Der Sommer und alles andere

"L'Estate e tutto il resto" (2018)

L'été et tout le reste

"El verano y todo lo demás" (2018)

The Summer and All the Rest

"Lato i cała reszta" (2018)

<p>At the end of summer, two young Corsicans find themselves alone on their island after the summer tourist season. Michael dreams of leaving, but will his friend Marc-Antoine be able to break out of his routine?</p>

Sven Bresser

At the end of summer, two young Corsicans find themselves alone on their island after the summer tourist season.

In the far north, an Inuit tale about a man with two sensibilities, female and male... This short film won the Best Animated Short Film Award at Flickerfest 2016.

Fabrice Luang-Vija

He Who Has Two Souls (2015)

At the end of summer, two young Corsicans find themselves alone on their island after the summer tourist season. Michael dreams of leaving, but will his friend Marc-Antoine be able to break out of his routine?

Should you hide your pain and withdraw into one’s own world? Or is forgiveness and understanding the answer? At her father's deathbed, a woman recalls her difficult relationship with him.

Daria Kashcheeva

At her father's deathbed, a woman recalls her difficult relationship with him. An animated short film.

Daughter

Desperate to stop the factory from shutting, an employee at a chemical plant decides to kidnap the owner’s young son in this highly acclaimed short film.

Rémi Allier

Little Hand (2017)

Two young men find themselves on the same ferry to Lampedusa; it is their first day, one as an undertaker, the other as a diver. They don't know each other, yet their destiny will be forever marked by their mission on the island.

A short by Alessandro Di Gregorio

Two young people find themselves on the same ferry to Lampedusa; it is their first day at work.

Frontiera

Luna and Diego are security guards in a car park. The first works by day, the second by night. When she plays back security footage, Luna discovers a new facet of her colleague's personality. Winner of the Palme d'or at Cannes in 2016.

Juanjo Giménez

Timecode (2016)

Filmed in one take, this tragi-comic short about the end of the world won the German Short Film prize in 2019 (Golden Lola).

Jürgen Heimüller

The Last Five Minutes of the World (2019)

An animated musical, the film is divided into four episodes which take place in a supermarket, a long-stay hotel, a call centre and a hamburger joint. Winner of Best Short Film at the Swedish Guldbagge Awards 2018.

Niki Lindroth von Bahr

This animated animal musical is about the burden of life and precarious working conditions.

The Burden (2017)

Carlos is a caretaker in a white-collar residential building in Buenos Aires. His daily life is disrupted by the appearance of a water leak...

Konstantina Kotzamani

Electric Swan (2019)

Trapped in a world of role-play, Miguel plays constantly with his sister Clara. They share a close bond that is strengthened by her illness. But despite his best efforts, Miguel feels that his sister is missing something that he cannot provide. As Clara's health is failing, Miguel goes in search of what she needs.

Carlos Conceiçao

Miguel decides to offer his seriously ill sister the services of a handsome stranger.

Bad Bunny (2017)

Serious and offbeat characters give their opinion on pornography and obscenity in the contemporary world... This animated short is a plea for freedom of expression and free will.

A Short film by Eric Ledune

Pornography

Short Films of Europe

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.

Tracks East

A fervent supporter of Scottish independence, musician Neil Mackay is organising large-scale demonstrations for an exit from the United Kingdom. With high inflation, Scotland, like the rest of the United Kingdom Is going through a hard winter. But will a second independence referendum be the solution? The question divides Scottish society.

Leaving the UK?

With high inflation, Scotland, like the rest of the United Kingdom Is going through a hard winter. But will a second independence referendum be the solution? The question divides Scottish society.

Re: Scotland in Crisis

France’s President Emmanuel Macron forced through an unpopular reform of the country’s pension system – and the French aren’t having it. We travel to Romania to find out about a possible law to ban gambling adverts, and look at how to protect Europeans from addictions.

France’s pension reform / Gambling / Photography

Protests erupt across France in response to the government’s pension reform bill, and we explore gambling across Europe.

ARTE Europe Weekly

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.

Legendary and highly influential indie rockers perform in Paris as part of their European tour.

Pixies - Live at the Paris Olympia

At once seductive and dangerous, historical myth and male fantasy, the femme fatale represents both erotic promise and a death trap to the male observer. Conceived at the end of the 19th century in the works of Gustave Moreau, Franz von Stuck and Lovis Corinth, the femme fatale was completely reinvented in the 20th century by many female artists.

