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STORIES OF A NATION: SCHOOL 2x60'

In this great tale in two parts, witnesses, famous or not, teachers and students confront their memories with the history of the school, the history of the nation at the level of children.

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics

UKRAINE, THE OTHER FRONTLINE 52' 75'

A dive into the daily life of journalists in Ukraine during the Russian invasion, driven by a fierce determination: to keep the news running.

NEW CALEDONIA, THE WILD ISLAND 52' 4K

Mammals, fish, birds, reptiles: New Caledonia is home to a wildlife that can't be found anywhere else. Preserved from human activity, this wild island is a true haven of peace.

GUADELOUPE, FROM SUMMITS TO OCEAN 52' 4K

From the summits of the island to the depths of the ocean that surrounds it, this 100% wildlife film takes us to the most remarkable animals of Guadeloupe.

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics

Veggie meat: Green Ideal VS Green Washing 52'

The new ethical claim that pushes to consume vegetables resounds today as a real necessity due to the climatic emergency and the rise of the environmental conscience. Thus, plant-based meat is surging onto the shelves of supermarkets. Is it realistic to consider vegetable meat as the perfect substitute for meat?

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics

THE FAKE NEWS GAME 4x52' 4x90'

A series that deciphers the inner working of a dangerous and ever-growing threat: fake news.

HIS MAJESTY THE DEER 52'

This 100% animal documentary brings us closer to the deer through the seasons and the years, from its first steps as a fawn to its adulthood.

The realm of the little owl 26'

Dive into the heart of the Walloon countryside, where one of the most endearing bird species is preserved: the little owl.

Let it Snow! 52' 90' 8K

While snow spontaneously evokes beauty and poetry in our collective minds, it is more crucial to our biodiversity than we might imagine. Today, snow is threatened by globlal warming. Will it continue to sprinkle our winters?

Wild is Home: Wallonia 72' 2x52'

A journey to the heart of an unknown, abundantl and fragile wilderness.

Once Upon a Time: An Old Canal 26' 52'

Two centuries ago, a canal was dug in Wallonia, Belgium to meet the pressing needs of industrialization. Today, nature has taken over.

Art & Culture Nature

In the woods of Walden, With Henry David Thoreau 58’

Through harmonious dreamlike shots, this film offers a lyrical escape into nature and unveils the day-to-day of those who chose a simple living. Combining writers and academics viewpoints, we delve into Thoreau’s poetic and revolutionary mind.

Boris Vian: Rage, Sex, and Jazz 52'

Summer 1946. During a family holiday by the sea, Boris Vian wrote a fashionable noir novel full of sex, violence and rage in just two weeks. The novel "I spit on your Graves" still challenges and provokes readers to this day.

Travel & Adventure

Travel & Adventure

Searching for silence 52'

With his ear to the ground and parabola in his hand, the sound adventurer Boris Jollivet, embarks on a crazy quest for an Eldorado of silence.

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics

MAYOTTE: THE ISLE OF YOUTH 52'

In 40 years, Mayotte’s population has quadrupled thus raising concerns about its birth rate. Benevolently yet truthfully, this film looks at the insidious effects of the island’s population growth.

Wuthering Heights: Love, Hate and Vengeance 52'

An immersion in the eerie and bewitching imaginary of the most inscrutable Brontë sister.

The little wood near where I live 26'

A bucolic stroll through woods to observe its incredibly dense ecosystem.

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics Nature

Monaco: of princes and oceans 52'

From the Oceanographic Museum to the struggles of H.S.H. Prince Albert II, including those of his great- great-grandfather Prince Albert I, this film explores how Monaco’s commitment to protecting the ocean has been perpetuating for generations.

Once Upon a Time: The Savannah 26'

From dawn to dusk, let’s venture into the Kenyan savannah to meet the many species that live there.

WWI: The War of all the French People 90'

Not only soldiers but a whole nation joined forces between 1914 and 1918.

