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The depiction of genitals in art has long been censored and is still taboo to this day. But artists can't resist trying to paint the unpaintable. They've resorted to a myriad of objects to depict nudity as nude as they dared, resorting to fig leaves, pearls, draped sheets, swords, or clubs to cover up their subjects. Artists have been playing a game of hide-and-seek with censors and critics since antiquity. 

Art and Shame


Sexuality was long considered taboo in European art, but artists always found ways to show what could not be shown. 

Hidden Sex

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When we're really in love, all hell breaks loose. The heart races, palms sweat, the mouth goes dry and the brain switches to "happily insane" mode. Some cultures are convinced that that's not a solid foundation to build a marriage and family on, opting for arranged partnerships instead. But romantic love evolved for a reason. If we loved each other in small groups, then males would know who they were related to, and would fight for them and their children. 

Why do We Fall in Love?

Love may drive you crazy - but it also keeps you alive.

42: The Answer to (Almost) Everything

The powerful earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey has changed the lives of millions of people – and could have a long-term ripple effect on Turkish politics. Meanwhile, we look at the pros and cons of phasing out cash in Europe, and take a trip to an iconic club in Berlin celebrating the rich history of the city’s nightlife.

Earthquake / Paying with cash / Berlin Nightlife

A deadly earthquake puts millions in need of humanitarian aid, and we explore the future of paying with cash.

ARTE Europe Weekly

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.


Box office star and darling of Tim Burton, a portrait of a multi-faceted movie star with a taste for the bizarre.

Johnny Depp: Hollywood Anti-hero

In March 2022, the war between Ukraine and Russia is raging. While Russian troops are at the gates of Kyiv, this documentary films events in a paediatric hospital in Lviv treating the victims of the conflict. A powerful portrait of a doctor’s daily life in wartime.

While Russian troops are at the gates of Kyiv, this documentary films events in a paediatric hospital in Lviv. A powerful portrait of a doctor’s daily life in wartime.

Lviv - A Hospital in Wartime

Relations between the two neighbours hit by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake are complex, especially since the war in Syria.

Turkey and Syria: United by the Earthquake?

Mapping the World Essentials

Nuclear has always been a controversial energy source. While Germany is phasing out its nuclear power plants, France is building a new generation of nuclear reactors to keep the lights on. A look at the nuclear debate over the last few decades and what the future holds for atomic energy.  

A look at the nuclear debate over the last few decades and what the future holds for the controversial energy source.

Nuclear Power - End of an Era?

Total is one of the five big oil multinationals with over 1,000 subsidiaries producing oil and gas in 130 countries. In 2021, they rebranded themselves as TotalEnergies and claim to want to become a serious player in renewable energy. But can oil giant really be a credible player in the green transition?

Anatomy of an Energy Multinational

Can the oil giant really be a credible player in the green transition?

The Total System

At once subversive and mainstream, Paul Verhoeven knows how to push our buttons. From 'Robocop' to 'It' through to 'Showgirls' and 'Starship Troopers', the Dutch filmmaker gives us an overview of his body of work.

At once subversive and mainstream, Paul Verhoeven knows how to push our buttons

Paul Verhoeven, Master of Provocation

Reggae emerged in the 1960s and in 1985 Wayne Smith's Under Mi Sleng Teng revolutionised the genre. But the riddim of this famous song didn't come from the island - it was written by a Japanese woman, Okuda Hiroko, an employee at Casio.

Japanese Regqae

The riddim of the revolutionary song Under Mi Sleng Teng was created by a Casio employee from Japan. 

Gymnastics

Nikita likes techno and dreams of going to Berlin and visiting Berghain, the legendary club there. But Irena, his abusive mother, has confiscated his passport. Their different perspectives  come to a head in a final confrontation.

European Short Film Award 2022

Nikita likes techno and dreams of going to Berlin and visiting Berghain, the legendary club there. But Irena, his abusive mother, has confiscated his passport. 

Techno Mama

Whilst in most of Europe violent crime is decreasing, in Sweden gun violence is on the rise. The cause: Gangs of young men from difficult neighbourhoods.

