"So one day, Gérard-Philippe knocks on our door, wearing his passion for cinema and photography on his sleeve, with a sincere desire to help his fellow man, wide-eyed and full of the energy that carries him to distant countries from his native Switzerland. To encourage people to love, you yourself must act as an example: as we all know, Gérard-Philippe does this and so much more. He loves nothing more than an impossible challenge or a project that brings us closer together. He excels at forging new connections, as well as at understanding human emotion and the poetry of existence. With him is his guiding spirit, the idea of liberty expressed by Cyrano de Bergerac: “And I walk alone, with nothing about me that shines, but decked out with independence and with honesty”. The sentiment is matched only by John Ford’s philosophy: “Be local, and you’ll be universal”.