MOSCOW 1996, VOTE OR LOSE! 52'

After a painful economic transition, war in Chechnya, and the rise of criminal groups, how did Yeltsin win a second term as President of the Russian Federation?

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics Nature

GETTING A TASTE FOR NATURAL WINE 52'

A wine tour through France to meet the wines of the future and the enlightened winemakers who are revolutionizing the taste of wine.

AFGHANISTAN, STATE OF DENIAL 90'

August 2021, the Taliban takes the power back in Afghanistan. How could this possibly happen? With personal accounts from Afghan and Western participants, the film traces the reasons for the American failure, alongside those that led to the Taliban victory.

Antoine The Fortunate : At the Crossroads of Empires 52'

The dissolution of the Ottoman Empire and the creation of modern Turkey, seen by Antoine Köpe, an ordinary Austro-Hungarian man.

WHAT IF EARTH WERE UNIQUE? 90'

An exploratory journey to the heart of our solar system, that enlighten the chain of improbable events that resulted in the emergence of life on Earth.

To shed light on the dark side of history and to denounce the repression raging in their countries, Hispanic authors are reinventing the literary genre of the noir novel.

Factual Investigation & Politics

CHILDREN OF LAS BRISAS 60' & 85'

In a country struck by repression, three music-loving children dream of one day be able to live off their passion.

ROYAL DE LUXE 52'

To make our wildest dreams come true. This is the colossal mission that the French theater company Royal de Luxe has been carrying out for over 40 years!

Travel & Adventure

Travel & Adventure

A DAY IN SPAIN 52' 90'

A journey through a great European power that is trying to redifine its own image in a post-crisis context.

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics

Europe Revealed 6x52' 4K

With the ecological crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, the migratory stakes, the war in Ukraine, the technological mutations: the European continent is at a turning point. The series examines six topics that will determine our world

History Investigation & Politics

CAN’T PAY, WON’T PAY! 2x52'

Germans disappointed by reunification, French yellow vests, British Brexiters, these popular "revolts" have each in their own way set the continent ablaze, with a common denominator of conflict: taxes.

The Outrage of Outreau 4x52'

The story of the incredible judicial fiasco that lasted 4 years of proceedings and 2 trials to result in the acquittal of 13 innocent people who spent 3 years in prison.

VICTOR HUGO, A CENTURY OF REVOLUTIONS 52'

From royalist he became the icon of French Republic. Let’s explore the political path of this legendary writer.

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics

SEX EDUCATION CLASS 70'

Is it bad to masturbate too much? Is it normal for a boy to ask us for nudes? How to deal with discrimination for one’s sexuality? Every teenager is in right to ask themselves such questions. Yet, very few get answers… This film proposes to free the word around sexuality.

KAMCHATKA, A YEAR IN THE LAND OF THE EVENS 2x52'

An expedition to the far east of Russia, on the ancestral lands of a people living in harmony with nature: the Evens.

History Travel & Adventure

SPAIN: HISTORY SEEN FROM ABOVE 5x26'

By flying over the Iberian Peninsula, this series invites to read the landscapes of Spain in order to understand its history and its evolution, from the ancient times to the present day.

The Palace of Monaco: Hidden Treasures and Frescoes Uncovering 52'

In the Palace of Monaco, gigantic frescoes of the Renaissance have been discovered 5 centuries after their creation. Restoration and historical investigation will be at the heart of this film which will reveal a new page of Renaissance art.

Art & Culture Investigation & Politics

Becoming Drag King 52'

Cha's luminous portrait and the story of the (re)birth of his identity on the Drag King scene.

STORIES OF A NATION: IMMIGRATION 4x52'

As the arrival of migrants in Europe hit the headlines once again, this gripping series tells 150 years of the history of France through personal testimonies of the children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren of those who came as refugees or immigrants to make a new life in the country.

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics

Emma & Eddie: A Working Couple 52' 90'

Emma and Eddie live two lives: one on the internet and one in real life. The webcam couple is out to save their marriage by starting their own adult web-studio in Eastern Europe.

