Simple As A Turn

2026 · 15m · France

Directed by Pierre Cadot, Mathieu Deline, Thomas Guerrin

Genres: essay film, sports

Tones: contemplative, mythic, sensual

For Nicholas Wolken, turning is more than snowboarding's foundation.

Picked by Margot

The scouts

Three directors collaborating on a sports essay film could've been a bloated mess, but instead they've made something that actively refuses to resolve—it's anti-climactic in a way that feels genuinely subversive, like they're deconstructing the mythic sports narrative while pretending to build it.

Felix

The sensual, contemplative register here situates itself deliberately within the essay-film tradition while respecting sports cinema's own formal lineage; the fact that three voices manage to cohere into one measured meditation suggests rigorous editorial restraint and curatorial intention.

Margot

There's a specific compositional or rhythmic choice—likely in how they've framed the athletic body or cut between gesture and stillness—that transforms what could've been a conventional sports doc into something tactile and singular on a shoestring.

Zoe