Seductive and dangerous, the figure of the femme fatale in art was completely reinvented in the 20th century.

The Femme Fatale in Art

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

The decisive moment in 1618 that triggered the Thirty Years' War between Catholics and Protestants and changed the course of European history.

The decisive moment in 1618 that triggered the Thirty Years' War between Catholics and Protestants. 

The Defenestration of Prague

Tensions between Moldova and Russia are escalating over the breakaway region of Transnistria, an investigation on how prepared Europe is for another summer of wildfires, and a report from the Dissident Club in Paris.

Tensions in Moldova / WildFires in Europe

Tensions between Moldova and Russia are escalating with street protests and controversy over Russian secret documents.

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: A Chinese Threat?

Mapping the World Essentials

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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.

Data Sources

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

The Prigozhin Papers

At first glance, it's an image of innocence. A motherly milkmaid pouring out the milk in a kitchen, preparing snacks from our childhoods. But there's actually far more to her than meets the eye.

The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer

A famous image that at first glance looks totally innocent, but is in actual fact full of innuendo

Look but Don't Touch

Lyubov, which means love in Russian, is 80 years old and lives alone on the shores of Lake Baikal. She bears witness to this wonder of nature and possesses and unbreakable bond with the world’s deepest lake in Siberia. Her life here is hard, especially in winter, but she would not live anywhere else.

On the shores of Lake Baikal, an old woman lives alone in a beautiful place that is dear to her heart.

The Old Woman and the Lake

Working her way out of poverty as a sex worker all while supporting her family in Romania. That’s Andrada’s goal. She speaks confidently and openly about her work in a red-light district in Germany’s Ruhr region.  
This programme by German channel ARD is part of The European Collection, a joint initiative of European public media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Portrait of a sex worker in the Ruhr region, Germany.  

Hard Life – I sell sex for money

The Greek government is under intense pressure to explain how February’s tragic train accident happened. The crash has sparked widespread anti-government protests. We take a broad view of the state of gender equality across Europe and find out about a pioneering law to help menopausal women in Spain.

Greece train crash / Gender equality / Photography

Massive protests engulf Greece after a deadly train crash, with the public pointing fingers at the government.

In El Salvador, gangs have terrorised the country for decades. But when Nayib Bukele was elected president in 2019, becoming the youngest head of state in Latin America, he vowed to take back control from the gangs by installing a state of emergency.

El Salvador: The coolest dictator in the world?

When Nayib Bukele was elected president in 2019, he vowed to take back control from the gangs by installing a state of emergency.

ARTE Reportage

The UK and the EU reach a new agreement on Northern Ireland, a focus on how bad fast fashion is for the environment, and the rise of literary influencers on Tiktok.

New Northern Ireland Agreement / Fast Fashion in Europe

The UK and the EU reach a new agreement on Northern Ireland and a focus on how bad fast fashion is for the environment, plus literary Tiktok,

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

Trumpeter Enrico Rava and pianist Fred Hersh perform from their album, The Song Is You, at the Italian Piacenza jazz festival.

Piacenza Jazz Fest

Trumpeter Enrico Rava and pianist Fred Hersh perform from their album, The Song Is You, at the Italian azz festival.

Enrico Rava & Fred Hersch

Far from the metropolitan centre of Tel Aviv, Sderot show another side of Israel. One with high-levels of social deprivation and strong support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government’s controversial judicial reforms.

Sderot - The Other Israel

Far from the metropolitan centre of Tel Aviv, Sderot is a different Israel with strong support for Netanjahu and high levels of social deprivation.

With all the religious wars, the 17th century was a tense time in Europe. And in art one theme caught everyone’s imagination: the Virgin Mary.

Assumption of the Virgin - Nicolas Poussin

Look But Don't Touch

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 the mothers, sold to childless couples using forged documentation

Stolen Babies

“You can let yourself go and give up, or you can keep fighting.” That is Daniel’s motto. After many years spent incarcerated and homeless, he is now a magazine salesman and is managing to get by.

This programme by German channel ARD is part of The European Collection, a joint initiative of European public media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Better than prison. Portrait of a street magazine seller.

Short Films of Europe

He Who Has Two Souls (2015)

Fabrice Luang-Vija