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REALSCREEN 2021
WHAT KILLED THE ROMAN EMPIRE? 52’ & 90’ 4KWhat if the fall of the Roman Empire was really due to climate change and pandemics ?Archeologists, historians, and experts in ancient pathologies and the climate are now gathering evidence which demonstrate that a significant drop in temperature along with three successive waves of deadly diseases undermined the foundations of the Empire, causing it to collapse.Only a few years ago, it would have been impossible to be sure. But now, new scientific tools have emerged and new knowledge is now being cross-referenced with human evidence that has long been known to historians, along with archaeological data.SUMMER 2021
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ANTI-SEMITISM, 2000 YEARS OF HISTORY 4x52’ In the year 38, the first anti-Jewish pogrom swept through the city of Alexandria, in Egypt, under the Romans. Ever since, anti-semitism has plagued the world, and while we thought that the worst had happened 80 years ago, it is still showing its ugly face. 2000 years of history explained by 30 of the best international historians, brought to life by animated 3D reconstructions developed by Ubisoft.APRIL 2021
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THE NILE’S SUNKEN SANCTUARY 52’& 90’ 4KThrough 3D digital reconstructions of the monuments and expert lighting, we will tell the story of the island of Philae, one of the largest Pharaonic sites, unique in its kind. The island was submerged in the 1980’s when Nasser built his dam, but the Temple of Philae was saved in an outstanding international operation. OCTOBER 2021
EGYPT: THE TREASURES OF SA-CRED BULLS 52’ & 90’ 4KSaqqara, Egypt, 1850. Auguste Ma-riette discovered the Serapeum, the burial place of the Apis bull, Today, a mission mandated by the Louvre museum picks up the work where the french Egyptologist had left off. The scientists will bring life to a lost and unknown chapter of Ancient Egypt.OCTOBER 2021
THE ILIAD AND THE ODYSSEY20x26’The creators of ‘The great Greek Myths’ bring to you ‘The Illiad and the Odyssey’, an epic tale on the origins of the world and its inevitable downfall, that mixes animation and 3D iconography. A story in which gods and mortals intermingle, and whose poetic force has crossed the centuries and still nourishes our present.
NAPOLEON AND DEATH 52' 4K2021 marks the bicentenary of the death of Napoleon, the man who dodged death 6 times, forging himself a reputation of being immortal. Napoleon thought that he defied death because he had a role to play in history, that he was predestined to rule over Europe. We will revisit the story of this charismatic character to better understand his personality, his legend and his unique relationship with death that ultimately led to his fall. APRIL 2021 ANNIVERSARY : MAY 2021
BUILDING THE PARIS OPERA 52’ & 90’ 4KFamous for its ghost, the Garnier Opera House is above all the product of a titanic building site and the window of a time, the Second Em-pire. From 1852 to 1870, 80 years of flamboyance made Paris the capital of modernity. This documentary tells the story of the great Paris construc-tion of the Garnier Opera House, which lasted 14 years.
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H I S T O R YTHE LOST FILM OF NUREMBERG 52’The director sets off in search of the film “Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today”, the official 80’ film of the Nuremberg trial by the Schulberg brothers, that was withdrawn from circulation in post war United States for geo political reasons, and then disappeared. This is the story of the film itself, how and why it was censored, how it was found again and the lessons it teaches us on how we treat collective memory.
NAZI DEATH MARCHES, 1944-1945 52’ & 90’At the end of the Second World War, 700,000 prisoners were evacuated from concentration camps and sent on the roads throughout Europe. More than 250,000 died of exhaus-tion or massacred by the guards. Through exclusive film archive and written journals, we will reveal one of the lesser known chapters of the end of the 3rd Reich. SEPTEMBER 2021
THE HISTORY OF THE RED ARMY 2x52’For 70 years, the Red Army was one of the foundations of the USSR, an instrument of fear as well as admi-ration, a symbol of liberation as well as coercion. While everyone knows that Trotsky’s name is attached to his creation, most of its past is made up of military defeats and failures, contrary to the common idea. MARCH 2021
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NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS: THESECRETS OF THE BUILDERS 2x52' As Notre-Dame is being rebuilt today, our film tells its 800 year story, starting in the Middle Ages, when master builders reinvented the art of construction to erect Gothic cathedrals. Eight centuries of passion, talent, blood, destruction and rebirth. With interviews of Ken Follet, Tadao Ando and other renowned experts.
