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Every spring in Sardinia, locals organise a parade in honor of Sant'Antioco, one of the patron saints of the island. In the churches, altars are decorated with cloths adorned with sea silk. These golden threads were once made from the filaments of the large pen shells, but the species is now critically endangered and with it, the skill of crafting sea silk into precious fabrics.

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The  large pen shells that produce sea silk are critically endangered, as is the ancient art of sea silk embroidery.

The Silk of the Sea

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Anti-Turkey protests by Sweden’s Kurdish community put the brakes on Sweden’s NATO membership bid. The EU green lights the sale of some insects as food, paving the way for bugs to leap into European diets. Our cultural pick of the week is a photographer’s tender gaze for her autistic brother.

Your shot of European news

This week: Sweden’s bid to join NATO is blocked by Turkey, while insects are creeping onto European menus.

ARTE Europe Weekly

An unexpected interaction on Twitter leads Luisa, a young actress, to meet Antonio, an author and journalist who conceals his identity by using the pseudonym Rasputin. Their online relationship becomes central to their lives and one day, they finally decide to meet. But Antonio has an accident along the way.

Last chance for ArteKino Festival Winner

A Portuguese story of love affairs that aren’t what they seem.

Crooked Lines

After the end of the Cold War, the Baltic was viewed almost as a quiet backwater. A nice place to visit to see charming Hanseatic cities and sandy beaches. But since the war in Ukraine the Baltic sea, bordered by eight European Union countries as well as Russia, has become a hot spot of world geopolitics. And tensions are high.

Russia, Europe and NATO

Since the war in Ukraine the Baltic sea has become a hot spot of world geopolitics. And tensions are high.

Panic in the Baltic

Mixing in-depth excavation work and scientific analysis of the  forgotten city of Naachtun, this documentary traces the dawn and dusk of the once-flourishing Mayan civilisation.

The Forgotten Mayan City

 Tracing the dawn and dusk of the once-flourishing Mayan civilisation.

Naachtun

Many Germans have possessions passed down in their families that originally belonged to Jewish people, dispossessed during the Nazi period. Today, the Berlin-based foundation Stiftung Zurückgeben tries to track down the rightful owners.

Germans Search for Rightful Owners

Many Germans have possessions passed down in their families that originally belonged to Jewish people, dispossessed during the Nazi period.

Re: Returning Jewish Property

The Paris Opera offers its musical director, Gustavo Dudamel, carte blanche with the Paris Opera Orchestra and artists from the Academy. A programme inspired by the rhythms and colours of Spain and South America in the magnificent setting of the Palais Garnier opera house.

At the Paris Opera

A programme inspired by the rhythms and colours of Spain and South America in the magnificent setting of the Palais Garnier opera house.

An Evening with Gustavo Dudamel

With the increase in the cost of living, food banks are increasingly in demand in Germany. But the massive influx of people in need poses a major challenge to charities, which sometimes have to refuse new applicants.

With the increase in the cost of living, food banks are increasingly in demand in Germany.

Re: The Newly Poor in Germany

"I didn't look for the mandolin: it found me." By chance, as a child, Avi Avital discovered a passion for this modest stringed instrument, traditionally associated with popular music and amateur performances. His first teacher, a violinist by profession, inspired him to defy the limits of genre and learn to play classical music. The Israeli musician has now become the mandolin's greatest ambassador, performing sensitive arrangements of baroque pieces the world over. 

The Israeli musician champions the humble mandolin, a typically forgotten or looked down upon instrument in classical music circles.

Avi Avital and his Mandolin

Since the Elysée Treaty of friendship was signed between France and Germany in January 1962, the two countries have built ever closer ties. In this intimate documentary, individual Germans from both east and west share their experiences of French culture in the post-war era.

In this intimate documentary, individual Germans from both east and west share their experiences of French culture in the post-war era.

