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Perhaps the most important director of his generation, Patrice Chéreau left an indelible mark on theatre, film and opera. This documentary traces the French artist’s life and work ten years after his death.

France's Theatre Genius

Perhaps the most important director of his generation, Chéreau left an indelible mark on theatre, film and opera. 

Patrice Chéreau

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Countries across the European Union are grappling with the worst housing crisis in decades. A perfect storm of factors led us to this point: an already existent housing shortage, a war, an energy crisis, high interest rates and building costs, and a rise in the cost of living. Everyone, from students to pensioners, is affected. We compare the situation across Europe and ask what can be done about it.

ARTE Europe Weekly

Rising rents and interest rates, coupled with a housing shortage, mean that Europe is sinking into a housing crisis.

Europe’s Great Housing Crisis

A desperate cry for help written in Chinese was discovered in a pregnancy test sold in France and made in a Chinese factory. It revealed a hidden world of Chinese prison-companies where prisoners are forced to work for 15 hour days manufacturing products for export. This documentary tries to find out who wrote the letter.

A written SOS found in a pregnancy test in France came from China where prisoners are forced to be productive.

Forced Labour - SOS from a Chinese Prisoner

It’s not easy being the son of Kirk Douglas. It took Michael Douglas a long time to emerge from his father’s shadow and build his own career as a respected producer and Oscar-winning actor. Focus on a Hollywood mover and shaker of rare tenacity and intelligence.

Portrait of a Hollywood big beast

It’s not easy being the son of Kirk Douglas. Documentary on a Hollywood mover and shaker of rare tenacity and intelligence.

Michael Douglas: The Prodigal Son

Laci, a virtuoso piano player, falls in love with a fascinating young woman called Marie. When she becomes the lead singer of a rock band, Laci decides to give up his career to become a composer and moves in with her. But Marie is already married to János, a deaf-mute animal caretaker.

Hungarian art-house cinema

A piano player falls in love with Mari, who happens to be married to a deaf-mute animal caretaker.

Eskimo Woman Feel Cold

Britain has amongst the highest inflation in Europe with many barely having enough to keep up with rising rents, energy bills and food prices. A focus on ordinary Brits struggling to make ends meet.

Cost of Living Crisis in the UK

Britain has amongst the highest inflation in Europe with many struggling to make ends meet.

Brits on the Edge

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Online betting platforms are booming and are now among the most important sponsors in the world of sport. Yet this comes at a high social cost, fuelling gambling addiction across Europe. An investigation into the inner workings of an industry that makes billions whilst ordinary people’s lives are ruined.

In-depth investigation

 Online betting platforms in Europe are booming, but the industry is fuelling serious gambling addiction. In

Sports Betting - A Billion-Euro Business

From the Gilded Age to the present day, the history of modern America has been one of wealth and power concentrated into the hands of a few families with enormous fortunes. In three episodes, this documentary tells the story of American capitalism over 150 years: From Rockefeller to present day plutocrats, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs, via the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the subprime crisis of 2007.

Three-part series

The story of American capitalism over 150 years, from Rockefeller to Reagan, to present day plutocrats.

American Capitalism - The Cult of Wealth

Jannik and Tai are 17 and are called “Fatty” and “Fiji” at school. Two outsiders. When they find their drunken head teacher on the street one night and lock him in his own flat, what starts as a joke turns into a full-blown kidnapping. Tai enjoys playing God and forces the teacher to bare his soul. But as the teens uncover the man's secrets, the stupid fun turns serious.

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Two teens stumble upon their drunken head teacher and lock him in his flat. But the silly prank gets out of hand...

Naked Above Berlin

Norah Jones has won millions of fans across the world with her velvet-warm voice floating over the smoothest of grooves. As a singer-songwriter, her suave, light music has always flirted with the edges of jazz without fully embracing the genre. It's certainly a winning formula, winning her countless awards and regularly seeing her top the charts with each new release.

Norah Jones brings gentle warmth to Baloise Session.

