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(The) dunnos adventure

With Sum, an alien scientist and Hawk, an interstellar pilot, discover the history of science! With them, Understand how dinosaurs were discovered, which error led to the invention of penicillin, which scientist and adventurer highlighted the presence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Mars, how...

Underwater, down to earth

The portrait of an incredible diver through a dozen stories and four seasons... The film follows the diver Serge Dumont, to an unknown world: the underwater environments of the Rhine and its tributaries.

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A group of boys, aged from 12 to 23, is at a station waiting for the last train. One of them, Sacha, contemplates the heavens and speculates about how the planets move within the universe. Alex, the youngest, conducts a human scale demonstration: each of them represents a planet. He tries to...

10 BILLION

This film will be screened in subtitled original version Ten Billion is a film about us. It's a film about you, your children, your parents, your friends. It's about every one of us. It's about our failure: failure as individuals, the failure of business, and the failure of our politicians. It is...

2019 Destination Moon

In 2019, the man is going to re-walk on the moon! The NASA undertook a new armada of rockets and spaceships: the Constellation program. Soon, astronauts of the world will build a permanent base there, will explore the region in lunar vehicle, and will drill the basement. This giant's new leap...

400 years of the telescope

A visually stunning chronicle of the history of the telescope from the time of Galileo, its profound impact upon the science of astronomy, and how both have shaped the way we view ourselves in the midst of an infinite universe. The film features interviews with leading astrophysicists and...

A brief history of the future

Jacques Attali proposes a scenario in five stages: first, the American empire extends its domination for another 20 years, thanks to and based on surveillance technologies. It then retreats in favour of the 11 powers that will dominate the world to various degrees, to the detriment of the...

A cockroach in my cupboard

Get ready to get acquainted with amazing fellows... Most often, they pass unnoticed. These aliens inhabit our lives and inhabit our beds, our closets... They are amazing creatures and look like aliens. Imagine a nightmare scenario where all these invaders would be given appointment in a house that...

A dark cloud on top of the world

“The air of the Himalayas is just as polluted as that of European cities” This was the shocking headline in October 2008 which first informed the public of the scientific findings of atmospheric measurements taken at over 5,000m altitude, at the foot of the Everest. The roof of the world was...

A dirty story

On December 12 1999, The Erika, a 180-meter long Maltese petrol tanker sank off the coast of Belle-Ile. In the following weeks, the wreck of the ship hired by Total Fina lost two thirds of its cargo, i.e. 20,000 tons of oil, painting 450km of coastline black. Regularly, for nearly a year and a...

A few grams of autonomy

The film proposes to introduce a variety of recent technical aids, used by the visually impaired to facilitate their everyday life, their access to culture and their employability. In this exploration of assistive technology in the service of visual impairment, we will be guided by Fernando Pinto...

A for Arithmetic

Raymond Queneau uses absurd reasoning to explain the rules of arithmetic.

A good laugh

Laugh! Laughinf out loud ! Crying with laughter! Our body reacts to the extreme to trigger the phenomenon of laughter. But what happens exactly physically, chemically when we laugh? And is it really, as we believe, good for the health? With many hilarious experiences, Matière Gris (Grey Matter)...

A History of medical imaging

Our documentary focuses on one hundred years of medical history through the four main categories of imaging: x-rays (scanners), MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), ultrasound and nuclear imaging. We look at the forerunners of these inventions and the men and women responsible. Twelve Nobel Prize...

A l'école du Bush

An ethno-biologist and a wild-life film-maker decide to let their kids skip school for a few months taking them on a unique voyage across Australia and Indonesia. They take distance-learning books with them and enjoy sharing a whole range of experiences and meetings with people on the other side of...

A Natural History of Laughter

For how long have we been laughing? Are human beings the only one to laugh? We know that bonobos, chimpanzees and orangutans also enjoy having a good laugh, especially when tickled. There is even a “tickling machine” at the Institute of Neurology in London. What are the latest discoveries about...

A praga

This film will be screened with French subtitles. In the city of Porto, rumors spread about the increasingly threatening presence of seagulls. The narrator takes us on a journey which often touches horror, grotesque and surreal atmospheres. Scientific experts mix advice with radically...

