Documentaries
KAIETEUR
This documentary reports the expedition of the Belgian herpetologist Philippe Kok in the Kaieteur (Guyana) nature reserve that host one of the highest waterfalls in the world. This reptile and batrachians specialist knows the region well: each year he discovers new species in the park.
For this new...
MADAGASCAR OTHERWISE : A TRAIN GREATLY EXPECTED
The « East Coast Fianarantsoa » (ECF), is 163 km of railway between Fianarantsoa, capital of Betsileo and Manakara costal city of Madagascar. Composed of 67 bridges and 48 tunnels, ECF is one of the most abrupt railways in the world. It goes though one of the most beautiful landscape of Madagascar. ...
MADAGASCAR OTHERWISE : VAS VIS VALI
Justin Vali is the uncontested valiha master player, Madagascar iconic instrument.
He is for sure the most known Madagascan artist in the western world.
After playing on the most famous stages of the world, Justin return to his country to open the first school dedicated to teaching valiha playing. ...
PORTRAIT : Frank Braley
Meeting with the pianist Frank BRALEY who looks back on his career, embellishing it with a few anecdotes: his first piano lessons with his mother, his first teachers, his entry into the Paris Conservatory at the age of 18, the international competition of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium in 1991. He then ...
PORTRAIT: François Frédéric Guy
Portrait of the pianist François-Frédéric GUY, who talks about his training and his artistic journey, the recording of a record, his meetings with conductors and composers, his relationships with the pianist Nicolas ANGELICH, of his work with young students, of his desire to concentrate his repertoi...
PORTRAIT: Sergio Tiempo
Portrait of the Venezuelan pianist Sergio TIEMPO who says he owes his vocation as a concert performer to Martha Argerich.This documentary is made up of archive images including personal archives, an interview with Sergio TIEMPO and some interpretations by the pianist, as well as extracts from concer...
Secret stories of primitive arts
The scientists of the Louvre’s laboratory examine closely the pieces exposed in the Quai Branly Museum, which opened its doors on June 23rd, 2006. At the feet of the Louvre’s Museum is a magic and secret place, at the intersection of art and science : the research and restoration’s center of french ...
STORIES OF HAPPY MEMORIES
The savoyard’s departments have now a bank of more than 4000 regional movies of amateur and professional film makers. This documentary series allows us to feel the amateur nature of the film makers but it’s also a unique tool preserving the collective memory: each documentary is the portrait of a pe...
THE GOLESTAN HORSEMAN
Abduljabar is a jockey. He’s preparing for the big race in Tehran. He’ll be competing against the best horsemen in the land. Born into a largely unassimilated minority group in Iran, the Turkmen, he has to win the respect of his clan. More than that, he has to fight to guarantee himself a future, to...
the lady in red
Through the success of a partnership between 14,000 Senegalese tomato producers and a French industrialist, the film shows how an original development model based on dialogue, consensus, a respect for human values and the sharing of wealth can offer hope in the face of liberalism and globalisation.