Smooth jazz megastar Norah Jones pours honey over Baloise Session 2023.

Norah Jones

A two-part documentary looking at the history of nudism. This first episode traces the beginnings of the movement in the nineteenth century and how it differs across Europe.

From taboo and shame to liberation

A two-part documentary looking at the history of nudism.

Undressed - A History of Nudism

Can a piece of street art express the feelings of an entire community and become the subject of a police manhunt? Yes, if it's by Banksy. In memory of the victims of the terrorist attack on the Bataclan concert hall in Paris in 2015, the famous graffiti artist covered a door of the building with the graffiti "The Sad Girl", which was then stolen…

When a famous Banksy was stolen from Paris, it sparked a police manhunt.

Banksy, the Bataclan and the Sad Girl

From the Cold War to the invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has always conducted covert operations against the West. During the Communist era, the Kremlin relied heavily on the secret services of Eastern Bloc countries such as Czechoslovakia. Thanks to the opening up of the Czech archives, this documentary sheds new light on Prague's role in spying for Moscow for over four decades.

During the Cold War, Moscow relied on the secret services in Eastern Bloc countries such as Czechoslovakia.

Prague Spying for Moscow

In 1991, a group of people from all over Europe gathered in Scandinavia for an unprecedented ecological adventure: under the leadership of Canadian green guru Pierre Maltais, they wanted to build an alternative future. But what started as a utopia turned into a nightmare.

They want to build a better future. But what started as a utopia ended as a nightmare.

Gaialand

Laura, an Italian nanny with a hidden lineage and Sebastian, a young and enigmatic orphan in her charge, navigate 18th century Europe – steeped in revolution and intrigue. Through their passionate adventures together, their mysterious origins slowly come to light.

French period drama

An Italian nanny and the enigmatic orphan in her charge adventure through 18th century Europe.

The Black Book

Why is it that a comparatively rare disorder such as coeliac disease seems to have become widespread within a few years? With more and more people complaining about digestive problems after eating cereals, is gluten really responsible? An in-depth focus on gluten, gluten-free diets and the food industry.

With more and more people complaining about digestive problems after eating cereals, is gluten really responsible?

Gluten: Public Enemy Number One

The wait is over. After six years of deafening silence, The Kills are back with a sixth album: God Games. And what better way to discover this new work than onstage at the ARTE Concert Festival?

ARTE Concert Festival 2023

After a six year absence, this legendary duo have chosen the ARTE Concert Festival to make their comeback! 

The Kills

The painting "Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy" was discovered in a modest private collection. But is it really one of the last great works by Caravaggio, the Italian master of chiaroscuro? A fascinating investigation travelling from Paris via Italy to Malta in search of the truth.

Is a painting found in a modest private collection really one of the last great works by the Italian master?

The Caravaggio Mystery

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In Israel everything changed overnight on 7 October. In this episode, Tracks East looks at life in the Jewish state after the Hamas attack.

Israel: Life After Terror

In Israel everything changed overnight on 7 October. In this episode, Tracks East looks at life after the Hamas attack.

Tracks East

Since the war between Israel and Hamas broke out on October 7, Europe has seen a resurgence of anti-Semitism. Fuelled by discriminatory clichés, its return is largely due to its traces, still present across the continent. But what is the EU doing to combat the return of anti-Semitism? We take a closer look.

Since the war between Israel and Hamas broke out, Europe has seen a resurgence of anti-Semitism.

Europe faces a resurgence of anti-Semitism

A focus on the geopolitical dynamics of the Middle East following the signing in 2020 of the Abraham Accords between Israel and four countries in the Arab world.

New Alliances in a Region in Crisis

A focus on Middle East geopolitical after the signing of the Abraham Accords between Israel and four Arab countries.

Middle East: Between War and Peace

From antiquity to the present day, a dense account of two millennia of intolerance and persecution of the Jews, supported by the fascinating insights from a host of scholars.

In the Beginning: 38 - 1144

A history of anti-Jewish feeling from ancient Alexandria to the crusades.

