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At the edge of our Solar System, a mysterious giant planet could be hiding, with a mass five times that of the Earth. Several teams of astronomers, including the Americans Chad Trujillo and Scott Sheppard, are hunting for this hypothetical celestial object. What are the clues? And why is it so difficult to detect?

Far out, at the very edge of our Solar System, could a mysterious giant planet be hiding?

Looking for Planet 9

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For the 10th edition of the Aix-en-Provence Festival, French violinist Renaud Capuçon curates his own concert where he invites the best young international talent to perform works by Bach and Vivaldi.
 
Programme :
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 - Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for two harpsichords in C minor, BWV 1060 - Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto No. 10 in B minor for four violins, cello and strings, RV. 580 - Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No 4 in E minor for four violins and strings, RV. 549 - Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No 8 in A minor for two violins and strings, RV. 522 - Antonio Vivaldi

Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival 2023

French violinist Renaud Capuçon invites the best young international talent to perform works by Bach and Vivaldi.

Renaud Capuçon has Carte Blanche!

Beijing is increasingly flexing its muscles over Taiwan, which they view as a rebel province, and want the Taiwanese to rejoin China.How do experts understand the situation in Taiwan? Is a de-escalation of the conflict still possible? And how real is the danger of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan?

As Beijing increasingly threatens Taiwan, how real is the danger of a Chinese invasion there?

Taiwan - Fear of a Chinese Invasion

In the Norwegian fjords north of the arctic circle an exceptional phenomenon occurs every year. In November millions herring swim down from the arctic ocean to Skjervoy region. This attracts orca and also humpback whales who feed of this incredible bounty.
World renowned French marine cinematographer Didier Noirot travels to the extreme north of Europe to capture this spectacle on camera.

French marine cinematographer Didier Noirot travels to the extreme north of Europe to capture a spectacle of nature as orcas feed on millions of herring.

Norway: The Orca Feast

Behind Adriatique are two DJs and producers, Adrian Shala and Adrian Schweizer. Since they met in Zurich in 2008, they have been inseparable, linked by friendship and a shared artistic path. The duo now forms one of the most successful acts on the house and techno scene.

Time Warp 2023

The Swiss duo is one of the most successful acts on the current house and techno scene. Live at Time Warp 2023.

Adriatique

Metallica's 35-year career is still going strong: they are timeless. To celebrate their latest album, 
Hardwired…to Self-Destruct, TAPE revisits the history of a music group that became a global movement. 

Metallica's 35-year career is still going strong: they are back with a new album.

TAPE: Metallica

More than 80% of the salmon consumed in Europe comes from fish farms. Salmon farming is a speciality of northern countries, with Norway being the main producer. These farms are promoted as a sustainable alternative to wild-caught salmon, but in reality, they are fed with fishmeal and fish oil that require tonnes of other fish species to be caught, depleting the ocean's fish stocks. This overfishing occurs far away from Europe, in Mauritania.

The Dark Underbelly of European Salmon

Fish stocks in Mauritania are being plundered to feed farmed salmon.

Data Sources

The cedar forests in the mountains of Lebanon are both a symbol of the nation and an important natural environment. But the ancient forests are threatened by climate change as well as illegal logging, in a country that is experiencing and unprecedented crisis.

Lebanon Without Cedars

Lebanon's famous cedar forests are under threat from climate change and illegal logging.

ARTE Reportage

Russian opposition leader Alexeï Navalny has been in prison since his return to Moscow in January 2021. But in his wake a new generation of politically active followers are making themselves heard.

Navalny: Russia's Most Famous Prisoner

After having lost her parents, young Juli returns from the Soviet Union to her native Budapest. Scarred by the wounds of the past, the ghost of Stalin’s oppression haunts her as she reunites with her aunt and adoptive mother Magda. An autobiographical film by pioneer director Márta Mészáros.

Classic Hungarian Cinema

Part 1 of Márta Mészáros's 'Diaries' trilogy. The ghost of the Soviet Union haunts young Juli when she returns to her native Budapest.

Diary for My Children

Since 24 February 2022, when the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, several million refugees have already been taken in by Poles. In the Lublin region, near the Bug River, which marks the border with Ukraine and Belarus, farmers, shopkeepers, a photographer and a teacher tell how their daily lives have been transformed by the outbreak of this war.

Since the Russian invasion began on 24 February 2022, several million refugees have been taken in by the Polish people. 

