Nature & environment
EVERYTHING AROUND ME
At the end of the Cap Ferret peninsula, there is another; that of Mimbeau, a narrow strip of sand planted with a few pines, yuccas and helichrysum, which suddenly rises up towards the north and encloses a tidal lagoon. The result is a very special ecosystem.
This film tells the story of...
THE OCEAN SENTINELS
Oceans cover 3⁄4 of the globe and produce more than half of the oxygen we breathe. But today they are suffocating. Every minute, 15 tonnes of plastics are dumped into our oceans. At this rate, in a few years there will be more rubbish in the seas than fish.
Scientists have been sounding the alarm...
High Tides: When the Sun Meets the Moon
Every month, the Moon and the Sun align with the Earth during the full moon and new moon phases—this is called a syzygy. The combined gravitational pull of these two celestial bodies then causes the phenomenon of spring tides or "vives-eaux" tides on Earth. This is Newton’s law of universal gravitat...
WELL BRED ANIMALS
This documentary presents the fauna and flora of an unusual and endangered environment: the wooded countryside, or “bocage”, characteristic of Northern France.
Shaped by extensive livestock farming, this terrain is incredibly rich: plants, insects, birds and mammals benefit from the numerous hedg...
CHRISTIANS FACING THE ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY
A fascinating and highly topical reflection on responsibilities of Man, and in particular of Christians, in the face of the destruction of the living world.
According to Genesis, Adam and Eve were called by God to “rule" over creation. But what does “ruling over creation" mean in the original pla...
DEEP BREATHING
The French freediver Stéphane Tourreau is vice world champion in constant weight apnea, a demanding discipline that consists of diving as deep as possible using only his own muscle strength. His passion: to explore the most beautiful diving spots on the planet.
Always looking for unique and intro...
FRENCH GUYANA, ON THE TRAIL OF THE ILLEGAL GOLD MINERS
In French Guyana in June 2019, François-Michel le Tourneau, geographer and senior research fellow at the CNRS, launched the Camopi-Regina expedition, composed of a botanist, an Amerindian guide and eight legionnaires from the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (REI) in Kourou.
The objective: to contin...
Ploughing Their Own Furrow
Gone are the days when they were just farmers’ daughters or wives! Today they have their own farms and create their own dreams...
Valentine, Ophélie, and Charlène are all under 25, but they are already running their own farms, managing their own herds of cows or sheep and cultivating hundreds of ...
THE PATH OF ANGELS
We follow Linda Bortoletto on an introspective journey of over 1,000 kilometers across Israel. This documentary explores the beauty of the landscapes, the meaningful human encounters with the “angels” along the way, and the universal themes of the search for meaning, resilience, and spirituality. It...
Vavilov Institute: The world granary
Everywhere around the world vegetal species, once cultivated, have disappeared.
In saint petersbourg the Nikolai Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry preserves, cultivates, and studies more than 350 000 plants.
For 120 years that unique granary has prevented famines all around the globe. This film ...
