catalogue
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...
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...
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 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 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 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 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...
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...
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,...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Aral: chronicle of a drained sea
The dreadful disappearance of the Aral Sea: explanations, causes and consequences. For almost 40 years, the five ex soviets republics of Central Asia have to face one of the worst ecological plague: the disappearance of the Aral Sea. The Sea began to flow back from the early 60's which implied...
Archimède
Science magazine aimed at a general audience which sets out to answer two questions: what is science today in terms of outlook, method and research? What is the relationship between science and society? Each episode is made up of five items: 1- Seeing: an image or a series of images shown by...
Arctic Mission, Climate on the Edge
Describing the climatic changes and their impact on the living world. The Earth has always known climatic variations during its evolution but human activities have triggered a global warming as never known before. Climatologists, ice specialists, astrophysicists, oceanographers help us understand...
ARTE Expeditions
This serie is about the adventures of 15 lucky tv viewers who took part in 15 great French, German and Swiss scientific expeditions. The ARTE Expeditions deals with great scientific problems with the most famous research institutes. Series in 7 episodes: Unravelling the mystery Maya A volcano...
Ascent of Mars mountain
When science fiction becomes reality: a team of top climbers and Red Planet experts recreate, on earth, the climb to the highest peak on Mars, and indeed, the highest in the universe: the 22,000 meters Olympus Mont.
Astronomer and the indian (The)
In the Atacama desert in Chili, four of the largest astronomical observatories on the planet have been built. A new observatory, the ALMA, is going to be constructed a few kilometers from Indian villages established in the same Cordillera for centuries. The film questions the co-existence on the...
Attention, a millennium may hide another
In 2009, the city should celebrate its millennium Châteaugiron. The event is scheduled for several years, but an unexpected finding alters the program of festivities. It is perhaps not a millennium that will be celebrated, but several, if the archaeological excavation undertaken confirms the...
Axel Kahn, be reasonable and human
Who’s behind this extraordinary mediatic scientist? We think we know this man always in a hurry, workaholic, man of political fights and great communicator. He gives the image of a geneticist self-confident, popularizer of difficult questions. Behind this facade, this movie proposes an...
Bélon, a small estuary in balance
The Bélon watershed, one of the smaller French estuaries seems to have found a balance between human activity and preservation of a unique natural environment. Yet this balance is threatened by the deteriorating water quality, and the consequences could eventually weigh on the local pride: the...
Babies of love and science
This movie tells the exciting adventure, full of dreams, hopes and dismays that were three decades pioneers of the Medically assistance for procreation, one of the biggest discoveries of our time. The story begins on July 25th, 1978 in England with Louise Brown's birth, first test-tube baby to...
Bacterialand
The power of bacteria seems unlimited! Scientists discovered in Antarctica colonies of bacteria prospering in a temperature of -68°C, conditions comparable to those on Mars. These bacteria were sent to the space to try to understand the beginning of the life. Others resist doses of...
Baie de Somme, give back the land to the sea... (The)
With a 70 km long estuary forming a 12 km wide notch, the Baie de Somme ranks among the most beautiful bays in the world. This magical site, largely won over the sea, yet is threatened by a natural and progressive sanding. Beyond issues related to the preservation of a unique natural...
Bay of Mont Saint-Michel, a balance in motion (The)
When you reach the peaceful heights of Mont-Saint-Michel for a brief stay, you are immediately struck by the ambiguous force of the bay that surrounds it. This infinite horizontal space seems to be the field of vacuum, frozen forever in an apparent immobility. Yet it is not because it is subject to...
Bees Extinction, solving the Mystery
This gripping film is conceived like a police investigation, aiming at unfolding a criminal mystery. Here, the inquiry is about the bees that are vanishing from the face of the planet. It is a spreading disaster, first spotted November 2006 in the USA, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, Spain,...
Bends (7 road accidents)
After a road accident, Hélène, Frédérique, Jean-Luc and Monique deliver us with a deep emotion their testimonies and their determination to reconstruct. Professionals of the road, sociologists and witnesses guide us in the heart of this wild investigation.
Brainy women
Although more and more women choose to specialize in sciences in high school and massively major in sciences at University, women represent less than 30% of European researchers. Two Swedish biologists have proven that women in researchers must be two and a half times more productive than men to be...
Buffon, Nature's Thinker
Mathematician, botanist, naturalist, geologist, encyclopedist, industrialist, Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon was all this and much more. He left us a considerable heritage in every domain he tackled right up until his death at the age of 80. His "Natural History", a genuine scientific...
Bye bye ginea pig?
With the development of alternative methods, the use of animal testing has been declining over the past twenty years. But will scientific research be able to stop using animal testing one day?
Côa, the river with a thousand engravings
The discovery of thousands of engravings dating back to 25,000 B.C, which have laid exposed to the open air along the banks of the Portuguese River Coa, could revolutionise the way we imagine the lives and the purpose of art of our prehistoric ancestors. Rock art in caves may have been an...
Camargue, a threatened future
The reality of the Camargue is very different from his image of original nature, its blank spaces largely artificial, species that live in or pass, but also men, are subjected to all sorts of pressures (pollution, alteration of habitats, drift land...), through the convergence of many human...
Camargue, an unfinished battle over water
In the Rhone's delta, nature and life are ordered in relation to water. Man has gradually built the ecosystem to take advantage of its wealth. Dependent between freshwater and salt water operators, conflicts today result in a water management incredibly complex and an increasing fragility. This...
Carmen
Carmen runs away of the research center on the language, where she was born and became this malignant and shameless teenager. Outside, she discovers the fear, the hunger and the incomprehension of people. She ends in cage. There, she crosses the glance of a man. His name is Mercier, soon father,...
Carpe Diem
Carpe Diem is the story of the staff and residents of medical establishments hosting patients with Alzheimer. Carpe Diem is the name of such a unit in Quebec. Its philosophy, elaborated by director Nicole Poirier and her staff over the years, is based on the idea of “building a beautiful day...
Changing Climates, Changing Times
Can fiction overcome the reality of global warming? Year 2075. Climate predictions made at the beginning of the 21st century have turned out to be dramatically true: global warming of the Earth's atmosphere now has serious consequences on the every day lives of our grandchildren. Julia, in...
Charisma in Politics, the body language of politicians
Spontaneous or carefully rehearsed expressions, consistent or disorganized gestures, defiant or receptive postures. Such are the little signs that tell us a great deal about our political leaders and determine our reactions, of acceptance or rejection. It has long been recognized that only a...
Chernobyl, a natural history?
On April 26th 1986, reactor n°4 at the Lenin power station in Chernobyl went out of control, leading to the consequences we all know: radioactive fallouts contaminating huge pieces of land, the creation of a 30-km-radius exclusion zone around the power station. In this now forbidden zone, the wild...
Chronicle of a predicted earthquake
Greece, like the West Coast of the United States, Japan or the West Indies, is situated in one of the most earthquake-prone regions of the world. There is a major earthquake here every ten years or so. The last was in 1995. In only 15 seconds, the little town of Aigion, on the south bank of the...
Climate 2
Climate 2 suggests taking time to explain the meteorological phenomena and the technical terms heard daily in the weather report.