catalogue
Hydrogen, the energy of the future?
Fred and Jamy present the properties of hydrogen.
I Am in Space
The secret of manned space flight isn't kept by the military or the Departments of Defense - but by the Russian space psychologists. The space video diary of French astronaut Jean-Francois Clervoy, NASA material that hasn't been presented before and the findings of the space psychologists reveal...
I Evolve
Technological progress today is allowing mankind to conceive a radically “improved” human being and, for the first time in human history, to model our own species according to our wishes. In laboratories, a new kind of individual, partially re-engineered, is not only in the process of being...
I walked on the Earth - New Caledonia
New Caledonia is one of the pearls of the Pacific − a place of enchantment, with paradisiac beaches and lagoon. Its extraordinary wealth of biodiversity also makes it a Mecca for scientists. Beneath the surface of its blue waters lies a coral reef that is home to 15,000 plant and animal...
I walked on the Earth in Zimbabwe
In Zimbabwe, French scientists study the complex relationship between the increasing number of elephants, other herbivores and their predators. The elephant is an endangered species all over the world, but here in Zimbabwe, it is far from being extinct. Rather the opposite! Man protects elephants...
Ice People
What attracts so many scientists in Antartica? Unique in the genre of exploration and adventure films, Ice People takes you on one of the earth’s most seductive journeys: Antarctica. Emmy-winning filmmaker Anne Aghion spent four months “on the ice” with modern-day polar explorers, to find...
Igor
Igor deviendra-t-il le plus grand savant fou de tous les temps ? A Malaria, pays plongé dans la pluie et l’obscurité, les Inventions Maléfiques assurent la prospérité, sous le règne autoritaire du roi Malbert. Les inventeurs de ces Créations Maléfiques sont les Savants Fous, classe...
Immortal
Astonishingly, science has uncovered the key to unlimited life, and a secret of endless youth. Deep in the DNA of a humble pond creature an Australian-born scientist co-discovered an "immortalising" enzyme, a chemical catalyst that can keep cells young, forever. In 2009 this discovery was...
Immortality
Why do we die? Immortality was not planned by Nature. It is neither useful to reproduction nor to the perennity of species, but it may not be impossible. With the new fields of research on the living — genomics, nanomedicine, neuroscience — and the exponential technological progress, the...
In search of the King's head
January 2010. A mummified head is found in an attic. But whose? Could it be King Henri IV's, assassinated in 1610? This documentary records the amazing adventure that led to the solution to that mystery. Working with internationally renowned historians and scientists, directors Stephane Gabet...
In the beginning was the mud
Water and mud are probably the most conducive fields for life to emerge. It is from micro-organisms that life can develop, as it began to take shape four billion years ago. To understand the mysteries, Daniel Guiral, aquatic ecology specialist, has installed a water laboratory on the coast of...
In the depths of the climate
A European scientific mission in Antarctica studying the circumpolar ocean current and its role on world climates.
In the footsteps of Jules Verne
Docudrama, this film puts into perspective the work of Jules Verne and the conquest of space.
In the mind of plants
Over the recent years, a small but growing group of researchers from Austria, Germany, Italy, UK, Japan, South Africa and the USA, has developed a new scientific field of research: the neurobiology of plants. Their discoveries question our perception of the limits between the animal and the...
In the shadow of the Moon
Between 1968 and 1972, 12 men have walked on the moon. They remain the only humans to have known this other world. This film brings together for the first and probably last time the astronauts of the Apollo mission who flew to the moon. They tell their own epics on NASA archive footage often...
India - the water keepers
Traversing through Northern India, through Gujarat all the way to the Bay of Bengal, Priscilla Telmon is on the search to discover and meet the men and women who fight to find more efficient ways to use water, a now limited resource. After her arrival in Suthri, in Gujarat, Priscilla spends...
Infra blues
Fiction and documentary made in the context of the World Year of Physics by a student group. Footage shot in the infra red means.