Polish Solidarity on the Ukrainian Border

At the heart of the concert is Haydn's Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross. Vladimir Jurowski also conducts the premiere of six short orchestral pieces, all by composers from countries that are currently experiencing violence and oppression, such as Ukraine, Belarus and Iran.

Vladimir Jurowski Conducts the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Russian conductor leads a concert dedicated to all the victims of war and oppression around the world.

Concert Against War and Opression

Peter Szabo is a pepper producer in Hungary, dried to make the famous Hungarian paprika. The ancestral know-how and passion for paprika was handed down to him from his parents and grand-parents. But in today’s globalised world with competition from China and labour shortages at home, the future for small pepper producers in Hungary looks difficult.

With competition from China and labour shortages at home, the future for small pepper producers in Hungary looks difficult.

Re: Hungarian Paprika in Danger

Down with sexual diktats! Writers and broadcasters Ovidie and Sophie-Marie Larrouy examine prejudice and taboos around sex with humour and intelligence and encourage women to have it when they want, how they want, and most of all, if they want.

New episodes.

Down with sexual diktats! New episodes of the funny feminist series about sexual politics.

Liberated!

An exclusive investigation into the Russian paramilitary organisation Wagner, headed by oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin. 2,500 documents were leaked from Prigozhin’s servers by anti-Putin hackers, shedding light on this secretive group of mercenaries, a key element in the war in Ukraine.

An exclusive investigation into the Russian paramilitary organisation Wagner, headed by oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin. 

The Prigozhin Papers

A coming together of nations in peaceful competition, respect and harmony? Or a ruthless geopolitical tussle for the top spot where doping becomes the norm? A history of the Olympic games in 5 minutes.

Stories of Conflict

A coming together of nations...Or a ruthless geopolitical tussle where doping becomes the norm? 

The Olympic Games

In Berlin, it all started with a DIY enthusiast who helped her neighbours with small jobs. Now the Driller Queens offer their carpentry, painting and other handiwork skills professionally. They want to bring a breath of fresh air into a sector dominated by men.

With their carpentry, painting and other handiwork services, the Driller Queens of Berlin want to bring a breath of fresh air into a sector dominated by men.

Re: Driller Queens of Berlin

Many governments and organisations are wary of their employers using the social media TikTok. Does the Chinese company really serve Xi Jinping’s regime?

TikTok is being banned by governments everywhere. Is the Chinese threat real?

TikTok: A Chinese Threat?

Highly influential indie rockers from Boston, famous for such tracks as Debaser and Where is my mind perform in Paris as part of a European tour for their latest album Doggerel.

The legendary indie rockers perform in Paris as part of their European tour.

Pixies - Live at the Paris Olympia

A look at how we are getting better at managing and conserving water supplies in drier parts of our planet like southern Spain, Israel and the desert city of Las Vegas.

Water

 A look at how we are getting better at managing and conserving water supplies in drier parts of our planet like southern Spain, Israel and the desert city of Las Vegas.

Good News From Our Planet

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During the Spanish Civil War, three men are arrested and put in prison by Franco’s guards. Facing a death sentence, they spend their last days together, accompanied by a Belgian doctor. But there may be a way out for one of them, if they agree to exchange information on the Republicans. Based on the short story “Le Mur” and directed by Serge Roullet.

During the Spanish Civil War, three men are arrested and imprisoned. There may be a way out for one of them.

The Wall

In her debut film, director Marion Hänsel presents the many questions that haunted her until her death in 2020. By tackling crucial issues like violence against women and abortion, the filmmaker has left an indelible mark on contemporary Belgian cinema.

Nicole, a young mother haunted by the memory of a rape, refuses to be seen as a victim.

The Cruel Embrace

Juli is 18 years old and works in a spinning mill. She has left Magda, the security officer who raised her and who brought her back from the Soviet Union after the war. Her dream is to become a film director, but she was refused admission to Budapest. But thanks to Magda, she has obtained a scholarship to Moscow.

The second film in Marta Mészàros' “Diaries” trilogy, which won a Silver Bear Award at the 1987 Berlin Film Festival.

Diary for My Lovers

At first, Juli is prevented from leaving Moscow to go back home. After the Russians crush Hungary and overthrow the new government, she finally manages to return to Hungary and challenges the official version of the “counter-revolution”. But the lives of revolutionaries change forever when the arrests, trials and executions begin…

The third film of the "Diaries" trilogy depicts the Hungarian revolution of 1956 against the Russian occupation.

