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SUNNY SIDE OF THE DOC 2018
SUMMARY In production 4 HISTORY & CIVILIZATIONS 5 SCIENCE & KNOWLEDGE 11 INVESTIGATION & POLITICS 20 ART & CULTURE 22 NATURE 24 TRAVEL & ADVENTURE 26 New releases 27
IN PRODUCTION
4
HISTORY & CIVILIZATIONS
AFTER THE WORLDWIDE SUCCESS OF THE SECRET
VERSAILLES OF MARIE ANTOINETTE, PLUNGE INTO THE
FRENCH REVOLUTION FROM A NEW PERSPECTIVE AND
GO BEHIND THE SCENES OF MARIE ANTOINETTE’S TRIAL.
It only took three days and two nights to convict the last
Queen of France. But the outcome was known in advance, the
result of political wrangling and power struggles. Previously
unseen documents have revealed a shocking truth about the
trial: It was rigged. When, Marie Antoinette was led to the
Tribunal, her fate was already sealed.
While France was surrounded by hostile foreign powers,
threatened by civil uprising, and sinking into a climate of fear
and hatred, conspirators firmly believed that killing the Queen
was the only way to save their Revolution. And yet, barely two
years later, all Marie Antoinette’s tormentors followed her to
the scaffold.
TO KILL A QUEEN This film decodes the fateful years in which the Revolution
spiraled inexorably to its tragic fate. An ambitious docudrama
Documentary Film 52’ & 90’ 4K that unveils how Marie Antoinette was transformed into one
By Alain Brunard of the greatest symbols of France.
Co-produced by ZED & Be-FILMS for ARTE France
With the support of the Creative Europe program
of the European Union
Delivery: April 2019
5 IN PRODUCTION
HISTORY & CIVILIZATIONS
A LANDMARK SERIES THAT TELLS FOR THE FIRST TIME
THE STORY OF THE GULAG THANKS TO PREVIOUSLY
UNRELEASED DOCUMENTARY SOURCES.
A major political, historical, human and economic fact of
the 20th century, the Gulag, the extremely punitive Soviet
concentration camp system, remains largely unknown. The
history of the Gulag is long, complex and in many ways out
of the ordinary.
From the Revolution of 1917 to Gorbachev, touching on the
civil war, the Great Terror, World War II, the Cold War and
the death of Stalin, this series describes the workings of the
Gulag. How and why did the USSR create the Gulag, the
system of forced-labour camps in which 20 million prisoners
were exploited and worked to the bone? How did the Soviet
Union create a country inside its Empire?
GULAG, THE STORY Through the exceptional fates of numerous protagonists, both
executioners and victims, famous names and anonymous
figures, the history of the Gulag is deciphered for the first time
Documentary Series 3x52’ in images, with previously-unreleased documentary sources
By Patrick Rotman and the expertise of Nicolas Werth, a renowned historian and
Produced by KUIV Productions for ARTE France Gulag expert.
Delivery: July 2019
SELECTED AT THE HISTORY PITCH:
THURSDAY, 28 JUNE AT 10 AM
6 IN PRODUCTION
HISTORY & CIVILIZATIONS
WHAT IF HISTORY HAD ITS HIDDEN STORY?
Myths die hard, and the history of the 20th century is no
exception to this rule. Even today, we hold popular beliefs
that we take for Evangelical truths. Thus, we believe that
Hiroshima caused Japan to surrender, that the Marshall Plan
saved Europe, that Adolf Hitler was a military genius, or that
Mao Zedong was a necessary evil for China’s modernization.
Of course, these judgments contain some truth; but, too
broad-stroked to be accurate, they contradict the historical
reality by denying its complexity. What if the truth was
slightly different?
Through an exploration of great national or international
myths, this full archive documentary collection revisits the key
moments of the 20th century with a new perspective in order
to provide a new, smarter and more subtle interpretation,
bringing elements to light that have been forgotten or
HISTORY UNCOVERED sometimes overshadowed.
• Episode 1: Did Hiroshima make Japan surrender?
Documentary Series 4x52’
By Christiane Ratiney, Cédric Condon, • Episode 2: Did the Marshall Plan save Europe?
