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284 Russian soldiers are still missing in Afghanistan from the Soviet-Afghan War, a conflict that ended in 1989. ARTE Reportage goes in search of these lost red army soldiers

Afghanistan: Lost Soldiers of the Red Army

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Germany in the 21st century is unthinkable without Angela Merkel, leading the country for the last 16 years. Ms Merkel grew up in the GDR before beginning her political career in the united Germany. A look at the Germany she leads as she approaches the end of her political career.

Mapping the World

A look at the Germany of Angela Merket as she approaches the end of her political career after 16 years as chancellor.

Germany: Angela Merkeland?

An expedition through France, discovering its wild nature and varied landscapes.

Deepest France

20 years ago, on September 11, 2001, 3,000 people died when al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four planes. Mapping the World looks back on the 20-year struggle against Islamic terrorism, from Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda to the so-called Islamic State, Boko Haram, and other jihadist organisations.

Mapping the World looks back on the 20-year struggle against Islamic terrorism

20 Years of War against Terrorism

The Lausanne Chamber Orchestra and its new musical director, the French violinist Renaud Capuçon, perform Bach's first two violin concertos, Mendelssohn's "Italian" Symphony and Arvo Pärt's Tabula Rasa.

Performing Bach's first two violin concertos, Mendelssohn's "Italian" Symphony and Arvo Pärt's Tabula Rasa.

Renaud Capuçon and Lausanne Chamber Orchestra

The great earthquake of 1999 which caused 18,000 deaths still haunts the memory of the people of Istanbul. The Turkish city of some 15 million souls lies over an active fault line which seismologists believe is due for another earthquake. Is the city on the Bosphorus prepared?

Predicting Earthquakes on the Bosphorus

The Turkish city of some 15 million souls lies over an active fault line which seismologists believe is due for another earthquake. Is the city on the Bosphorus prepared?

Trembling Istanbul

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With its grand churches, palaces and ruins, the Eternal City has a majestic architectural heritage that bears witness to its past grandeur. This subtle charm, which captivates millions of tourists from all over the world every year, is nevertheless a challenge for city planners and conservationists.
Can Rome become a modern metropolis while keeping hold of its glorious past?

Can Rome become a modern metropolis while keeping hold of its glorious past?

Enchanting Rome

There are an estimated 1,500 active volcanoes on Earth and in the 20th century, 437 of them erupted in places like the United States, Russia, Indonesia and Japan. Both a blessing and a curse, they have shaped our world on land and at the sea.

There are an estimated 1,500 active volcanoes on Earth and in the 20th century, 437 of them erupted. Both a blessing and a curse, they have shaped our world on land and at the sea.

A World of Volcanoes

Stanislaw Lem is Poland's most famous sci-fi writer who predicted smartphones and virtual reality decades in advance. Yet his life is shrouded in mystery and full of paradoxes. How did he manage to survive the Holocaust? What were his true feelings towards communism? How did he manage to keep up with international science and technology with such outstanding accuracy - whilst living on the outskirts of Krakow, behind the Iron Curtain? And why did he write for the Catholic weekly “Tygodnik Powszechny”, while being openly atheist?

Author of Solaris

Poland's most famous sci-fi writer predicted smartphones and virtual reality decades in advance. Yet his life is shrouded in mystery and paradox. Who was he really?

Stanisław Lem

25-year-old Sibel lives with her father and sister in a secluded village in the mountains of Turkey’s Black Sea region. Sibel is a mute, but she communicates by using the ancestral whistled language of the area. Rejected by her fellow villagers, she relentlessly hunts down a wolf that is said to be prowling in the neighbouring forest, sparking off fears and fantasies among the village women. There she crosses path with a fugitive. Injured, threatening and vulnerable, he is the first one to take a fresh look at her.

25-year-old Sibel relentlessly hunts down a wolf that is said to be prowling in the neighbouring forest.

Sibel

After eight years of restauration, one of the greatest works of art ever made looks once again as its creators intended. The monumental tableau that is the Ghent Altarpiece, also known as the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, captures the viewer with its intense realism and complicated symbolism. A full immersion into this revolutionary work that looked forward to the modern world.

The monumental tableau that is the Ghent Altarpiece captures the viewer with its intense realism and complicated symbolism.

Secrets of the Ghent Altarpiece

Domino Effect tells the stories of four people in Germany, France and the West Bank, whose lives suddenly turn upside down when they go viral on social media. Their moment of fame – or infamy – sparks debated about terrorism, violence against women, freedom of expression and activism.

