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Techno, house, garage or hip hop: electronic music is a driving force in pop culture today. Almost forgotten is its origins in the post-war classical avant-garde of Europe, with figures such as Pierre Schaeffer and Karlheinz Stockhausen. This documentary traces the history of electronic music from Europe to the great post-industrial cities of America, with exclusive interviews and little-seen archive footage.

The Sound That Changed Everything

The story of electronic music from the European avant-garde to the great post-industrial cities of America.

Electronic Vibrations

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Can prostitution be seen as a means of sexual liberation for women? Should it be abolished, legalised or better regulated? A debate with philosopher Cynthia Fleury and Anaïs de Lenclos, spokesperson for the French sex workers’ union (STRASS).

Prostitution: Who do our bodies belong to?

Can prostitution be seen as a means of sexual liberation for women? Should it be abolished, legalised or better regulated? 

Philosophy

Is a new cold war really happening online? From the first attacks by Chinese hackers on US websites in the 2000s to the recent theft of European diplomatic documents and the 5G rollout by Chinese tech giant Huawei, an in-depth investigation into China's increasing tech might and aggressive cyberwarfare.

Is a new cold war really happening online? An in-depth investigation into China's increasingly aggressive cyberwarfare.

Chinese Cyberwarfare

Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed is an exception in the Muslim world: The French-Algerian imam is openly gay. For the past ten year he has led a progressive and inclusive movement promoting an Islam that respects the LGBT+ community, women’s right, and interfaith dialogue.

Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed is an exception in the Muslim world: The French-Algerian imam is openly gay.

Queering Religion

The story of flying from the very first test flights to the environmental challenges of today’s aviation industry taking in the huge advances made during the Second World War. In this first part: Otto Lilienthal, the Wright brothers and Louis Blériot, brave pioneers who risked their lives trying to reach the skies.

Pioneers of the Skies (1/2)

The story of the brave pioneers who risked their lives trying to reach the skies.

A History of Aviation

38 million Japanese live together in the most populated urban area in the world. No wonder that the people of Tokyo have taken over the roofs to have extra space. A traditional Japanese garden and tea house, along with a martial arts class, take to the skies in search of  tranquility.

A traditional Japanese garden and tea house, along with a martial arts class, take to the skies in search of  tranquility

City Rooftops: Tokyo

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At the wheel of an old Morris Traveller, Daniel Hope travels through Ireland in search of the Irish soul through its music. Born in 1973 in South Africa and now settled in Germany, the British violinist has Irish ancestors and feels the Emerald Isle to be a homeland where he has never lived.
In medieval Kilkenny he meets Siobhan Armstrong with her Celtic harp, symbol of irish culture. In Galway fiddler Sean Smyth, a member of the group Lunasa, introduces him to Irish folk music. And in Dublin the National Symphony Orchestra invite him to give the world premiere at the National Concert Hall of a work by Ina Boyle, an early twentieth century Irish composer that is enjoying a revival.

Daniel Hope in Search of the Irish Soul

At the wheel of an old Morris Traveller, famous violinist Daniel Hope travels through Ireland in search of the Irish musical soul.

Hope on the Road

Schubert is the perfect incarnation of the 19th century romantic traveller and this closing concert of the Nantes music festival is dedicated to him with a varied selection of his works.

A concert dedicated to the Austrian romantic composer.

Schubert, the Traveller

When Zoo Station – The Story of Christiane F. was published in West Germany in 1979 it shocked the public. The book tells the true story of Christiane Felscherinow, a West Berlin teenager who prostitutes herself to pay for her heroin consumption, bringing to light the extent of German youth’s drug problem.

Published in West Germany in 1979 it shocked the public by bringing to light West Berlin's youth drug problem.

Zoo Station: The Story of Christian F.

Between 1911 and 1913, a pop phenomenon revolutionised the French publishing world: Fantomas, a series of pulp novels about a terrifying villain who committed spectacular and obscene crimes. A thoroughly modern criminal, the books were adapted into silent movies and in the 1960s into comedies that were hugely popular in France. But what really lies behind the mask of cinema's very first villain?

