Documentaries
SO BE IT
Everyone knows him by his stage name: Jésus La Vidange. A Drag King whenever he steps onto the stage, he tries to find his place somewhere between his native Burgundy and Paris. A tender showman with the unmistakable charm of a crooner, he shares with us a glimpse of his intimate journey, where the ...
STAND UP and DOWN
By delving into the heart of Parisian comedy clubs, and giving a voice to those who have made stand-up their raison d'être, we explore the arena of humor and stand-up from a contrasting and unprecedented angle.
Alternating between lightness and depth, this documentary seeks to understand how and ...
The Aquascope Adventure
Near Poitiers, in Futuroscope, an attraction unlike any other in Europe has just opened its doors to the public: a themed water park offering 7500 square metres of indoor activities and 4500 square metres of outside space, combining slides, a wave pool, a dynamic river, waterfalls and whirlpools, al...
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF FIREFLIES
This documentary immerses viewers in the landscapes of rural areas through the drawings of some of the world's greatest artists. Taking to the roads of a changing rural France, these artists, through a whole universe of forms, question the profound transformations currently at work.
From the Maur...
THE FACES OF COMMITMENT
A collection of 3 documentaries focusing on people who have decided to take action to preserve our planet. On their own scale, with their own resources, in places that are sometimes thousands of kilometres from where they were born and raised.
Each episode reveals, through a series of interwoven ...
Water For All?
Despite being one of the rainiest places in the world, half of the population of Réunion has no permanent access to drinking water and the farmers are unable to irrigate their crops. This documentary gives a voice to the consumers, farmers and amateur Bichique fishermen affected by problems with the...
THE GOLDEN YEARS OF THE AUTOMOBILE
This documentary collection plunges us into the most fascinating industrial adventure of the last 130 years: that of the motor car, an incredible instrument of freedom, which revolutionised people’s lifestyles at the end of the 19th century.
The cars that have been successful are the markers of e...
BAKHITA the survivor, the slave who broke her chains
The story of Bakhita, a Sudanese slave who took holy orders in Italy at the end of the 19th century and was canonised by Pope John Paul II in 2000.
In Sudan at the end of the 19th century, Bakhita, ‘the lucky one’ in Arabic, was sold to a slave trader by slave traders. The documentary a...
JUST FOR TODAY
Is there life after drug addiction? Nathalie, abandoned by her mother when she was six months old, and Hervé, a mixed-race Franco-Vietnamese child, have struggled to find their place since childhood. Alternating with images of hands practising Kintsugi, a Japanese method of repairing broken ceramics...
PARIS-KENYA, pearls of generosity
Massimo has been based in the Butte aux Cailles district of Paris for over 20 years. He runs his hairdressing salon there, which has also become the HQ of his charity ‘Direct action Sererit’, which helps to send children to school in Kenya.
The salon's regular customers regularly donate clothes t...
