The Snow Circle on Netflix: 140 days of filming, 7 months of preparation… Discover the impressive formation of the film

Since its release on Netflix, Spain’s Juan Antonio Bayona’s The Circle of Snows has been a real success around the world. To top it all off, the feature film has been nominated twice at the Oscars this Tuesday, January 23: for the statuettes for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Makeup and Hairstyling.

Following this honor, Netflix is ​​putting the documentary online Snow circle: Who were we in the mountain?Exclusive 36-minute footage showing the entire production of this drama shot under extreme conditions.

In front of the camera, real survivors, actors, directors and part of the crew testify about the experience of the film. Thus, we find a production organization for climbing to a height of 4000 meters in the ski resort of Sierra Nevada; The reaction of young actors when they find out they are hired and their physical training.

The latter began seven months before the start of filming – which lasted no less than 140 days. Making their training documents, but also many rehearsals that are fascinating.

Very present in the concept of a feature film, the film gives voice to the survivors who have put their full trust in the director. They also share their reaction to the result. “Guess what, it was like going back“, says one of them.

To perfectly complement the film, this shoot is an urgent necessity for the creation of such a complex and risky production as snow circle.

Snow circle: Who were we in the mountain? Available on Netflix.