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ATOM: 150 YEARS OF LIES 52’ 4KThis historical investigation on radioactivity gives voice to irradiated soldiers, workers, children, while re-vealing the lies of the nuclear world. From Marie Curie to Fukushima, from the Second World War bombings to nuclear disasters, the film will mea-sure the indifference and cynicism of the military and civil powers and the arrogance of the nuclear industry.
444 DAYS – THE IRAN HOSTAGE CRISIS 52' It was a 444 days ordeal for the American diplomats taken hostage in Tehran. 444 days of humiliation for the most powerful nation in the world, the United States. In these 444 days, Iranian Islamists imposed their will on their country and the world. Rediscover the events of November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981. This defining moment of the last half of the 20th century marked the beginning of the conflict between the United States and its former ally, Iran.AUGUST 2021
ISRAEL/IRAN/USA: THE LONG WAR 2x52’For the past 40 years, tensions in the Middle East are exacerbated by the “secret war” between Iran and Israel. Based on unprecedented archival research, access to high profile players in Israel, Iran, Lebanon, Russia and the US, the film looks back over the years that followed the Islamic revolution in Iran, the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the Civil war in Syria, to offer relevant keys to understanding the Middle East today.FEBRUARY 2021
THE UNGEMACH EXPERIMENT, A STORY OF EUGENICS 52’In 1924, an officially eugenicist experience called UNGEMACH was endorsed by both political and scien-tific authorities and lasted until the 1980s! This film tells the history of eugenics. An universal question with numerous implementations; that still permeates ethical debates on medi-cally assisted procreation techniques or Transhumanism today.
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H I S T O R YTHE STORY OF DRUG TRAFFICKING 3x52’There are few commodities as global as drugs. In the 19th century, opium use spread throughout Asia, promoted by colonial powers. Meanwhile, the western pharmaceutical industry was developing some miraculous products, such as morphine, cocaine, and heroin… This series reveals how this trade influenced relations between states, global financial interests, secret diplomacies, secret special forces and mafias, on all continents over a century and a half.
GLUTEN, PUBLIC ENNEMY N°1 52’ & 90’Wheat has always been the staple food of humanity, the very foundation of the first civilizations of the world. But today, for a growing number of people, it has become a poison, which has allowed the emergence of a new market of expensive gluten-free products.And yet, the real cause of this sudden tsunami of grain intolerance remains a mystery. How come all of a sudden, many of us no longer support cereal, highly nutritious in protein?FEBRUARY 2021
DRUG SHORTAGES: PROFITS BEFORE PATIENTS 52’ & 90’A two year investigation brought to light by the Covid-19 epidemic. Our film demonstrates how pharmaceutical groups deliberately speculate on medicine, relocate production for cost reasons, block the development generics, try to build monopolies and provoke drug shortages to create demand and raise prices.JULY 2021
WHO CARES? WHEN BIG TECH TAKES OVER OUR HEALTH 52’ & 90’ To improve its own health, Big Tech has decided to take over ours. Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon have already started defrauding our medical data and replacing national health structures by mining their users’ personal data.They have inserted themselves into a failing health care sector, which they see as just the ultimate market to conquer. Is our health the next sector facing Uberization?MAY 2021
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I N V E S T I G A T I O NUNITED KINGDOM, IN BORIS JOHNSON’S MIND 52’No one took him seriously; he was seen as a buffoon. Yet he was on the winning side with Brexit in 2016 and then triumphed in the December 2019 legislative elections. With the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Kingdom is facing a major crisis on its own, without the European Union’s help, for the first time. Behind his veil of buffoonery, will Boris Johnson embrace the stature that befits a statesman or lead his country to disaster? MARCH 2021
HACKING DEMOCRACY 52’ & 90’They are the engineers, the computer scientists, the experts who have decided to put their tech skills to work for the populists who are taking over the world. This film puts the new populist crusade threatening our democracies under a microscope. In recent years, populist movements have been mobilizing public opinion and gaining traction thanks to information technology. Donald Trump in the United States; Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil; Viktor Orban in Hungary; Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines, etc... Populism is above all a method of conquering and retaining power. It is a set of techniques whose main feature is opportunism: they refuse to take sides, neither left nor right. Populists claim their exclusive capacity to represent the “real people” thanks to a more direct relationship with voters; to the detriment of corrupt and discredited elites. For the first time, this investigative documentary is shedding a light on the ones orchestrating this chaos and their methods.MAY 2021
RUSSIA, THE NEW STRATEGY 52' The Russian military intervention in Syria in 2015 caught everyone off guard, allowing the Kremlin to once again become a major player in the Middle East. At a time when Vladimir Putin has just obtained authorization to remain in power until 2036, this film reveals the sights of his new diplomatic strategy.AUGUST 2021
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I N V E S T I G A T I O NTHE SATOCHI MYSTERY, THE ORIGINS OF BITCOIN 10x6’ & 52’On January 3, 2009, a certain Satoshi Nakamoto launched Bitcoin, the first reliable cryptocurrency. In 2011, Na-kamoto disappeared from circulation. The Satoshi Mystery is a documentary web series that deciphers the wor-kings of the Bitcoin revolution and investigates the identity of its creator.JULY 2021
FLYING OBJECTS – A STATE SECRET 52’ & 90’ 4KThis film is a rigorous investigation into a subject which has always been considered science fiction. UFOs exist, and officials from the Pentagon, the NASA and from other prestigious institutions will prove it to you. They will reveal the existence of a top secret program created in the 2000’s that has been studying unidentified flying objects in our atmosphere and filming them. Are we ready for the truth?
