Spirituality
THE PILLARS OF NOTRE DAME
Dozens of artists and artisans are preparing to start work on an exceptional project: the restoration of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. This series of short portraits immerses us in the discreet and small world of these craftsmen, whose mission is to rebuild Notre-Dame and participate in the restora...
From Father Joffroy to Brother Rosaire
Evangelizing on African soil has long been the mission of the Spiritans.
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the parish of Oussouye, in Casamance (southern Senegal), Father Joffroy's letters revive memories of the first baptized.
In this very traditional region, where the kings are sti...
NOTRE-DAME: The project of a lifetime
This film tells the story of the 5-year construction project of the century. Previously unseen footage, filmed continuously since the fatal fire in 2019, documents the technological challenges and extraordinary human adventure involved in bringing Notre Dame cathedral back to life and restoring it t...
BAKHITA the survivor, the slave who broke her chains
The story of Bakhita, a Sudanese slave who took holy orders in Italy at the end of the 19th century and was canonised by Pope John Paul II in 2000.
In Sudan at the end of the 19th century, Bakhita, ‘the lucky one’ in Arabic, was sold to a slave trader by slave traders. The documentary a...
JUST FOR TODAY
Is there life after drug addiction? Nathalie, abandoned by her mother when she was six months old, and Hervé, a mixed-race Franco-Vietnamese child, have struggled to find their place since childhood. Alternating with images of hands practising Kintsugi, a Japanese method of repairing broken ceramics...
PARIS-KENYA, pearls of generosity
Massimo has been based in the Butte aux Cailles district of Paris for over 20 years. He runs his hairdressing salon there, which has also become the HQ of his charity ‘Direct action Sererit’, which helps to send children to school in Kenya.
The salon's regular customers regularly donate clothes t...
GAUDI, the faith of the master
This documentary explores the links between faith and Antonio Gaudí's work. It follows the story of the incredible construction of the Sagrada Família, which relied on a handful of disciples. Now it's their turn to continue this unfinished work, a synthesis of incredible architecture and the stone p...
CLOSER TO HER, OUR LADY OF KIBEHO
The 12th Marion apparition site to be approved by the Vatican, the Shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows in Kibeho, Rwanda, remains an isolated case in the long history of the Virgin Mary, being both a place of piety and genocide.
Today, 30 years after the fratricidal atrocities, Kibeho has onc...
ARMA CHRISTI, stories of the Ukrainian resistance
Arma Christi is a documentary film which explores the spiritual side of the Ukrainian resistance. Since February 24th 2022, when the Russian full scale invasion started, Ukrainians have expressed their faith in themselves through prayer, art, or action. How does faith feed the huge resistance moveme...
ECOLOGY, A BREATH OF FRESH AIR FOR THE CHURCH?
This documentary highlights the concrete actions being taken by the Church to protect the environment through Catholic environmental movements, while giving the clergy, theologians and experts a chance to voice their opinions on ecological issues.
Does the question of man's place in nature call f...
