Art, culture & music
BRYAN FERRY, Don’t Stop the Music
Inventor of glam rock in the early 1970s, Bryan Ferry single-handedly embodies 50 years of English pop history.
A living legend, with Roxy Music, he brought a shot of sassy visual creativity to pop – heralding the arrival of punk. Instead of becoming bogged down in his own mythology, Bryan Ferry ...
FLAGS OF THE WORLD
In this collection, we discover the secrets and colours of the flags that symbolise the different nations around the world.
In 1 minute, each episode raises the flag of a country.
Using graphic animation, each 60-second episode focuses on the flag of a particular country, its history, its colours,...
Oxford Trobadors
Denis Noble, an emeritus professor in physiology, has spent his whole life studying heart beat while his own beat at the rhythm of “Se santa”, the Occitan anthem. Founder of a 5 musicians group (he’s a singer himself), he is rehearsing before a concert with his friends. Forty years ago, Denis, a dan...
The secrets of Orléans Cathedral
The history of Orleans Cathedral is inseparable from that of the kingdom of France. Orleans has been a city of prime importance at the heart of the kingdom for centuries.
The origins of the cathedral are very ancient and the legends attached to it, mingling with the reality of French history, are n...
the story of Angèle
Angèle, 24, a songwriter and singer, is a social phenomenon. Her tweet-fast celebrity was born when she started posting videos of her songs on social medias. A free, outspoken feminist, she has won universal acclaim with lyrics giving an expression to our society’s concerns. Her title “Balance ton q...
TO WHOEVER WANTS TO HEAR
This documentary features the artists from the improbable world of Noise and extreme music, who have decided to take transgression to new limits in ways that are diverse to say the least.
From the human voice to ordinary objects or instruments used in ways that are quite different to those for wh...
Words in Harmony – celebrating 25 years of Rencontres d’Astaffort
Created by Francis Cabrel, the Rencontres d’Astaffort provides an opportunity for young people to explore their creativity. Twice a year, 15 young artists are invited to the Centre des Écritures de la Chanson with no other obligation than to make music together. They have a way with words or a guita...
VINYL
Artists and celebrities tell us about themselves in music: rappers, writers, actors, intellectuals, sportsmen, politicians... music is an integral part of everyone's life. Through their choice of records, our guests share their stories, their journeys and passions.
Vinyl uses music to reflect today...
(RE)PLAY
(Re) Play is a collection of short films that reinterpret, in sequence shots, the most memorable scenes of the greatest classics of French Theatre.
Each work is adapted to the modern world, focusing on a famous or particularly memorable scene, in order to reveal the timelessness and strength of the...