Domino Effect tells the stories of four people whose lives suddenly turn upside down when they go viral on social media.

Domino Effect

1974: ABBA’s victory at the Eurovision Song Contest was a taste of things to come. But a year later, when it was up to Sweden to host the Eurovision, the counterculture mobilised big time. On Channel 1 was the Eurovision and on Channel 2, a rival, parody version of the competition designed to mock ABBA and mainstream music as hopelessly capitalist and try hard.

ABBA

When it was up to Sweden to host the Eurovision, the counterculture mobilised big time in a bid to take down ABBA

"The Hare and the Tortoise" or "The Ant and the Cricket" - who has not heard of the fables of La Fontaine? 400 years later, the allegorical stories of the French court poet have lost none of their entertaining qualities and modernity. This elegant documentary looks at the life and work of the famous French fabulist, a source of inspiration for illustrators across the centuries.

A look at the life and work of the famous French fabulist, a source of inspiration for illustrators across the centuries.

Jean de la Fontaine and his Fables

Four women comic book artists from the Arab World, Tunisian Nadia Khiari, Lebanese Lena Merhej, Moroccan Zainab Fasiki and Egyptian Deena Mohamed open the doors of their studios and tell us about their experiences and their struggles. Ten years after the beginning of the Arab Spring how can they express themselves in the medium as Arab women?

Four women comic book artists from the Arab World open up their studios and talk about their work, experiences and struggles. 

Arab Women Comic Book Artists

Opening the prestigious Lucerne Festival, maestro Riccardo Chailly conducts the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in a performance of Brahms and Mozart.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) - Ouverture to Don Giovanni , K. 527
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) - Symphony in G minor, K. 550
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) - Symphony n° 6 in C Major, D 589
 
Recorded on 13 August at the Lucerne Festival, Switzerland.

Lucerne Festival 2021

Opening the prestigious Lucerne Festival, maestro Riccardo Chailly conducts the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in a performance of Brahms and Mozart.

Riccardo Chailly Conducts Mozart and Schubert

Never in history has humanity had so much free time to think. But what are we going to do with this precious resource? Are we going to dedicate it to knowledge-sharing and self-development? Or to cat memes and getting angry at strangers on the Internet? Gérald Bronner, sociologist, and Michel Desmurget, researcher in cognitive neuroscience, explain.

Philosophy

How humanity went from inventing philosophy to sharing cat memes

Brain Time: A Precious Commodity

One of the most important Bronze Age burial sites is at the Jutland village of Etved in Denmark. In 1921 a mummy of a girl was uncovered dating from 1370 BCE offering a fascinating insight into the day to day lives of our Bronze Age ancestors.

 In 1921 a mummy of a girl was uncovered dating from 1370 BCE offering an insight into life during the Bronze Age.  

The Egtved Girl

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This documentary, co-written with the chairman of the parliamentary commission of inquiry, Georges Fenech, looks back on how lives could have been saved if decisions made at the head of French police and the government had been different.

On the horrific night of 13th November 2015, French bureaucracy contributed to the terrible death toll

Bataclan: The Paris Attacks

The Cabo Delgado region, in north-eastern Mozambique, has been struggling for the past 4 years. Al-Shabab jihadists, affiliated with the Islamic State since 2019, are wreaking havoc there. The number of violent attacks perpetrated tripled throughout 2020 compared to the previous year and many people fear for the future. 

ARTE Reportage

In north-eastern Mozambique, Al-Shabab is terrorising locals

Mozambique: Escape From Al-Shabab

Falmata had a price on her head from Boko Haram because she was a businesswoman. She barely survived and lost everything. As for Mala, he survived a recent massacre of farmers - but has not dared to go out to the fields since.
The city of Bama in northern Nigeria, liberated seven months ago, is just beginning to recover after being the centre of a Boko Haram caliphate.

The city of Bama in northern Nigeria, liberated seven months ago, is just beginning to recover after being the centre of a Boko Haram caliphate.

Nigeria: Surviving Boko Haram

Since 2012 Islamist extremists have been in control of northern Mali, taking advantage of an uprising by Tuareg separatists and the weakness of the Bamako government. A report on how local armed forces are fighting terrorism in the sparsely populated and politically fragile Sahel region.

Since 2012 Islamist extremists have been in control of northern Mali, taking advantage of an uprising by Tuareg separatists and the weakness of the Bamako government.

Mali: On the Jihadi Frontline

What is life like after experiencing a terrorist attack? In 2016 teacher Fouad Zaim lost two students and a colleague, caught up in the Nice truck attack whilst on a school trip. 5 years later he returns to the French city for closure.