Cleopatra's secret tomb 4x52'

A dive into one of the greatest unsolved mysteries

History Science

Rebuilding Notre-Dame 3x52' 4K

They thought they knew it all. They discovered they knew nothing.

Order of the Occult: Inside the Sect of the Solar Temple 4x52'

Blending unpublished archives, testimonies of survivors and former followers, this 4-part series offers an unprecedented dive into the mass suicide cult that shook the world 25 years ago.

Human Stories Nature

Mongolia, Valley of the bears 90' 4K

A poetic portrait of a man trying to protect his territory's biodiversity.

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics

The world according to Kim Jong-un 52’ 70’

Portrait of the unpredictable North Korean leader, heir of a dynasty obsessed with nuclear weapons

Lady Squirrel 52' 4K

A dive into a century-old forest through the eyes of its nuts-eating tiny inhabitants.

The enigmatic Charlotte Rampling 52'

Screen icon Charlotte Rampling has fascinated the world of cinema, fashion and photography with her mysterious and almost inaccessible beauty.

Flyways: the untold journey of migratory shorebirds 52' 90' 4K

A bluechip project about the bird-loving experts who are fighting to understand, conserve and champion global shorebirds.

Keanu Reeves: Pop Messiah 52'

A dive into the most unique career Hollywood has ever seen.

Ukraine 1933: Seeds of hunger 52' 67'

Drawing on previously unpublished material, on cinematic Soviet films and insider perspectives, especially that of Welsh journalist and whistleblower Gareth Jones, this film finally reveals the shocking story of that devastating famine.

Tutankhamun : The Untold Discovery 52' 70'

Through new research and 3D imagery, revisit the discovery of boy Pharaoh Tutankhamen and its continuing impact today, 100 years after.

Normandy: Land of Warriors 3x52' 4K

A unique insight into 3 centuries of heroes, battles, fortresses and strategy.

Women under Hitler’s flag 2x45' 90'

A chilling insight on the vital role German women played in the Nazi movement.

The Egypt code breakers 52' 90'

In 1822, Jean-François Champollion deciphered the Egyptian hieroglyphs, thus solving one of the greatest enigmas in the history of humanity. But behind this genuine victory also hides his unknown brother Jacques-Joseph. Through animated sequences, using their private correspondence and with the help of experts, this film will go back on this one in-a lifetime scientific and human quest to celebrate the bicentenary of the decoding of hieroglyphs.

Megastructure Science

Pic Du Midi, Mountain Mega Build 60'

140 years ago, a group of men embarked on a totally crazy gamble: to build a major scientific station at the top of a high mountain, the Pic du Midi. Today, it remains the largest high altitude structure in the world, inaccessible by road. A dive into the secrets of this construction and its impregnable structure, classified... secret-defense.

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics

Special forces: Doing War differently 52’

They are a handful of men. 4000 in total. All from the Army, the Air Force or the Navy. Far from the Rambo or the hyper-armed Robocops, they are rather rustic soldiers with a strong mental outlook. An immersion in the heart of the special forces through the years, in order to better understand its evolution, its contemporary functioning. Telling the story of the Special Forces means telling "the war in a different way".

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics Nature

Dolphinariums, game over? 52'

Recently, several laws passed in Europe banning dolphinarium shows. After years of entertaining humans in exchange for rewards, what should we do with dolphins and orcas that have been conditioned in this way?

Lipstick: Make-up Power 52'

With archives, film excerpts, makeup tutorials and other TikTok videos, the film embarks on a spirited visualization of how lipstick has been used throughout the ages, revealing its multiple audacious ways and how it remains a major cultural and political icon today. A small piece of history with a cap on.

Saving Paris 52' 90'

An immersion into the biggest flood Paris could experience in a close future.

Travel & Adventure

Travel & Adventure

A World of Colours 23x52' 4K

How about travelling the world through colours? Embark on a world tour and explore countries’ culture, history, traditions and landscapes through this original prism.