A History of Antisemitism (1/4)

Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel was unprecedented, both in terms of its violence and scale. The terrorist group had carried out suicide bombings in the 1990s and 2000s, but the recent attacks demonstrated a new level of sophistication, both in terms of weaponry and strategy. Let’s take a closer look at how the group’s military strategy has evolved over the years.  

The attacks carried out by Hamas on October 7 show how the terrorist group’s strategies have evolved.

Hamas's strategy of power through chaos

As it erupts onto the streets of Europe, few conflicts divide society as much as Israel-Palestine. In this week's ARTE Europe Weekly, an EU leadership scrambles to find common ground. In the Netherlands, the far-right capitalizes on Hamas' attacks, while in France, fears of terror grow.

Israel-Hamas: Europe is divided

The Israel-Hamas war exposes deep-rooted social and political divisions in Europe.

As Israel reels from the 7 October Hamas attack, left-wing voters are especially lost. Many of the locations attacked by Hamas such as the Kibbutzim are home to Israelis advocating for peaceful coexistence and a Palestinian state.

Israel: The left in Disarray

As Israel reels from the 7 October Hamas attack, left-wing voters are especially lost. 

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The creation of an independent Palestinian state seemed possible in 1993, but thirty years later it feels like a distant prospect. The two-state solution has yet to materialise, and recent years have been marred by political assassinations, violent uprisings, extremism, terrorist attacks, and police repression.

What Future for Palestine?

The creation of an independent Palestinian state seemed possible in 1993, but thirty years later it feels like a distant prospect.

Mapping the World

Founded in 1948 after the trauma of the holocaust, Israel, where three-quarters of the population is Jewish, has gone through many crises and has tense relations with the Palestinian territories and neighbouring Arab states.

Israel: Endless Conflict, New Alliances

Every year Israel builds more and more road infrastructure in the occupied West Bank, encouraging new settlements to house the overspill from the crowded urban centres of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. But where is the space for a Palestinian state?

Israel: Making (In)Roads into the West Bank

Every year Israel builds more and more road infrastructure in the occupied West Bank, encouraging new settlements to house the overspill from the crowded urban centres of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. 

In the north of the West Bank, near Nablus, a new episode in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is being played out: the War of the Hills. It pits young radical Jewish settlers, protected by the Israeli army, against young militant Palestinians from a new armed group: the Lion's Den.

West Bank: War in the Hills

In the north of the West Bank, near Nablus, a new episode in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is being played out:

What are the historical and geopolitical causes of the Israel-Palestine conflict?

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War in the Middle East

Junk foods’ effects on the body are well documented. But what are their effects on the brain? This documentary draws on the latest research looking at how different diets effect our mood, our memory, and our brain matter, a fascinating journey into neuro-nutrition.

Junk foods’ effects on the body are well documented. But what are their effects on the brain? This documentary is a fascinating journey into neuro-nutrition.

Eat Yourself Smart and Happy

Behind the scenes at Donald Trump’s White House. In this first episode: Trump’s first foreign policy decisions shock European nations as America withdraws from the Paris climate accord and questions US NATO membership. With contributions from the 45th American president’s closest advisors and politicians from around the world.

Behind the scenes at Donald Trump’s White House with contributions from his closest advisors.

America First - The Trump Administration

More than 400,000 people fleeing war in Sudan have found refuge in neighbouring Chad, one of the poorest countries in the world. At the border town of Adré, a huge camp has appeared from nowhere as Chad struggles to house the new arrivals.

Chad: Survivors of Darfur

More than 400,000 people fleeing war in Sudan have found refuge in neighbouring Chad, one of the poorest countries in the world. 

Indonesia is the second largest producer of plastic waste in the sea with the situation set to get worse. Environmental protection organisations collect and analyse plastic waste found on beaches, in mangrove forests and in rivers in order to shame the worst polluting companies.

Danone: Plastic Pollution in Bali

Indonesia is the second largest producer of plastic waste in the sea with the situation set to get worse. 

