Documentaries
The Tale of Renan
This is the story of a long-awaited encounter: the tale of the adoption of a 10-year old child who will have to make peace with his past.
It is a film that tells the story of a same sex couple, whose desire to become parents is severely put to the test. After battling for years, Philippe and Fran...
The trousers issue
Quentin, William and David are all in their thirties, and enjoying completely ordinary lives with their families and friends. One of them does not want a child and is about to have a vasectomy; the second has chosen a reversible method; and the third is still looking for a procedure that suits him. ...
TO WHOEVER WANTS TO HEAR
This documentary features the artists from the improbable world of Noise and extreme music, who have decided to take transgression to new limits in ways that are diverse to say the least.
From the human voice to ordinary objects or instruments used in ways that are quite different to those for wh...
TONTON MANU DIBANGO
Begun at the dawn of his eightieth birthday, completed to the day, five years later, this portrait of the musician Manu Dibango, tireless defender of the mix of cultures, takes us to three continents. Rhythmic by a diversity of exchanges and the convictions of personalities, this sensitive and modes...
WHAT HOLOCAUST MEANS TO ME? Teenagers facing History
Now that 75 years have past since the discovery of the Nazi concentration camps, how can the Holocaust be explained to the teenagers of today? Can it be relevant to them within the turmoil of adolescence?
Over the course of a year, the film follows a class of 15 year-old students in a school just o...
What makes Darry Cowl run?
Sacha Guitry cast him as a wacky director at the beginning of his career. Fifty years later, Alain Resnais allowed him to elegantly close the door as a concierge. In between, the restless and outlandish poet Darry Cowl appeared in 140 films and 30 plays, wrote and directed many others, and composed ...
Words in Harmony – celebrating 25 years of Rencontres d’Astaffort
Created by Francis Cabrel, the Rencontres d’Astaffort provides an opportunity for young people to explore their creativity. Twice a year, 15 young artists are invited to the Centre des Écritures de la Chanson with no other obligation than to make music together. They have a way with words or a guita...
VINYL
Artists and celebrities tell us about themselves in music: rappers, writers, actors, intellectuals, sportsmen, politicians... music is an integral part of everyone's life. Through their choice of records, our guests share their stories, their journeys and passions.
Vinyl uses music to reflect today...
Fortified Castles : The Origins / The Rise and Fall
Centuries after they first appeared in the landscape, many castles remain intact, complete with cathedrals and symbols of the Middle Ages and the power of their lords and rulers. For five centuries, the creation of these castles was accompanied by a political and cultural evolution during the mediev...
MARITIME FORTRESSES, The Last Defensive Walls
They stand watch along the French coast like guardians of the seas from an ancient time. Like the castles that punctuate the territory, the naval forts are the clearly visible vestiges of a time when France had to protect itself from foreign invasions...
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries,...