Documentaries
In the spirit of…
Documentary series in 10 x 26 minute episodes focusing on ten French filmmakers of our time.
An exploration of an often unknown world: the imagination of the great names of new French cinema. This series gives the floor to the generation that has been making films for fifteen years and managed to fi...
LA BARAQUE, SES FRITES
Visit any village, burg or town in Northern France, the Netherlands or Belgium and you’ll find a “baraque à frites” - a chip, or French fry shop.
We reveal a nonconformist, theatrical, warm and welcoming world through an eclectic panorama of these legendary establishments.
Chip shops are primarily a...
Micheline Presle, an explorer of the cinema
French actress and post-war movie legend Micheline Presle tells us how she went straight from the imaginary world of childhood to that of the cinema.
Making her debut at the age of 15 with Georg Pabst, then Abel Gance, she is part of the history of world cinema. The famous novel by Raymond Radiguet,...
Mountain Quail : Men to the Rescue of Rare Birds
A dip into the hunting and scientific world of mountain quail in the Alps and Pyrenees. We set off in search of the rock partridge, the hazel grouse, the black grouse, the capercaillie, the grey partridge and ptarmigan in the company of hunters, scientists and volunteers involved in their protection...
My Life Exposed on the Internet
Internet, a tool for communication and exchange… which can come back into our lives like a boomerang! Irrespective of age, more and more Internet users are playing at, “Do you want to be my friend?” and “My friends friends are my friends”. Illustrated with photos and personal stories, our lives, lov...
Nathalie Dessay, Ludovic Tezier : BRAHMS REQUIEM (Artistic Confessions)
On the occasion of the recording of a disc, Natalie DESSAY and Ludovic TEZIER, with the Frankfurt Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Radio Choirs, under the direction of Paavo JARVI, perform "A German Requiem" by Brahms.The recording is interspersed with the interview in English with French subtitle...
NY Indies, the other american cinema
The film traces the independent movement from Robert Downey Sr., to the new comers, all producing films with low budgets, such as directors (Tom Di Cillo, Amos Kollek), producers (Gill Holland, Lemore Syvan, Avram Ludwig), cinematographers (Ellen Kuras), wardrobe designers (Ruth Carter)… as well as ...
Philippe Jaroussky : Fauré requiem (Artistic Confessions)
It is with the Paris Orchestra conducted by Paavo JARVI that counter tenor Philippe JAROUSSKY records Réquiem, Pie Jesu by Gabriel Fauré. The German baritone Matthias GOERNE performs Réquiem, Libera me by the same composer. Alternating interviews with Philippe JAROUSSKY, Paavo JARVI and producer Phi...
Pietragalla, Between Heaven and Earth
Portrait of the French dancer and choreographer Marie-Claude Pietragalla.
Discipline, rigour, will and commitment are all adjectives that define the temperament of Marie-Claude Pietragalla, who was named principal dancer of the Ballet de l’Opera National Opera de Paris in 1990.
At 35, she decided t...
PRINCE OF THE DESERT
The Arabian horse: an animal whose character has been formed under the harsh conditions of desert life and whose bloodlines can be found in almost every equine breed today. It has inspired the greatest artists. It has fascinated men. It is the only animal to have conquered the world on an artistic, ...