Bernard Georges & Philippe Saada
Artistic Director: David Korn-Brzoza • Episode 3: Was Hitler a military genius?
Produced by Cinétévé for ARTE France
Delivery: December 2018 • Episode 4: Was Mao the founder of modern China?
7 IN PRODUCTION
HISTORY & CIVILIZATIONS
A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON A LITTLE-KNOWN WAR THAT
HAS INFLUENCED INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS TO THIS
DAY, AND SHAPED THE WORLD WE LIVE IN.
The Korean War was possibly the most important event since
WW2 - a war that never really ended, influencing international
relations to this day. Despite millions of deaths and refugees,
this war has been nearly forgotten. With the recent opening
of archives in Russia, the U.S., China and South Korea, new
historical material is now available, including color films and
hundreds of photographs, to rediscover a little-known conflict
that shaped our world.
Korea: The Never-Ending War brings to light a new history of
the event, plunging us into a critical turning point in world
history. To understand the present situation, we need to
revisit the past.
KOREA:
THE NEVER-ENDING WAR
Documentary Series 2x52’
By John Maggio
Co-produced by ZED, WETA & ARK MEDIA
Delivery: December 2018
8 IN PRODUCTION
HISTORY & CIVILIZATIONS
FOR THE FIRST TIME, DISCOVER WHAT HAS REMAINED
TO THIS DAY THE KENNEDY FAMILY’S DARKEST SECRET.
In 1941, JFK’s sister, Rosemary, mysteriously disappeared from
public sight after a lobotomy ordered by her own father. She
emerged half-paralyzed, with the mental age of a 3-year-
old child! Joseph Kennedy had his daughter institutionalized,
and imposed a veil of silence upon the family, which became
complicit in this erasure effort.
For the first time, this film explores what has remained
to this day the Kennedy family’s darkest secret. It takes us
deep within the famous Kennedy’s youth, revealing the mad
ambition of the parents who wanted to turn their model
family into an instrument to rise to political power.
Diving into the many official archives, photos and family
films, letters and diaries, this full archive documentary tells
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO the story of a child sacrificed by her own family because her
psychological fragility didn’t fit within the clan’s ambitions.
ROSEMARY KENNEDY?
Documentary Film 52’
By Patrick Jeudy
Produced by Hauteville Productions for France Télévisions
Delivery: July 2018
9 IN PRODUCTION
HISTORY & CIVILIZATIONS
REVISIT THE SPACE RACE TO MARK THE 50TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST STEP ON THE MOON.
July 20, 1969: Neil Armstrong is just about to make one
of mankind’s oldest dreams come true. After more than
twenty years of intense struggle between the Americans and
the Soviets, the biggest adventure for humanity in the 20th
century has just been achieved.
Yuri Gagarin, Alan Shepard, Valentina Tereshkova, Neil
Armstrong, John Glenn, Buzz Aldrin…: These spirited pilots
became space pioneers and braved all kinds of danger to
explore the interplanetary vastness. Beyond the scientific
competition between East and West, discover the epic story
of these first astronauts propelled in an unforgettable human
adventure and destined to be the greatest heroes of their time.
THE BATTLE FOR THE MOON Patrick Jeudy revisits the space race - from the launch of the
first Soviet Sputnik in 1957 to the American triumph of the
1957-1969, Apollo 11 in 1969. Combining political history, technological
exploits, media manipulations, psychological tension,
acts of bravery and personal dramas, this full archive
FROM SPUTNIK TO APOLLO documentary looks back on this crucial moment in History
that marked the climax of the Cold War.
Documentary Series 2x52’
By Patrick Jeudy • Episode 1: 1957-1962 - The conquest of space: The era
Produced by Roche Productions for France Télévisions of Soviet success
Delivery: March 2019
• Episode 2: 1962-1969 - The conquest of the moon: America
strikes back
10 IN PRODUCTIONSCIENCE & KNOWLEDGE
TRAVEL BACK IN TIME TO VISIT THE FIVE MOST
POWERFUL EXTINCTION EVENTS IN EARTH’S HISTORY.
Today, 10 million species are living on the planet. But they
represent only 4% of all the species that have inhabited Earth
since its creation. What happened to the remaining 96%?
