Documentaries
Galileo, the Forger and the Expert: Investigating a Masterpiece of Counterfeiting
In 2005, an Italian, Massimo De Caro, succeeded in deceiving the rare-book world by offering for sale a remarkable copy of "Siderius Nuncius" signed by Galileo himself, dating from 1610 and containing four watercolours of the moon painted by the astronomer. The "Sidereus Nuncius" or "Starry Messenge...
Home-party selling: a booming business
With or without a diploma, young or old, in the city or the countryside, anyone can have their own home-party selling business. This system of direct selling was created in the 1960s in the United States, and in recent years has seen a resurgence in France. For some, it's a way of supplementing thei...
I’m Harold, the hunting dog
This beautiful film takes us into the life of Harold, an English setter and hunting dog. Over the course of a year, he tells us about his hunting trips in the maritime pine forests and his encounters with woodcock. But Harold also turns his gaze on his place of residence, the Cap-Ferret peninsula wi...
La Poste, logistics on an extra large scale
From ultra-modern sorting centres to delivery staff travelling miles every day and state of the art technology that optimises every stage of the process, we take a close look at one of the largest postal service companies in the world!
Adapting to meet new demands, La Poste is investing in cuttin...
Masters of Art : Shaping sound, wood in vibration
They are rare professions of which we know almost nothing. Yet, they nourish French creativity…
Episode dedicated to Judith Kraft and Mathieu Pradels, luthiers (stringed instrument maker).
Judith Kraft is a musician, and it was when she took her bow to be repaired by a luthier in New York that she ...
Masters of Art : Understanding, interpreting, interacting with glass
They are rare professions of which we know almost nothing. Yet, they nourish French creativity…
Episode dedicated to the Jean Marc Schilt and Sébastien Maurer, glass workers.
The son and grandson of glass workers at the Saint-Louis crystal factory, Jean-Marc Schilt has moved up patiently through th...
MY NAME IS ELIA KAZAN
1972: Kazan presents his latest film at Cannes, The Visitors. André S. Labarthe and Annette Michelson decide to follow him to the USA… 2017: Labarthe decides to make a movie with these unedited interviews. In his final masterpiece Labarthe is helped by his wife Danielle Anezin, ending a 60-year-long...
Nicaragua, a new Eldorado
Bordered by the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, Nicaragua has long been off the tourist map due to a violent civil war. But over the last few years, this Central American nugget has been attracting adventurers from all over the world. Amongst them are some pioneers from France, who have fallen ...
PORTRAIT : Serguey Smbatyan
Meeting with SERGUEY SMBATYAN, the youngest conductor to establish himself on the international stages.
Sergey Smbatyan is the Founder, Artistic Director, and Principal Conductor of the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra (ASSO)
For his numerous achievements in culture, the c...
