Book your seat for the first Nuit du Trail: four films, one night in Paris

REV

• 18 minutes

• Directed by Alexis Berg and Simon Dugué

• Production: Little Hell Production, UTMB Group

REV follows eight women (four from Iraq, four from Afghanistan) lining up at the start of "Mallorca by UTMB", the first trail race of their lives. Backed by the association Free to Run, they aren't here for the clock. They are here to follow a path and claim a space that was denied to them for a long time. What these eight women achieve is not a sporting feat. It is something rarer and more precious: an ordinary act of freedom, the kind most of us have stopped noticing.

LE FEU INTÉRIEUR

• 32 minutes

• Directed by Anthony Deroeux and Mathieu Blanchard

• Production: Mathieu Blanchard, with support from Shokz and Garmin.

After dropping out of the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, ultra runner and adventurer Mathieu Blanchard goes through a rough patch marked by lost confidence, doubt and the urge to quit everything. A month later, with the Diagonale des Fous approaching, he heads to Réunion Island. Its landscapes, its energy and a culture that echoes his Caribbean roots slowly rekindle a spark. When he finally decides to take on the 175 kilometers of the Diagonale, Mathieu has no idea how far this rediscovered fire can carry him.

BIG BEN

• 45 minutes

• Directed by Camille Joonekindt

• Production: Asics and Distance

Ultra runner Ben Dhiman has just become a father of twins and is living the wildest sporting year of his career. The American, based in the French Pyrenees, wins the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc in record time. A portrait of a deeply human athlete, and an immersion into his daily life.

THE HILLBILLY SCIENTIST

• 78 minutes

• Directed by Paul Mellor and Jules Jarmey

• Production: Mellor&Smith, Mount to Coast & Raidlight

While modern running has moved toward a streamlined, optimized and commercial approach, Lazarus Lake has spent 50 years designing formats of extreme difficulty, far outside the mainstream. This film reveals that Laz's cruelest courses rest on a scientific understanding of human psychology and physical limits.