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A chat with Emmanuelle Devos, who in 2002 won a Cesar for best actress for her role in Sur Mes Lèvres, by Jacques Audiard. In 2010, she won the best actress for her supporting role in Xavier Giannoli's film À L'Origine.

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A chat with Emmanuelle Devos, who in 2002 won a Cesar for best actress

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Juliette Binoche, who won the Best Actress in 2010 for her role in Certified Copy by Abbas Kiarostami, reflects upon what it's like to win an award at Cannes.

Juliette Binoche reflects upon what it's like to win an award at Cannes

Cannes, the Moment Before: Juliette Binoche

Today, British director Ken Loach speaks of his experiences at the Cannes Film Festival. He received the Palme d'or in 2006 for his film The Wind That Shakes the Barley.

Today, British director Ken Loach speaks of his experiences at the Cannes Film Festival

Ken Loach

At chat with the duo Delépine and Kervern, the iconoclastic French filmmakers, whose film Le grand soir was rewarded with the special prize of the jury.

At chat with the duo Delépine and Kervern, the iconoclastic French filmmakers

Delépine/Kervern

Today, the director Bertrand Bonello, whose films Saint Laurent and L'Apollonide were selected in official competition, talks about his experience of Cannes. 

The director Bertrand Bonello, behind such films as Saint Laurent and L'Apollonide

Bertrand Bonello

Asia Argento reflects upon what it was like to be selected in 2014 in the category "Un Certain Regard" for her fourth film. The Italian actress, screenwriter and director is a regular at the festival.

Asia Argento reflects upon what it was like to be selected in 2014 in the category "Un Certain Regard" for her fourth film

Asia Argento

German filmmaker Wim Wenders won the Palme d'or for Paris, Texas in 1984. He describes that it was like to win.

German filmmaker Wim Wenders won the Palme d'or for Paris, Texas in 1984

Cannes, the Moment Before : Wim Wenders

Paolo Sorrentino, the Italian director, is often in the running against many other cinema greats at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2015, he presented Youth, with Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel.

Paolo Sorrentino, the Italian director, is often in the running against many other cinema greats at the Cannes Film Festival

Paolo Sorrentino

The Italian composer Ennio Morricone, author of more than 400 original soundtracks, reflects on the film he felt was too beautiful to write a score for.

The Italian composer Ennio Morricone, author of more than 400 original soundtracks, on Cannes

Ennio Morricone

Michael Haneke is one of the few filmmakers to have won the Palme d'Or twice, with "Le ribbon blanc" (2009) and "Amour" (2012).

Michael Haneke is one of the few filmmakers to have won the Palme d'Or twice

Michael Haneke

Mathieu Amalric, with his dual perspective as both actor and director, talks about being given the Jury Prize and the Prix Fipresci in 2010 for Tournée.

Mathieu Amalric, on being given the Jury Prize and the Prix Fipresci for Tournée

Cannes, the Moment Before: Mathieu Amalric

Thierry Frémaux is Director of the Institut Lumière de Lyon and general delegate at the Cannes Film Festival. He has become one of the strongest personalities in French cinema.

Thierry Frémaux is one of the strongest personalities in French cinema

Cannes, the Moment Before: Thierry Frémaux

During the Cannes Film Festival, great figures of cinema recount  their   memories of one of the most important moments of their lives. Today: the actress Léa Seydoux, who won the 2013 Palme d'Or for 'Blue Is the Warmest Colour', along with director Abdellatif Kechiche and the other lead, Adèle Exarchopoulos.

Actress Léa Seydoux won the 2013 Palme d'Or for 'Blue Is the Warmest Colour'

Cannes, the Moment Before: Léa Seydoux

A talk with Marjane Satrapi about what it's like to win one of the most prestigious awards in the film industry. After the worldwide success of his cartoon Persepolis, his film adaptation won the Jury Prize of the Festival de Cannes in 2007.

A talk with Marjane Satrapi about what it's like to win one of the most prestigious awards in the film industry

Marjane Satrapi

During the Cannes Film Festival, great figures of cinema recount  their   memories of one of the most important moments of their lives. Today: the Hungarian director Laszlo Nemes won Grand Jury Prize in 2015 for 'The Son of Saul.'


