Documentaries
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF FIREFLIES
This documentary immerses viewers in the landscapes of rural areas through the drawings of some of the world's greatest artists. Taking to the roads of a changing rural France, these artists, through a whole universe of forms, question the profound transformations currently at work.
From the Maur...
THE FACES OF COMMITMENT
A collection of 3 documentaries focusing on people who have decided to take action to preserve our planet. On their own scale, with their own resources, in places that are sometimes thousands of kilometres from where they were born and raised.
Each episode reveals, through a series of interwoven ...
Traditions today (Bessanaises)
At the height of summer, on the edge of the Vanoise Park in Savoie, the village of Bessans is alive with preparations for its 15th August festival. Every year, the people of Bessans perpetuate tradition by dressing up in the clothes worn by their ancestors.
I wore this costume too, from...
Water For All?
Despite being one of the rainiest places in the world, half of the population of Réunion has no permanent access to drinking water and the farmers are unable to irrigate their crops. This documentary gives a voice to the consumers, farmers and amateur Bichique fishermen affected by problems with the...
THE GOLDEN YEARS OF THE AUTOMOBILE
This documentary collection plunges us into the most fascinating industrial adventure of the last 130 years: that of the motor car, an incredible instrument of freedom, which revolutionised people’s lifestyles at the end of the 19th century.
The cars that have been successful are the markers of e...
BAKHITA the survivor, the slave who broke her chains
The story of Bakhita, a Sudanese slave who took holy orders in Italy at the end of the 19th century and was canonised by Pope John Paul II in 2000.
In Sudan at the end of the 19th century, Bakhita, ‘the lucky one’ in Arabic, was sold to a slave trader by slave traders. The documentary a...
FAIR TRADE TRAVELLERS
In each episode, a celebrity accompanies an environmental charity on a mission in a popular tourist destination. For the celebrity it’s an opportunity to take an initiatory - and sustainable - journey. For the charity, it’s a chance to have a spotlight shone on their work.
Far from the movie ligh...
JUST FOR TODAY
Is there life after drug addiction? Nathalie, abandoned by her mother when she was six months old, and Hervé, a mixed-race Franco-Vietnamese child, have struggled to find their place since childhood. Alternating with images of hands practising Kintsugi, a Japanese method of repairing broken ceramics...
KOREA, the Jerusalem of the Far East
Still officially at war, the enemy brothers, North and South Korea, share a unique Christian heritage in the Far East.
Sad coincidence, today's Korea is cut in two, like the holy city. This documentary navigates between past and present by exploring the history of the Korean Church and its thousa...
PARIS-KENYA, pearls of generosity
Massimo has been based in the Butte aux Cailles district of Paris for over 20 years. He runs his hairdressing salon there, which has also become the HQ of his charity ‘Direct action Sererit’, which helps to send children to school in Kenya.
The salon's regular customers regularly donate clothes t...