How the Germans Learned to Love France

Human beings evolved in the warm climate of Africa before striking out to live in colder parts of the world. It is testament to our ingenuity as a species that we can now survive in hostile climates. But what if the cold was actually good for us? This documentary explores the science of cold with elite Finnish cold swimmer Elina as she attempts the Polar Ice Mile in arctic Svalbard.

What if the cold was good for us? Exploring the science of cold with Finnish cold water swimmer Elina.

Into the Cold

An icon of French taste, free and eccentric, Andrée Putman (1925–2013) imposed her unique style and shaped a generation of architects. With archival images and personal testimonials, this documentary is a beautiful tribute to one of the leading ladies of interior design.

Discover one of the leading ladies of interior design.

Andrée Putman: A Juggernaut of Design

The Western Balkans Youth Orchestra is 31 young musicians from six Western Balkan countries. The brainchild of Desar Sulejmani, their aim is to bring peace and cooperation to the region through musical collaboration. We join them on their international summer tour…

The Balkan Orchestra

The Western Balkans Youth Orchestra aims is to bring peace and cooperation to the region through musical collaboration. We join them on their international summer tour…

Re: Playing for Peace

Who really were The Who? From the anonymous suburbs of London to worldwide fame, The Who were perhaps the most versatile of British bands during the 1960s. This is the story of Pete Townshend (guitar); Roger Daltrey (voice), John Entwistle (bass) and Keith Moon (drums) and the extraordinary creativity they unleashed onto the world of pop.

One Band's Explosive Story

From the anonymous London suburbs to worldwide fame, The Who were perhaps the most versatile of British bands during the 1960s.

The Who

Is Circle of Live a collective or a record label? Headed by Sebastian Mullaert, this Swedish project invites the cream of electro music to its concerts and places improvisation at the heart of live performances. Filmed at the Melun Villaroche aerodrome.

Passengers

Swedish collective Circle of Live invites the cream of electro music to its performances.

Circle of Live: Neel, Sebastian Mullaert, Vril

A fervent supporter of Scottish independence, musician Neil Mackay is organising large-scale demonstrations for an exit from the United Kingdom. With high inflation, Scotland, like the rest of the United Kingdom Is going through a hard winter. But will a second independence referendum be the solution? The question divides Scottish society.

Leaving the UK?

With high inflation, Scotland, like the rest of the United Kingdom Is going through a hard winter. But will a second independence referendum be the solution?

Re: Scotland in Crisis

Albrecht Dürer, one of the greatest painters of the Renaissance, established a new status for himself as an artist at the turn of the 16th century, gaining independence and widespread recognition. The German painter’s twelve self-portraits, which have survived to this day, represent a valuable legacy which bears witness to the social upheavals of his time.

Master of Self-Portraits

With his many strikingly modern self-portraits, did the great German renaissance painter invent the selfie?

Albrecht Dürer

Emberá Chamí live in the Andes Mountains, a region famous for its high quality coffee. Ostracised by conservative Colombian society, the trans women of this ethnic group find refuge on a coffee plantation that enables them to earn a living. among a community of like-minded peers.

The Indigenous Trans Women of the Andes

Ostracised by conservative Colombian society, a group of trans women find refuge on a coffee plantation.

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A man of many facets: A novelist and figurehead of the anti-fascist movement in 1930s France. A close ally of De Gaulle who became French culture minister in the post-war era. An explorer claiming to have located the Queen of Sheba’s palace on the Arabian peninsula. Portrait of a man that greatly influenced cultural life in 20th century France.

A man of many facets: A novelist and figurehead of the anti-fascist movement in 1930s France. A close ally of De Gaulle who became French culture minister in the post-war era.

André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer

Could psychedelics treat depression? Banned substances such as LSD and psilocybin are now being tested for various afflictions. Several studies are ongoing with one of the largest being conducted by the Charité hospital in Berlin and the Central Institute for Mental Health in Mannheim, Germany. Since the risks and side effects of the substances have not yet been fully researched, their use for therapeutic purposes remains highly controversial.

Could Psychedelics Treat Depression?

Several studies are researching how psychedelic substances could treat mental illnesses, but their medicinal use remains controversial.

