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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

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During the First World War France was badly hit, with cities such as Arras and Reims reduced to rubble. In World War II, allied bombings destroyed Germany with cities like Berlin, Cologne and Dresden in ruins by 1945. Later it was the turn of Beirut and then the cities of Syria to be destroyed by war. With extensive archive footage, this documentary looks at the political, social and aesthetic issues of ruins, the very image of war.

The political, social and aesthetic issues of ruins, the very image of war.

Ruins: A History of Contemporary Warfare

Since the Russian offensive in Ukraine started, the West has been wondering how to contain Vladimir Putin. Another conflict where Russia is involved can help us understand the War in Ukraine: Syria. As the West looked on, Russia supported the Assad regime and used the conflict as a testing ground for Russian weapons and military tactics, with devastating consequences for the rebels and the civilian population. Tactics which would be deployed again in Ukraine.

 As the West looked on, Russia used the Syrian conflict as a testing ground for Russian weapons, with devastating consequences for the civilian population. 

Syria: Putin's Testing Ground

London rock band Wolf Alice, who wowed critics and audiences alike with their 2021 album Blue Weekend, tear up the ARTE Concert Festival stage.

ARTE Concert Festival 2022

Wolf Alice

Zoraya is just 27 years old and wants to convince a doctor to help her die. She suffers from depression. She has a partner, a comfortable home, and several cats, but life feels unbearable to her and she wants it to stop. 

Actress Ursula Andermatt meanwhile has terminal breast cancer. She's afraid of a painful, undignified end and wants to choose when she dies.

Zoraya is just 27 years old and wants to convince a doctor to help her die.

Re: Choosing Death

Located east of the island of Antigua in the Caribbean, the small nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis has beautiful landscapes and a history and heritage marked by colonialism.

A train ride through the small Caribbean nation includes beautiful landscapes and colonial history.

St Kitts by Train

In 1973, Richard Fleischer's Soylent Green described a suffocating and apocalyptic world set in 2022. Half a century later, have we learned from the warnings depicted in the film?

The First Eco Disaster Film

In 1973, Richard Fleischer's Soylent Green described a suffocating and apocalyptic world set in 2022.

Soylent Green

The midterms, or mid-term elections, are an opportunity for American voters to give their opinion on the current government, Joe Biden's administration. For the 2022 midterms, however, the focus is on Donald Trump. Can the mid-term elections serve as a springboard for his return to power?

Can American elections serve as a springboard for Donald Trump's return to power?

Midterms: USA

Three years ago, somebody purporting to be a Turkish football agent convinced Emeka Luke Ekji that he'd been recruited to play for a club in Turkey. But first, the 22-year-old Nigerian had to pay thousands of dollars in fees. His parents even sold land to fund the move. But when he got there, he realised he'd been sold a lie.

Turkey: The Dashed Dreams of African Footballers

Fake football agents are making thousands of dollars off the backs of young Africans dreaming of a glittering career.

ARTE Reportage

There have often been periods of warming in Earth’s history but never before has the temperature risen as quickly as today. Researchers are studying the last hothouse period, to understand what will happen to our oceans as the world heats up.

Hothouse Earth

Researchers are studying the last hothouse period 50 million years ago to understand what will happen to our oceans as the world heats up.

As the World Heats Up

What awaits us after death? Death is everywhere in our world. How we deal with it shapes religious belief, culture and social relations. A history of death from ancient times to the modern day.

A History of Death

How we deal with death shapes religious belief, culture and social relations. A history of death from ancient times to the modern day.

This Mortal Coil

The Balkans continue to be torn between West and East in politics, culture and religion. Mapping the World focuses on one of Europe’s most diverse regions.

The Balkans - Between East and West

Mapping the World

The Dolomites are a UNESCO World Heritage Site and home to half a million locals. But the mountain range has nearly 33 million night stays per year, on top of daytrippers. Authorities have imposed a visitor cap to curb the ecological impact of mass tourism. A mountain guide and an architect are actively campaigning to preserve their region.

