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THE SATOSHI MYSTERY: AT THE ORIGIN OF BITCOINS 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.AUGUST 2021
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HACKING DEMOCRACY 52’ & 90’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; Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines, etc... For the first time, this investigative documentary is shedding a light on the ones orchestrating this chaos and their methods.MAY 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
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.OCTOBER 2021
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C U R R E N T A F F A I R SUNITED 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? NOVEMBER 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.OCTOBER 2021
MASS-MARKET RETAILING: THE END OF A SYSTEM? 90’They are called, Walmart, Carrefour, Leclerc ... In 70 years, these small grocers have become powerful multinationals. But this race for low prices is not without consequence... After decades of growth, GAFA are trying to get their hands on the distribution market...JUNE 2021
WARNING IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN 52’The Eastern Mediterranean has rapidly become a geopolitical hot spot: a consequence of the migration crises, the ongoing conflicts in Syria and Libya, a Turkish leader who is ever more authoritarian towards a European diplomacy.NOVEMBER 2021
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THE FIRE UNDER THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA 52’ 4KFrom Sicily to Naples, from Vesuvius to Stromboli, discover the workings of these mountains of fire. A deep dive in 4K. This scientific expedition – more than 100m below the earth’s surface – is led by the vulcanologist Francesco Italiano and Laurent Ballesta’s team of divers. Understanding this environment could enable science to anticipate the awakening of some of the deadliest volcanoes in the world.SEPTEMBER 2021
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PLANET REEF 3x52’, 3x45’ 4KThe Great Barrier Reed is home to over 9 000 species, such as dolphins, turtles, crocodiles and sharks. Yet, today, the coral is gravely at risk. In a visually stunning series of one the most beautiful natural habitats on Earth, our international award winning crew has followed a team of scientists for 5 years. Their mission is to develop groundbreaking techno-logical solutions to save the Great Barrer of Coral from destruction.SEPTEMBER 2021
WILD PYRENEES 3x52’, 52’ 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.DECEMBER 2021
BRAVING THE TIDES 4x52’, 4x43’ 4KTo the rhythm of the tides and for 24 hours, we will sneak into the secret and tumultuous life of the strange creatures of the shorelines, to discover their incredible way of life. The series takes us between land and sea where the ceaseless ebb and flow of water shapes mysterious and spellbinding universes. At the heart of these re-markable environments, we will dis-cover the various strategies of animals and plants to survive.MARCH 2022
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G R E E N & S C I E N C ESUPER 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.NOVEMBER 2021
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 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
FOREVER YOUNG: FINDING THE ELEXIR OF YOUTH 52’Growing old will 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 deciphering the mechanisms of aging. Our biological clocks would therefore not tick down to an unknown date of programmed obsolescence anymore. Indeed, aging could be slowed down... or even reversed. This research sometimes starts looking like science fiction, and the idea is appealing to a growing number of billionaires in Silicon Valley, always on the lookout for promising investments. An elixir of youth, frugality, or a combination of the two: scientists are convinced that the anti-aging recipe is on the verge of discovery.SEPTEMBER 2021
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H I S T O R YTHE GOSPEL OF WEALTH - A STORY OF CAPITALISM (1870-2020) 3x52'In this series of 3 episodes covering 140 years of economic, political and cultural history, Cédric Tourbe and Romain Huret dissect the capitalist storytelling that has succeeded in perpetuating the American dream – from Rockefeller to the Koch family, or from Carnegie to Bezos, asking why such an injust system has not collapsed yet. FEBRUARY 2022
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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
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
NAZI DEATH MARCHS, 1944-1945 52’, 90’In the final months of the Second World War, 700,000 prisoners were evacuated from concentration camps and sent on the roads throughout Europe. Between 250,000 and 300,000 of them died of exhaustion 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. NOVEMBER 2021
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H I S T O R YEGYPT: THE TREASURES OF SACRED 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.DECEMBER 2021
THE BURIED TREASURES OF AFGHANISTAN 52’, 90’ 4KArchaeologists have discovered the remains of a Buddhist city of incredible wealth, from which they are unearthing thousands of treasures. However, their time is running out, the government having ceded the rights to the copper mine to a Chinese company, threatening to destroy every-thing...The ancient city of Mes Aynak, literally «the source of copper», built its power on the precious metal present in its subsoil. On this site, active for more than a thousand years, the monks did not just carry out religious activities. They abandoned their currency and created a banking network throughout the region. It is this wealth which gave them the means to an intense cultural pro-duction, as evidenced by the many treasures found by archaeologists: more than three thousand statues, but also parchments, pieces of goldsmith’s work, jewels, pottery ...The Mes Aynak site offers a unique opportunity to explore Afghan Buddhism, a period of history that still has many secrets to reveal. The remains could allow archaeologists to understand in what ways the religion of Buddha was shaped here, in the heart of Central Asia.DECEMBER 2021
WHAT KILLED THE ROMAN EMPIRE? 52’ & 90’ 4KWhat if the fall of the Roman Empire was really down to climate change and pandemics? Archeologists, histo-rians, and experts in ancient patholo-gies and climate – indeed, specialists in all disciplines – are now gathering evidence which demonstrates that a significant drop in temperature along with three successive waves of deadly diseases undermined the foundations of the Empire, causing it to collapse.NOVEMBER 2021
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A R T & C U LT U R ETHE PARIS OPERA: AN UNUSUAL SEASON 52' “You live as long as you dance! And as long as you live, dance!” would say Nureyev to his dancers. They rehearse, tirelessly, from evening to morning, one of the most beautiful ballets there is: La Bayadère. Our film follows the dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet who were able to rehearse again during the lockdown in 2020.MAY 2021
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PAINTERS AND FILMMAKERS DURING THE BELLE ÉPOQUE 52' At the end of the 19th century, painters were engaged in a genuine aesthetic revolution. Dive deep into the maelstrom of the Industrial Revolution, when art and cinema invented each other. Monet and his peers were passionate about modern, fast and photogenic life; they paved the way for the invention of cinema. This in turn revolutionized the lives of painters and their art.JULY 2021
ART BRUT, THE LAST TERRA INCOGNITA 52’ What is called “Art Brut” seems to fascinate the entire art world today, from museums to auction houses. It is being exhibited and sold at increasingly higher prices, and attracts an increasingly wider audience. Defined by Jean Dubuffet in 1945 as the art of self-taught artists freed from artistic culture, Art Brut preaches the formation of new languages, inventions and techniques. But what is exactly this Art Brut?DECEMBER 2021
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
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24H - 24 HOURS IN A WOMAN’S LIFE 24x2’ This feminist series is an opportunity to spend 24 hours in a woman’s shoes. Through 24 short stories inspired by tragic or ordinary news stories written by Allice Zeniter, Kerry Hudson, Christiane Taubira, Siri Husdvedt and many more… Discover 24 different ways of talking about women’s daily lives through the prism of real-life stories. With Clémence Poesy, Diane Kruger, Camille Cotin and many more…APRIL 2021
SHORT TRIPS IN THE LAND OF MATH 10x9’We are going to explain math, not as it is taught at school, but as a poetic and mysterious construction of the human mind. With an emphasis on paradoxes, the non-intuitive aspects of reality that math allows us to grasp. New landscapes, vertigo and great mathematicians will be discovered.JULY 2021
DAMON ALBARN : MIDDLE CLASS HERO 52’ This 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 society he sees changing. Through him it is the history of England from the 90s to the present day before us.JULY 2021
EMOJI 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 make it look like, rather symbolic of the contemporary web.MAY 2021
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