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Nickel, gold, iron, zinc, uranium... Beneath the pastures of Southern Greenland lies a host of natural resources. With global warming making them more easily accessible will Greenland choose to mine them? Or alternatively take advantage of a milder climate to develop the agricultural sector?

A crucial dilemma for Greenlanders: Mine their rich natural resources or concentrate on agriculture?

Greenland: Agriculture or Mining?

In the summer of 2020, a military confrontation between Greece and Turkey seemed almost inevitable. The reason for the disputes was new natural gas reserves in the Mediterranean - but not only that. Turkey spans across Europe, Asia, and the Caucasus, giving it a strategic position in the Mediterranean region. Wars in Syria and Ukraine are raging at its borders, posing a threat to the established world order. As a significant regional power, Turkey is at the centre of conflicts in the eastern Mediterranean. In the documentary, presidential advisors, ministers, and diplomats explain the crises and rivalries in the area on the doorstep of Europe.

Tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean

As a significant regional power, Turkey is at the centre of conflicts in the eastern Mediterranean.

Turkey: The Mediterranean Heavyweight

Why does the European Union allow deadly pesticides banned at home to be exported to developing countries? Brazil, especially, uses large quantities of harmful pesticides imported from Europe with terrible effects on the population’s health.

Why does the European Union allow deadly pesticides banned at home to be exported to developing countries? 

Pesticides: European Hypocrisy

More than a century and a half after its publication, Herman Melville's classic American novel continues to resonate in the United States. A look at American society through the prism of  Moby Dick with contributions from ordinary Americans pursuing an American Dream that seems ever more out of reach.

More than a century and a half after its publication, Herman Melville's classic novel continues to resonate in the USA.

Moby Dick - An American Allegory

The Phelophepa is a train hospital that travels rural South Africa providing much needed healthcare. Every two weeks the train travels to a new town where its dedicated health care teams offer their services tirelessly to local communities.

South Africa: A Hospital on Rails

A train hospital crosses rural South Africa to provide healthcare to communities that need it.

From his gilded youth in Europe to the bloody repression of the Arab Spring, this is the engrossing story of Muammar Gaddafi's second son who, despite arrest warrants for crimes against humanity, is running for election in Libya.

Saif Al Islam Gaddafi's Comeback

Son of a Dictator

The prefix cyber comes from an ancient Greek word meaning "to control". But is mankind really in control of this technology? From the invention of the internet to artificial intelligence, Shimon Dotan's documentary takes stock of the galloping growth of the cyberworld.

How AI is revolutionising our lives

From the invention of the internet to artificial intelligence, we take stock of the galloping advance of the cyberworld.

Cyber: The Future is Now

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Europe facing a resurgence of anti-Semitism

Are the EU’s expansion plans finally getting a reboot? Reforms are being undertaken in hopeful states from Ukraine and Georgia to the Western Balkans to ensure their inclusion in the next few years. This week on ARTE Europe weekly: big questions loom over the future of the European project and its readiness to accept new members.

EU Enlargement: Is Ukraine set to join?

How an expanded EU with Ukraine and the Western Balkans could reshape the bloc.

ARTE Europe weekly

An independent inquiry found that more than 200,000 minors are estimated to have been sexually abused by clergy in the Catholic Church in Spain. For years, the Church has been covering up this abuse, much like it has done in other countries. There are now calls for the Church to pay reparations to the victims.

An explosive report reveals widespread sexual violence in the Catholic Church in Spain.

Abuse rife in Spain's Catholic Church

Faced with discrimination, workers aged 50 and over in the UK are finding it harder to get a full-time job. Meanwhile, companies are increasing their number of zero-hour or part-time contracts, making workers more job insecure and delaying the retirement age.

In the UK, a record number of people aged 50 and over are working part-time.