The Dolomites are a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a major tourist attraction. Locals have had enough.

Re: Saving the Dolomites

Brazil is in the midst of a fiery and divisive election between ideological opposites. In one corner is the former left-wing president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in the other is the incumbent right-wing populist Jair Bolsonaro. Filmed over four months, this documentary shows Brazilian society polarised, angry and fearful as the campaign reaches its climax.

Lula vs. Bolsonaro

Brazil's fiery and divisive election between ideological opposites.

Brazil: Battle of the Titans

Beginning in April, a phone line, website and text messages throughout Russia aimed at encouraging people to report the "suspicious" activities of anyone who does not support the Russian offensive, on behalf of the fight against extremism to justify the actions of the security forces against the opposition. Nearly 189,000 cameras monitor public space in Moscow, helping to install a general climate of fear where any divergence from the official Kremlin propaganda can have serious consequences.

Since April, Russians have been encouraged to denounce fellow citizens that disagree with the war on Ukraine. 

Russia: Denounce thy Neighbour

What do broomstick-riding witches, killer beavers, cannibalistic in-laws, a bloodthirsty bear, human-eating pigs and a killer Christmas tree all have in common? They are all part of our Halloween collection of gory and funny short films.

Funny Shorts for Halloween

Blood, gore and laughs in our collection of funny short films for Halloween.

Comedy Gore

The heart of Belfast is a chaotic mix of Victorian and modern architecture. Passers-by admire the Ulster Hall, the city's iconic concert hall where crowds have flocked for more than 150 years. In the 1970s, the arrival of a punk music group set the whole town ablaze.

City Country Culture

The story of the riot caused by the Clash at Ulster Hall, Belfast's concert hall.

The Clash in Belfast

Russia is turning to Buryatia in Siberia to provide a steady stream of men for its war on Ukraine. Enlisted by force, many Buryats are sent to the frontline and die on the battlefield. As locals slowly turn against the war, Russian authorities crack down on any signs of dissent.

ARTE Regards

Russia conscripts Buryat men and is sending them to die on the frontline in Ukraine.

Soldiers from Siberia

Do you constantly check twitter on your smartphone for the latest tweets? Preying on our fear of missing out (fomo), Twitter has harnessed our natural anxiety to make…. a lot of money.

How Twitter Works

In Russia, many of the protestors opposing Putin’s war in Ukraine are women. The Telegram channel FAWR (Feminist Anti War Resistance) has quickly attracted 30,000 followers. Among them is Paladdia, a young designer who has already been sent to prison twice for her activism.

Many of the protestors opposing Putin’s war are women. ARTE meets the Feminist Anti War Resistance

Russia: Women Against War

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With his distinctive headwear and inimitable jazz/soul style, Gregory Porter has become an instantly recognisable star on the international scene.

Baloise Session 2022

The International jazz and soul sensation brings his inimitable voice to the Basel stage.

Gregory Porter

Emily Brontë was perhaps the most enigmatic of the three Brontë sisters, penning the dark romance Wuthering Heights. Published in 1847 under the male pseudonym of Ellis Bell, this novel of doomed passion set in the desolate landscape of the Yorshire moors was unique in Victorian literature and stunned contemporary critics. For while the story is one of passionate love, it is also one of violence and revenge.

Emily Brontë’s peculiarly dark romance Wuthering Heights stunned critics when it was first published in 1847.

Wuthering Heights: Love, Hate and Vengeance

A Master of Self-Portraits

The second season of the series takes an extraordinary journey of discovery to two very special trees: venerable trees with the power to give life. The Chilean Araucaria and the African Baobab have one thing in common: they are part of a millennia-old culture and play an important role in local traditions and culture.

The Chilean Araucaria and the African Baobab occupy a central space in local cultures. Part one of a series on trees

Dreams From the Forest

Up to 700 sharks gather at Fakarava every winter in a sea channel 100 meters wide and just 30 meters deep - making it the highest number of sharks in any given spot in the world. Scientists are trying to work out why the predators are gathering together, and whether they could be cooperating to hunt.