Who were these species? Why did they vanish forever?
At least five times in history, our planet has suffered from
what we call “mass extinctions”. This documentary sheds new
light on the kind of life that existed on five of the prior Earth
Periods. Like a journey back in time starting 250 millions years
ago, we will revisit the extraordinary lifeforms that evolved
during Earth’s most significant geologic periods, and the
cataclysmic events that resulted in their demise.
A scientific investigation featuring spectacular CGI and VFX
that will recreate the creatures that lived at that time to bring
this ancient world back to life.
ANCIENT EARTH
Documentary Film 52’ & 90’
By Jonas Rosales & Alexis De Favitski
Co-produced by ZED & CuriosityStream for France Télévisions
Delivery: May 2019
11 IN PRODUCTIONSCIENCE & KNOWLEDGE
A WONDERFUL EPIC, OVERLAND AND IN THE AIR
INVESTIGATION ON THE EXTRAORDINARY AND YET
LITTLE-KNOWN NATURAL PHENOMENON OF THE
FLYING RIVERS.
Often considered as the beating « heart of the Earth », the
trees in the Amazon suck up water from the ground and pump
out billion of tonnes of water vapour a day into vast “flying
rivers”, essential to the environmental balance. But what if
this natural phenomenon was to disappear? Could it trigger
an irreversible ecological disequilibrium of global proportion?
By following the scientists in the field and in their laboratories,
and thanks to animated 3D sequences, the film deciphers the
mechanisms of this extraordinary and little-known natural
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phenomenon, only recently discovered by climate experts.
A race against time to discover the Amazon rainforest from
a climate perspective, questioning our planet’s biological
FLYING RIVERS equilibrium and human responsibility.
Documentary Film 52’
By Pascal Cuissot
Co-produced by ZED & GRIFA Filmes for ARTE France
Delivery: June 2019
12 IN PRODUCTIONSCIENCE & KNOWLEDGE
DISCOVER THE FIRST EVER DOCUMENTARY DIRECTED BY
AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE! (A.I.)
A new era is here: these recent years marked a turning point
for Artificial Intelligence (A.I.). Used to create music, write
science-fiction or novels, Artificial Intelligence still has plenty
more tricks up its sleeve. Can Artificial Intelligence compete
with humans with regard to intuition and creativity? Will
machines be able to reason for themselves in the near future?
All these questions will be tackled in this film through a unique
experiment: asking a computer to make a documentary
about A.I.
Using powerful algorithms, the computer will be able to draw
relevant information from the billions of databases on the
web, but will it manage to organize it in a logical way with a
narrative structure to produce a documentary? What are the
AI: INSIDE ARTIFICIAL current limits of A.I.? A unique technological adventure that
will take us closer to A.I. than ever before.
INTELLIGENCE
Documentary Film 52’
By Vincent Amouroux
Produced by ZED for ARTE France
With the support of the Creative Europe program
of the European Union
Delivery: July 2019
13 IN PRODUCTIONSCIENCE & KNOWLEDGE
HOW WERE THE PYRAMIDS BUILT? WHAT ARE THE NEXT
REVELATIONS SURROUNDING THEIR ETERNAL SECRETS?
IT WILL TAKE HUNDREDS OF YEARS TO REVEAL EGYPT’S
HIDDEN TREASURES...
The construction of the Egyptian pyramids remains an
unsolved mystery. Numerous hidden pyramids and buried
vestiges have yet to be discovered.
But today, Egyptologists and archaeologists have developed
a new tool which uses aerial and satellite images to provide
valuable fresh clues about the position, construction, and
evolution of these edifices.
Through each episode, thanks to CGI, satellite imagery and
cutting-edge aerial archeology, this series sets out to decode
the mysteries of the pyramids’ construction, and to recreate
Egypt as it was more than 5000 years ago.
THE PYRAMIDS:
SOLVING THE MYSTERY
Documentary Series 6x45’
By Lionel Langlade, Marie Perrin & Maud Guillaumin
Produced by Label News & Label Image
for RMC Découverte & Science & Vie TV
Delivery: April 2019
14 IN PRODUCTIONSCIENCE & KNOWLEDGE
A SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION THAT SHEDS LIGHT
ON OUR LITTLE-KNOWN SIXTH SENSE CALLED
PROPRIOCEPTION.