A Thoroughly Modern Villain

Between 1911 and 1913, a pop phenomenon revolutionised the French publishing world: Fantomas, a series of pulp novels about a terrifying villain who committed spectacular and obscene crimes.

Fantômas

Want to get your groove on? You've come to the right place. Whatever music you’re into ARTE Concert invites you to KeepOnDancing!

#KeepOnDancing

You thought that once you find the right person it's 'happy ever after' in life and in the bedroom? But in actual fact, as these women affirm, desire ebbs and flows. It's normal! Or is it? The DSM calls low sex drive in women “female desire disorder”. But given that women often do the lion's share of domestic tasks and childcare on top of their paid work, maybe this is a medical diagnosis... for a social problem?

How to Boost Your Libido

The DSM calls low sex drive in women “female desire disorder”. But maybe the problem isn't women...

#AMINORMAL (1/8)

After the 2016 EU referendum racist attacks rose sharply. With the Black Lives Matter movement, Britain's colonial past is weighing more and more heavily on cultural debates in a country divided between Europhiles and Europhobes. How did we get here? From 1945 to Britain’s joining of the European Economic Community in 1973 to the present day, this first part of our two-part documentary looks at the colonial legacy of the British empire, the Second World War and how these resonated with the Brexit vote.

A focus on why Brexit happened, one year on from the UK's departure.

Rule Britannia!

Crimea has changed hands many times over the centuries. And under President Putin, it has had its last, perhaps definitive, switch. But this has huge consequences for the West and neighbouring countries. Not since World War Two have national boundaries been redrawn using force.

Stories of Conflict

Crimea has changed hands many times over the centuries. And under President Putin, it has had perhaps its last switch.

Russia, Ukraine and the Future of Crimea

From spring 1944 until the capitulation of the Third Reich in May 1945, the Nazis evacuated their camps in the occupied eastern territories. Forced to march huge distances, thousands of people died along the way from hunger, thirst and exhaustion. In this moving documentary, French filmmaker Virginie Linhart recounts a little known episode in the horror story of the concentration camps.

The story of the Nazi concentration camp evacuation that led to thousands dying from hunger and exhaustion.

Nazi Death Marches: 1944 - 1945

Sami, Joe and Leyla are ready for a truly epic summer after finishing school and ready to get out and grab their slice of life. But what is to come is diametrically opposed to their expectations. Determined to stand up for themselves, the three friends find out how right Leyla’s mum was when she told them: always keep more dreams in your soul than reality can destroy.

ArtKino Festival

A slice of life of young Swiss teenagers, far from the ever-present glittering social media self-portrayals

Sami, Joe and I by Karin Heberlein

In the 17th century, the Netherlands experienced an unprecedented artistic explosion. Never before had painters been so prolific, managing to make a living from their talent alone. Painters such as Rembrandt Van Rijn, Jan Vermeer and Frans Hals worked furiously, and Dutch society went along with them: against the background of the accumulation of wealth from the colonies and financial speculation, collecting works of art and paintings became a status symbol for almost all social classes. Documentary on the Dutch Golden Age (1584-1702), which saw the emergence of Rembrandt's artistic genius, among others.

How Art Became Big Business

Documentary on the Dutch Golden Age (1584-1702), which saw the emergence of Rembrandt's artistic genius, among others.

The Rembrandt Century

Many objects are part of our daily lives, yet how they work can seem like magic to us. Through experiments and playful explanations, this popular science series shows us that mathematics, fluid mechanics, electromagnetic waves or microbiology are simpler to understand than they may seem. 

Science Made Simple

Many scientific discoveries and inventions are much simpler to understand than they may seem. 

Eureka!

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Dance gala for the opening of the Tanssin Talo/Dance House Helsinki. Tsuumi Dance Theatre combines traditional repertoire with contemporary folk styles with choreographies that explore Finnish history and the Finnish soul. This choreography by Antti Lahti explores a time when dance was forbidden as it was considered immoral.  

Tanssin talo - Helsinki Dance House

Tsuumi Dance Theatre’s choreography Lahti explores a time when dance was forbidden in Finland.