Re: Gang Warfare in Sweden

Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers are Wet Leg, a rock duo from the Isle of Wight who became successful in 2021 with their brassy first single, Chaise Longue.
Live from the Route du Rock festival in St Malo, France.

Grammy Awards Winners

Winner of the best alternative album at this year's Grammy Awards, live from the Route du Rock festival: Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers are rock duo Wet Leg.

Wet Leg

This winter, a wave of strikes has swept across Britain as workers in numerous sectors call for pay rises in line with inflation. A focus on union activity in the United Kingdom.

This winter, a wave of strikes has swept across Britain as workers in numerous sectors call for pay rises in line with inflation.

Trade Unionism in the UK

In Peru, every year, the people who live in remote mountain villages gather to build the Inca bridge of Q'eswachaka, a traditional structure of woven grass, and the last of its kind. This ancestral know-how inherited from the Incas, and the enduring spirit of community, enables the villagers to pull off a stunning feat of engineering, time and again.

In Peru, every year, villagers build the Inca bridge of Q'eswachaka from woven grass, and the last of its kind.

The Inca Grass Bridge of Q'eswachaka

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.

With Gustavo Dudamel

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

Artists of the Paris Opera Academy

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

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

Secondary highlights

How Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy transformed themselves into war leaders: Portrait of two opposing presidents.

Zelensky-Putin: War Leaders

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

The self-proclaimed republic of Abkhazia, separating from Georgia in the early 1990s, is a tiny state on the Black Sea recognised by only a handful of states.

Abkhazia: Russian or Georgian?

ARTE Reportage

In March 2021, Sarah Everard was kidnapped, raped and murdered by a police officer on her way home in south London. Women across Britain were horrified. It sparked a national debate on how unsafe women feel in public spaces, and how women can be better protected in future.

Sarah Everard's murder in March 2021 sparked a national debate on how unsafe women feel in public spaces.

Re: Scared of Walking Home Alone

Sixty years after the signing of the Élysée Treaty, which opened an unprecedented era of cooperation between the two countries, how is the Franco-German partnership faring? An in-depth look at the central relationship in the European Union as the war in Ukraine disrupts the world order.

An in-depth look at the central relationship in the European Union as the war in Ukraine disrupts the world order.

France - Germany: It's Complicated

On the island of Leyte, in the Philippines, the inhabitants of a remote village earn their living from gold panning. They dive into the sea every day to search for the precious nuggets, often risking their lives.

Villagers in the Philippines risk their lives every day diving for gold, with improper kit and little training.

Gold Divers of the Philippines

Russians long considered Armenia an unimportant vassal that could easily be brought back into line if the Kremlin choose to do so. In an ironic twist of fate, it is now this little neighbour that many Russians now turn to for asylum. Russia's youth and well-off middle-class rejects Moscow's politics and fear being drafted into fighting a war they don't believe in. 

Armenia: Russian Refuge

Russia always looked down on Armenia, but now Russian asylum-seekers are turning to Yerevan for help.

In his memoirs, the founding father of the European project, Jean Monnet, wrote: "Europe will be forged by the crises it faces, and will become the sum of the solutions it finds during those crises." A prescient sentence that has never been more apt than during the Covid-19 pandemic and Ukraine war. During the bad times, Europe has closed ranks and is more unified than it has been in years.

The EU and Crises

During the bad times, Europe has closed ranks.

Mapping the World

Gay people in Russia are increasingly under attack from violent groups that seem to operate with impunity. Although "promoting non-traditional sexual relations" has been condemned by law since 2013 by Moscow, the situation for the LGBT+ community in Russia has got worse since the Russian invasion of Ukraine as Russian attacks the enemy within.

LGBTQ+ Community under Attack

Gay people in Russia are increasingly under attack from violent groups that seem to operate with impunity. 

Russia's Enemy within

Thirty years after the war that tore Yugoslavia apart, could the three main states that emerged, Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia, build closer relations? And could the Franco-German  example serve as a model?

Former Yugoslavia: Reconciliation in sight?

