Documentaries
THEY WORK THE NIGHT
They are workers, caregivers, security guards, nurses. They are on their way to work at a time when others are returning home. By filming 24 hours of their life, from their professional environment to their home, this documentary shows their daily lives, makes their voices heard on the repercussions...
VOY, VOY, the blind footballers
Fred Villeroux is one of the best blind football players in the world. He trains at the Stade de Mérignac near Bordeaux. He is the coach of the French team, which was selected for the Tokyo Olympics in August 2021.
This documentary introduces us to this sport, which is played blindfold. The ball ...
WELL BRED ANIMALS
This documentary presents the fauna and flora of an unusual and endangered environment: the wooded countryside, or “bocage”, characteristic of Northern France.
Shaped by extensive livestock farming, this terrain is incredibly rich: plants, insects, birds and mammals benefit from the numerous hedg...
SANCTUARY – SANCTUARIES
Shrines are attractive places that are not only spiritual, historical, and cultural, but part of our heritage. For many people, they have become the only tangible link with the Church, when on holiday or travelling.
This series offers viewers a sensory and spiritual experience as they discover th...
A Very Different Kind of Convoy
Every day, hundreds of professionals transport extraordinary loads, sometimes without us even noticing them. Tight deadlines, extra-large convoys, vertiginous roads… the daily life of these ace drivers is littered with obstacles and dangers. Regardless of the destination, these extreme truckers have...
France is Ours!
Every year, thousands of people move to France from abroad. Last year, more than 236,000 people settled there... whether for professional reasons or to make their dream come true! Over the course of a year, we follow the progress of families, couples and foreign students who have chosen to leave eve...
GHOSTS OF AN EMPIRE
This documentary explores the colonial imagination of Portuguese cinema since the beginning of the 20th century.100 years of cinema. As a contrast to the productions that related imperial domination, films and gazes of different generation of Portuguese filmmakers, as well as their testimonies, unma...
GIRL CULTURE
They are 13 years old. They enter the 8th grade, and will go through a year filled with « first times »: boys, hormones, the changing body. Who are these young girls from high school? What do they do, what do they talk about, what do they dream about? Girl culture is the chronicle of these teenagers...
The Summer Street Traders
With their patter and their gift of the gab, they sell products with revolutionary promises... The stars of the holiday season, they’re known as street vendors, hucksters, pedlars or hawkers. There are more than 30,000 of them in France. In the winter, they work the fairs; in the summer, the markets...
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...