Inside Animal Minds : Bird Genius
This film will be screened with French subtitles. When it comes to intelligence, we humans are clearly the most gifted animals around. But what make us so special? Is it our ability to make and use tools? To solve complex problems? Or plan for the future? It might seem that way, but today,...
Investigations of the firefly: locomotion (The)
Lucie the firefly, cute animation character, conducts its survey with specialists and scientists. Why your eyes and ears allow you to walk? How do your muscles move your skeleton? When were you able to make your first move?
Investigations of the firefly: the colours
What are the three primary colours? With blue, red and yellow pigments, a decorator shows all the desired colors. Those of the rainbow appear when white light is deflected through the raindrops. The pink of the ibis and the flamingos is caused by carotenoids content in the shrimp. The color...
Investigations of the firefly: the five senses
Lucie the firefly, cute animation character, conducts its survey with specialists and scientists. What is the pupil? How can you recognize different tastes with your tongue? What is an olfactory receptor?
Invisible nature - Colonising plants
Their biological particularities have enabled plants to conquer all natural environments of planet earth; from dry desert lands (cactus and acacia), ice cold (algae), marshes (carnivorous plants) to the concrete in the hearts of our cities (tree of heaven) and wastes (elder). To succeed this...
Invisible Nature - Power of plants
Many of our green friends have travelled to outer space, and returned. Researchers at NASA have proved that plants have the power to clean our air, our soil and our waste water. Some trees produce a bark that resists the flames of fire. An estimated 10 billion tons of wood is created every year by...
IP: the astonishing life of personal information
Each of us draws, every day, without knowing it, a virtual portrait of oneself. How are these data used? What is the impact of the handling of personal data banks on our individual and collective lives?
IQ: a History of deceit
IQ. Two letters. One of the most commonly shared fantasies in our modern world. French, American, British, Japanese people – every one cares about it. What does IQ really measure? Who invented it? Why and how was it diverted from its original purpose? Today, very few people are able to answer...
Is the Magnetic Pole About to Flip?
Why is the magnetic North pole moving, and moving so fast? Paleomagnetism has taught us that the magnetic pole flips regularly, goint from North to South and vice versa, once every 250,000 years on average. However, the last inversion occurred 780,000 years ago! Are we on the eve of such a major...
Jaglavak, prince of insects
On the Mandara Mountains, Cameroon, Mofus have a unique relationship with insects. Predatory and carnivorous ant, Jaglavak, the prince of insects, is feared for its power and toughness. In the village, the old Matsgrawaï is a wise man who knows how to talk to Jaglavak. But will it answered the...
Jamy's Extraordinary Journeys
Our planet seems frozen. And yet it moves, it changes constantly. It produces at its heart an enormous energy that is at the origin of these metamorphoses. Every day the earth's crust is built, destroyed, and the forces that agitated it are sometimes deadly. Volcanoes are the expression of these...
Jean Painlevé, fantasy for marine biology
Born with the century, Jean Painlevé is the founder of a real scientific cinema. Between "small aquatic dramas" filmed by the director and those big and small, life of the creator, the film returns to John Painleve its unique place in film history.
Jean-Baptiste Charcot: an epic science
Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867-1936) is undisputedly the forefather of the french polar research and started modern oceanography. Commander for some, he was an experienced sailor and navigated through some of the most dangerous seas. Doctor or explorer for others, he was above all organiser and...
Journey into the heart of life
Journey into the heart of life, a scientific tale with the heroes of Jules Verne and the images of Inserm... Film screened in relief
Journey into troubled waters
Almost inaccessible, the swamp of Kaw, French Guiana is a gigantic open-air laboratory: rich of an extraordinary biodiversity, it is the last sanctuary of Black Caiman, the paradise of rare birds, this wetland and its estuary are a fantastic interface between Atlantic Ocean and the South American...
