Requiem in White – Our Dying Glaciers

The Eastern Alps’ glaciers are vanishing and there’s no turning back.

Scientists agree: the glaciers of the Eastern Alps are on an irreversible path to extinction. As the ice melts and permafrost crumbles, the warnings grow louder—yet life in the mountains pushes on. Summer tourists pack into glacier cable cars for one last glimpse of the shrinking ice. In winter, ski resorts operate at full throttle. The natural landscape is being reshaped at an industrial scale: snow farming, artificial snow cannons, slope reinforcement, massive earthworks. It’s a high-stakes race against a ticking clock.

Requiem in White, directed by Harry Putz, is a powerful cinematic farewell to these dying giants. Shot across 14 glaciers in Austria, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland, the film blends science with raw emotion through intimate interviews and stark imagery. It leaves viewers with a chilling question: How do we choose to say goodbye to a world that’s disappearing before our eyes?