Documentaries
ECHOES OF YOUTH
An experimental documentary exploring the marginalized youth in rural the Ardennes. At its heart, Yvonne meets Victor, a 20-year-old young farmer, and his community. Through honest conversations about love and heartbreak, the film highlights generational and sociocultural divides.
A profound reflec...
From Cimabue to Giotto – The First Italian Masters
Following the rediscovery of a 750-year-old painting and its recent entry into the Louvre’s collection after a record-breaking auction sale (€24 million), the film traces the footsteps of a little-known artist who played a fundamental role in the history of Western painting: the Tuscan painter Cimab...
From Father Joffroy to Brother Rosaire
Evangelizing on African soil has long been the mission of the Spiritans.
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the parish of Oussouye, in Casamance (southern Senegal), Father Joffroy's letters revive memories of the first baptized.
In this very traditional region, where the kings are sti...
I’m writing to you…
A light-hearted documentary which takes a humorous look at written language in our tumultuous society: has this form of expression completely disappeared or just mutated? Do these changes have an impact on our attitudes and behaviour? To find out, we hear from linguists, a public letter writer and s...
Isidore’s Great Dream
High on the hills of the Saint-Chéron district in Chartres lies a most unusual home: the Maison Picassiette. For 25 years, Raymond Isidore—nicknamed “Picassiette”—transformed every corner of his house using fragments of colorful mosaics. Every surface is covered in vibrant shards of broken ceramics,...
Izieu’s children deportation: Never Forgiven or Forgotten
Through sheer determination, Sabine Zlatin helped to publicise the story of the roundup of the children of Izieu in April 1944 and to make it part of the history of France.
In July 1933, a 27-year-old woman tried to kill herself with a revolver on Boulevard du Montparnasse in Paris. Who was she?...
Kharkiv, capital of rebel photography
In 5 episodes of 10 minutes, this series plunges into the history of a Ukraine far from clichés, through the lens of the Kharkiv School of Photography and its artistic and political impact. From the USSR of the 60s to the present-day war, this is the chronicle of a little-known, rebellious and provo...
Les Bas Buissons, Memories of a Former Sanatorium
In the heart of the Muette woods in Dreux, restoration work is underway across several kilometers of ruins. The Bas Buissons site—once home to one of the largest sanatoriums in France—is now at the center of a major real estate redevelopment project.
Built in 1928 and abandoned since the 1990s, t...
MADAM ATTORNEY GENERAL
They breathe a breath of modernity into a very male-dominated justice system: in the public prosecutor's office, only a third of prosecutors are women. Committed to this highly responsible and unusual position, they are sweeping away prejudices about a profession that is little-known in France.
P...
MAYAS: the secrets of the last cities
In their own way, Coba, Mayapan and Tulum all played host to the last moments of a civilisation as impressive as it is mysterious.
What do these three cities tell us about the way Mayan societies operated? How does their architecture inform the experts about the scientific knowledge and construct...