Diary for My Father and Mother

Recently freed from prison in Russia, Valentina heads back to Estonia on a quest to find her son Jüri, who she had given up for adoption years ago. With the conviction that their reunion will be a happy ending, Valentina searches high and low until she finds her son in Tartu, adopted by a wealthy family. Reconciliation turns out to be more challenging than she had expected.

Free from prison in Russia, Valentina heads back to Estonia in the hopes of finding her son.

Stolen Meeting

Leon works in the crematorium of a hospital in a small town in Poland. Years earlier, he went to prison and was mistaken as the perpetrator of a rape. Day after day, he watches Anna, the victim, from the hospital window. Polish filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski made his 2008 comeback after 17 years of absence with this unique and disturbing but deeply human film.

ArteKino Selection

A disturbing and subtle tale of voyeurism and obsession in contemporary Poland.

Four Nights with Anna

Ever since his wife ran off with a sailor, József Pelikán, a dam keeper on the Danube, has been struggling to feed his eight children. One day on the riverbank, he spots Dániel Zoltán fishing. An old friend who József saved from the Nazis by hiding him in his cellar during the war, Dániel is now a minister. Unfortunately for József, this reunion will lead him down a path of unforeseen troubles.

In this unbridled satirical comedy, a dam keeper on the Danube River suffers the absurdities of the communist regime in the 1950s.

The Witness

Polly Maggoo is a model from Brooklyn who lives a glitzy and glamourous life in Paris, fashion capital of the world. Conquering catwalks and the front pages of fashion magazines, she is starred on an episode of a TV show called “Who are you?”, acting as a pseudo-portrait of a super model.

French mockumentary featureFor an episode of the French TV programme "Who are you?”, Polly Maggoo becomes the pseudo-portrait of a super model.

Who Are You, Polly Magoo?

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The Apis bulls were revered as sacred animals in Ancient Egypt and buried at Sakkara, a vast necropolis in the desert close to present-day Cairo. In 1851, the French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette discovered the underground sanctuary and under his direction, dozens of artefacts from the burial chambers were brought to light. Today a Franco-Egyptian team of archeologists are digging again at the site to try to uncover more of its secrets and to get to the bottom of the mysterious bull cult of the time of the Pharaohs.

Apis bulls were revered as sacred animals in Ancient Egypt and buried at Sakkara, a vast necropolis in the desert close to present-day Cairo. 

Egypt - Tomb of the Sacred Bulls

Ricardo Mendes was very young when his parents abandoned him at a Buddhist community in rural southern France. The experience for him and other children there was a nightmare: physical abuse, punishment through withholding food, sexual abuse of girls.
Elodie Emery and Wandrille’s documentary exposes numerous abuses within Tibetan Buddhism around the world and shines a light on a religious organisation that is often seen as benign. In reality, it is as mired in scandal as other world religions and has hierarchical structures that are an ideal breeding ground for abusers.

The Law of Silence

Shining a light on the numerous scandals in Buddhism whose hierarchical structures make abuse all too easy.

Abuse in Buddhism

For over 60 years, the Barbie doll has been more than just a toy. She was an influencer before the Internet even existed, but she is now accused of maintaining gender stereotypes. As Greta Gerwing's Barbie comes to the cinema, Gymnastics looks at how relevant she is for modern consumers.

Is Barbie a Feminist?

Barbie was an influencer before the Internet even existed.

Gymnastics

Juliet kisses the lifeless Romeo one last time before stabbing herself – that is how Shakespeare ends this tragic love story. The French composer Charles Gounod ends his own operatic version of the story Roméo et Juliette with a magnificent lyrical duet. This new production in Zurich presents an ideal pairing of vocal and acting talent with Julie Fuchs and Benjamin Bernheim in the title roles.

Live from Zurich Opera House

French 19th century opera based on Shakespeare's classic, with Julie Fuchs and Benjamin Bernheim in the title roles.

Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette

In the beginning there was Billy Graham. In the midst of the Cold War, the US preacher established himself at the ‘pope’ of the evangelicals - a conservative Christian movement that aims to expand the social influence of religion in society. His great crusade was then appropriated by a powerful political-religious lobby in the following decades.

The Great Crusade

In the midst of the Cold War, Billy Graham spearheaded a conservative Christian movement that wanted to align society with strict religious belief.

Evangelicals for World Domination

In the early 1990s a book was released that caused heated debate amongst critics and the public. Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho was the US author's third novel and told the story of a 1980s New York trader with a penchant for extreme violence. This films focuses on a cult hit, that was the making of Ellis, exploring what it reveals about contemporary American society.