Sophisticated hunting strategies and a complex social life: new insights into the gray reef shark...

700 Sharks

Joan Mitchell was a rare woman in post-war abstract art, born into a wealthy family in Chicago in 1925, who refused to theorise her works. Her artworks, which exude vibrant colour, seem to be able to cross the strata of the unconscious. Includes archive footage and interviews with those who knew her.    

A Woman in Abstraction

Portrait of a rare woman in post-war abstract art whose works are known for their vibrant use of colour. 

Joan Mitchell

A journey into the hidden Barcelona of Spanish writer Carlos Ruiz Zafón, writer of the bestselling series, The Cemetery of Forgotten Books. Zafón’s Barcelona is one of myth and legend that harks back to the city before it became a top European tourist destination.

The World of Carlos Ruiz Zafón

A journey into the hidden Barcelona of the Spanish writer, author of The Cemetery of Forgotten Books.

Bestseller Barcelona

A documentary that takes the viewer deep inside the intriguing world of non-verbal communication.
As human beings, our bodies communicate our inner emotions and feelings in ways that can often be easily seen by others, but at other times are barely visible. On every continent and in every ethnicity, expressions of emotions such as happiness, surprise, anger and fear are universally recognized. These expressions are hard-wired into our facial muscles for reasons that have everything to do with human evolution and survival of the species. To the trained observer, the way people move can be more revealing than the things people say.

A documentary that takes the viewer deep inside the intriguing world of non-verbal communication

Body Language Decoded

Naked looks for answers to complex questions: What does it mean to be born a girl or a boy, to live as a man or a woman, or to feel in between or neither? How does gender determine our lives? Diverse people speak frankly about their lives and renowned researchers discuss how gender has shaped humanity and societies worldwide.

Naked looks for answers to complex questions: What does it mean to be born a girl or a boy, to live as a man or a woman, or to feel in between or neither? How does gender determine our lives?

Naked

The Ring of the Nibelung at the Staatsoper Berlin is conducted by Christian Thielemann who is standing in for the indisposed Daniel Barenboim. This is only the second time that Thielemann, one of the world’s great Wagnerians, has collaborated with the Staatskapelle Berlin and it will actually mark his debut at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden!

Berlin State Opera

Part one of Wagner's epic ring cycle, conducted by Christian Thielemann in a production by Dmitri Tcherniakov.

Das Rheingold

Daughter of legendary actors Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, Jamie Lee Curtis struggled to emerge from her parents' shadow. But after making her Hollywood in debut in the genre-defining slash horror, Halloween, Curtis has pursued a singular career of great breadth and variety. Famous for comedy and serious roles, sitcoms as well as feature films, Jamie Lee Curtis has trodden her own path in a career spanning four decades.

Daughter of legendary actors Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, Jamie Lee Curtis has trodden her own artistic path in a career spanning four decades.

Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood Rebel

In the 1960s and 1970s, a serial killer wreaked havoc in Silesia. After seven years of investigation, a man was finally arrested and tried for terrible murders of women. But a doubt remains: was he really the perpetrator of these macabre acts or a scapegoat of the Polish communist regime?

Was the man found guilty of a series of murders in Silesia in the 1960s and 1970s the real perpetrator?

Soviet Block Serial Killer

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BirthStrike are a group of activists that are fighting climate change by not having children. A Fridays for Future for thirtysomethings founded by musician Blythe Pepino, they say that they cannot bring life into a world with impending ‘climate breakdown and civilisation collapse’.  

Birthstrike are a group of activists that are fighting climate change by not having children. A Fridays for Future for thirtysomethings founded by musician Blythe Pepino, they say that they cannot bring life into a world with impending ‘climate breakdown and civilisation collapse’.  