THE LAST NEANDERTHAL 52’ 4KThe extinction of the Neanderthal is one of the most intriguing mysteries. In 2015, a team of archaeologists unearthed the most recent Neanderthal skeleton ever found, with DNA traces that will allow that will allow its genome to be deciphered for the first time.A world premiere that might be the key to understanding how and why the Neanderthals disappeared so suddenly, paving the path for us Sapiens.DECEMBER 2021
S C I E N C ESAPIENS: THE NEW ORIGINS 2x45’ 4KIn remote Morocco, in 1960, in the archeological site of Jebel Irhoud, a remarkable find was made: remains of Homo Sapiens. Today we can date them back to 300.000 years old.A discovery that rewrites the story of Mankind’s origins, because up until now, the oldest remains found went back to 200.000 years ago! A revelation.
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SCREEN GENERATION: A SICK GENERATION? 52’ 4KSmartphone, television, computer, gaming console or digital tablet are now unavoidable in our day to day lives. This everyday intrusion has sparked numerous controversies – hysteria becomes collective. Are we damaging our brain with these damned screens? This scientific mo-vie will distinguish between verified truths and falsehoods as well as the merely possible side-effects of screen exposure.
S C I E N C ELOSING SLEEP 52’ 4KInsomnia, sleep apnea, and narco-lepsy are massively increasing in the world. In a scientific investigation, we discover the new methods developed to find sleep: fractional sleep, light therapy, helmets that stimulate the brain. The science of sleep has become a major priority for researchers, so much so that the Nobel Prize in medicine has just been awarded for the discovery of the internal biologi-cal clock.
ALLERGY ALERT 52’From peanuts and pollen to cats and dustmites, allergy rates are soaring dramatically all over the globe; with inoffensive substances triggering lifethreatening physical responses. Experts are predicting that by 2050, one in two will suffer from an allergy.Why are our immune systems over-reacting in this way?
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FOREVER YOUNG: FINDING THE ELEXIR OF YOUTH 52’Growing old would soon no longer be considered an irreversible biological process, but a disease, which can be cured so that everyone can live a long and healthy life... Or so many researchers promise, as they are de-ciphering the mechanisms of aging.Our biological clocks would therefore not tick down to an unknown date of programmed obsolescence anymore. Scientists are convinced that the anti-aging recipe is on the verge of discovery.SEPTEMBER 2021
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S C I E N C EISAAC ASIMOV, THE MAN WHO SAW THE FUTURE 52’As the world we live in faces an unprecedented technological accele-ration, we are more concerned than ever by the issue of our future.Asimov is considered as the father of science fiction, with over 500 publications, and a thinker who had anticipated our era with great precision as early as in the 50’s. In our troubled times, Isaac Asimov teaches us how to respond with jubilation to anxiety over the future.JUNE 2021
SEARCHING FOR PLANET 9 52’ & 70’ 4KAt the edge of our solar system scientists believe lies a huge planet, ten times bigger than ours, that remains to be discovered. Several teams of international experts have engaged in a frantic race to detect it, and they are this close. Such a discovery is rare and truly groundbreaking! It would be, now that Pluto has been stripped of its status as a “true” planet, the 9th planet revolving around the sun. The little we know about it now already questions our knowledge of how the solar system works.We will follow these Planet Hunters in their quest in search of this terra incognita: their challen-ges, their stress, their mistakes, their disappointments, their daily enthusiasm. We will accompany them until the final moment of this very important discovery.DECEMBER 2021
THE DEEP MED 52’&90’After “700 Sharks”, “Diving with the Coelacanth” and “Expedition Antarc-tica”, Laurent Ballesta has yet again challenged himself to a new world record: spend 28 days at a depth of 100 meters, pushing the limits of his body to reveal the luxuriant and unknown depths of the Mediter-ranean.