Thirty years after the war that tore Yugoslavia apart, could Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia build closer relations?

Beijing finally gave in to protests: As Chinese people wanted to regain their freedom all restrictions have been lifted and life has returned to normal. But now a massive wave of COVID-19 infections has swept through China.

China: Lockdown to Chaos

With restrictions lifted in China, a massive wave of covid has swept through the country.

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

Incisive investigative documentaries and reportage

In Depth

It will soon be a year since Russia invaded their country, but Ukrainians remain optimistic: 88% of them are convinced that within ten years their country will be a member of the European Union and will enjoy prosperity. And many Ukrainian artists, singers, inventors and entrepreneurs believe that their country should not be reduced to the role of victim. Musician Olga Osinnya meets people in Kyiv who are looking towards the future with hope.

The Day After Tomorrow

Tracks East meets people in Kyiv who are looking towards the future with hope.

Tracks East

Addressing the issue of exploitation and power relations in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Tracks East focuses on Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia.

Hierarchies – Who’s in Charge?

In Kyiv's Closer Club, Ukrainians are trying to preserve a bit of normality in wartime. In the past, dance fans from across Europe made the pilgrimage to the Ukrainian capital's legendary techno nights. Every December, the Black Factory Night takes place, and this winter is no different. If there’s a blackout, they’re got generators at the ready.

Blackout

In Kyiv's Closer Club, Ukrainians are trying to preserve a bit of normality in wartime as the country experiences blackouts.

Religion has played a major role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill supports the war - Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov is sending Muslim soldiers to Ukraine in a "holy war". We meet the Ukrainian muslim bloggers. Artist Masha Maroz takes us on a journey through the ancestral rites of Polesia and Mihaela Drăgan invokes Roma superstitions about witches.

Myth, Religion and War

Religion has played a key role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

When bombs are raining down all around, when freedom of expression is removed, does this make you laugh? Tracks East looks at how humour is used as a weapon in testing times in Belarus, Ukraine and Bulgaria. (And how dictators don’t have a very developed sense of humour.)

Humour as a Weapon

Tracks East looks at how humour is used as a weapon in testing times in Belarus, Ukraine and Bulgaria. (And how dictators don’t have a very developed sense of humour.)

“The world has lost its love for democracy. The world has become disappointed with the power elite. The world has begun to turn to dictatorship” So said Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the Moscow opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta, on receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021. While Belarus and Russia are striking examples of dictatorships,  Tracks East also looks at the situation in Iran.

Dictators: Control over Mind and Body

Dictatorships want to control your mind and body. Tracks looks at the situation in Russia, Belarus and Iran.

Suddenly it's back - the fear of nuclear Armageddon. Tracks East explores this highly explosive topic in this latest episode. Ukrainian writer Mitya Churikov recalls the Chernobyl disaster and ask whether Zaporizhzhya will be the trauma of the next generation. Tracks East also meets bestselling Russian author Dmitry Gukhowsky, whose novel Metro 2033 imagines a post-apocalyptic Moscow after a nuclear war.

Going Nuclear

Suddenly it's back - the fear of nuclear Armageddon. Tracks East explores this highly explosive topic in this latest episode.

Tracks East interviews Ukrainians who refuse to take up arms and Russian men who have been living in fear of being called up since the call for partial mobilisation.

Tracks East - Mobilisation

In this tenth and final part of Tracks East, Central and Eastern Europeans - journalists, artists, a male model and a former sex worker - hold up a mirror to Western Europeans.

The West Seen from the East

Most Ukrainian refugees are women. Just like much of the visible resistance in Russia. With the men at the front, the women find themselves taking on new responsibilities. On more than one level. They fight, save their families, reinvent themselves. What role do they play in this war? And how has this conflict affected them?

Women in War

Most Ukrainian refugees are women. Just like much of the visible resistance in Russia. With the men at the front, the women find themselves taking on new responsibilities.

More than 30 years have passed since the collapse of the Soviet Union. What remains today of what was the largest federation of states in the world? As the Ukraine war shows, the ghosts of the USSR still linger. Nowhere is safe for critics of the Kremlin: they could be denounced to the authorities by their own families and neighbours.