Tsuumi Dance Theatre: Dance Prohibition

Gravity is performed by the Helsinki Dance Company with music from the Kinetic Orchestra. Eight dancers take over the stage mixing modern dance with elements borrowed from acrobatics and martial arts in a reflection on our relationship with time and space.

Tanssin Talo - Helsinki Dance House

Eight dancers take over the stage mixing modern dance with elements borrowed from acrobatics and martial arts in a reflection on our relationship with time and space.

Helsinki Dance Company & Kinetic Orchestra: Gravity

Rappers Jane Vane and Kaisa Cleva of Pimeä Hedelmä's team up with queer act Amanda & Lydia to create a provocative performance. Hailing from Helsinki, Amanda & Lydia have been collaborating and thrilling audiences at festivals and clubs since 2015.

Rappers Jane Vane and Kaisa Cleva of Pimeä Hedelmä's team up with queer act Amanda & Lydia to create a provocative performance.

Pimeä hedelmä + Amanda & Lydia

For Tero Saarinen, the body and nature are one. The theme of his pieceTransit is the rapid deterioration of biodiversity and man's responsibility for this upheaval. On stage, the dancers of the Tero Saarinen Company move to the rhythms of artist duo IC-98 with music by Sebastian Fagerlund and Tuomas Norvio.

For Tero Saarinen, the body and nature are one. The theme of his piece Transit is the rapid deterioration of biodiversity and man's responsibility for this upheaval.

Tero Saarinen Company: Transit

Under the title Ketju (chain), nine renowned Finnish choreographers take to the floor of Dance House Helsinki in the presence of student dancers led by Yasmin Janatuinen. Filmed 2 February at the inauguration of Dance House Helsinki.

Under the title Ketju (chain), nine renowned Finnish choreographers take to the floor of Dance House Helsinki in the presence of student dancers led by Yasmin Janatuinen. 

DCA Dance Academie: Ketju

In 2022 a brand new centre for dance opens in the Finnish capital. 

Tanssin Talo: Dance House Helsinki

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A third of Europeans live in economic insecurity: Zero hours contracts, the fear of redundancy and stagnating wages have brought more and more people into poverty and precariousness and provided fertile conditions for the political extremes. With contributions from geographer Christophe Guilluy, economist Guy Standing, and from people struggling to make ends meet across Europe, this documentary focuses on the new working poor, the precariat.

When Work Doesn’t Pay

A third of Europeans live in economic insecurity: Zero hours contracts and stagnating wages have brought more and more people into poverty; A focus on the new working poor: The precariat.

The Precariat Society

An invasion of algae is causing havoc for fisherman in southern Spain, ruining catches of the famous and much prized local Tuna.

An Algae Plague Threatens the Mediterranean

Tuna Fishing in Spain

Marie-Clair will never forget the day she was mutilated as a nine-year old girl. Today she helps victims of female genital mutilation (FGM) which is a practice that is with us, even in Europe.

Re: Helping FGM Victims

Vladimir Putin's foreign policy, both opportunistic and unscrupulous, has put Russia back on the map as a world power to be reckoned with in recent years. This documentary uncovers what Putin wants for Russia on the world stage, and how he is achieving his geopolitical goals.

Vladimir Putin's agressive foreign policy has put Russia back on the map as a world power to be reckoned with.

Putin: Return of the Russian Bear

Since the summer of 2020 a battle has raged between the European Union and Viktor Orbán’s Hungary. As Orbán’s authoritarian Fidesz party hollows out Hungarian democracy and restrains opposition at home, the EU attempts to link the pandemic recovery package to a rule of law mechanism, effectively cutting funds to governments backsliding on democracy. Hungary and Poland are strongly opposed.

Victor Orbán Versus Europe

How Viktor Orbán is hollowing out democracy in Hungary and undermining the European project.

Hello Dictator

The aviation industry has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. As air travel picks up once again once again, passengers are becoming more environmental aware. Is it possible to fly more sustainably? Jet setting DJ Frank Wiedemann takes the train as an alternative whilst professor Josef Kallo is developing an aircraft that runs on hydrogen.

As air travel picks up once again, travellers are becoming more environmental aware. But is it possible to fly more sustainably?

Can Flying be Sustainable?

