Documentaries
La Martinique, the Second Homeland of Konpa
In the early sixties, a musical trend born in the Haitian dance halls swept the French West Indies: Direct Compass or Konpa in Creole. It made an indelible mark on the artistic life of the region.
This musical documentary goes in search of those involved in this crazy saga: artists, musicologists, p...
Leather in the Soul
A smell, a feel and even a sound, which some people find almost sensual, leather is a material with great character. Some exceptional craftsmen have it so deeply embedded in their souls that they can shape it in spectacular ways. But mastering and working with leather can take years of training, eff...
Masters of Art : Renew the material
They are rare professions of which we know almost nothing. Yet, they nourish French creativity…
Episode dedicated to Céline Bonnot-Diconne, leather restorer.
Céline has a passion for leather. To such an extent that she is a researcher in the subject. It's a very specialised passion, devoted to poly...
Masters of Art : Revealing the gesture
They are rare professions of which we know almost nothing. Yet, they nourish French creativity…
Episode dedicated to Fanny Boucher, photo engraver.
A meeting between Fanny Boucher and Antonin Pons Braley gave rise to a crazy project: transforming the original art of photogravure in order to give it...
Masters of Art : Sculpting the air
They are rare professions of which we know almost nothing. Yet, they nourish French creativity…
Episode dedicated to Bertrand Cattiaux, organ builder.
Building an organ means giving a place and a community an instrument for many centuries. Virgile Bardin, a pupil of the Master of Art Bertrand Catti...
New Circus
They defy the laws of physics, pushing the boundaries of balance, movement and gravity. Eight new circus performers reveal their resolutely modern but timeless art.
Outside the circus ring, eight circus artists invite us to discover their world. Every day, they reinvent their art. This documentar...
Of Locusts and Men
Ultimate symbol of the Wrath of God in the collective mind, locusts invasions do not however relate to an ancient past only. In Madagascar, this awkward natural phenomenon has recently been so intense that it has plunged millions of people into utter misery.
Imagine huge clouds of implacable inse...
Pierre and Les Ogres: a tribute to Pierre Perret
Militant poet and songwriter Pierre Perret celebrates a career spanning 60 years.
To celebrate the occasion, the Ogres de Barback look back over his repertoire with a plethora of politically engaged artists, including Olivia Ruiz, François Morel, Tryo, Alexis HK, Féfé, Flavia Coelho, Danyèl Waro, J...
Pigeon hunters of the Midi
The pigeon is acquiring new admirers every day. As a result, in recent years a host of structures of varying heights – tall enough, in any case, to protrude from the foliage of the oak grove - have emerged above the southern scrubland, dedicated to awaiting the waves of blue birds. To the south, to ...
Ramuncho, in the land of abundance
A portrait of Jamon Arrosagaray, a colourful Spanish pork butcher, who shares a common passion with his brother Luis, a urological surgeon. Together, they hunt pigeons in the Valcarlos valley, but have also created a small business arranging hunting trips in north-western Argentina, in the extensive...
