Durations
Beethoven, Symphony No. 7 in A Major, op. 92
Beethoven uses an extraordinary palette of rhythms, colours and nuances in this work, increasing the contrasts and creating a sensation of perpetual motion. Wagner said "this symphony is the apotheosis of dance itself." This dancing character reaches its peak in the final, Dionysian scherzo. Yet ...
Detroit wild life
Welcome to the city of Detroit, 'the Murder Capital of the USA', where the grass is growing over the parking lots and the houses are abandoned. Here, a new life is slowly beginning to take form and take over the deserted city. But even if the writing on the wall has a different and more apocalyptic ...
Final Cut in Pakistan
Pakistan is the birthplace for a popular, violent and colorful cinema unknown in western countries. Extremely prolix during 50 years, it's declining for 15 years.
Today, isn't the announced end of the cinema industry a way to let us know a change in this country back to the past, a strong obscura...
FOOD ARTISANS AND CHEFS / The Christmas feast
The greatest French Michelin-starred chefs pay homage to their local food producers and reveal the secrets of their cuisine. In this journey to the five corners of France, each chef shows us his region, its most beautiful sights and the women and men (fishermen, breeders, market gardeners, cheese ma...
GLOBAL WARMING AND WINE
Global warming could drastically alter the world wine map. This phenomenon pushes winegrowers to conquer new lands, moving ever further towards the poles. Temperatures are expected to rise from 3° to 5°C by 2050, accompanied by a decrease in summertime precipitation, much more frequent heat waves (o...
Homo Orcus
May 2010 : the discovery by German and French palaeontologists of a new hominid species. An investigation into the existence of this “intra-terrestrial” plunges us into a profusion of scientific, philosophical and moral questions.
The beginning of 2010 was full of surprises for those interested in...
IN THE CLICK OF A SHUTTER
In this film we follow the photographer Malik Nejmi on a journey through the world of horse-race betting. A world with its own symbols, gestures and rituals; a world in which passion, energy and hope are concentrated in a fraction of a second, but also in seemingly endless waiting.
It’s also a road-...
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER
They are 24, 28 and 30 and share a common desire: to embody the word of God. Through their youth, their outspokenness, their atypical life stories and their different personalities, these 21st century seminarians shed a new light on the meaning of this vocation and, in a broader sense, the renunciat...
In the spirit of…
Documentary series in 10 x 26 minute episodes focusing on ten French filmmakers of our time.
An exploration of an often unknown world: the imagination of the great names of new French cinema. This series gives the floor to the generation that has been making films for fifteen years and managed to fi...
LA BARAQUE, SES FRITES
Visit any village, burg or town in Northern France, the Netherlands or Belgium and you’ll find a “baraque à frites” - a chip, or French fry shop.
We reveal a nonconformist, theatrical, warm and welcoming world through an eclectic panorama of these legendary establishments.
Chip shops are primarily a...