Supernatural intuition, power of the mind, the 6th sense
has never ceased to be a sort of fantasy. Yet, beyond our
five senses, there is indeed a hidden sense, often ignored
by all: proprioception, which allows us to move about, write
and catch an object in movement. It is indispensable to us,
essential for our balance, our displacements, as well as to
ensure the coordination of our movements.
How is this 6th sense organized? How does it evolve during
our existence? Is it possible to train it? Embark on a scientific
investigation to discover this little-known sense.
This film will be largely illustrated by the choreography of the
Yoann Bourgeois company dancers. By their movements, they
render this hidden sense somehow visible. Often in unstable
OUR TRUE 6TH SENSE balance, seemingly frozen in suspension before a fall, playing
with the bounce of a trampoline, struggling against a
unstable stage, or playing with a system of counterweights,
Documentary Film 52’ 4K they embody to perfection and with poetry and grace all the
By Vincent Amouroux capabilities and functioning of our proprioception.
Produced by Mona Lisa Production for ARTE France
Delivery: End of 2018
15 IN PRODUCTIONSCIENCE & KNOWLEDGE
RELIVE THE APOLLO PROGRAM AS NEVER SEEN BEFORE,
TO MARK THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF MANKIND’S FIRST
STEP ON THE MOON.
What could be more fascinating than exploring the space
program from a fresh perspective, driven by the new
production processes and techniques we have today?
Thanks to full color archival images - which have now been
perfectly restored by NASA - and 3D reenactement of the
mission’s key stages, this documentary recounts this epic
adventure by detailing the journey of the men and women
who took part in or aided the mission.
In order to not forget just how exceptional this feat was, these
digital techniques will be used to “restore” the intensity of this
unprecedented adventure into space, above and beyond the
image.
APOLLO,
THE ULTIMATE EXPERIENCE
Documentary Film 2x45’
By François Pomès
Produced by Label News & Label Image for RMC Découverte
Delivery: February 2019
16 IN PRODUCTIONSCIENCE & KNOWLEDGE
AFTER THE WORLDWIDE SUCCESS OF THE DOCU-SERIES
THE SQUATTERS, THE BLOODSUCKERS ARE BACK!
Lice, bedbugs, fleas, mites, mosquitoes, ticks, crab lice, which
we believed for a moment we had gotten rid of, once again
proliferate. Bedbugs invade city centers, lice are doing most
well, the Tiger mosquito is on the way to Germany, ticks
abound.
Why are they back? How can we eliminate rapidly these very
unwanted guests?
Scientists point the finger at global warming, our too well
insulated homes, our lifestyle changes, but also the genetic
mutations of these invaders. If some parasites cause minor
afflictions, others are vectors of very disabling diseases such
as Lyme disease. Embark on a scientific investigation to
understand the unexpected return of these bloodsuckers and
the potential risks to our health.
THE SQUATTERS’ RETURN
Documentary Film 52’ 4K
By Thierry Berrod
Produced by Mona Lisa Production for ARTE France
Delivery: January 2019
17 IN PRODUCTIONSCIENCE & KNOWLEDGE
LOOK AT THE MOST SPECTACULAR WEATHER
PHENOMENA AND DISCOVER HOW THE
METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH HELPS AVOID DISASTERS.
Today, the weather is one of the most popular and most
frequently watched television programmes. Weather reports
are part of our daily lives and yet the field is entirely unknown
to us.
Meteorology has nonetheless made enormous progress
in recent decades. To deliver the most accurate weather
forecasts, scientists are continually sending up new satellites,
developing ever-more sophisticated computerized models,
and taking more and more measurements. Today, 24-hour
forecasts are 95% reliable and 3-day forecasts are 80%
reliable.
THE WEATHER: How do scientists predict the weather and, each year, improve
their predictions? How do they work? How do they help us to
avoid disasters? What are the biggest meteorological study
THE RACE TO FORECAST missions currently in progress?
Documentary Film 52’ By following the researchers in the field and in their laboratories,
By Stéphane Bégoin by observing the most spectacular meteorological phenomena,
Produced by ZED for France Télévisions this film promises to answer these questions.
