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A bubble of faith
Comics and religion don't always go hand in hand, but some authors manage to harmoniously combine the two. Every year in January, they are showcased at the Angoulême Christian Comics Festival.
We meet the authors at the festival, but also in their studios where, far from the hustle and bustle of th...
Soulac-sur-Mer, kiss your coast goodbye
In Soulac-sur-Mer, Gironde, the Le Signal apartment building, built in 1967, was evacuated on January 29th, 2014, as a matter of urgency, because it was in danger of tipping over into the ocean.
The story of this building is also the story of what is happening - or will happen - to more than half o...
The Catacombs, a Society Beneath the Cobblestones
Thrill-seekers, photographers, painters and historians… several hundred people descend into the 300 kilometres of tunnels formed by the catacombs of Paris on a regular basis.
With its customs, culture and means of communication – as well as the tensions between the different communities - the cat...
The Vaujours Kamikazes, Nuclear Sorcerer’s Apprentices
Opened in 1955 on the initiative of General de Gaulle, the Centre d’Etudes Atomiques de Vaujours (Vaujours Atomic Studies Centre) actively contributed to the creation of the French atomic bomb. In 1997, Jacques Chirac closed this site, located just 15 kilometers from Paris.
Now abandoned, the sit...
Öcalan and the Kurdish Question
Kurdish resistance to the Islamic State troops during the siege of the city of Kobane brought to light a people forgotten by the official history.
In Turkey, where the majority of Kurds in the Middle East live, different governments have perpetuated an unusually violent policy of assimilation and d...
Long-distance women
Through the portraits of five officers of different generations in the Merchant Navy, the film questions the place of women in a historically male universe. How has this environment evolved, faced with the presence of women in command? And what does it teach us more generally about the relationships...
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...
The Astaffort Concert: Francis Cabrel and the Astagiaires
When he isn’t touring to promote a new album, Francis Cabrel lives far from the noise and bustle of the world in the French country town of Astaffort. His only "public appearances" are within the framework of the Rencontres d’Astaffort, a creative music workshop for young singer-songwriters that he ...
(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...
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...