Soviet Heritage

Nowhere is safe for critics of the Kremlin: they could be denounced to the authorities by their own families and neighbours.

In 1991, the Soviet empire collapsed, giving rise to the Russian Federation and fifteen other independent states. Today, Vladimir Putin does not respect the sovereignty of these independent nations, particularly Ukraine. How is a nation defined? Are borders the only constituent element? A focus on the renewed patriotism in the post-Soviet world.

The New Patriotism

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.

Tracks East highlights the multiplicity of creative and surprising expressions of solidarity with Ukraine by artists in Ukraine and elsewhere.

Solidarity

Can identities be forced, discarded, changed or revived? In the USSR, national identities were a political instrument. Millions of people were resettled, deported, and Russified. Today, the multi-ethnic social fabric of post-soviet nations harbours explosive tensions and the Ukraine war is opening up old wounds. What does identity mean for the next generation?

Identity

The multi-ethnic social fabric of post-soviet nations harbours explosive tensions and the Ukraine war is opening up old wounds. What does identity mean for the next generation?

Whether they have fled, been banished or deported, some exiles find themselves alone, while others form communities in their host countries. But all feel nostalgia and even homesickness. Tracks East goes in search of the exile experience.

Exile

Tracks East goes in search of the exile experience of those who have fled, been banished or deported.

A Polish cyber elf, a Ukrainian DJ on the front line, a militant Russian grandmother, and Belarusian hackers... On the face of it, they have little in common. And yet they are all resisting the Russian invasion of Ukraine, fighting back on different fronts.

Resistance

A Polish cyber elf, a Ukrainian DJ on the front line, a militant Russian grandmother, and Belarusian hackers...They are all resisting the Russian invasion of Ukraine on different fronts.

If the truth is the first victim of war, many voices are trying to defend it in Ukraine, Russia and elsewhere. Alternative culture programme Tracks goes east to meet journalists and artists from Lithuania, Ukraine and Russia who have a different perspective on the war in Ukraine. On the programme: propaganda and counter-propaganda in times of conflict.

Propaganda and Truth

lternative culture programme "Tracks" goes east to meet journalists and artists from Lithuania, Ukraine and Russia who have a different perspective on the war in Ukraine

Russian artists have two choices: silence, or exile. There's been a mass creative exodus in recent weeks, including Russian rap stars like Face and Oxxxymiron. Art rockers IC3PEAK post protest videos that would get them arrested in Russia. TikTok star Nikita Sass bravely continues to post his opinion and stays. Few dare to do that.

Russian Artists Against the War

Russian artists have two choices: silence, or exile

Tracks

As much of Western Europe worries about having enough gas for the winter, Tracks East looks at how people in Poland, the Czech Republic and Ukraine are facing the energy crisis and a cold winter ahead.

Winter of War

Tracks East looks at how people in Poland, the Czech Republic and Ukraine are facing the energy crisis and a cold winter ahead.

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

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What planet will we leave to future generations and what can we do today to make sure that our legacy is a good one? Six scientists and philosophers offer their visions of the present and the future in a thought-provoking film essay.

What Future Generations Will Think of Us

What planet will we leave behind us and how will future generations look back on us?

Who We Were

At the beginning of 2009, in the midst of the financial crisis, "Satoshi Nakamoto" put Bitcoin into circulation. He created the first decentralised and reliable cryptocurrency. In 2011 he disappeared. The Mystery of Satoshi tells the exciting history of Bitcoin and blockchain technology, from the perspective of its mysterious creator.

The Story of Bitcoin

The exciting story of the cryptocurrency from the perspective of its secretive creator.

Satoshi

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

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

Johnny Depp: The Love of the Bizarre

In Amsterdam, conductor Emmanuelle Haïm and director Calixto Bieito take on Handel’s famous Giulio Cesare.

At the Dutch National Opera

Handel’s opera conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm and directed by Calixto Bieito in Amsterdam.

Georg Friedrich Handel: Giulio Cesare

"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.