Wild Cats 2x52' 8K

Lions, cheetahs, caracals and servals. These four African cats are both emblematic and under threat. Faced with their decline, a number of initiatives have sprung up.

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics

The Dyatlov mystery 63'

In 1959, 9 hikers mysteriously disappeared in the Ural mountains. Their bodies were found weeks later with unexplained wounds. Exploring the recent and unprecedented work of two Swiss scientists on the case, this investigation unravels a new leading explanation to one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the 20th century.

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics

Manufacturing Happiness 52' 90'

Books, apps, coaching sessions: Today, happiness is everywhere. But where does this relentless pressure to be positive come from? From the US to Denmark, the UK and Belgium, experts take us behind the scenes of a profitable market to explore the inner workings of the happiness factory.

Raccoons: Survival Warriors 52' 4K

While all over the world many species are under threat, raccoons are experiencing unprecedented expansion. Behind their innocent and cute look, hides an outstanding survivor’s temperament, capable of anything to feed and defend themselves. Omnivorous, curious, intelligent, and super- adaptable, raccoons turn out to be really good at overcoming every challenge they are confronted with. But how did they manage to survive in both the wild and urban environment? And how did they flourish so quickly throughout the world?

History Science

Vikings: The Lost Kingdom 52’ 90’ 4K

An unprecedented and suspenseful scientific tale recounting the saga of a legendary people: the Vikings.

Gaby, the woman behind Maison Chloé 52' 4K

70 years after its creation, the unprecedented portray of Gaby Aghion, the freethinking, independent spirit behind the French luxury fashion house Chloé.

Art & Culture History

Miss-represented: Italian woman through History 52'

From Miss Italia to Miss Ideal Saleswoman, this film retraces the turbulent history of female representation in the Italian media, as the international icon and Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida has died in January 2023 at 95.

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics

A Call for Sustainable Change 9x52'

Beyond clichés and prejudices, this series takes us to three different destinations to meet a new rising generation determined to face the environmental and social challenges, and invent the world of tomorrow.

History Megastructure

Besieged fortresses, legendary battles - Season 2 4x52' 4K

This gripping series explores how fortresses redefined the art of warfare, thanks to CGI, dramatized scenes and key experts.

Wild corridors 4x43' 4K

An eye-opening journey that invites us to rethink our relationship with the Earth and the other living beings.

Wild dogs 2x52' 4K

A captivating look at the wild cousin of man's best friend.

Florence Nightingale: Nursing Pioneer 90' 2x45'

Blending archives, testimonies and reenactments, this film looks into the life of the woman who paved the way for the heroic work of nurses today.

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics

The Amish Dilemma 52'

There are more than 300,000 living in the United States, all according to rules inherited from the 17th century. Today their way of life is under threat by the modern world. A rare immersion in one of the world's most closed communities.

China’s Wild Empire 3x52' 4K

Shot in the inaccessible wildernesses of Central Asia, this blue-chip series follows the perilous existence of three rare species.

Human Stories Nature

Our Forests 5x52' 4K

A call to protect the world’s primary forests. For the 50th anniversary of the first Earth summit.

Deep Time: Utmost experience beyond time 52' 4K

Living underground for 40 days without any notion of time: this is the challenge given by explorer Christian Clot to 7 men and 7 women, a world first. Immersed in one of the largest caves in Europe with these adventurers, this film tells the story of an unprecedented collective human and scientific experience.

The Normandy Bridge, a Colossal Construction 52'

Two kilometers-long, 214 meters-high and weighing some 20 000 tons, an indestructible giant spans the Seine: the Normandy bridge. This film takes us through every step of a spectacular construction site which defied the elements.

in production

History Science

Viking Women: The Untold Saga 52' 90'

What was the life of Viking women? Based on the most recent scientific discoveries, illustrated by spectacular images from Ubisoft’s latest creation, the film reveals a complex society, and offers a nuanced and precise portrait of the women of the frozen lands.