BirthStrike: Staying Childless to Save the Planet

Climate change is often viewed as a far-off phenomenon but the effects are already being felt around the world by millions of people. A global overview of the regions on the frontline of the climate catastrophe.

Climate Change Is Happening Now

 A global overview of the regions on the frontline of the climate catastrophe.

Seas and Oceans

Hothouse Earth (1/2)

Among the nine federated states that make up the Brazilian Amazon, Rondônia has lost the most forest: a surface area the size of New York has been wiped up the map, up 50% from the year before.

The destruction of the Amazon rainforest is accelerating

Brazil: Impunity in the Amazon

Svalbard lies halfway between Norway and the North Pole and has more polar bears than human inhabitants. This starkly beautiful land is on the frontline of climate change with dramatic and visible changes over the last decade.

Svalbard: Fastest Warming Place on Earth

Svalbard lies halfway between Norway and the North Pole and has more polar bears than human inhabitants. This starkly beautiful land is on the frontline of climate change with dramatic and visible changes over the last decade making it the fastest warming place on earth.

The last eight years have been the hottest on record as climate change becomes ever more tangible.

Climate Change: A Global Challenge

COP 27: Climate Change

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On 13 November 2015 a coordinated terror attack spread panic on the streets of Paris and left more than 130 people dead. After this shocking event an extraordinary investigation was set up involving more than ten European countries and the United States which changed the face of Western counter-terrorism.

Chronicle of a Manhunt

In the aftermath of the shocking attacks, an unprecedented international investigation was launched to bring the culprits to justice.

Terror in Paris

With the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party taking place recently, Mapping the World dedicates a special extended episode to an analysis of China today.

Xi Jinping's China

Since the Taliban retook Kabul in August 2021, the humanitarian situation has deteriorated considerably. Afghanistan remains the world's largest producer of opium and the country also has high rates of addiction. The Taliban is trying to rid the country of heroin addicts, with particularly brutal methods.

The Taliban is trying to rid Afghanistan of heroin addicts, with particularly brutal methods.

Kabul: Rehab Hell

The pandemic didn't have to be as bad as it was. With prompt action, it may not have even left Wuhan. Censorship, procrastination and failure to act were the trademarks of the first few months of the COVID-19 outbreak. Policy makers and health agency leaders describe a deadly list of "missed opportunities".

The pandemic didn't have to be as bad as it was. With prompt action, it may not have even left Wuhan.

COVID: The First 100 Days

One year on from the Taliban taking Kabul, ARTE returns to Afghanistan to see what life is like under Taliban law

Under Taliban Law

One Country, Two Systems? No Way! say the youth of Taiwan. But China under President Xi Jinping wants more than ever to bring the island of Taiwan back into the fold, just like Hong Kong. Can the burgeoning democracy on China’s doorstep, driven by digital technology, resist the Middle Kingdom’s advances?  

One Country, Two Systems? No Way! say the youth of Taiwan. But China under President Xi Jinping wants more than ever to bring the island of Taiwan back into the fold.

Taiwan: A Digital Democracy in China's Shadow

Brazil is in the midst of a fiery and divisive election between ideological opposites.

The world's tech giants - the likes of Facebook, Apple or Google - now have a political role to play. They can curb misinformation or spread it, along with all of the massive social issues that entails. An in-depth analysis of social media uses and regulations in China, the United States, and Europe.

An in-depth analysis of social media uses and regulations in China, the United States, Europe and Russia.

The Geopolitics of Social Media

With Europe’s population ageing, the marketing industry is increasingly targeting the over 60s by using older models in campaigns. At the same time “granfluencers” are emerging as powerful players on social media.

The Boom in Senior Models

With Europe’s population ageing, the marketing industry is increasingly targeting the over 60s by using older models in campaigns.

Re: Granfluencers

Incisive investigative documentaries and reportage

In Depth

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Russia: The Risk of Dissent

The bridge linking Crimea to Russia has been hit, railway cables have been cut in Germany, gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea have been sabotaged: Mapping the World looks at how infrastructure has become a target in the war in Ukraine.