With the support of the Creative Europe program
of the European Union
Delivery: Spring 2019
18 IN PRODUCTIONSCIENCE & KNOWLEDGE
WHEREVER A TSUNAMI STRUCK BEFORE, ANOTHER
WILL STRIKE AGAIN.
Sometimes reaching heights of 30 meters and travelling at
up to 800 km/h, tsunamis are one of the deadliest natural
phenomenons on the planet. And It can happen anytime,
anywhere, whether in the Pacific Ocean, or even in the
Mediterranean Sea or in the English Channel.
Following a top team of experts (coming from Indonesia,
Japan, China and also from Europe and North America) on
the field, in restricted areas and into their research labs, this
scientific prime-time investigation exposes their incredible
work against the clock.
Using cutting edge science, 3D mapping of the Earth, and
reconstruction of past disasters, this documentary explores
how the “tsunamists” are acting today to predict the next
tsunamis. An international scientific investigation that immerses
TSUNAMIS us into scenarios of a spectacular – yet threatening - future.
Documentary Film 52’ 4K
By Pascal Guérin
Produced by ZED for ARTE France
Delivery: April 2019
19 IN PRODUCTIONINVESTIGATION & POLITICS
AN IN-DEPTH AND JUICY INVESTIGATION ON THE
MAKING OF IGNORANCE.
How can science be manipulated to create doubt? Why and
in who’s interest? And how do we, as individuals and citizens,
consent to that? Generating ignorance involves creating
uncertainty in public discourse, scientific doubt that is
sufficient to delay or paralyse all political or civic action.
Thanks to never-before-seen archives, testimonies from
repentants and graphic animations, this investigation
plunges us into the science of doubt by reconstructing its
mechanisms. Along with a team of experts (philosophers,
economists, cognitive scientists, or even agnotologists), we
explore concrete examples of doubt making (the tobacco
industry, endocrine disruptor sector, climate change
skeptics…) and try to understand the whole process and the
issues behind it.
THE DOUBT MAKERS An enlightening documentary that dismantles one by one and
without taking sides, the workings of this clever manoeuver
that aims to turn science against itself.
Documentary Film 52’ & 90’
By Franck Cuveillier & Pascal Vasselin
Produced by ZED for ARTE France
Delivery: September 2019
20 IN PRODUCTIONINVESTIGATION & POLITICS
WHO REALLY IS DONALD TRUMP? A PORTRAIT OF
THE MAN BEHIND THE BRAND.
Known for his erratic politics, unforeseeable behavior and
verbal provocations, Donald J. Trump, the 45th President of
the USA throws the world into a panic.
A populist billionnaire, an individualist protected by an
entourage made up mostly of his family, an ad man who
is compulsive when it comes to his own destiny, Donald
Trump loves being hated by his own peeves: the political
establishment, the American left wing and the intellectuals.
But beyond the way the media portray him, who really is
Donald Trump? By exploring his personal history, the workings
of his personality, the flaws and weaknesses he hides but also
his qualities, this documentary provides a unique portrait of
this man to understand how he got there.
TRUMP:
ANATOMY OF A MAN
Documentary Film 52’
By Frédéric Mitterand
Produced by Morgane Production for France Télévisions
Delivery: September 2018
21 IN PRODUCTIONART & CULTURE
A FRESH LOOK AT DA VINCI’S PAINTINGS FOR THE
COMMEMORATION OF THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY
OF HIS DEATH.
500 years after his death, Leonardo da Vinci’s painting is
still just as fascinating. And yet, there are only 16 surviving
canvasses attributed to him, some of which are unfinished.
To understand them, one must go back to how they were
produced. Through sketches and notebooks, the comparison
of paintings, and the analysis of infrared reflectography – an
innovative technique which reveals the drawing beneath the
layer of paint – the film underlines the technical and artistic
prowess of da Vinci’s work and captures its meaning and
emotion. It provides an original perspective on his canvasses,
each an outstanding exploration of the real world and a
moving testimony of a life spent trying to grasp the world
through painting.
