Shorts
GYMNASTICS, a no-sweat cultural workout
GYMNASTICS is a new form of timeless cultural programme. Each episode arouses our curiosity, directs our gaze towards extraordinary characters, and creates links between topics that, at first glance, have little in common. GYMNASTIQUE catches the spirit of the time, identifies emerging trends and te...
Masters of Art: A New Look at the Art of Costume
They are rare professions of which we know almost nothing. Yet, they nourish French creativity…
Episode dedicated to Christine Leclercq, costume designer
Christine Leclercq is a costume designer for the cinema, opera and theatre. She began in haute couture before creating her own costume design com...
Masters of Art: Marrying Stones and Light
They are rare professions of which we know almost nothing. Yet, they nourish French creativity…
Episode dedicated to à Hervé Obligi, lapidary sculptor.
Hervé first dreamed of being a cabinetmaker, but what he carves is much harder than wood. He is a lapidary sculptor; his palette is composed of lap...
THE TAKE AWAY SHOWS
Created in April 2006 by Chryde with the help of the director Vincent Moon, THE TAKE AWAY SHOWS invites artists to play acoustic gigs in impromptu locations in an urban setting.
Shot in one take with ambient sound they allow us to hear the music in a different way, to see the artist in a unique and...
Fast & Good
The wind of freedom is blowing through gastronomy: chefs around the world are abandoning their Michelin starred restaurants in order to restore the good name of a cuisine long eschewed by gourmets: street food. Fast & Good paints a portrait of this accessible and fun food, which promotes simplicity,...
Thingummybobs
In this collection, performers share anecdotes we’ve never heard before through their favourite objects. Whether ordinary or unusual, mundane or precious, this object tells us something unique and previously unknown about the artist.
Olivia Ruiz / Zahia Ziouani / Michel Polnareff / Alain Souchon ...
TAPE
TAPE rewinds the history of music: this collection of short programmes humorously dissects and analyses events that made the news during well known recording artists’ careers.
Chilly Gonzales / Etienne Daho / Peaches / David Bowie / Ride / The libertines / Carl Craig / Prince / John Cale / Sounds...
ALBERT SAUTEUR, a self-portrait
This film tells the story of a pictorial adventure. From October 2011 to May 2012, Albert Sauteur painted a self-portrait in 107 sessions. 107 sessions in which a camera framing the painting, placed behind the painter's head and connected to a computer, recorded every dab of paint. 21935 pictures of...
Masters of Art : Shaping sound, wood in vibration
They are rare professions of which we know almost nothing. Yet, they nourish French creativity…
Episode dedicated to Judith Kraft and Mathieu Pradels, luthiers (stringed instrument maker).
Judith Kraft is a musician, and it was when she took her bow to be repaired by a luthier in New York that she ...
Masters of Art : Understanding, interpreting, interacting with glass
They are rare professions of which we know almost nothing. Yet, they nourish French creativity…
Episode dedicated to the Jean Marc Schilt and Sébastien Maurer, glass workers.
The son and grandson of glass workers at the Saint-Louis crystal factory, Jean-Marc Schilt has moved up patiently through th...