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N A T U R E & D I S C O V E R YPLANET REEF 3x52’ & 52’ 4KThe Great Barrier Reef is a planet of its own, home to over 9000 known species such as dolphins, turtles, crocodiles, sharks and whales. There are also venomous sea snakes, bri-ghtly colored worms, and large algae. These species interact to form a complex and delicate ecosystem de-pendent on the coral reef for survival. Yet today the coral—and therefore all the organisms that depend on it—is gravely at risk. A courageous crew of marine scientists is surpri-sing everyone with some ingenious, hands-on solutions.JULY 2021
SAVING PARADISE 6x52’ 4KSome natural sites’ breathtaking beauty should not take away from their role as unique ecosys-tems. Within them, animal species and nature live in perfect harmony. Sadly, their wealth makes them a prime target for men’s greed. The fight to protect them is a relentless struggle, and the people who lead it have become true heroes of our time. Episodes: Iguazu Falls, the Galapados Islands, the Cano Cristales River, the Bissagos Islands, Thi Lo Su Falls and Lake Kaindy.NOVEMBER 2021
WILD PYRENEES 3x52’ 4KDelve deep into the heart of the wild Pyrenean fauna with one of the most well preserved collections in France: get up close and personal with a bear, a golden eagle, a bearded vulture, a chamois and a wolf! Discover wildlife filming behind the scenes and find out that more often than not, animals are much more cunning than men. To discover them, you have to investigate, find clues, follow tracks and be very patient before you finally get the chance to see them.JULY 2021
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N A T U R E & D I S C O V E R YSUPER MOSS 52’ 4KMoss has helped develop multiple different ecosystems since its appearance 450 million years ago. It fascinates scientists: it has no roots, no seeds, no flowers, no vascular system and a very primitive reproductive system. We travel to Japan, Iceland, France, Ireland and Spain to meet experts who study moss for various disciplines: biotechnology, climatology, nuclear contamination, and evolutionary biology.MARCH 2021
THE BOUNTY HUNTER OF MONGOLIA 52’ 90’ 4KIn the Darhat valley of northern Mongolia, the horses of the nomadic tribes are disappearing. Bandits are stealing them to sell to Russian abattoirs for just a few rubles. But Shukhert, a crime-fighting Darhat horseman, is relentlessly pursuing them.In this documentary, like a Western set in the East, life seems stranger than fiction – despite this being an absolutely authentic tale.
P O P C U LT U R EEMOJI NATION 52’ & 3x20’ A playful and offbeat investigation into the world of emojis: the little ideograms we use in our instant messaging. How did a fun, pop Esperanto go from being a work of art to being an instrument of cultural domination? They were born in Japan over 20 years ago, pure products of the 21st century, and are now omnipresent in our everyday conversations, on all our screens. Emojis let you see a world much more complex than they let appear, rather symbolic of the contemporary web.MARCH 2021
DAMON ALBARN 52’ 4KThis is the portrait of a major pop artist music, and more broadly pop culture of the past 30 years. Author-singer-songwriter of Blur, mastermind behind the Gorillaz phenomenon, producer of African artists, post-modern opera composer, he is considered in the UK as a major public figure.From Blur, Damon Albarn delivers snapshots of a British company he sees changing. Through him it is the history of England from the 90s to the present day before us.APRIL 2021
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AMERICAN PSYCHO: BRET EASTON ELLIS’ AMERICA 52’Sold in more than a million copies in the United States, AMERICAN PSYCHO is a plunge into the sick mind of a serial killer yuppie. In the early 1990s, the controversial publication of the novel was a bombshell. When cooler heads prevailed, the world finally saw how accurate the author actually was. Politics, money, sexuality, capi-talist frenzy, over-consumption: the book was a portrait of contemporary America against the backdrop of the West’s decline.SEPTEMBER 2021
STEPHEN KING, A NECESSARY EVIL 52' Consecrated “king of horror” of modern literature, he distinguished himself in other genres such as fantasy, science fiction or detective stories. Several of his works have been adapted for cinema such as Shining by Stanley Kubrick, Dead Zone by David Cronenberg or Misery by Rob Reiner. Long despised by literary critics, it has since won several prestigious awards such as the National Book Award.