What is life like after experiencing a terrorist attack? In 2016 teacher Fouad Zaim lost two students and a colleague, caught up in the Nice truck attack whilst on a school trip.

Nice: 5 Years Later

20 years after 9/11 and during the Bataclan terrorist trials in Paris, we take a look at the terrorist threat.

The Fight Against Terrorism

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The historian Herodotus in the fifth century BC said that Egypt was "a gift from the Nile", and from the pharaohs to Nasser, the Nile has played a vital role in Egypt's fortunes. But Ethiopia now intends to remind leaders in Cairo that the Nile is not just an Egyptian river.

Ethiopia wants to remind Egypt that the Nile is not just Egyptian

Geopolitics of the Nile

Watani - My Homeland is the story of one family's struggle to survive the Syrian Civil War. Having lost her husband, the mother makes the heart achingly painful decision to leave her homeland, in search of safety and a brighter future for her children. Filmed over three years, this film chronicles the family's journey from the front-line in Aleppo, to the little town of Goslar in Germany. Escaping the chaos and terror of their war torn homeland becomes a catalyst for a different kind of struggle; the struggle to understand your past and accept your present, to adapt to a new life, to hold on to hope, and the idea of belonging to a homeland.

Watani - My Homeland is the story of one family's struggle to survive the Syrian Civil War. 

Watani: My Homeland

August 15 2021: The Taliban take Kabul. As the international coalition leaves after 20 years of intervention, there is chaos at the airport with Afghans trying desperately to get out. ARTE follows four Afghan civilians in the last few days before the fall of Kabul as their worst nightmares become reality.

Afghan Civilians in Danger

ARTE follows four Afghan civilians in the last few days before the fall of Kabul as their worst nightmares become reality.

Re: The Taliban in Kabul

In 2016, Colombia the country signed a historic peace treaty with the FARC rebels. This was intended to mend the deep rift in Colombian society, which has long been divided into two extreme camps: on the one hand the Marxist revolutionary guerrilla, on the other the ultra-conservative right and paramilitary militias. But the violence that has shaped the recent history of the country is far from over.

Colombia is still struggling to control violence from extreme groups and drug cartels

Colombia: A Nation in Revolt

Darío Aguirre is from Ecuador, living in Germany with his wife. When the city of Hamburg unexpectedly invited him to become a German citizen, Darío revisits his rocky path to building a life for himself in Europe and wonders about who he has become. This film is about arriving and living abroad in a time when xenophobia is suddenly acceptable again in Germany, and society is struggling to find the right way to integrate new citizens.

What it's like to live in Germany as a foreigner when xenophobia is suddenly socially acceptable again.

How I Became German

The number of billionaires in the world has rocketed over the last forty years. Many of them engage in charity work and philanthropy. But why do the super-rich give their money away? Are rich benefactors truly altruistic? Or are they driven by a thirst for power and influence?
An unprecedented look into the world of extreme wealth following three women billionaires in China, Russia and the United States.

A Contradiction in Terms?

An unprecedented look into the world of rich benefactors following three women billionaires in China, Russia and the United States.

Billionaire Philanthropists

There are over one million ‘moon wells’ in Spain, illegal wells dug at night to satisfy the unquenchable thirst for water of the agricultural sector. In one of the driest countries in Europe, water is a uniquely valuable resource pitting farmers against environmental campaigners.

The Battle for Water

In one of the driest countries in Europe, water is a uniquely valuable resource pitting farmers against environmental campaigners.

Re: Moon Wells of Spain

Giving up on saying no because it's easier to just let things happen to you rather than fight them isn't the same as consent, psychoanalyst Clotilde Leguil explains. But informed consent is almost impossible to achieve: instead, consent has to be an ongoing process, not a contract. Annick Billon, a senator from Vendée and the author of the bill aiming to protect children from sexual abuse, also weights in.

Giving up on saying no isn't the same as consent

Is Not Saying "No" the Same as Consent?

An overview of the history of Portugal. Great trading nation and colonial power of yore, Portugal became one of the West’s poorest nations in the 20th century before undergoing a renaissance in recent years.

Portugal: Small Country, Big History

Chinese men are suffering. There are simply not enough women to go around since China implemented its one-child policy in 1979.  This means that 1 in 5 Chinese men will not be able to find a partner in five years’ time.

Chinese men are suffering. There are simply not enough women to go around since China implemented its one-child policy in 1979. 