A precious envelope for budding scientists

Could nanotechnology be the future science? Today, scientist fabricate and investigate tiny objects as small as molecules through Nanotechnologies. How do they proceed? What are the applications? In this video, a boy and a girl discover this surprising universe together with a passion for...

A Summer in Antarctica

During the austral summer, based on scientific Dumont d'Urville and Concordia, geologists, glaciologists, biologists, climatologists, astrophysicists and other scientists study and attempt to understand phenomena that concern our planet today: the hole in the ozone, reduction of sea ice, changes in...

A summer without sun

Analysis of the consequences of the volcanic eruption of Mount Tambora (Indonesia) which shook the world's climate balance in 1815.

A Very Special Zoo

Settled in the heart of a former troglodyte quarry, this huge zoo, located in the west of France, is a unique place: 70 animal species live there, 40 among them are endangered species. Thierry Machado filmed the Zoo during one year in order to describe the every day life of the staff. The daily...

A Volcano Odyssey

Volcanoes give and take. Through the story of 65 millions of years of evolution around a volcanic hotspot in the Indian Ocean, discover how a lava gush flooded an area as large as France, partially caused the demise of dinosaurs but also helped the emergence of mammals and new life forms.

A Wild Roomer

Fiction in black and white. The robot of a great inventor gives life to a small cloth doll. Masterpiece of poetry and humor of silent film.

A World without Madmen?

Today, madness overflows into the street and in prison. Mental hospitals, facing a crisis of resources and values, are struggling to care for patients throughout the course. Meanwhile, a new mental health policy in Europe is prepared and concerns us all. Tomorrow, we will no longer speak of...

A19, A Highway back in time

The construction of the A19 highway in the center of France gave birth to an extraordinary archaeological adventure: 200 archaeologists have worked on this 101-kilometer-long site in the Loiret region, from Artenay to Courtenay, one of the richest regions in French History. Their discoveries tell...

Abyss, Alliances Depths

Also in Student Competition In the summer of 2013, the biggest French oceanographic ship, the ‘Pourquoi pas’ [‘Why not’] undertook an extremely important mission, which allowed the international team of 30 scientists on board to test their latest hypotheses: that bacteria play a vital...

Achieving the unachievable

When art meets mathematics: emotion or theory? On how the fusion of the formidable intuitive talents of an artist and a mathematician finally broke the infinity barrier… Achieving The Unachievable explores one of the most fascinating enigmas of modern art – the empty circle at the centre of...

After death life of Henrietta Lacks (The)

Humorous life of a young researcher in everyday life, his passion and his personal research.

Aids, the Bloody Truth

French version of the film When did HIV originate and where? How did it become the worst pandemic of our times?  Scientists search for answers during an epic journey through Africa where they trace the virus very early beginnings. Their discovery raises urgent questions on how to prepare for...

Albert Schweitzer - Anatomy of a Saint

Albert Schweitzer is the modern day saint of the 20th century, the emblematic "jungle doctor" that saved lives in Africa, the Peace Nobel Prize laureate who created the concept of “reverence for life”. He was one of the few universal geniuses, excelling as theologian, philosopher, musician,...

Alcohol babies

7000 babies are born each year in France like Steven or Louis, handicapped because their mother absorbed alcohol during their pregnancy. Alcohol is for the fœtus a very dangerous toxic poison, even in small quantity, and can induce important mental, physical and behavioral problems. But, among...

Alice cares

This film will be screened in original version with french subtitles. In order to meet future care demands for elderly who are lonely and suffering from dementia, carebot Alice has been developed. Can a robot build a human relationship with someone and thus replace a person of flesh and blood? The...

Alice in cockroachland

Belgian Swiss and French researchers are studying the possibility of creating a joint environment with cockroaches and small autonomous robots. The program Leurre comes to an end today and the results are truly amazing: they show that a group of robots can influence the behavior of an animal...

Aliens of the Amazon - Treehoppers

Man has explored all the continents, but life remains full of mysteries... In the very heart of the rainforest, some creatures seem coming straight out of a science fiction movie. They are nicknamed the Mini-monsters. Most of these strange animals live in the forests of tropical America,...