The 20th century will be remembered for a scientific break-through of untold significance: splitting the atom marked the dawn of the nuclear age. Kenichi Watanabe’s documentary focuses on the real impact of the darker side of nuclear power: the accidents exposing people to radiation from Chernobyl to Fukushima, the full extent of which were often covered up.

35 years ago the Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred. What are the consequences of radioactivity in the world today?

100 Years of the Atom

The storming of the capitol building in Washington in January 2021 by Donald Trump supporters shocked the world. Why and how did such a violent event happen? And what does this unprecedented surge of political violence mean for American democracy?

An American Trauma

The storming of the capitol building in January 2021 shocked the world. What does this unprecedented event mean for American democracy?

Assault on the Capitol

Suppression of political opponents in Russia is intensifying with high-profile Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny still in prison. This documentary meets Russians who dare to defy Vladimir Putin which often means putting their careers and even their lives at risk.

This documentary meets Russians who dare to defy Vladimir Putin which often means putting their careers and even their lives at risk.

Russia: Liberty in Peril

Mauthausen shows the full horror of the Nazi regime, a concentration camp where 120,000 people died. But a group of Spanish republican prisoners managed, not only to survive their terrible incarceration, but also to reveal to the world what really happened there by saving from destruction thousands of official photographs taken by the SS. This is the little known story of how young photojournalist Francisco Boix, and others, proved the guilt of major Nazi figures with their acts of bravery.

Photos of Nazi Horror

How Spanish republican prisoners proved the guilt of major Nazi figures by seizing photos in their concentration camp.

The Mauthausen Resistance

24-year-old Orhan is Kurdish and one of an estimated 500,000 waste pickers in Turkey. His patch is an Istanbul neighbourhood east of the Bosphorus. The work is hard: pulling a handcart through the city for up to twelve hours a day looking for recyclable material like plastic and it is under threat from new regulations from the Turkish government.

24-year-old Orhan is Kurdish and one of an estimated 500,000 waste pickers in Turkey. It's hard work walking the streets of Istanbul for twelve hours a day.

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In Depth

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A focus on the world’s largest country by landmass. Russia is a major world power that excels in certain spheres but glaring inequality, major structural problems and Western sanctions mean it may struggle to keep up with other world powers.

Mapping the World

A focus on the world’s largest country by landmass. Russia is a major world power that excels in certain spheres but has serious and deep problems.

Russia: Land of Contrasts

Three decades after the collapse of the USSR, its legacy can be seen everywhere in the new nations that gained independence in 1991. From the Baltic states to the republics of central Asia, which states have succeeded in breaking free in the post-soviet era? And which remain tethered to Moscow?

30 Years after the USSR

Three decades after the collapse of the USSR, its legacy can be seen everywhere in the new nations that gained independence in 1991.

Legacy of a Superpower

Every year Russia celebrates Victory day on 9 May to mark the end of the Second World War with great pomp and ceremony. The story of a steadfast Soviet Union defeating the forces of fascism looms large in the Russian imagination, a story that Vladimir Putin uses to his own ends.

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 The story of a steadfast Soviet Union defeating the forces of fascism with looms large in the Russian imagination, a story that Vladimir Putin uses to his own ends.

Russia: Putin's World View

For over 20 kilometers, the new bridge stretches across the Kerch Strait and connects Crimea to Russia. Inaugurated in 2018 by Russian President Putin, it seals the annexation of the Crimean peninsula by Russia with a monument in steel and concrete.

Crimea: Building and Burning Bridges

The war in eastern Ukraine between Kiev and pro-Russian separatists has been raging for seven years now. It is the civilian population that seems to be paying the highest price with severe water shortages: The main water pipe of the region runs straight through the frontline and seems to be a target.

The war in eastern Ukraine has seen severe water shortages for the civilian population. The main water pipe of the region runs straight through the frontline and seems to be a target.

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Since the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, international tensions remain high over the region. But for Russians the Crimea is a prime holiday destination with tourists flocking for the beautiful weather and top resorts.

Since the Russian annexation, tensions remain high. But for Russians the Crimea is a prime holiday destination with tourists flocking for the beautiful weather and top resorts.