The Hungarian director Laszlo Nemes won Grand Jury Prize in 2015 for 'The Son of Saul'


Cannes, the Moment Before: Laszlo Nemes

During the Cannes Film Festival, great figures of cinema recount their memories of one of the most important moments of their lives. This episode: Emir Kusturica, twice winner of the Palme d'Or for 'When Father Was Away on Business' and for 'Underground'.


Emir Kusturica, twice winner of the Palme d'Or for 'When Father Was Away on Business' and for 'Underground'


Cannes, the Moment Before: Emir Kusturica

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Jan Vormann is an inventor, a sculptor and a dreamer. He wants us to bring colour into our lives by repairing our cities with Lego.

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Mohamed Ali was aware of the power of image. A genius boxer and king of communication, he surrounded himself with the best photographers of his time and attracted the interest of the press, shaping his own iconography. So how did Muhammad Ali win the fight to control his image?

Mohamed Ali wasn't just a genius boxer, but a king of communication

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Tracks dives into the world of augmented reality, avatars and hologram performances. With ABBA and others pioneering avatar performance, is nostalgia pushing technology forward? Also in the programme: Synth pop French musician Oklou and German DJ, Boys Noize.

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Holo Life - Avatars and Holograms

Discover contemporary cycling culture in three European cities: Berlin, the unofficial capital of vintage racing bikes. London, where cycle-cafés also hold speed dating evenings and Amsterdam where cyclists stand out from the crowd with style.

Cycling as Lifestyle

Discover contemporary cycling culture in three European cities: Berlin, London and Amsterdam.

Biking Boom

Yetundey is originally from Leipzig and mixes styles and influences. Layla Boe wants to make the German language smoother in her music.

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Ever notice how utterly bizarre lions in medieval manuscripts look? It's like the artist had never been to a zoo or searched for 'lion' in Google images or something. Oh, wait...

Ever notice how utterly bizarre lions in medieval manuscripts look?

Why Are Medieval Lions So Strange?

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Meet two of Poland's oldest hippies: Juliusz (92) and Krystof (77) have been living on the shores of Lake Solina, in almost total isolation and surrounded by nature and animals, for decades. But life in the middle of nowhere is increasingly hard on their aging bodies. 

Meet two of Poland's oldest hippies: Juliusz (92) and Krystof (77)

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Behind his polite exterior lies a formidable leader with a ruthless character, ready to do anything to make China the world's leading power by the People’s Republic’s centenary in 2049. This well-documented portrait of the Chinese president gives an unprecedented insight into his politics and shows how Xi Jinping's personal journey has shaped his choices as he steers China towards world domination.

A portrait of the Chinese president giving an unprecedented insight into his politics and showing how Xi Jinping's personal journey has shaped his choices as he steers China towards world domination.

The New World of Xi Jinping

To celebrate 50 years of French radio station FIP, Sting gives a special performance in the monumental surroundings of the Pantheon in Paris.

50 Years of FIP Radio

Sting at the Pantheon in Paris

Saudi Arabia is reputed to be one of the richest and most conservative nations on the planet. But how do its citizens live today?

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Saudi Arabia: The West

Lowriding is a passion for cars where owners customise their vintage vehicles to look cool gliding along the Los Angeles boulevards. For long a male-only pursuit, more and more women are getting into it lowriding.

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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.

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In recent years Oman has been opening up to western tourists. What awaits them is a land of mountains, deserts, fjords, and pristine beaches.

Fairytale Oman

Faced with more frequent and violent natural disasters caused by climate change, animals and plants are adapting. Some species, such as sharks, which are able to sense the change in atmospheric pressure of a coming hurricane, move away from danger. Others learn to live with it, such as curlews, which use the hot ash from erupting volcanoes in Papua New Guinea to incubate their eggs. A surprising and inspiring documentary about nature's survivors.

How Animals and Plants Survive

Faced with more frequent and violent natural disasters caused by climate change, animals and plants are adapting. A surprising and inspiring documentary about nature's survivors.

