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MARKETS & FESTIVALS IN 2024
17 - 19 January / Unifrance Meetings, Paris, FR
22 - 24 January / FIPADOC, Biarritz, FR
18 - 20 February / EFM - Berlin, DE
10 – 14 March / Thessaloniki Documentary Festival – GR
19 March / Séries Mania - Lille, FR
6 – 11 April / MIPDOC-TV – Cannes, FR
24 - 27 June / Sunny Side, La Rochelle, FR
April 23rd, 2024
AVAILABLE
Troubled Teen Industry: The School-Prison Scandal (52'): In the USA, every year, two hundred thousand teenagers are sent to "private recovery centers" supposed to offer them the support necessary to overcome their problems like addiction or school dropout. However, the reality is much darker.
March 5, 2024
AVAILABLE
Europe's Battle to Rein in Big Tech (90'): A thriller taking us behind the scenes of the European Commission to take a close look at the process that led to the regulation of GAFAM and its difficult enforcement now. This documentary sheds light on the importance of decisions taken in Brussels.
December 14, 2023
AVAILABLE
Breaking Point: Inside the World of Burnout: This documentary seeks to understand the mechanisms of that sickness and the prevention tools that are successfully tested.
December 12, 2023
March 21, 2024 - International Day of Forests: Let's explore the most important and representative one on earth, the Amazonian forest, aboard a microlight plane to discover its beauty, riches and people / The Transamazonica, Between Heaven and Earth
November 21, 2023
AVAILABLE
Corsican Cathedrals, The Secret of The Lost Bishoprics: Corsica and its bell towers which dot its towns and villages, pointing towards the sky, unveil an unexpected religious heritage and riches.
Captain on El Cap: A team of 6 climbers, 2 sailors and a dog take up a challenge to make a dream come true: to reach the Americas on a sailboat to climb the legendary walls of Yosemite!
October 3, 2023
AVAILABLE
Code Name Lucy: Spies Against Nazis: The enigma of two men who came from opposite spectrums collaborated to become some of the most important and enigmatic intelligence officers aga inst nazism during WW2.
Gracia, The Messi of Bangui: The amazing coming of age story of Gracia who will pursue her dreams, whatever the cost...
Rediscovering Venice: What would a city become without its inhabitants if not a huge amusement park? Venice is the perfect example with its craftsmen and people who are fighting not to leave it and to rediscover the memory of its legacy.
Taiwan, A Threatened Democracy: Through the portraits of three deputies standing for elections, this film offers an unprecedented incursion into Taiwanese politics, chronicling local democracy, which is one of the most dynamic in Asia.
The Transamazonica: Between Heaven And Earth: The Transamazonica is a 4,300 km scar in the Brazilian forest. Aboard a microlight all along this highway, we discover the beauty and riches of a threatened forest.
Other documentaries not to be missed:
Memories of China: In Beijing, the collector Thomas Sauvin has saved from the destruction one million anonymous negatives, captured between the 1980s and the 2000s. Thanks to this exceptional archive we can witness the everyday life of Chinese middle-class as they went through this period filled with social, economic and cultural revolutions.
Operation March on Rome: To understand the inclusive nature of fascism, watch the story of two marchers who take us back to the heart of the rising of Mussolini to power.
Shaping Ladies: A Bra Story: That small fabric has so many big things to unveil about history, society, fashion… A historical film from The Renaissance to today.
The Great Scallop's Odyssey: With their ability to give very accurate information on their environment, scallops are unexpected indicators of the oceans’ state. Let’s go from Brittany to the Pole, to learn more.
Looking forward to meeting you in Biarritz in September and at MIPCOM on the Media stand (P4-B1)
May 9, 2023
AVAILABLE
Violins of Hope (52'): "Bruised, abused, sometimes gutted instruments that survived Nazi barbarism, unlike their owners. Hundreds of Holocaust victims forced to abandon their instruments on the icy roads of Poland or...(worse)" This is the story of one man's life commitment to find and care for these surviving violins. One by one.
PRESALES
Breaking Point: Inside The World of Burnout
(working title / 52'): An investigation to understand the mechanisms of that sickness and the prevention tools that are successfully tested, especially towards the younger generation.