Journey to the edge of the universe
First accurate non-stop voyage from Earth to the edge of the Universe using a single, unbroken shot through the use of spectacular CGI (Computer-Generated Imagery) technology. Building on images taken from the Hubble telescope, Journey to the Edge of the Universe explores the science and history...
Journey to the safest place on earth
This film will be screened with French subtitles. The lethal, highly radioactive nuclear waste from decades of nuclear power use is to be disposed of in final repositories for centuries to come. Safe places are being searched for throughout the world. Edgar Hagen examines the limitations and...
Juan de Nova, the coral island
Save the coral reef of Juan de Nova, virgin island in the Indian Ocean and better protect the coral reefs.
Juste après la ville...
The Sources site is a protected area located near Bordeaux. For three years, the site has been recovering its natural appearance thanks to a new "minimal" management plan. Late mowings, natural development, ranching among other process help supporting biodiversity. Naturalist studies are launched...
Keep Looking
Why does a researcher search? What is the best way to portray disorder? Why is an oyster pearly? Why isn’t h the same as lambda? Why does it sing? Where do leaves get their shape? And why doesn’t it sing now? Why what lies below is always better than what lies alongside? How does a...
L'Or rouge
Also in Student Competition June 1944, Allied forces land in Normandy. Overlord is also the biggest blood transfusion operation ever organized. For the first time, thanks to an extraordinary logistical chain, blood donated by thousands of volunteers in New York and London is transfused to wounded...
L'urgence de ralentir
We have entered the age of globalised acceleration. Speed and instant gratification have become norms for society. People are under increasing financial and economic pressure, yet we are still trying to keep up with a rhythm which is leading us towards disaster – ecological, economic and social....
L2i - the two infinities
Since that man thinks, he tried to understand and dominate the elements, to organize chaos, to channel energy. For 70 years, the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), covering all fields of science of the infinitely large to the infinitely small, accompanies him in his conquest of...
Ladybird case (The)
The Ladybird seduced man by its beauty and greed against aphids that eat his vegetable garden. It is the icon of biological control not to mention the sympathy engendered by her curves and bright colors. This documentary tales this history the other way around, with humor: considering the...
Lagrange
Historians retrace the career of Lagrange, from his work as an academician protected by the powers that be to teaching new Citizens during the French Revolution. What impact did science have on the politics of the time?
Lascaux, sky of the first men (The)
On the dark walls of their caves, 17,000 years ago, they have traced the early history of the sky and its stars. The amazing birth of prehistoric astronomy ... And if Lascaux, the Sistine Chapel of prehistory, was originally a temple dedicated to the constellations...
Last Ocean (The)
The Last Ocean lifts the lid on commercial fishing in the most pristine marine ecosystem on Earth, the Ross Sea, Antarctica, and follows the fight to protect this last untouched ocean from humanity’s insatiable appetite for fish.
Le coelacanthe, plongée vers nos origines
Considered to be the greatest zoological discovery of the 20th century, the coelacanth was thought to have been extinct for 63 million years before turning up in a fisherman’s net in 1938. From that day on, this castaway from a bygone age has fired the imagination of countless researchers the...
Le continent de plastique (le)
In 1997, the navigator Charles Moore brought the world’s attention to a huge quantity of plastic debris in the heart of the North Pacific that covers an area of over 3.5 million kilometres. Six times the size of France, which he dubbed the plastic continent.
Legends of the Deep : the giant squid
The giant squids are the largest squid in the world, yet they have never been seen alive in the deep sea. Our film crew, along with some scientific experts, launched an expedition 1,000 meters beneath the sea. After 100 dives totaling 400 hours, we finally succeeded in capturing footage of a giant...
Les abeilles désorientées
To assess the real impact of pesticides on bees, a team of researchers observes them in the field and follows them individually.
Licence to Krill
French version of the film Antarctic Krill are the most successful animal species on Earth, and food for whales, penguins and seals. But krill numbers have dropped dramatically. We follow scientists as they venture beneath the frozen ice pack in search of the cause of krill’s decline,...