Senior workers in the UK face job insecurity

Using student visas, many migrants transit through Istanbul to land in Northern Cyprus, which is controlled by Turkey. They then cross on foot or by car to the southern part of the divided island, which is a member of the European Union. More than 18,500 people made this journey last year. Cypriot authorities are calling out Turkey's manipulation of the situation.

Many migrants arrive in the Turkish-controlled northern part of Cyprus on student visas, with the EU as their final destination.

Migration: Turkey puts pressure on Cyprus

Since the war between Russia and Ukraine broke out, Romanian fishermen have had to contend with the danger of drifting sea mines. Although the Romanian navy regularly demines the waters, the currents of the Black Sea have carried the mines as far as Bulgaria and even Turkey, endangering civilian vessels.

Fishermen in the Black Sea are worried about drifting sea mines from the war in Ukraine.

Romanian fishermen battle with sea mines

Public desecrations of the Koran by far-right groups and an Iraqi refugee in Sweden have soured its relations with many Muslim countries. But Sweden suspects these acts have been carried out as part of a larger misinformation campaign, orchestrated by Russia.

Sweden is accusing Russia of orchestrating a mass misinformation campaign to turn the Muslim world against it. 

Sweden: Who benefits from Koran burnings?

This summer, the European Parliament introduced an unprecedented law to ensure that member states provide adequate support for rape victims and punish perpetrators. But it has run into legal and ideological roadblocks from some countries, including France and Germany, which refuse to define rape as the absence of consent.

European institutions are at odds over the definition of rape and consent.

Only yes means yes - A European law on rape

In France, the ready-to-wear sector is going through an intense crisis. In the first quarter of 2023, around 50 companies were in receivership or liquidation. A figure that has risen by 33% in one year. Why the turmoil? And why are Spanish brands like Zara and Mango still so successful?

While the number of clothing store closures are increasing in France, Spanish brands are doing well.

French Fashion Industry in Turmoil

Finland’s right-wing government has plans to roll out sweeping austerity measures, which has sparked protests and strikes across the country. The measures include cutting workers' rights and social welfare benefits, but also clamp down on immigration at a time when Finland is in need of skilled workers.

Union leaders in Finland say the right-wing government is rolling out “reverse Robin Hood” austerity measures.

Finland faces strikes and protests over labour reforms

The war in Ukraine is taking place 5,000 kilometres from the Indian subcontinent, yet its impact is clear in the city of Surat. The centre of India’s diamond industry is suffering from western sanctions on Russian diamonds.

The war in Ukraine is happening 5,000 kilometres from the subcontinent, yet its impact is clear on India's diamond industry.

India: Diamonds in War

Neighbouring Lithuania is a safe haven for exiled Belarusians. Hundreds have fled Alexander Lukashenko’s regime to seek refuge in this EU member state. But Minsk consistently tries to make life difficult for them, by impeding access to official documents or hindering their ability to do business back home.

Hundreds of exiled Belarusians have sought refuge in Lithuania. But Lukashenko’s regime makes life difficult for them, even abroad.

Belarusian exiled opposition faces pitfalls in Lithuania

Following the terrible attack by Hamas, Israel has responded with massive airstrikes and the siege of Gaza. But there is also another threat, Hezbollah from the north. This episode looks at the key role Lebanon has played in the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Israel - Hamas: Lebanon's Role

A look at the key role Lebanon has played in the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Mapping the World Essentials

In a bid to combat rural depopulation, the Spanish government has launched a countryside Erasmus programme. Instead of spending a year abroad in a European city, students can opt for a paid work placement in a small rural village. It’s a win-win situation for both participants and local residents.

Instead of studying abroad, young Spaniards can opt for a rural Erasmus programme to help revitalise the countryside.

An Erasmus programme in rural Spain to help combat depopulation

In the aftermath of the Hamas attack on Israel, the international community is scrambling to react and take positions on the Israel-Palestine conflict which in recent years had become a secondary geopolitical concern.

Israel-Palestine: What positions are the international community taking?

In the aftermath of the Hamas attack, the international community is scrambling to react and take positions on the Israel-Palestine conflict.

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