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February 1993: Štrpci, Bosnia. Paramilitaries stop a passenger train and arrest civilians. Of the 500 or so passengers, only one man puts up resistance. This film tells the true story of the man who would not remain silent.

February 1993: Štrpci, Bosnia. Paramilitaries stop a passenger train and arrest civilians.

The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

Amidst a brutal Athens heatwave, Eleftheria, grieving her mother and living with her pregnant sister, meets Angelos, a medical student who introduces her to the complexities of adulthood. As they explore the city's empty streets, Eleftheria confronts her emotions and the realities of first love, capturing the intense transition from adolescence into the adult world in one transformative summer.

16-year-old Eleftheria faces love and grief during a sweltering summer in Athens.

Medium

J.R.R Tolkien’s fantasy novels hold a unique place in twentieth century English literature and are much loved by readers the world over. This documentary explores the real places in England and elsewhere that provided inspiration for Tolkien to create the world of Middle Earth in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

This documentary explores the real places that provided inspiration for Tolkien to create the world of Middle Earth. 

Tolkien: The True Story of the Rings

Amanda, 24, has always been isolated and without friends – though it's what she longs for most. When she uncovers a forgotten childhood friendship, Amanda becomes obsessed with rekindling the bond and makes it her mission is to convince the long-lost acquaintance that they are still best friends, regardless of whether it is true or not.

Isolated and friendless, Amanda embarks on a whimsical mission to reclaim a childhood friendship.

Amanda

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.

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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

Monika, a curator, crosses paths with Joseph, a Congolese diamond dealer, during a police raid near a bar in Frankfurt. Their chance encounter ignites a passionate affair and as love and mistrust intertwine, they struggle to navigate the obstacles of immigration, legality, and cultural divides – questioning whether fate brought them together or set them up to fall apart.

The lives of a curator and Congolese diamond dealer collide in Frankfurt, sparking a passionate affair.

Prince

Set in Kyiv just before the fall of the Soviet Union, vivacious 17-year-old Kira navigates her crumbling family life and a nation in turmoil. As she uncovers painful truths about her father, her personal world collapses in parallel with the USSR, challenging her dreams and forcing her to confront a new reality.

Teen Kira faces personal and national upheaval in Ukraine as the Soviet Union collapses.

Do You Love Me?

By showing the difficult and painful process that four rape victims undergo to get their cases to trial, this documentary sheds light on how the French criminal justice system deals with rape.

Rape in the Criminal Justice System

"She Was Asking for It"

Diwa is only 11 years old. She is one of the thousands of victims of a crime that is hardly reported on in Europe but which is causing havoc in the Philippines. She was raped by her parents, live on the internet, to satisfy the desires of foreign paedophiles who paid for the spectacle of her rape, giving instructions from a distance.

Philippines: Child Rape Online

Thousands of children in the Philippines have been abused, live on the internet. Report on a shocking crime.

The Nobel prize, the Prince of Asturias Award, the National Medal of Arts: All prizes that Bob Dylan won but refused. Is this how he stays true to his counter-culture ideas?

Bob Dylan

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Entire generations have learned about sex through mainstream porn, blurring the lines between personal desires and platform-driven fantasies. But if our sexuality is shaped by algorithms, can’t we take back some control? The post-porn movement is doing exactly that. Aimed at creating pornography that reflects honest, consensual sex – its creators are making waves online.

Can Post-porn Awaken Our True Desires?

What if porn reflected our true desires? Post-porn aims to be more ethical, more honest and more revolutionary.

Tracks

A 19th century love triangle from Paris to St Petersburg: the French opera singer Pauline Viardot, her publicist husband Louis and the Russian writer Ivan Turgenev. The 19th century Europe they lived through was cosmopolitan and humanist and forged the modern continent we know today.

Developed with the British historian Orlando Figes, author of The Europeans - Three Lives and the Making of a European Culture (Penguin 2020), the documentary powerfully evokes the shared European culture and values that this extraordinary trio helped bring into being.

From Paris to St Petersburg

An evocation of the flourishing European culture of the 19th century through a romantic love triangle fit for a novel.

A European Cultural Saga

In Victorian London, Charles Augustus Howell, a man of mixed Portuguese-English heritage, navigates the elite art circles as John Ruskin’s secretary and a model for Rossetti. Beyond his public persona, Howell secretly engages in blackmail and art forgery, earning him a reputation as one of the city's most duplicitous figures – inspiring Arthur Conan Doyle's characterisation as the worst man in London.

Charles Augustus Howell is a Victorian art agent but also a notorious blackmailer.

The Worst Man in London

The Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Cave in southeastern France is a jewel of prehistoric art. When it was discovered in December 1994, it amazed the world with its vivid cave paintings, believed to be over 30,000 years old, amongst the oldest in Europe. Using spectacular 3D reconstructions, this documentary film provides fascinating insights into the cave, which can only be entered once a year by a team of researchers.

Using spectacular 3D reconstructions, this documentary film provides fascinating insights into a jewel of prehistoric art.

