Snow sculpture contest in Valloire

The 42st edition of the Snow Sculpture competition will take place from January 14 to 17, 2025

FROM THURSDAY 14 TO SUNDAY 17 JANUARY 2025

The Snow Sculpture Contest is 41 years old ! On this occasion, sculptures are presented in a space dedicated to pedestrians.
This magical and masterful contest is something not to be missed !

TUESDAY 14 JANUARY 
9 am : Beginning of the contest

FRIDAY 17 JANUARY – END OF THE CONTEST
12 pm: end of the contest
10am – 3pm: Vote for the public prize
5.30pm: Prize giving

The program is subject to change

2025 edition international teams and projects * :

Les équipes participant à l’édition 2025

CATÉGORIE INTERNATIONALE

• IRAN – CHEGENI Bahman / RAZMJOO Sepideh / PEIGNIER Philippe – “About Her”
• FRANCE – BROSSARD Michel / CHAMPAIN Jean- Louis  / HIVERT Yvon – “Contre vents et marées”
• FINLAND – KUKLINA Ekaterina / KUKLIN Egor / MALUKHIN Sergey – “Keep calm”
• SWEDEN – BOCK Edwin / ANDERSSON Leif / PERSSON Leif – “Don’t wait for better times”
• SPAIN – LORENZO VICENTE Emiliano / GONZALEZ RUIZ Josu / REINA GONZALEZ Dario – “Conversation”
• ARGENTINA – TORNATORIS Carina / ALCINE Liliana Beatriz / GALLUCI Carolina Ximena -“Equilibrio”
• CANADA/SAGUEN – BONNEAU Mario / TREMBLAY Jimmy / FOURNIER Frédéric
• TURKIYE – KONAK Ceyhun / CINAR Bulent / KONAK Tayfun – “Melting glaciers”

National

DUMAS Yann / GRAMMONT Hugues / BERLIOZ Alexandre – “Echec et mat!”

COURNIL Mickael / PROSPERO Gael / ROSSIGNOL Simon – “Pentagonum Rota”

BOSO Gaëtan / TABARY Gabriel / VEUILLET Pascal – “Eclat de joie givré”

PIEPLU Fanny / PETIT Aurélie / CORNU Mathilde – “Devorama”

MAZIERE Bernard / BECUWE Rudy / BOUYER Moise – “Michel”

LAVANDIER PAGENEL Wim / ACHIN Clément / TRACHMAN Noé – “Solitaire des sous bois”

LESIGNE Stéphane / CALLON Pierre / DOS SANTOS François – “Faut-il suivre le lapin blanc ?”

BERRY Sylvie / BESSON Aurore / HARZO Mathieu – “Une page se tourne me dragon disparait”

THE WINNERS OF THE 2024 EDITION

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION:

1st JURY PRIZE: About her – Chegeni, Razmjoo, Peignier

2nd JURY PRIZE: The Force of Flowers – Dugas, Tremblay, Pitre

3rd JURY PRIZE: In the box – Povilionis, Petrauskas, Povilioniene

ARTISTS PRIZE:  About her – Chegeni, Razmjoo, Peignier

PUBLIC AWARD:  The odyssey of black tears of the sea – Magnan, Crochemore, Magnan

YOUNG AUDIENCE AWARD:  January 22, 2023 – Rabusseau, Mesnier, Chatelain

INTERNET AWARD: The odyssey of black tears of the sea – Magnan, Crochemore, Magnan

NATIONAL COMPETITION:

1st JURY PRIZE: Hand in hand – Brossard, Brossard, Winter

2nd JURY PRIZE: Dias De Los Muertos – Pieplu, Cornu, Petit

3rd JURY PRIZE: Olympic biases – Lesigne, Callon, Dos Santos

the jury

Christian BURGER – Président du jury et Artiste Sculpteur
Vincent LIEVORE – Artiste Sculpteur
Martine RAPIN – Présidente de Valloire Contemporain
Alberte RETORNAZ – Artiste peintre amateur
Lénaïck RETORNAZ – Conseillère municipale
Emmanuelle LACOSTE – Directrice de Valloire Tourisme et organisatrice du concours