Durations
ESPERANZA SPALDING – Jazz in Vienna
A musical virtuoso and prodigy, recognised by the Grammy Awards Academy in 2011, and a graduate of the prestigious Berklee College of Music, the American bass player and jazz singer Esperanza Spalding knows as much about respecting the conventions of traditional jazz as earning the devotion of Princ...
FIGHTING AGAINST LAKSHMI MITTAL
At the beginning of 2012, Lakshmi Mittal, the owner of the world’s largest steelmaking company, announced the closure of the last two steel factories in the Fensch Valley in Lorraine, France. For the employees, this news came as a declaration of war. Aware of the media opportunity provided by the pr...
Francois GABART, racing the oceans
François Gabart is a rising star in the firmament of offshore yacht racing. In November 2012, he took part in his first ever Vendée Globe.
After a thunderous debut in the Figaro class (French single-handed offshore racing champion in 2010), it was at the helm of his brand new 60-foot Imoca, the “Mac...
Hail Marielle
Journey to the heart of the career of a charismatic French actor with a cavernous voice: Jean-Pierre Marielle. A tribute to the massive man behind a multitude of characters.
What charisma! There’s something unreal about Jean Pierre Marielle. He holds up a mirror, giving a tangible existence to his ...
Impressions of Alaska
Although the art of hunting remains the main theme of this documentary, it’s in the form of a travelogue that we set out to meet hunters and scientists in the largest state of the USA and describe the ecosystems in which it is practised.
Apart from the diversity and originality of the hunting techn...
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF VALERIAN : The Story of Page 52
Few months before Luc Besson' movie "Valérian and the city of the 1000 planets" release, this documentary is an immersion” within the studio of JEAN-CLAUDE MÉZIÈRES, a master of the 9th Art and co-creator with PIERRE CHRISTIN of the “VALÉRIAN” series.
A day-by-day, real-time tutorial in the art of...
In the Land of the Wayana
Damien Boyer, a young explorer, pays a visit to the Wayana, one of the most isolated tribes living on the banks of the Maroni in French Guiana. Curious and passionate, Damien tries to find out how they reconcile modernity with tradition, while addressing the problems threatening the group’s sustaina...
Inside the Ring: The Cadre Noir Set to Music
In this highly prestigious equestrian show, the Cadre Noir of Saumur, accompanied by the Paris Instrumental Ensemble, present us with a display of French horsemanship at its very finest.
Composed of 15 “tableaux”, in which the quintessence of equestrian art is combined with the works of great compos...
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Le grand ThÉÂtre de l’amour
Love is everywhere and forever. The world of Baroque opera is certainly no exception, because whether they are Gods or men, nobody can escape Cupid's arrows.
Sabine Devieilhe and Alexis Kossenko selected the most beautiful movements from Rameau’s operas to let us feel the pleasures and the torments...
JORDI SAVALL : LES GOUTS REUNIS, Jean-Sébastien Bach
As part of the 8th Music and History Festival for Intercultural Dialogue, under the direction of Jordi SAVALL, the orchestra "Le Concert des Nations" performs several excerpts from concertos and suites by Jean Sébastien Bach. Concerti for Harpsichord, for 2 Violins and strings & Orchestral Suite...