TONI MORRISSON: WE, TOO, ARE AMERICA! 52’Last August, on the 5th, novelist Toni Morrison, first black woman author being awarded the Nobel Prize of Literature, passed away at the age of 88. Her eleven novels were translated in dozens of languages, and she is considered a true figurehead of African-American literature.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY, LIFE LARGER THAN FICTION 52’A portrait of Ernest Hemingway in love makes us delve into the intimacy of a man infinitely more complex than the image he liked to give. We will discover the author’s relationship with each of his 4 wives, which will enable us to re-read his work with a different perspective.
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C I N E M ALEONARDO’S REDISCOVERED MASTERPIECE 52’&90’ 4KToday, it is expertly acknowledged that “Madonna with the Yarnwinder” is an authentic Leonardo Da Vinci. But to get to this conclusion, this masterpiece has undergone multiple interpretations, including its purchase as a well-made copy by an English lord in 1809.The recent authentication by the Louvre was a long and tedious process, and the experts not only used state of the art scientific techniques, but also had to dive into Leonardo’s universe, his turbulent lifestyle and his other signature works. This film is the opportunity to
JULIE ANDREWS FOREVER 52’Julie Andrews starred in Hollywood productions that have become iconic movies, winning an Oscar for her per-formance as Mary Poppins, a symbol of the magic of musicals from the 1960s. And yet, behind the squeaky-clean image hides a much more tortuous career, with its moments of glory and tough times, all of which explain the longevity of a story that is still being written.
ANTHONY PERKINS 52’ While most of the stars of his gene-ration have fallen into oblivion, his face and name remain familiar to a younger 21st century audience, fond of Giallo and slashers. Like the British Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing with their cult characters of Dracu-la and Frankenstein, the American Anthony Perkins has long struggled in the shadow of his most famous character, Norman Bates – the serial killer in Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpie-ce, “Psycho”.
FRANK CAPRA: IT’S A BEAUTIFUL LIFE 52' A small Sicilian immigrant became in the 1930’s a director with dazzling success. His movies are deeply humanist and universal. If Capra’s films have constantly promoted the American dream, this documentary will especially wonder what it costs to adopt it. If Capra spends so much time giving proof of his patriotism, it’s probably because he partly believes it, but above all, he knows its limits.
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C I N E M ACITIZEN JANE FONDA 52’Very few Icons have at once embo-died the Myths of their own country while revealing its contradictions: heiress of the Hollywood star system and muse of the French auteur Cinema, Academy Award winning actress and committed producer, feminist and aerobic queen, activist and fearless businesswoman… In a lifetime, Jane Fonda may have re-conciled all the facets of America wit-hout renouncing her own integrity.
TOM CRUISE, AN ETERNAL YOUTH 52’After a career spanning 40 years, Tom Cruise does not seem to have developed one wrinkle. His legendary smile has dominated many blockbus-ter productions. This film will try to unveil the man behind the film icon. Although he was, for a long time, Hollywood’s highest paid star, Tom Cruise is also a secret and tormented actor.
JODIE FOSTER, A HOLLYWOOD CHILD PRODIGY 52’From her precocious status as a sex symbol to her consecration as a filmmaker, Jodie Foster’s story is about a feminist struggle, albeit atypical, fought on and off the screen. This film sets out to retrace her remarkable journey within the Hollywood industry.MARCH 2021Jodie Foster’s next film PRISONER 760 by Kevin Mc Donald is scheduled for the end of 2021
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS, THE HEIR 52’He is the only actor in the history of cinema to have won three Oscars. Known for the dramatic intensity of his roles – which are as striking as they are diverse (aristocrat, petty thug, outcast or criminal) – for directors such as Martin Scorsese or Steven Spielberg. Daniel Day-Lewis is a visceral and uncompromising actor: in just 20 films, he never stopped pushing the envelope in his performances.MARCH 2021
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FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA, IN THE HEART OF DARKNESS 52’Is Francis Ford Coppola insatiable? After 26 films, of which at least 3 master-pieces, 5 Oscars and 2 Palmes d’Or at Cannes, and the director still isn’t satis-fied: he has yet to make what he calls his big film, Megalopolis. This is the question around which we already planned to build our film, when, last October – like a sea snake – the official announcement erupted that the director was going back to his oldest and perhaps most impos-sible project: Megalopolis. That sums up Coppola. The fire still burns in him, this will be our starting point.JULY 2021Francis Ford Coppola’s next film MEGAPOLIS is scheduled for the end of 2021.
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