DECODING DA VINCI
Documentary Film 52’ 4K
By Sandra Paugam
Written by Flore Kosinetz
Co-produced by ZED & the Louvre for ARTE France
Delivery: April 2019
22 IN PRODUCTIONART & CULTURE
A CAPTIVATING DOCUMENTARY THAT RELATES
PETER FALK’S LIFE AND CAREER TO MARK THE 50TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE TV SHOW.
For millions of viewers, Peter Falk is Columbo, the eccentric,
perspicacious upholder of the law in his wrinkled trench
coat, who confounds the powerful in their luxurious villas.
And yet Peter Falk is not only the most popular cop in the
world. Despite having been twice nominated for an Oscar, his
unusual career still remains an enigma.
Who really is Peter Falk ? Who is the man behind the character ?
Built as an episode of the TV series and using Columbo’s
particular style of investigation, this film conducts its own
inquiry and sheds light on the actor’s life, a life full of twists
and turns, ups and downs.
PETER FALK, A riveting documentary that pays tribute to the immortal
character of Columbo.
COLUMBO’S LAST CASE
Documentary Film 52’
By Luc Pagès & Gaëlle Royer
Produced by ZED for ARTE France
Delivery: August 2018
23 IN PRODUCTIONNATURE
THROUGH BREATHTAKING UNDERWATER, AERIAL AND
4K IMAGES, EMBARK ON A SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION
TO DECODE THE MOST SPECTACULAR MARINE ANIMALS’
BEHAVIORS.
We are only on the fringes of understanding how marine
mammals hunt. We know they develop methods that are
surprisingly sophisticated, and that leave scientists in awe
with each new discovery. How do animals of the same species
come up with such astoundingly unique methods to find and
kill their prey?
Thanks to some cutting-edge drone technology and a unique
viewpoint from the sky, discover the wealth of tricks and
tactics used by marine wildlife as never seen before. Using
30% aerial footage from drones, 30% RED underwater
footage, 20% «aero- submarine» footage and 20% regular 4K
GENIUS SEA HUNTERS, footage, this series offers an entirely new spectacle.
THE THIRD DIMENSION From the humpback whale in Alaska’s Glacier Bay trapping
a school of sardines to the Patagonian orcas landing on the
beach to catch sea lion cubs, from dolphins in Florida snaring
UNVEILED mullet fish in a mud ring to Namibian hyenas infiltrating
colonies of sea lions once night has fallen, this blue-chip
Documentary Series 3x52’ 4K wildlife and scientific documentary series brings us previously
By Jérôme Julienne & John Jackson unseen perspectives of the genius behind these great deep-
Co-produced by ZED & Ideacom International for ARTE France sea hunters.
Delivery: January 2020
24 IN PRODUCTIONNATURE
EMBARK ON A SURPRISING JOURNEY AND DISCOVER
THE SECRET SKILLS OF FOUR ANIMAL BUILDERS.
Humanity’s history has been full of great architects. However,
what is less well known is that animals are also very talented!
Insulation, constant adaptation to the climatic conditions,
safe access or even interior decoration…
This documentary explores the ingenuity they can show when
it comes to the need for shelter.
Embark on a surprising journey along with four animal
builders and discover the hydraulic ingenuity of the beaver,
the Vogelkop bowerbird, a true landscaper, the group spirit of
ants and the secret skills of bonobos.
ANIMAL BUILDERS
Documentary Film 52’
By Lucas Allain
Produced by ZED for France Télévisions
Delivery: Early 2019
25 IN PRODUCTIONTRAVEL & ADVENTURE
AN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO
EXPLORE ONE OF THE WORLD’S LEAST-KNOWN
ECOSYSTEMS: THE CORAL REEFS OF THE DEEP.
After becoming the first to film beneath the North Pole and
beating records in terms of deep diving in Arctic waters,
Ghislain and Emmanuelle Bardout are now heading for the
South Pacific to explore the corals of the deep.
Aboard the Why, in the company of scientists, they will study
how these reefs function, with the hope of capturing on
film the dazzling spectacle of the corals spawning. Thanks
to aerial footage and never-before-seen underwater film
gathered during dives of up to 150m in previously unexplored
waters, they will reveal this fascinating underwater world.