March 30, 2023
AVAILABLE
Shaping Ladies: A Bra Story (52'): That small fabric has so many big things to unveil about history, society, fashion… A historical film from The Renaissance to today. Available at the MIPDOC video-library
The Great Scallop's Odyssey (52'): From Brittany to The Pole, from sea food to the ice sound and music, the great scallop reminds us how much scientific research is all about field experience and serendipity…
PRESALES
Summits, in the Secrets of European Negotiations (90'): the new episode about the power struggle between the GAFAM and the European Council will be ready by June. It will show how and how much the GAFAM have managed to weigh on the European commission, using all financial means and other personal levers. How did the MPs respond to the economic, political and other pressures of these tech giants? The "DNA" of that series remains the same: without narration and written as a thriller.
Transamazonica: Between Heaven and Earth (52'): An amazing journey to look at the Amazonian forest from heaven following a legendary yet unfinished highway. An analysis of very divergent and irreconcilable interests that Amazonia arouses.
January 30, 2023:
AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH
Operation March on Rome (52'): To understand the inclusive nature of fascism, watch the story of two marchers who take us back to the heart of the rising of Mussolini to power.
NEW DOCUMENTARIES
Memories of China (52'): The everyday life of the Chinese middle-class between 1980s and the 2000s as they went through this period of revolutions, documented through negatives saved by a collector.
The Violins of Hope (52'): "Bruised, abused, sometimes gutted instruments that survived Nazi barbarism, unlike their owners. Hundreds of Holocaust victims forced to abandon their instruments on the icy roads of Poland or...(worse)" This is the story of one man's life dedication to find and care for these surviving violins. One by one.
Janury 4, 2023: Happy New year!
November 8, 2022: Brad Pitt plays Jack Conrad, very much inspired by John Gilbert's life, in the movie "Babylon" directed by Damien Chazelle and to be released in the US in December 2022 and in Europe in January 2023. But who is John Gilbert? Why such a tribute to a forgotten man played by a superstar? Because John Gilbert was a superstar himself and still has a lot to teach about today's movie industry. It's all in John Gilbert, The Great Lover
October 6, 2022: Don't miss the just completed documentary Growing up in Mongolia, in which Otgo shares her life in the Gobi desert. A very happy life, very far from our standards and a life open to changes without fear. Some wonderful fresh air...
September 26, 2022: Looking forward to meeting you at MIPCOM on the Media stand (P4-B1)
April 21, 2022: Selections in festivals:
Eternal Sentinel
is nominated at FIGRA 2022 in the section "International Competition of 40+ documentaries". It will screen on June 1st.
Like a Virgin
is nominated at the 57th International Festival of Science Documentary Films Academia Film Olomouc in the section "International Competition". It will screen on April 26th and 28th.
February 17, 2022: Looking forward to meeting you in Thessaloniki from March 13th to 16th and then at MIPTV from April 4th on the Media stand P4-B1. Documentary selection below:
All Along the River: new episode in Corsica with freshwater biologist and photographer Anne-Cécile
Eternal Sentinel: when war is over, silent enemies remain: the eternal sentinels. Journalists share with us their own tragedies.
Endangered primates, Amandine's fight: Amandine, a young primatologist, strives to care for and release abused chimpanzees in the DRC. She has a restless life.
Letter to Baikal: On foot and in total autonomy, a woman made a great trekking on the lake Baikal in extreme conditions of wind and cold. Alone she made it...
The Art of Rebirth: War has been going on in the Donbass region in Ukraine for years. Yet children who couldn't leave the region continue to attend school. Thanks to painting they start dreaming again. A very moving documentary
The Haute Route, skiing along the glaciers: A guide, a glaciologist, a writer and a polar adventurer set out to cross the heart of the Alps on ski touring to discover and measure the signs that show how the mountains suffer.
The New Generation of Butlers: The 21st century butler looks like a personal assistant with a well-filled address book. Schools are flourishing in Europe, particularly in France and The Netherlands, to train butlers for millionnaires and luxury hotels…
September 10, 2021: Looking forward to meeting you in Cannes on the Media stand P4-B1, from Sunday 10 October to Wednesday 13 October.
July 13, 2021: New documentaries
Janina's Notebooks, one of the rare one of the rare testimonies written by a child during the Shoah and
A World Without Bees?
takes us around the world to discover the possible solutions to replace bees... If we can't travel, Sacha does it for us in
On the Flavour Tral in Africa. Change of scene, nice people, local recipes, resourcefulness are on the menu!
Enjoy the summer and see you online in September at the Frenchs Screenings and/or MIPCOM in October!
May 7, 2021: Don't miss the two new documentaries Narbo Martius, Rome's Daughter
about the Latin capital of the 2nd century AD and Blue Boat
on the ocean resources and political stakes between South East Asia and South Pacific
April 26, 2021: On May 22nd, the legislative elections will be held in the Palestinian territories
and in July the Presidential elections. A good opportunity to show how life goes in the Palestinian territories in a new way with the documentary Palestinian Women: a guide to resistance.