Drugs that Heal

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

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During the Second World War, two separate resistance networks, one based in Brussels and then Paris, and the other in Berlin, provided inteligence to the Soviets. This in-depth documentary tells their story and how the Third Reich tried to hunt them down.

The story of the underground resistance networks that provided intelligence to the Soviets during WW2.

The Red Orchestra

The island of Hawaii, also called "Big Island", is the largest of the archipelago of the same name. It is home to the very active Kilauea volcano. Around the crater, a few rare walkers enjoy the grandiose landscapes, like the New Yorker Jade Chen.

A journey through the different islands of the Hawaiian archipelago, the most isolated collection of islands on earth.

Hawaii

Before losing his left arm in combat in 2015, Hallo Ramshty, an engineer by trade, was one of the best deminers in the Peshmerga, the Iraqi Kurdish army that fought ISIS. But post-war society has no regard for the sacrifices of its soldiers, and Hallo, who cannot even afford a prosthesis, has had to learn to adapt on his own. As ingenious as he is obstinate, and despite the nightmares that stalk his sleep, he hustles hard to stay afloat, by turns taxi driver, construction worker, and mechanic. When an intermediary offers to pay him a high fee for TNT, he hits on a dangerous idea: the mine fields outside of the city are full of explosives. A gripping docu-fiction. 

Before losing his left arm in combat in 2015, Hallo Ramshty, an engineer by trade, was one of the best deminers in the Peshmerga.

Dirty Lands

The beloved film E.T. is now forty years old. This masterpiece by the young Steven Spielberg was released in 1982 and was a blockbuster hit. It was one of the highest-grossing films of all time. The story of a friendly alien and his lonely human friend was in fact about the director's own profound sense of loss in the wake of his parent's divorce.Thanks to extensive archive material, including contemporary interviews with the man himself, we get a no-holds-barred, behind-the-scenes look at the making of this classic.

An emotional blockbuster

A no-holds-barred, behind-the-scenes look at the making of beloved classic E.T. - 40 years on from its release!

E.T.

Hortense is an art history professor like no other: irreverent, subversive, and determined to reveal the hidden erotic power in European art.

New season

Hortense is an art history professor like no other: irreverent and subversive and here to reveal the hidden meaning in European art.

Look But Don't Touch

In 1983 legendary London gay-club Heaven was the setting for a memorable performance by Eurhythmics. The band had recently broken through into the mainstream and Annie Lennox had just become a global pop icon.  

In 1983 legendary London gay-club Heaven was the setting for a memorable performance by newly-famous pop duo, Eurhythmics.

Eurythmics Live from Heaven

Johnny Depp started off as a punk band guitarist, turning to acting to help pay the bills. But his dabbling catapulted him to global fame and there was no going back. Throughout his career, Depp has had fame and infamy in equal measure. His roles are often that of the isolated anti-hero: Edward Scissorhands, Donnie Brasco, Raoul Duke in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean. His poetic outsider characters reveal a critical view of American society.

Portrait of the American actor whose roles are often that of the isolated anti-hero.

Johnny Depp: The Love of the Bizarre

Tracks goes east and meets artists and journalists to get a different perspective on the war in Ukraine.

Tracks East

Julio Iglesias is probably the best known Spanish-language singer. From his beginnings in Franco's Spain to his rise to international fame, a portrait of the Spanish singer, who has managed to combine his innate charm with a skilful political neutrality to reach the top.

Latin Crooner, Global Star

A portrait of perhaps the best known Spanish-language singer. 

Julio Iglesias

Indigenous people of Canada's Pacific Coast, the Haida, are fighting to preserve their traditions and language. Exploited and oppressed for many years, and decimated by diseases introduced by Europeans, there's only around two thousand Haida left.

Fighting to Save Canada's First Nations Languages

There's only around two thousand Haida Canadians left, and their language and culture is in danger of disappearing forever.