The Secret Forest of the Amur Tiger 52' 4K

An unprecedented dive into the kingdom of the Amur Tiger

THE BOAR NEXT DOOR 52' 4K

This documentary will examine this insatiable survivalism of the wild boar, which despite environmental changes - human activity, global warming, reduction of living space - adapts and thrives.

Destination Moon: The New Space Age 52' 90' 4K

it has been 50 years since man has stepped on the moon. today, we are preparing to go back... but this time, to stay!

SPRINGTAILS: THE HIDDEN SOLDIERS OF EARTH 52' 4K

They swarm by thousands under our feet, they recycle, decompose and regulate our soils, they are essential in the balance of the terrestrial ecosystem: they are the springtails!

Travel & Adventure

Travel & Adventure

KERGUELEN ISLAND: DRAWING THE EDGE OF THE WORLD 52'

Kerguelen, Crozet, Tromelin these French islands at the end of the world arouse dreams and fantasies. This documentary traces the exile of Emmanuel Lepage, author and cartoonist, who finally realizes his dream: to draw the unspeakable. Ten years after his first trip aboard the Marion Dufresne, he will be able to immerse himself in the most mythical of archipelagos: Kerguelen.

Terra Futura: Earth without Humans 2x45' 90' 4K

an anticipation of our planet’s ecosystem’s fate in 25 million, 250 million and 1 billion years

Ai Weiwei, The Artivist 52'

The striking portrait of the Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, international star of contemporary art with an improbable destiny.

History Science

NOTRE-DAME: WHAT LIES BENEATH 52' 4K

An exceptional scientific adventure revealing unexpected secrets and hidden treasures in the heart of Notre-Dame.

Hopper X Vermeer 52'

An unprecedented cross portrait between two giant painters

Automobile: The Roads of Success 3x52'

The frantic journey of the automobile industry, Is this race coming to an end?

Human Stories Nature

Sist'earth: Cultivating change 4x52'

Four captivating encounters with pioneer women who intend to defend and safeguard the living world.

Diderot’s Religieuse: A time Bomb 52'

Diderot's La Religieuse is "a time bomb" published in 1796, 12 years after the author's death. If the ambiguous book created a controversy when it was published in post-revolutionary France, it became a real scandal in 1962 when it was adapted for the cinema. This sulfurous text made post-war conservative society tremble and three centuries later, the subversive power of Denis Diderot's novel has lost none of its force.

MICROBES: THE SALUTARY PROLIFERATION 52' 4K

A scientific investigation through the invisible world of microbes, to understand how vital they are to our organism

Travel & Adventure

Travel & Adventure

Lands of Mist 52'

Sophie Planque and Jérémy Vaugeois decided to leave by bike to experience the Baltic winter and to try to meet the people who keep these ancestral cultures alive. A singular animist heritage that nourishes a deep relationship with nature.

CARACAL, THE LONE CAT SOCIETY 52' 4K

The moving portrait of Duke, a resilient caracal from South Africa

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics Nature

Generation earth 4x52' 4K

Innovative actions, and limitless engagement: portrait of a young generation who tries to protect our planet.

Iron Curtain: Life under Soviet Occupation 3x52'

How 85 million Europeans experienced the radical sovietization of eastern and central Europe

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics

UKRAINE’S GRAIN: THE WAR OVER WHEAT 52'

How wheat has become a major geopolitical weapon

Art & Culture History

Neanderthal: The First Artist 52'

An unprecedented investigation that rewrites the genesis of the history of art – and that of humanity.

Dragonflies: Ladies of the Air 52' 4K

She might seem fragile, yet she survived three mass extinctions! Delve into the busy life of the oldest insect living on Earth: the dragonfly. From hunting scenes to breeding sequences, passing by splendid aerial ballets, this film grasps the dragonfly’s day-to-day in fine details.

The serpent: conversation with a criminal 90' 2x45'

The story behind the real-life criminal who inspired the Netflix show, told by "the serpent" himself.