Artists of Prehistory - The Chauvet Cave

Gessler’s hat became a metaphor for enforced submissive behaviour. When William Tell refuses to salute the tyrannical Governor’s hat, his punishment is to put his son’s life in danger. Rossini’s opera, based on Friedrich Schiller’s play, is performed in Lausanne for the first time. With Jean-Sébastien Bou in the title role and Luigi De Donato in that of the Governor.

Opéra de Lausanne

The Swiss national hero must shoot the apple off his son’s head on the stage of the Opéra de Lausanne.

Gioachino Rossini: William Tell

World famous for its artistic freedom, budget cuts in the German capital have upended its cultural scene. For weeks, artists have been taking to the streets of Berlin in a fight to protect the arts. Elsewhere in Europe, similar restrictions are in place. From Bulgaria, where nationalists are mobilising against unpopular performances. To Slovakia, where artistic directors who speak out are being cancelled. Now, a Europe-wide alliance of over 200 artists is demanding the EU Parliament take action.

Is Culture Under Attack in Europe?

With shrinking budgets and political meddling in Europe's culture sector, many workers are feeling the heat.

ARTE Europe Weekly

In 1844, Hans Christian Andersen imagined the story of an evil troll who wanted to drive the goodness out of the hearts of humans. To achieve this, he hangs a huge magic mirror in front of the moon. When it breaks, the people touched by its shards become insensitive to human kindness and see the worst in people.

Based on Hans Christian Andersen's Tale

A multidisciplinary work including ice hockey, figure skating, dance and acrobatics telling Hans Christian Anderson's classic tale. 

The Snow Queen

Four French nuclear plant workers with temporary jobs travel from plant to plant, cleaning reactors. As they wait in their caravans to be called up for a new gig, they dream of a stable future where they can own a home and care for their children. To get out of this lonely, nomadic life, they intend to save every penny.

A group of young French workers travel from one nuclear power plant to another, putting their health at risk.

Nuclear Nomads

Across Europe, the far right is embedding itself into the political landscape and daily life. But behind an increasingly smooth and respectable façade lies an ideology that remains fundamentally racist and violent. An in-depth focus into an ecosystem of extreme ideology in France, Germany, and Belgium.

Inside Europe's Far-Right Movement

Across Europe, the far right is embedding itself into politics and daily life, but remains fundamentally violent and racist. 

White Power

Sacred music meets the theatricality of opera in Handel's oratorio Messiah, here conducted by Laurence Equilbey and performed by the Insula Orchestra, Polish artist Jakub Józef Orliński and the Chœurs accentus at the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival.

Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival

Laurence Equilbey conducts Handel's "Messiah" at the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival.

Handel's Messiah

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While some are killing, others are trying to save lives: In Gaza, where hospitals are overwhelmed or out of action, the task is proving almost impossible. In Israel, health workers are struggling to overcome the trauma of 7 October.

Focus on health care workers in Gaza and Israel who are trying to save lives in war.

Re: Saving Lives in Gaza and Israel

An exhibition, a retrospective, a piece of art... We accompany a different contemporary artist each episode to deepen our understanding of their creative process.

Atelier A: Didier Faustino

In the age of global warming, snow, or rather the lack of it, is becoming a major issue in the northern hemisphere. Snow is crucial for mountain ecosystems with many plants depending on it for survival. This documentary shows how less snowfall is affecting plant and animal species in Europe and North America.

Snow is crucial for mountain ecosystems with many plants depending on it for survival. This documentary shows how less snowfall is affecting plant and animal species in Europe and North America.

Longing for Snow

A photographer and a painter hole up in a tiny cabin in the no man’s land between Russian and Finland. This wilderness, where humans seldom tread, is wolf territory. They want to observe these magnificent beasts in their natural habitat over a year.

A photographer and a painter hole up in a tiny cabin between Russian and Finland to observe a pack of wolves.

A Year Amongst Wolves

Could psychedelics treat depression? Banned substances such as LSD and psilocybin are now being tested for various afflictions. Several studies are ongoing with one of the largest being conducted by the Charité hospital in Berlin and the Central Institute for Mental Health in Mannheim, Germany. Since the risks and side effects of the substances have not yet been fully researched, their use for therapeutic purposes remains highly controversial.

Could Psychedelics Treat Depression?

Several studies are researching how psychedelic substances could treat mental illnesses, but their medicinal use remains controversial.

Drugs that Heal

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

The Berlin Palace, home of the Prussian royal family for centuries and an imposing presence on the Berlin skyline, was badly damaged by bombing in 1945. After the war the East German authorities demolished the ruins and built the Palace of the Republic, the seat of the parliament of the GDR.
After German reunification this communist-era edifice was torn down to make way for a replica of the baroque palace, finally completed and reopened to the public in June 2021. The controversial building houses the Humboldt Forum, a museum of non-European art, itself controversial in an age where the debate is raging over the restitution of art and artefacts from former European colonies.