The Voice of Haida People

Winner of the ArteKino European Audience Award

An examination of the tragically brief life and spectacular mathematical work of Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian immigrant to the United States who became a superstar in her field. In 2014, she was both the first woman and the first Iranian to be honoured by mathematics’ highest prize, the Fields Medal.

The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani

An examination of the tragically brief life and spectacular mathematical work of Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian immigrant to the United States who became a superstar in her field.

Secrets of the Surface

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How do our neighbours in Europe see the pressing social issues of our time? Which of today's problems and challenges concern them the most, and how do they deal with them? Five partners, five languages and one joint project: The European Collection. ARTE joins forces with Germany's ARD and ZDF, France Télévisions and Switzerland's SRG SSR to offer a selection of documentaries and reports on European current affairs and the issues driving our politics and society.

The view of our European neighbours on current political and social issues in Europe.

The European Collection

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Sven Philipp and Martin Rheinländer run workshops called  “Strengthening Masculinity” to teach men about women, flirting and sex. But critics like Christoph May and Susanne Kaiser warn against these types of workshops, which they say promote toxic male values and old-fashioned ideas. Christoph became so bored and annoyed by his male-dominated environment that he now avoids all-male groups as much as possible. As a researcher, he often gives public lectures, urging men to rethink critically their role in society.

Being a Man in the Modern World

What does it mean to be a man today? Many men are asking themselves this question.

Male Identity Crisis

Women who play men's roles while singing high notes may seem suprising but in opera, it's tradition. Handel, Mozart, and Bellini all wrote roles for men, to be played by women. So how does the opera deal with questions of gender?

Does the Voice Have a Gender?

Handel, Mozart, and Bellini all wrote roles for men, to be played by women

Gymnastics

For six hundred years, the sworn virgin tradition has lasted in rural Albania.  In the absence of a male heir, one daughter would take on a male role throughout her life. Today, some women still choose this status to escape from an arranged marriage or to emancipate themselves from a patriarchal society.

Albania's Sworn Virgins

For six hundred years, the sworn virgin tradition has lasted in rural Albania.  In the absence of a male heir, one daughter takes on a male role throughout her life.

Free at Any Price

He likes to wear makeup but could never go outside wearing it. Over the years, photographer Yasaman Dehmyani has followed one of his friends and his gradual drift away from a society that depises him. Though the new generation has a new mentality, concrete change is slow to come.

He likes to wear makeup but could never go outside wearing it in conservative Iran.

Yasaman Dehmyani: A Question of Gender

At the cusp of adulthood, an entire generation is now facing an unprecedented crisis. Between escape and resistance, Gen East shares its vision of tomorrow with us.

New Generation

Between escape and resistance, Gen East shares its vision of tomorrow with us.

For many transgender people, the sex they were assigned at birth does not match their gender identity. This is the story of Andrea von Aesch, who was born a boy but always felt she was a girl. For her, what makes up a person’s identity is their soul, not their body.

This programme of the Swiss channel SRG SSR is part of The European Collection, a joint initiative of European public media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Trans people in Switzerland

Transgender people navigate the ups and downs of their gender identity in a world where being cisgender is still considered the norm.

The gender of the soul - Episode 1

For many transgender people, the sex they were assigned at birth does not match their gender identity. In Switzerland, if a man or woman decides to transition, many lose their job as a consequence, according to a survey carried out by the country’s Transgender Network (TGNS). Suicide rates among trans people are much higher than for the rest of the population as a whole.

This programme of the Swiss channel SRG SSR is part of The European Collection, a joint initiative of European public media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

The gender of the soul - Episode 2

The hot topic of our times: our shifting sense of self.

Gender Identity

Thousands of young people join McDonald’s “big family” of employees each year, which the company claims has led it to become France’s leading recruiter. But from behind the scenes of its kitchens, the veil is being lifted. Employees are starting to speak out about the deplorable working conditions, high pressure environment and impossible targets they face.
This documentary series by France.tv Slash is part of The European Collection, a joint initiative of European public media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

A journalist goes undercover in McDonald’s kitchens to lift the veil on the working conditions of France’s leading recruiter.

