
Vote online:
https://forms.gle/16buscCgB6AQNpXt6
THE JURY
Christian BURGER - President of the Jury
Carina TORNATORIS - (Sculptor)
Eric MARGERY (Sculptor)
Alberte RETORNAZ - Amateur Painter
Lénaïck RETORNAZ - Town councillor
Emmanuelle LACOSTE - Director of Valloire Tourisme and competition organizer
Concours international de Sculpture sur Glace
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Les Verneys
73450 Valloire - 04 79 59 03 96
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Opening
From Tuesday 7 to Friday 10 January 2025.
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