Nature & environment
Of Locusts and Men
Ultimate symbol of the Wrath of God in the collective mind, locusts invasions do not however relate to an ancient past only. In Madagascar, this awkward natural phenomenon has recently been so intense that it has plunged millions of people into utter misery.
Imagine huge clouds of implacable inse...
The Cep: a wonderful apparition
A film introducing us to the cep mushroom, an autumnal treasure: from the latest scientific discoveries to its social and economic implications, by way of the culinary aspect, the film leads us through a poetical investigation of the mysteries of this legendary fungus.
Eric, an erudite ...
Biodynamic vinyards
From the Loire vineyards to those of Alsace, the original characters of this film make us discover what is biodynamic cultivation, a process that goes far beyond ordinary agronomical expertise and question many dimensions of today’s world.
This utopy is marching on and it is not only the wine maker...
EKKO ARKTIK
Two groups of teenagers venture on a week-long Arctic expedition on the Svalbard archipelago. Through concrete activities, these young people, mentored by Samuel Duc, teacher and former arctic guide, will appreciate the 21st century issues regarding climate change. Surrounded by the predominant land...
FRAGILE AND MYSTERIOUS TRANSYLVANIA
The heart of Romania beats in the middle of the Carpathians, in that Transylvania known throughout the world as the setting of the Dracula legend. But invulnerable fortresses and mysterious castles must not hide the most ravishing truth about Transylvania: it is one of Europe's last pristine lands. ...
LONGYEARBYEN, a bipolar city
A climate dilemma in the Arctic circle ! Located in the Svalbard archipelago, Longyearbyen is the northernmost city in the world. Here we extract coal for one hundred years as an energetic and economic source, which stirs many environmental paradoxes. In 2015, the mayor election year, the coal price...
QUARTZ The roving tale of a sand speck
A sand speck odyssey. Beached on an Atlantic shore, blown by the north wind on the grey and white dunes, reaching the outskirts of a forest, it runs through a multitude of ecosystems. Each of them is a universe filled with species incredibly and often spectacularly adapted to both the absence of wat...
The last council
The Last Council tells the story of 13 old ladies, native grandmothers and charismatic ambassadors of oral civilisations: living libraries, keepers of long forgotten traditions, each of these grandmothers is the image of a culture. They come from Central Africa, Nepal, Tibet, North and South Americ...
Citizens’ Currency
Creating money isn’t a privilege purely reserved to state banks.
Since 2010, local currencies have been launched all over France. Issued by the citizens themselves, their role is to restore, on their territory, the humanity and meaning that conventional money no longer has in their eyes, while re-es...
The Vaujours Kamikazes, Nuclear Sorcerer’s Apprentices
Opened in 1955 on the initiative of General de Gaulle, the Centre d’Etudes Atomiques de Vaujours (Vaujours Atomic Studies Centre) actively contributed to the creation of the French atomic bomb. In 1997, Jacques Chirac closed this site, located just 15 kilometers from Paris.
Now abandoned, the sit...