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A region of Europe with a shared experience of communism and USSR dominance, Eastern Europe today is characterised by nations with diverse cultural and political identities.

How many Eastern Europes?

Russia-Ukraine: Tensions in the East

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On the night of 16 February 1962, a massive storm surge pushed water from the North Sea inland to the port city of Hamburg, causing unprecedented destruction. Tens of thousands of homes were destroyed, road and rail infrastructure was put out of action and 315 people sadly died.

On the night of 16 February 1962, a massive storm surge caused a terribble flood in the German port city of Hamburg,

Hamburg 1962:  The Great Flood

French King Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes in 1685, a document that had protected the rights of French protestants for almost one hundred years. The decision prompted a mass exodus of French Protestants with many going to Prussia.

Huguenot Refugees (Part 1)

1685: a wave of French refugees flee to the rest of Europe to escape religious persecution

A Leap into the Unknown

Over the centuries this famous island, floating between sea and sky, has been a sanctuary, an abbey, a fortress and a prison. But how did this architectural wonder come to be built?

The Enigmatic Labyrinth

Over the centuries this famous world heritage site has been a sanctuary, an abbey, a fortress and a prison.

Mont Saint Michel

This is the story of death and survival, exclusion and hope told by those who lived through it. 40 years ago an HIV infection seemed like a death sentence. When the first patients fell ill with high fever, pneumonia and fungal infections in the early 1980s, doctors were at a loss. Most of those affected were gay men, but the cause of the mystery illness escaped them.
After much protests and medical advancements, the stigma of HIV has lessened but the virus is still with us.

Silence = Death

This is the story of death and survival, exclusion and hope told by those who lived through it.

40 Years of AIDS

Europe’s great museums hold treasures from across Africa looted during the colonial period. It is thought that over 75% of Africa’s artistic heritage is currently held outside of the continent, for the most part in Europe.  For decades now countries of origin have been asking for these works back, most famously the Benin Bronzes held by the British Museum and other collections, with little success.  An in depth look at the complex question of the restitution of works of art.

Returning Artworks to Africa

It is thought that over 75% of Africa’s artistic heritage is currently held outside of the continent, for the most part in Europe. Should these works be returned?

Restitution

June 1940: France has fallen and is occupied by Nazi Germany. But France’s prized colony on the other side of the Mediterranean remains unoccupied and becomes part of Marshal Pétain’s Vichy regime. A strict return to colonial order is maintained: French ‘Europeans’ are in charge whilst Algeria’s jews are stripped of French citizenship and discrimination against the majority Muslim population continues.

A Colony under Vichy Control

France has fallen and is occupied by Nazi Germany. But her prized colony on the other side of the Mediterranean remains intact and under Vichy.

Algeria 1943

Shortly before the Second World War, Mussolini chose an island paradise as a place of exile for people who violated the moral codes of their time.

Mussolini's Gay Island

City Country Culture

Docudrama. On 26 June 1813, Austrian foreign minister Metternich came to meet Napoleon at his headquarters in Dresden. Although the French emperor still dominated Europe, he had been severely weakened by the disastrous campaigns in Russia. Could France still count on the support of Austria? After a private meeting that lasted nine hours, the fate of Europe would be decided.

The Beginning of the End

Docudrama. on 26 June 1813 Austrian foreign minister Metternich came to meet Napoleon at his headquarters in Dresden. Could France still count on Austria's support? 

Napoleon vs. Metternich

In 1763, as the Seven Years' War drew to a close, Saxony was bereft. Augustus III, its Elector, who was also King of Poland, had just died, leaving a gaping hole in the state coffers. The head of the royal art collection, Carl Heinrich von Heineken, was arrested and imprisoned for financial mismanagement. Throughout his reign, Augustus III, the aesthete sovereign, had amassed an extraordinary collection of paintings, sculptures, jewels and masterworks of gold and silverware, which he considered to be a symbol of his greatness, making Dresden one of the European capitals of Baroque art.

How August III Built his Collection

Docudrama telling how the Kingdom of Saxony amassed an astonishing art collection in the 18th century.

The Treasures of Saxony

A focus on Irish history from the struggle for independence to the pain of partition and the tragedy of the Great Famine.