Bret Easton Ellis's America

Killer, Trader and Psychopath

50 years after his death, Pablo Picasso is still revered as the most famous and most critically acclaimed twentieth century artist.  How did he become a 20th century icon?

50 years after his death, Pablo Picasso is still revered by critics and the public. How did he become a 20th century icon?

Picasso- Beyond the Myth

Living through the brutal destruction of Mariupol or the massacre in Bucha has left mental scars in the Ukrainian population. Tracks East meets young people who are rebuilding their lives post-trauma, many using their passions to overcome their bad experiences.

The War Inside

Tracks East meets young people in Ukraine who are rebuilding their lives after traumatic war-time experiences. 

Tracks East

Director Krzysztof Warlikowski and conductor Pierre Dumoussaud revisit Hamlet, Ambroise Thomas’ romantic masterpiece, on the stage of the Opéra Bastille. Featuring Ludovic Tézier in the title role.

Opéra Bastille, Paris

Ambroise Thomas’ romantic masterpiece, based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet, at the Opéra Bastille.

Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet

Berlin: 27 February 1933. Witnesses see the German parliament become engulfed by flames soon after nine o’clock in the evening. This event was a pivotal moment in the rise of the Nazi dictatorship and the true authors of this act of arson remain shrouded in mystery. This meticulous documentary attempts to answer the question: Who really burned down democracy?

When Democracy Burned Down

90 years ago the German parliament burned down. But who were the real culprits? An in-depth investigation.

The Reichstag Fire

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How are young people in Moldova responding to the Russian threat to their country?
DJ Borș returned to Moldova when the war in Ukraine began. Like many in her generation, she feels in a state of limbo because no one knows what tomorrow will bring. With her initiative "Make Borș Not War", she is revitalising the party scene in Chisinau.

Moldova Next Generation: Putin's Next Victim?

How are young people in Moldova responding to the Russian threat to their country?

With Russian missiles raining down over their cities, Ukrainians have no choice but to take refuge below ground. After more than a year of war, basements, bunkers and metro stations have become more than just temporary shelters. Tracks East looks at what life is like underground.

Underground

With Russian missiles raining down over their cities, Ukrainian have no choice but to take refuge underground. 

In Ukraine, long-distance love is the new normal. Indie pop icon Ingret Kostenko had a meteoric rise to fame until the Russian invasion forced her to flee to Germany. The man she loved was a soldier at the front and she went home regularly to see him. This separation is the inspiration for Ingret’s music.

Love in Wartime

Ukrainian Indie pop icon Ingret Kostenko is in a long-distance relationship with a soldier, the inspiration for her music.

Should artists and musicians be active cultural warriors in the war in Ukraine? Or should art provide solace from the brutality of war? Tracks East focuses on artists from countries devastated by war and how they are received in the west.

Culture Warriors: Art in Wartime

Should artists and musicians be active cultural warriors in the war in Ukraine? Or should art provide solace from the brutality of conflict? 

 In war it is often the children who suffer the most. Their stable home lives are destroyed and they have to flee. According to Ukrainian sources, 12,000 Ukrainian children have been taken to Russia, the Kremlin says they have been ‘brought home’.

Children of War

How is the war in Ukraine affecting children? According to Ukrainian sources, 12,000 Ukrainian children have been taken to Russia, the Kremlin says they have been ‘brought home’.

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.

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?

Exiled in Latvia since 2022, Russian journalist Masha Borzunova and her team are on a mission to teach Europe what Russian state media propaganda actually looks like: Sinister, full of contradiction and absurd.

Fake News: Russian Propaganda for Beginners

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.

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 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

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

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Wrestling is a cross between brutal fighting and great entertainment.

Chaos City Wrestling

Brazil was deeply divided by the last presidential election held in October 2022 when incumbent right-winger Bolsonaro narrowly lost to left-winger Lula. A report on the conservative communities in Southern Brazil that voted for the ex-president.

Brazil: Bolsonaro's People

A report on the conservative communities in Southern Brazil that voted for the ex-president.

During the Franco dictatorship and afterwards, around 300,000 babies were stolen from the mothers, sold to childless couples using forged documentation. The Catholic Church is implicated in these terrible crimes.

Franco's Spain and the Catholic Church

During the Franco dictatorship and afterwards, around 300,000 babies were stolen from their mothers and sold to childless couples using forged documentation.

Stolen Babies

Incisive investigative documentaries and reportage