Documentaries
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...
Fortified Castles : The Origins / The Rise and Fall
Centuries after they first appeared in the landscape, many castles remain intact, complete with cathedrals and symbols of the Middle Ages and the power of their lords and rulers. For five centuries, the creation of these castles was accompanied by a political and cultural evolution during the mediev...
MARITIME FORTRESSES, The Last Defensive Walls
They stand watch along the French coast like guardians of the seas from an ancient time. Like the castles that punctuate the territory, the naval forts are the clearly visible vestiges of a time when France had to protect itself from foreign invasions...
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries,...
Tony Gatlif, son of the wind
A portrait of the director Tony Gatlif, whose work celebrates the joy of life, energy, invention and displacement, and sings the praises of a united, but constantly moving, community.
A cinema of heart and soul, there is always a double journey with Tony Gatlif: the physical journey, in which the pr...
(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...
Best Tricks: The story of a World Record
At only 21 years old, Louis Boniface is one of the best slackliners in the world. The film Best Tricks tells the story of a challenge that the young athlete has set for himself: Achieve a world first, a triple backflip rotation on a slackline.
This unique dive into Louis Boniface’s daily life highl...
Cafés in Peril: the Villages Fight Back
Bars and cafés are an institution in France. But over the years, their popularity has waned and their number has fallen from 200,000 in the 1960s to about 35,000 today. The reason: high costs and too few customers.
The closure of a café, which enables social contact, encourages a sense of communi...
Dakar Surf City
Following in the footsteps of Oumar Seye, the first professional surfer from Sub-Saharen Africa, Cherif, Paké, Assane and Mbabou dream of becoming pro surfers. These 4 childhood friends from the village of Ngor in Dakar make up Senegal’s national surf team and will represent their country at the ISA...