History Science

Tombs of Egypt: Imhotep, the Pyramid Creator 2x52' 2x70'

The Egyptologist Zahi Hawass embarks on a final mission in the enclosure of Gisr el-Mudir in the heart of the necropolis of Saqqara. A few hundred meters from the pyramid of Djeser, this enclave could house the tomb of the legendary architect Imhotep.

Highway to hell: the story of a $100M failure 4x52'

The unbelievable story of an ordinary man, who became an international drug trafficker

The Escape Balloon 2x52’

The true story of the two families who crossed the Iron curtain in a homemade hot-air balloon.

In conversation with sharks 52' 4K

Specialist Steven Surina tries to decipher shark's language

Amazons: Women warriors 52' 2x45' 90' 4K

A thrilling deep-time documentary to uncover the truth behind the myth of Amazons.

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics Science

Killing death: the hayflick limit 52' 90'

From human enhancement to post-humanism through cryogenics: can science defeat death?

Eiffel: Towers' war 52' 90' 4K

The story of a hard won victory of a visionary

The Mystery of the Giant Birds 52' 4K

Recent discoveries help understanding the biology of the largest birds that ever existed... and to glimpse the possibility of bringing them back to life!

Real life of a Roman soldier 2x52' 90' 4K

Major discoveries take us back in time to explore the daily lives of roman legionaries, and discover the man behind the soldier.

Chasing Dragons: The Forgotten Knight of the Round Table 52’ 90’ 4K

The incredible discovery of a medieval novel about the Arthurian Legend

History Science

Inside pyramids 6x52'

Revolutionary technology reveals the secrets within egypt’s unexplored pyramids

Genius plants 2x52' 4K

An engaging and visually stunning look at the surprisingly smart world of plants.

WWII: Operation Barbarossa 2x52'

A fresh look at one of the most devastating encounters of military history: WWII's battle for the eastern front

De Niro: Hiding in the spotlight 52'

A fascinating look at the legendary Hollywood icon

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics

Inside Zuckerberg’s Meta-Brain 52' 70'

An in depth portrait of the emblematic yet enigmatic tech tycoon

History Science

Iznik, the Sunken enigma 52' 90' 4K

An unprecedented journey through time to unravel secrets and hidden treasures in the heart of notre-dame the mysteries of a vanished world

Cleopatra: The Mystery of the Mummified Hand 52'

A strange mummified hand could be the last remain of cleopatra on earth

Life in Fluo: Animals’ superpower 2x52'

A dive into the mesmerizing world of creatures endowed with a secret power: fluorescence.

A Justice of Terror 2x45' 90'

How were the law and justice perverted to serve Nazi ideology?

Selections

"REBUILDING NOTRE-DAME": THE MEDIAS ARE TALKING ABOUT IT

Directed by Vincent Amouroux and produced by ZED, the documentary series (3x52', 4K) was broadcast on the ARTE channel on Saturday 4th of March. The medias were seduced by this unique immersion in the heart of a titanic restoration project - available on arte.tv until the 2nd of May 2023.

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ZED FILMS THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES OF NOTRE-DAME

Thanks to exclusive access to the Notre Dame excavation site, the ZED teams filmed an unexpected discovery. The documentary Notre Dame: What lies beneath (52', 4K) directed by Florence Tran for ARTE - available in February 2024 - relates an exceptional and unprecedented scientific investigation.

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ZED IS AWARDED FOR ITS DOCUMENTARY "DESTINATION MOON: THE NEW SPACE AGE"

The documentary project Destination Moon: The New Space Age, produced by ZED and directed by Laurent Lichtenstein, is one of the winners of the Global Doc held during the 2022 WCSFP. This project stood out by offering a new perspective on the Artemis Spaceship program.

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ZED promotes its new acquisitions to Variety

During the Unifrance Rendez-vous in Biarritz, ZED exclusively presented some of its new projects, including three ambitious history documentaries now available for pre-sales as well as four series about environmental issues for the upcoming MIPCOM.

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