My job at McDonald’s

They called themselves "men of honour". In reality, they were hitmen for the Cosa Nostra, the Sicilian mafia. Three of them were arrested in the early 1990s and decided to cooperate with the authorities in exchange for immunity. In exclusive interviews, they tell how they became Mafiosi, their experiences in the organisation and how they got out.

In the Heart of Darkness

They called themselves "men of honour". In reality, they were hitmen for the Cosa Nostra, the Sicilian mafia. 

Mafioso

In November 2022 the European quiz elite converges in Berlin for the European Quizzing Championships, a hotly contested competition to have the best general knowledge. But can Germany’s best-known quizzer, Sebastian Klussmann challenge the quiz legend and serial winner, England’s Kevin Ashman?

European Quizzing Championships

Meet the elite quizzers who are vying for the ultimate accolade: European Quiz Champion.

Re: Super Quizzers

The cruise industry is booming as more cruise ships are docking in European ports than ever before. But cruises also increasingly controversial: Bad for the environment at sea, contributing to pollution in ports, and potentially unsafe. Can these dream ships reinvent themselves for a new generation of holidaymakers?

How Can the Industry Reinvent Itself?

The cruise industry is increasingly controversial. How can tourism at sea be reinvented for a greener, safer future?

Cruiseline Comeback

Citizens across Europe who used to belong to the lower middle class have fallen into poverty. An in-depth investigation into the precariat, a new social class of financially insecure citizens who, although they are employed, find it very difficult to make ends meet.

The Middle Class in Crisis

An in-depth investigation into the precariat, a new social class of financially insecure citizens who, although they are employed, find it very difficult to make ends meet.

Working But Poor

Huge territories, communist legacies, authoritarian leaders: China and Russia have much in common, as the good personal relations between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin seem to show. Mapping the World demonstrates that behind the façade, the two countries have a much more complex and ambivalent relationship.

China and Russia: Firm Friends?

Behind the façade of friendship, the two countries have a much more complex and ambivalent relationship.

Mapping the World

Incisive investigative documentaries and reportage

In Depth

Російське вторгнення в Україну не тільки приголомшило Європу, а і зміцнило загальноєвропейську самосвідомість та самоідентичність. Співчуваючи мільйонам українських біженців, розпорошених по всьому Європейському континенту, «ARTE» пропонує україномовним глядачам ряд матеріалів, що мали б не тільки розповісти їм про події на Батьківщині, а і вселити в них надію, показавши, які культурні програми і концерти солідарності з Україною проходять у різних куточках Європи. (ARTE is offering a selection of content in Ukrainian).

ARTE for Ukrainians

Підтримуємо мільйони українських біженців у Європі: «ARTE» пропонує їм сюжети про події на Батьківщині, а також трансляції концертів солідарності, що проходять у різних куточках континенту. 

ARTE для українців

Ukraine Corner

This first afternoon of training features classical dance with classes led by Elisabeth Platel and Julio Bocca.

Day 1: Afternoon

Training continues at the prestigious international dance competition.

50th Prix de Lausanne

ARTE presents the exclusive highlight concerts of Skepta and the Flatbush Zombies at splash! 2019.

Splash! Festival 2019

Skepta & Flatbush Zombies

Jonas Kaufmann and Ludovic Tézier start the year off in style at the Festspielhaus in Baden-Baden to celebrate 25 years of the emblematic institution. The star tenor and baritone perform famous arias and duets from operas by Verdi, Puccini and Ponchielli accompanied by the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie.

Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

Two opera stars perform famous arias and duets from operas by Verdi, Puccini and Ponchielli, accompanied by the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie.

Jonas Kaufmann and Ludovic Tézier

A world in constant restless motion: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, artistic director at the Geneva Grand Théâtre choreographs Ukiyo-e - a meditation on impermanence and our capacity for resilience.

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui: Grand Théâtre of Geneva

A world in constant restless motion: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's work is a meditation on impermanence and our capacity for resilience.