Alive Inside

This film will be screened in original version with french subtitles. As dementia continues to affect millions of elderly Americans, Alive Inside : A story of music and memory reveals a remarkable, music-based breakthrough that has already transformed lives. Through revealing covnersations with...

All mad

Every week, a dozen new cases of "Mad Cow's Disease" are still detected, each time leading to the slaughter of the entire herd. The breeder has no say in the application of this measure of hygiene. Tens of thousands of cows have thus been eliminated. People are starting to speak out against this...

All the things that are not there

This film will be screened in subtitled original version A young woman travels through the USA chasing the images of Harold Edgerton, the inventor of the modern flash. The idea of wonder, discovery and conquest of a world revealed thanks to his inventions triggers a road trip through the USA,...

All Tracked

Today more than ever, technology allows anyone to track us everywhere. Cameras, smart cards mobile, social network, it has become almost impossible to go unnoticed! But this is just the beginning….Scientists, engineers and industrials are developing new tools to look at us more closely, and even...

Always faster

Science and technology are now part of the equation of making a champion. Swimming, skiing, cycling or sprint, athletes have only one goal: going faster. In sports where speed is the critical factor, sport researchers, doctors and engineers continually search out ways to shave precious hundredths...

Amazing Plants

Amazing Plants gives an insight into the fascinating world of plants. The plants which we have taken for granted are beginning to make themselves noticed. By feeling, hearing, smelling and tasting, these plants continue on their journey through the undergrowth, in a bid for...

American Experience: The Poisoner's Handbook

French version of the film In the early 20th century, the average American medicine cabinet was a would-be poisoner’s treasure chest. There was radioactive radium in health tonics, thallium in depilatory creams, and morphine in teething medicine and potassium cyanide in cleaning supplies....

Amyu, the army of wasp-men

In the depths of the Amazon forest, North of Brazil, Beptoy and Baka are two young Kayapo aged 20. It is time for them to become strong and brave men, as Kayapo warriors have always been. Urged by their elders, they will have to undergo a terrible initiatory ordeal by attacking the nest of Amyu,...

Animal solidarity

Some species have learned to help each other without agression. The aim? Exchange goods and services in a true mutual symbiosis. The search for protection against predators, to find food, to cleen is what is exchanged in these mutual aid. Existing since the beginning of life, trade has no borders,...

Animals have a story: Locust

The scourge of God or Disney’s Jiminy? The story of the locust (the sinister locust of the disasters) is royally independent from that of the man who, until the very recent date of 1921, ignored quite reasons for which the animal came down in billion insects on its cultures. It is not because...

Antarctic mission

The SEDNA IV sailing ship in Antarctic.

Anti experience

It is almost time to begin the greatest experience in the world: starting the giant accelerator at CERN and its giant detector Atlas. This unique event which we have almost exclusive access will perhaps find the trace of the Higgs boson, the most wanted particule of quantum physics and the missing...

Antibiotics Adventure: Birth of an Empire

Does antibiotics overconsumption endanger us? Antibiotics are undoubtedly the greatest discovery of all time in the field of health. With it, man has managed to neutralize microbes for the first time in history. This fundamental victory has led society to an unprecedented revolution. Life...

Ape Genius

The great apes which include chimps, orangutans, gorillas and bonobos, seem to have rich emotional lives similar to our own. But just how smart are these animals? A new generation of investigators is revealing the secret mental lives of great apes that are turning out to be far smarter than most...

Ape Man - Experiment Kinship

Where do we come from? What do apes and humans have in common, where are the differences? The chimpanzee Sina and the paleontologist Oliver are trying to answer these questions in an extraordinary experiment. By comparing Oliver’s and Sina’s anatomy and behaviour in the TV-studio, we see how...

Aquanauts

The seas make up three quarters of the globe and 80% of these surfaces are submerged at great depths. What happens there, there, below, in the darkness? Daring few have tried to answer these questions, without ever renouncing the face of danger: for those rare "Aquanauts" is a powerful magnet on...