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Stuttgart Ballet performs ‘Onegin’, John Cranko’s acclaimed 1965 choreography of Alexander Pushkin’s novel. Classical ballet at its best in a version created for the cinema.

A Ballet by John Cranko

Stuttgart Ballet performs ‘Onegin’, John Cranko’s acclaimed 1965 choreography of Alexander Pushkin’s novel.

Onegin

Pippi Longstocking, the superhumanly strong redhead with pigtails and freckles, conquers the world of classical ballet. The Swedish dancer and choreographer Pär Isberg stages Astrid Lindgren’s favourite character from the Villa Villekulla for the Helsinki opera house. The ballet music is the work of Georg Riedel and Stefan Nilsson.

From the Helsinki Opera

The Swedish dancer and choreographer Pär Isberg stages Astrid Lindgren’s favourite character for the Helsinki opera house.

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Vadum Minsyuk and Yuri Andreyev fled the war in eastern Ukraine in 2014. In search of a new beginning, they decided to start a new life in the Chernobyl region, close to the exclusion zone from the 1986 nuclear disaster. The dangers of radiation are better than the rockets of war.

Vadum Minsyuk and Yuri Andreyev fled the war in eastern Ukraine to start a new life in the Chernobyl region,  The dangers of radiation are better than the rockets of war for them.

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The Indian state of Sikkim has banned pesticides completely, allowing only organic farming. The results: healthy food and healthy soils.

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Iraq in 2022: Will the emerging nation succeed in resisting foreign influence and from Iran in particular? What does the future hold for the Kurdish autonomous region? And will the USA ever really leave?

Iraq in 2022: Will the emerging nation succeed in resisting influence from foreign powers, and from Iran in particular? 

Iraq - A Sovereign Country?

The United Arab Emirates includes the sci-fi like cities of Abu Dhabi and Dubai with their breath taking towers and impressive beach resorts. It is also a land of expats with residents from over two hundred different nations.

The United Arab Emirates includes the sci-fi like cities of Abu Dhabi and Dubai. It is also a land of expats with residents from over two hundred different nations.

United Arab Emirates

It's big business: in summer, hundreds of kilos of mushrooms are illegally picked every day in Romanian forests. They are then transported to Italy by intermediaries where they are sold at astronomical prices. Romanian authorities do nothing as the forests are looted unsustainably for their grey gold.

It's big business: in summer, hundreds of kilos of mushrooms are illegally picked every day in Romanian forests

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A journey through Middle-earth, or rather New Zealand. Peter Jackson used the natural beauty of his native land to great effect in his film adaptation of J.R.R Tolkien’s classic trilogy. A tour through locations for the Shire, the Misty Mountains and Mordor… 

Cult Film Locations

A journey through New Zealand used to great effect in the film adaptation of Tolkien’s classic.

Looking for the Lord of the Rings

Carolyn Carlson and her company bid farewell to each other in a final creation. On the Chaillot theatre stage in Paris, the legendary choreographer and performer presents The Tree (Fragments of poetics on fire), an ode to nature and the elements.

Théâtre de Chaillot

The legendary American choreographer presents The Tree (Fragments of poetics on fire), an ode to nature and the elements.

Carolyn Carlson's The Tree

A special gala concert to celebrate five years of Hamburg’s fantastic new concert hall, the Elbphilharmonie, opened on January 11 2017. The NDR Elbphilharmonie orchestra performs works by Adams, Adès and Salonen with conductor Alan Gilbert and pianist Kiril Gerstein.

With Kirill Gerstein, Alan Gilbert and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

A special gala concert to celebrate five years of Hamburg’s fantastic new concert hall, the Elbphilharmonie.

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Millions of people worldwide suffer from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS), an extreme and persistent exhaustion for which there is no cure. An investigation into a little known illness focusing on the experiences of three individuals suffering from CFS: Ralf, Sonja and Aileen.

ME/CFS – A Misunderstood Illness

 An investigation into little understood illness focusing on the experiences of three individuals suffering from CFS: Ralf, Sonja and Aileen.

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Sting was an ecologically-conscious yogi hipster before it was even a thing. He's always been fighting for our right to enjoy a better future than the one we are making for ourselves. Perhaps a strange mission for someone with punk musical roots?

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