The Humboldt Forum

Berlin's controversial new (old) palace houses a controversial museum, the Humboldt Forum with its collection of non-European art.

A New Palace for Berlin

Conducted by Aziz Shokhakimov, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg presents a rare work by Camille Saint-Saëns: the Oratorio de Noël. Composed in 1858 when the composer was just 23 years old, this cantata-like work is rarely performed on stage, making its performance quite unprecedented.

Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg

The Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg presents a rare, little-performed work by composer Camille Saint-Saëns.

Oratorio de Noël by Saint Saëns

Composed in 1888 by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade is one of the most popular works in the Russian repertoire. Under the baton of Aziz Shokhakimov the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg performs this symphonic suite inspired by the Arabian Nights, inviting us on an enchanting journey to the Orient.

One of the most popular works in the Russian repertoire, here performed under the baton of Aziz Shokhakimov.

Rimski-Korsakov: Sheherazade

A new space race has begun that threatens world peace and security as private companies and nation states rush to colonise the skies with satellites. Tech billionaire Elon Musk has already sent 3,000 satellites into orbit to provide internet connections anywhere on earth. This gives Musk considerable geopolitical clout and pushes China and Europe to join to join the race.

A new space race has begun as private companies and nation states rush to colonise the skies with satellites.

Satellite Wars

Following two black artists at the Paris Opera, principal dancer Guillaume Diop and double bassist Sullivan Loiseau as they practice their art during a season at the venerable institution. How do they experience what is still a very white environment?

Diversity at the Paris Opera

Following two black artists at the Paris Opera. How do they negotiate what is still a very white environment?

Being Black in Ballet

Lyrical virtuosity, unbridled fantasy and light comedy: an evening of Jacques Offenbach and carefree celebrations with soprano Patricia Petibon and tenor Cyrille Dubois.

Featuring Patricia Petibon and Cyrille Dubois

An evening of Jacques Offenbach and carefree festivities, with soprano Patricia Petibon and tenor Cyrille Dubois.

A festive day with Offenbach

Reduncy schemes are increasing in the car industry as car sales slow down in the EU. The car industry is facing two challenges. First is a slower transition than expeceted to electric cars and second is the increasing competition from Chinese manufacturers.

European car manufacturers are struggling. How can they shift to electric and stay in the race against Chinese competitors?

Is Europe's car industry breaking down?

Choir director Sofi Jeannin invites cellist Ophélie Gaillard and her Ensemble Pulcinella to a concert featuring several works by Vivaldi, Laura Sirmen Lombardini's Violin Concerto and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina's Magnificat Quarti Toni.

Performing works by Vivaldi and Palestrina

Sofi Jeannin with Ophélie Gaillard, the Maîtrise de Radio France and the Ensemble Pulcinella.

Ophélie Gaillard and Sofi Jeannin

The Glass Ceiling: What is it? And how do you break it? Finnish migrant filmmaker Mari Soppela travels the world as she takes us on a five year investigation into the complex realities of the glass ceiling. Scrutinizing the statistics and delving into the lived experiences of women battling discrimination throughout the globe she exposes the uncomfortable truths and dirty secrets of gender bias in the workplace. Simultaneously light-hearted and deadly serious, this vital, creative and surprising film shines a light on a much misunderstood phenomenon and acts as a rallying cry to women - and men - everywhere to continue the fight for gender equality.

 Finnish filmmaker Mari Soppela takes us on a five year investigation into the complex realities of gender discrimination in the workplace.

The Glass Ceiling

The UK Parliament is discussing a new euthanasia law. The law aims to allow people with less than six months to live to have access to assisted suicide in England and Wales, if agreed to by two doctors and a judge. Up until now, assisted suicide has been against the law, punishable by a prison sentence up to 14 years.

In the UK, 73% of people are in favour of the right to assisted dying.

The right to die law in the UK

Alternative icons Arcade Fire are known for their rousing performances, and this one, captured at the Bilbao BBK Live Festival, is no exception. A journey of pure poetic energy

Bilbao BBK Live Festival 2024

Canada's Arcade Fire live up to their storming reputation in Bilbao.

Arcade Fire

A heartfelt performance from Stivijoes at the Bilbao BBK Live Festival. An artist operating in the hinterland between rap and pop.

Bilbao welcomes this sensitive artist, working somewhere between rap and pop.

Stivijoes

Spanish quartet Melenas unleash their pop-influenced krautrock from the stage of the Bilbao BBK Live Festival. A magnificent introduction to the world of their third album, Ahora.

Melenas' pop-influenced krautrock hypnotises the Bilbao BBK Live Festival.

Melenas

We live in a digital world surrounded with online ads where tech giants make huge profits from targeted advertising. But what may seem like a harmless way to keep the internet free means silicon valley bosses getting rich from rising online hatred, misinformation and dangerous scams.

How Online Advertising Threatens Democracy

Unregulated online advertising has led to tech firms getting rich on the back of misinformation and rising hatred.

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