Bridges, Rail, Cables: Targets in War

 Mapping the World looks at how infrastructure has become a target in the war in Ukraine.

Mapping the World Essentials

Russia views the former Soviet republics as its ‘near abroad’ and a strategic sphere of Russian influence. Mapping the World focuses on the former Soviet space and the Kremlin’s efforts to hold sway in these nations.

Putin: Nostalgia for Empire

Mapping the World focuses on the former Soviet space and the Kremlin’s efforts to hold sway in these nations.

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.

Russia: Building and Burning Bridges

A controversial new bridge over the Kerch Strait connects Crimea to Russia as President Putin consolidates his claim to the contested territory

Ukraine recaptured significant stretches of territory from Russian occupation in September. Around the town of Izyum, they have discovered evidence of massacres.

Ukraine: Massacre in Izyum

In a predominantly bilingual country, the choice of using the Russian or Ukrainian languages has become highly charged. As the war continues, the derussification of Ukraine is gathering pace.

Ukraine: Language Wars

As the war continues, the cultural and linguistic derussification of Ukraine gathers pace.

Is this a turning point in the war in Ukraine? In Russia, critics of Putin are raising their voices as the Russian military experiences setbacks and Putin meets Xi Jinping at the OCS summit.

OCS Summit: Putin and Xi Jinping

Three days after the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 27 February 2022, Vladimir Putin announced that the nuclear deterrent would be put on ‘special combat alert’. Was this a threat of nuclear attack from the Russian president? Mapping the World takes a look at the geopolitics of  nuclear weapons from 1945 to the present day.

Ukraine: The Nuclear Option

Some six million people have already fled Ukraine. Among them, 730,000 Ukrainian refugees passed through humanitarian corridors that take them deep into enemy territory. Now they are huddled in isolated camps in the middle of the Russian countryside and many want to leave the country as quickly as possible.

Some 730,000 Ukrainian refugees are cooped up in isolated camps in the middle of the Russian countryside

Re: Ukrainian Refugees in Russia

With possible war crimes in Russia, many European countries are considering an embargo on Russian gas imports. The Baltic states are already finding alternative energy supplies.

An Embargo on Russian Gas

In 2017, Ukrainian journalist Stanislav Aseyev was living and working from the Russian-occupied "Donetsk People's Republic" in eastern Ukraine. Critical of the self-proclaimed republic, he used pseudonyms to protect his identity. But one day he was exposed which led to his imprisonment and torture in the notorious Izolyatsia prison

The story of Ukrainian journalist Stanislav Aseyev who was imprisonment and tortured in the Russian-occupied "Donetsk People's Republic in eastern Ukraine.

The Bright Path

Martin Ritter is a German organic farmer, with land in both Germany and Ukraine. All of a sudden, his livelihood is located in a war zone. With the help of the municipality of Ostheim, he decides to send aid to Ukraine and to welcome refugees.

Martin Ritter is a German organic farmer, with land in both Germany and Ukraine. When war broke out, everything changed.

Re: Farming in a War Zone

Located about 100 km east of Odessa, in southern Ukraine, the city of Kherson was quickly taken by Russian forces on 2 March. Since then, the inhabitants have been living under Russian occupation. Our Ukrainian colleague Svitlana Pavuk reports on daily life there for TSN 1+1.

Kherson: Life under Russian Occupation

Dispatches From Ukraine: Local Journalists Report

Several Russian missiles devastated the city centre of Vinnytsia on 14 July - despite being far from the front. 24 people were killed and about 100 injured. All the victims were civilians. Ukrainian journalists from TSN 1+1 Valerii Kuznetsov and Mykola Nazarenko visited this city, still mourning its dead.

Remembering the Victims of Vinnytsia

Several Russian missiles devastated the city centre of Vinnytsia on 14 July - despite being far from the front.

Dispatches from Ukraine: Local Journalists Report

Following the conflict with special insights, reports and documentaries.