China: Men without Women

For decades, the middle classes were what held post-war Europe together. Confidence in the Republic and its values was a given for the French middle classes who saw the state as a force for good and believed in social mobility. That all changed with the Yellow Vest movement (2018-2019) which saw angry protests against the government. This documentary follows participants in this movement.

For decades, the middle classes were what held post-war France together.  But that all changed with the Yellow Vest movement (2018-2019) which saw angry protests against the government. 

The Working Poor in Revolt

Incisive investigative documentaries and reportage

In Depth

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Welcome to Afghanistan, the land of the magnificent mountains of the Hindu Kush and a country of great ethnic diversity. Its complex history is characterised by an almost permanent state of war.

Afghanistan - A Troubled Country

By negotiating with the Taliban after 19 years of conflict, the Americans are leaving Afghanistan still largely controlled by the fundamentalist organisation. After a conflict which claimed 250,000 civilian lives, and with the Afghan people abandoned by the West, what has this war actually achieved?

Afghans - Victims of Peace

Twenty years after the fall of the Taliban regime, the last foreign troops are leaving Afghanistan. But without them, Afghan security forces fear they'll struggle to contain the advance of the insurgents. Terror attacks are on the rise, and the group is said to already control nearly half the country. The return to power of the fundamentalists seems inevitable.

The last foreign troops are leaving Afghanistan, leading to fears of a Taliban resurgence

Afghanistan: The Land of the Taliban

In May 2020 armed men stormed a maternity clinic in Kabul, killing indiscriminately. Midwives, pregnant women and new-borns were killed and injured. The tragedy shocked the nation. Whilst the Afghan government negotiates with the Taliban, babies seem to have become targets in a never-ending war.

 Whilst the Afghan government negotiates with the Taliban, babies seem to have become targets in a never-ending war.

Afghanistan: Babies as Targets

Zarifa Ghafari is the mayor of the conservative provincial city of Maidan Shar. When she first became mayor there were protests by men trying to bar her from entering the town hall. She has big dreams for the future of her country and her city, but as the youngest and first ever female mayor in Wardak province, the odds are stacked against her. 

Zarifa, aged just 27, is her city's first female mayor. An achievement anywhere, but in Afghanistan, it's a miracle

A Female Mayor in Afghanistan

18 years after American troops first arrived in Afghanistan, the United States has announced their withdrawal. Can the Afghan forces keep the Taliban at bay without help from NATO?

Afghanistan: After the American Withdrawal

Mini Circus for Children helps children in Kabul to build a future without violence. The school teaches children circus arts such as juggling, unicycling and clowning and practices a policy of bringing together different ethnic communities.

Mini Circus for Children helps children in Kabul to build a future without violence, bringing together different ethnic communities.

Afghanistan: Acrobats for Reconciliation

With the withdrawal of NATO troops, the Taliban has taken back control of Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: Taliban Land

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Living at high altitude in the Andes, the Q’eros people of Peru are perhaps the last guardians of Inca traditions. Their mix of Christianity and Andean beliefs fascinates photographer Franck Charton who has come to document the ‘Qoyllurit’i’, an impressive religious festival of processions, dances and prayer.

Travelling Photographers

Living at high altitude in the Andes, the Q’eros people of Peru are perhaps the last guardians of Inca traditions. 

Peru: People of the High Andes

Since 1963, a unique railway line has traversed Mauritania and its oceans of sand. The 2.5-kilometre-long desert train, with more than 100 wagons, was built to transport iron ore to the Atlantic coast and has become a vital means of transport for the desert inhabitants.

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The 2.5-kilometre-long desert train, with more than 100 wagons, was built to transport iron ore to the Atlantic coast and has become a vital means of transport for the desert inhabitants.

Mauritania: The Desert Train

Kyoto has been at the epicentre of Japanese culture for over a thousand years. Along its traditional alleys lined with wooden houses and sliding doors, geisha can still be spotted in their kimono and obi. At once works of art and artists at work, they embody a uniquely Japanese way of life.

City Country Culture

Geisha are at once works of art and artists at work, and embody a uniquely Japanese way of life

Geisha, the Ladies of Kyoto

A look at the city as you've never seen it before: welcome to a  splendid aerial discovery of Buenos Aires. On the rooftops of one of the most dynamic cities in the world, discover daytime tango classes, urban art, cinema, the development of renewable energy and maté  tasting. 

A  splendid aerial discovery of the Argentinian capital.

City Rooftops: Buenos Aires

In the remote valleys of the Hindu Kush live the Kalash people, the smallest ethnic minority in Pakistan. With a distinct culture and polytheistic religion, they are said to be descendants of Alexander the Great’s troops. But modern life is reaching their valleys and their culture and way of live is under threat.