A human adventure at the heart of Polynesian culture, that
UNDER THE POLE: reveals the evolution of the corals upon which the local
population depends for so much.
DEEP SEA CORALS
OF POLYNESIA
Documentary Film 52’ 4K
By Vincent Pérazio
Produced by ZED for ARTE France
Delivery: Spring 2019
26 IN PRODUCTIONNEW RELEASES
27HISTORY & CIVILIZATIONS HISTORY & CIVILIZATIONS
The Secret Versailles of Marie Aribert Heim:
Antoinette The Dr. Death of Mathausen
Documentary Film 52’ & 90’ 4K Documentary Film 52’
Marie Antoinette’s myth has Autumn 1941: A young Austrian
often obscured the reality doctor is assigned to the
and her personality. With the Mauthausen Camp. In the
restoration of her favorite space of a few weeks, he will
hideaway to its former glory, murder hundreds of inmates
this docudrama proposes an through horrific and needless
intimate portrait of a « too- experiments. This is the chilling
modern woman » for her time, story of one of the world’s most
caught in the whirlwinds of wanted Nazis, who ultimately
History. managed to escape justice.
HISTORY & CIVILIZATIONS INVESTIGATION & POLITICS
Broken Arrows, the Lost The Interpol Case
Bomb of the Cold War Documentary Film 52’
Documentary Film 2x52’
Can one of the regulatory
Along with contemporary pro- authorities of our states be
tagonists and historians, this financed by private funds?
documentary looks back at This captivating investigation
four symbolic nuclear acci- lifts the lid on one of the
dents that have been classified most secretive organization’s
as official secrets. Now publi- funding.
shed, the files show how the re-
lentless standoff between two
superpowers led us to the brink
of obliteration.
28 NEW RELEASESNATURE NATURE
The Last Giraffe The Last Refuge
Documentary Film 52’ 4K Documentary Film 52’
Kenya, 2050: the last giraffe A blue chip wildlife documen-
just died. Travel through time tary that captures the survival
and follow the footsteps of strategies developed by the
Twiga, one of the last baby gi- animals of the Savannah. To
raffes. tackle the drought and the lack
of food, they have to share the
same territory, on the banks of
the Ruaha river.
NATURE NATURE
Of Forests & Men Hidden Treasures of Oceania:
Documentary Film 6x52’ Papua New Guinea
Documentary Film 52’
This blue-chip documentary
takes us into the microcosm Embark on a journey to one of
of Europe’s most emblematic the last lands to explore and
forests and captures the beauty discover a country of a thou-
of an untamed environment as sand cultures, through three
the seasons come and go. moving stories: a scientist who
explores the canopy from his
balloon, a man who tries to
help its village out of isolation
thanks to coffee production,
and the symbolic rite of two boys
passing through adulthood.
29 NEW RELEASESSCIENCE & KNOWLEDGE SCIENCE & KNOWLEDGE
Aquarium Megastructure: Solar Odyssey
Nausicaa Documentary Film 52’
Documentary Film 52’
Join the NASA’s Parker Solar
Equipped with a main basin as Probe and ESA’s Solar Orbiter
large as four Olympic swimming to examine the latest findings
pools and accommodating over and imagery from the Sun. A
50,000 animals, Nausicaa is Eu- breathtaking voyage that takes
rope’s biggest aquarium. From us closer to the Sun than we’ve
the structure’s architecture to the ever been to resolve decades-
logistics of breeding thousands of old questions about the inner
species and bringing in hundreds workings of our nearest star.
more from all over the world, this
film takes us on an immersive jour-
ney into this exceptional project.
intentions
FACTUAL SHORT CONTENT
48H under Suspicion Dezoom
Documentary Film 6x52’ Documentary Film 11x3’
Six episodes, six cases, six custo- A documentary series entirely
dies of 48 hours, and a lot of shot with drones. Each episode
murders. Based on testimonies consists of a sequence shot
of lawyers, magistrates and po- with the drone rising in the
licemen, this series uses immer- air. In a specific case, from
sive reenactments to relive the micro to macro, it reveals the
crucial moment of custody: this transformations engendered
48-hours decisive step on which by human activities on the
everything hinges. environment.
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