March 8, 2021: Saint Helena: bastion of biodiversity
has been selected for the MIPTV Factual & Documentary Content Showcase. You will be invited to have a look at a preview of the project from 9 April
March 1, 2021: Let the first political thriller on the European Council Summits
grab you: between Brussels, Paris, The Hague, Warsaw or Madrid, the documentary tells the development and conclusion of two historic agreements negotiated behind closed doors: the climate
and the 750 billion-euro recovery fund. The interest is not to know what is going to happen - we know the end of the story - but to feel embedded in the heart of negotiations where nothing can ever be taken for granted...
February 1, 2021: Very good press coverage for the premiere of Like a Virgin
on Saturday evening: "A "ball of purity" in the United States. Ceremonies "Trophies of virgins" in Benin. Miracle products on the Internet to "find" your virginity. Our eyes remain wide open in front of this enlightening documentary on the obsessions, unfounded beliefs and instrumentalization of which the body of women is still the object. This film, which questions the conservative fall back of societies before the explosion of genres, succeeds in showing without caricature the persistence of the ideal of virginity in the world, while painstakingly deconstructing a myth. Striking, from start to finish."
Telerama
January 18, 2021: Writer Cédric Gras won the Albert Londres Prize
in December 2020 for his book "Alpinists under Stalin". In his book, he investigated from the KGB archives to the top of Lenin Peak into the fate of the Abalakov brothers, famous Russian mountaineers. This is what Trek to the Celestial Mountains
is about in addition to an amazing travel and ice trek led by the writer in Kyrgyzstan.
Before VOD and TV, there was the cinema!
What could be more emblematic than studios to embody it? Let's look at the history of French cinema with Boulogne-Billancourt, the time of cinema studios.
January 7, 2021: 2020 has made us distressed, teetering, wavering, even mourning loved ones. Let us hope that in 2021 we will be stronger and even more serene in the face of life problems. Because 2020 has reminded us, if it were necessary, of the transience of life. We must take advantage of the fleeting moments of joy that life has to offer us. Happy New Year everyone.
December 1, 2020:
Like a Virgin
and On the Great War's Menu
are available in English.
November 10, 2020:
Composed of archive material, The Dakar-Djibouti Mission: the spoils of the Museum of Mankind
is a documentary not to miss. In addition to historical and artistic scopes, the narrator shares his thoughts on the discrepancy of ethnographic processes for the good of humanity: stealing artifacts to "protect" them and the gradual blurring of ancestral cultures through contacts with the western world. A brilliant documentary.
November 5, 2020:
After a catastrophic year 2020, 2021 will commemorate sad anniversaries:
- the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks,
- the 5th anniversary of the Brussels bombings in March,
- the opening of the trials for the Paris terror attacks of November 2015
- to name a few but without forgetting others: Tunis, Barcelona, Vienna
Commemorating is one thing, but acting is what we need now as the threat is ahead of us: Terrorist, the justice system's dilemma
gives us keys to understand why by giving the main jihadists' lawyers and magistrates the chance to speak. By reminding us that an equal treatment before the law must also apply to these defendants, they warn us: not to repatriate its citizens and not to give them a fair trial is a war crime and the breeding ground of tomorrow's terrorism. Camps in Irak are cram-full of people and ex-jihadists' children are likely to be the terrorists of tomorrow.
October 12, 2020:
Meeting Neanderthal
gathered more than 1.000.000 viewers globally for its first broadcast on Arte on Saturday 10 October. A very good score for the channel and this documentary, which deciphers the latest archaeological and scientific discoveries on the life of Neanderthal, his language, his means of communication, his symbolic universe.
It won the Best Archeology Film Award at the Film Festival on Cultural Heritage and Archeology of Arkhaios (USA).
May 11, 2020:
Cycling the Balkans
is available in English: a wonderful cycling trek in the area of Bulgaria-Serbia-Macedonia-Greece with a young
man always positive whatever the circumstances. We meet great and humble people and see beautiful landscapes.
New additions to the catalogue:
Of Goldfinch and Men about the extinction of the goldfinch in Algeria and
Namibia: hope and renewal,
a travel into buzzing Namibia.
March 14, 2020:
Wild Garden and Dubai International: catering for luxury are available in English.
February 4, 2020: Terrorists, the Justice System's Dilemma
is available in English. A documentary which reminds us that the application of law should be the same for everyone and confronts us with our contradictions...