In the remote valleys of the Hindu Kush live the Kalash people, the smallest ethnic minority in Pakistan.

The Kalash of the Hindu Kush

From Peru to India to Papua New Guinea, photographer/ethnographers travel to the four corners of the globe to meet people and discover their traditions.

In France, the bungalow evokes holidays in the sun. In the UK, they are humble everyday dwellings for grandparents. But in Germany or the United States, they take on a very different form: they are a bourgeois luxury, a single-storey villa with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking nature. Inspired by the "bangalo", a traditional one-storey Bengal house open to the outside, this style was also a staple of colonial architecture. 

In the US and Germany, bungalows are a bourgeois luxury

Bungalow

Since ancient times Indigo’s rich blue has been in demand  
for clothes and other fabrics. Makers of natural indigo dye in rural Mexico follow an age-old and laborious process, but cheaper synthetic equivalents threaten this tradition.

Mexico's Indigo Artisans

Makers of natural indigo dye in rural Mexico follow an age-old and laborious process, but cheaper synthetic equivalents threaten this tradition.

The Guardians of Colour

In Japan the television screen, the computer or the smartphone are gateways between our world and the spirit world. Tokyo Paranormal takes us through the emblematic figures of the Japanese supernatural world and the places that terrify contemporary Japan.

In Japan the television, the computer or the smartphone are gateways between our world and the spirit world.

Tokyo Paranormal

Known as the Polish Manchester, Poland’s third city was an industrial powerhouse in the 19th century. Today the vast brick warehouses and factories are being renewed by artists and artisans.

Łódź - Poland's Other Capital

Travel & Adventure

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In Kabul, Masomah Alizada was part of the women's cycling team. Threatened by the Taliban, her family had to leave Afghanistan and have been living as refugees in France for four years. But her cycling dreams aren't over.

Masomah Alizada had to flee Afghanistan after she was threatened by the Taliban for being part of a women's cycling team

Afghanistan: The Olympic Dream

Since 1989, the Visa Festival has been an unmissable event for photoreporters around the world. It's a chance to visit exhibitions, discover new projects, and meet with the photographers themselves. They tell of their work, what drives them, and their sometimes traumatic experiences in the field.

War photographers explain what drives them, and their sometimes traumatic experiences in the field

France: War Photographers at the Visa Festival

Moria, Europe's largest refugee camp, has become one giant shanty town. When Covid struck, those living in the camp felt abandoned as things turned from bad to worse.
Maurice Joyeux, from the Jesuit Refugee Service, and his friend Mortaza Behboudi chose this very moment to return to Lesbos, to find the forgotten people of the pandemic, surviving in this squalid and unsanitary camp.

Moria, Europe's largest refugee camp, has become one giant shanty town. When Covid struck, those living in the camp felt abandoned as things turned from bad to worse.

Greece: Moria - A Living Hell

Latvia has lost 13% of its population in the last 20 years. Due to the pandemic, there's been an upsurge in the number of young people deciding to return home. Brexit is also fuelling the trend: a third of the Latvian diaspora currently still live in Great Britain. But after a shrinking population for so long, is it too late to turn the tide?

Latvia has lost 13% of its population in recent decades. Due to the pandemic, there's been an upsurge in the number of people returning home

Latvia: Brain Drain

On 4 January 2021, a London court denied the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the United States - where he faces up to 175 years in prison, accused of publishing hundreds of thousands of confidential documents. But the judicial battle continues: the US government has appealed, while Assange remains in Belmarsh maximum security prison.
Continuing from ARTE’s five-year investigation into the Assange affair, this report delves once again into the complicated case.

Continuing from ARTE’s five-year investigation into the Assange affair, this report delves once again into the complicated case.

The Extradition of Julian Assange

Children in Nigeria who are accused of being witches are cast out into the streets by their families. There, they desperately try to earn enough to live by going through rubbish dumps. They are easy targets for predators, and sexual abuse is an every day occurrence.

Children in Nigeria who are accused of being witches are cast out into the streets, where they are easy targets for predators

Nigeria: The Plight of the Witch Children

Repeatedly bombarded, attacked from all sides and besieged by the military, the inhabitants of Jebel Marra live cut off from the world. They rely on the mountains for their survival, drinking mountain water and eating fruits that grow in the area, while their cattle graze on the abundant grass.

Repeatedly bombarded, attacked from all sides and besieged by the military, the inhabitants of Jebel Marra live cut off from the world