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The Egypt code breakers

Two hundred years ago, Jean-François Champollion deciphered the Egyptian hieroglyphs for the first time, thus solving one of the greatest enigmas in the history of humanity.

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Travel & Adventure

Travel & Adventure

Kerguelen, aux confins du monde 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.

Lipstick: Make-up Power 52'

Cultural, traditional, scandalous or trendy, this film reveals how this tiny iconic object has been used throughout the ages, revealing how it mirrors our society.

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics

Gun Nation: America on Fire 52' 90'

A road movie through the U.S., meeting the repentants of the gun rights.

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics

The Dyatlov mystery 63'

This exclusive documentary offers an in-depth look into what is considered to be THE solution to a 60 year-old mystery.

The Sean Connery Paradox 52'

Through archives, alongside those who worked with him - Andy Garcia, John Boorman, Rob Brown..., discover journey of the most Scottish of Hollywood’s sacred monster.

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics

Manufacturing Happiness 52' 90'

Books, apps, coaching sessions: Today, happiness is everywhere. So what lies behind this contemporary obsession and the billions of euros generated by its industry?

Can humanity chart a course through the cosmos? A thrilling series on those who dare to answer this question.

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics

Happiness at school 3x52' 90'

What transformations should school experience in the digital era? Through examples of different educational approaches, this series examines the people reinventing education.

Raccoons: Survival Warriors 52' 4K

Welcome to the world of raccoons, a species far more elusive and wily than we ever imagined!

Kalahari, Land of secret alliances 2x50' 50'(science-of) 4K

The fascinating story of how animals and plants use cooperation to survive in one of the most punishing places on Earth.

Mussolini, the First Fascist 52' 2x52'

Benito Mussolini, from his rise to power in 1925 to his downfall in 1943.

Iraq, Destruction of a Nation 4x52' 2x55'

Unique archives, poignant witnesses and a powerful storytelling unveil the full story that led Iraq to chaos after over 40 years of conflicts. A geopolitical thriller that throws a fresh light on a tragedy that reshaped the world we live in.

Salamander: made to adapt 52'

The salamander, a discreet and highly symbolic amphibian, has fascinated mankind since ancient times. But who really is this animal and how does it live with us? Welcome to its world.

Joni Mitchell, lady blue 52’

The portrait of a timeless folk icon.

Naples: Under the Volcanic Threat 52' 90' 4K

A race against time to explore the geological process behind eruptions and to protect the bay from an imminent yet unpredictable danger.

From Massoud to Massoud: Fighting the Taliban 52'

This is the never-before-seen story of Ahmad Massoud, who is still leading the fierce, desperate fight against the Taliban in the remote Panjshir Valley.

Hitler's Teen Killers 52'

They grew up under the Nazi regime. They pledged to give their lives for Hitler. Historical colorized archives and a handful of survivors tell us this story.

Microorganisms: the air we breathe 52' 4K

Plunge into the microscopic universe that thrives in our sky.

Polish Schindler: a fake news story 52'

Transformed by an enduring legend into a savior of Jews, Eugène Lazowski made the headlines worldwide. This film sheds light on a story that went viral and continues to captivate audiences.

Psychopaths among us 2x45'

Delve into the dark world of psychopaths and learn more about their particular set of behaviors and traits.

Rivers Above the Canopy 52' 4K

The little-known natural phenomenon of the flying rivers revealed.

The Sand-eating Shark 52' 4K

The story of a female lemon shark called Manoela who grows up in the waters of the tropical paradise of Fernando do Noronha off the coast of Brazil.

Besieged fortresses, legendary battles 4x52' 4K

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

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics

Disappear: cover your online tracks 52’ 90’

This film explores our privacy needs and the ways to reduce our exposure to invasive forms of online surveillance.

Yanomami, Voices of the Forest 52'

An immersion deep into Amazonia, in the Yanomami culture, where we discover their way of living and how central the shamanism practice is.

Marseille: Birth of a Megapolis 52'

With the help of never-before-seen 3D images and considerable digital work, this film goes behind the modern town to bring the ancient city back to life.

Hitler's Desert War 52'

The gripping account of a forgotten conflict, from a new perspective.

Miss-represented: Italian woman through History 52'

With a contemporary look at 80 years of TV archives, this film explores the stereotyped and emblematic representation of Italian women on TV and their position in a changing society.

Queen Elizabeth's Last Battles 52' 90'

Scandals, break-up and Brexit: Queen Elizabeth has faced many challenges. Take a look back at the Queen’s milestones of the past two years, thanks to archive footage and interviews.

Connections 4x26'

Each episode confronts two artists in their own historical context, two visions of the world, offering a broader perspective on creation, art, and artists.

Becoming Al Pacino 52'

A fascinating look at the legendary yet enigmatic Hollywood icon.

Asteroid Rush 2x52' 8K

Thanks to reconstructions and breathtaking computer graphics, this Ultra High Definition series will allow us to understand asteroids and predict their trajectories in order to avoid a new catastrophe.

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics

Zelensky: the story 52'

From his beginnings as a TV show actor to his spectacular campaign, his election and his rivalry with Russia’s president… Here's the incredible story of the man who became the face of Ukraine’s resistance.

Cephalopods, Conquest of the Seas 52' 90' 4K

Through striking footage, this film plunges us as close as possible to tiny, hardly observable species to discover their unique physiology.

Tombs of Egypt: The Ultimate Mission 2x52' 2x70'

An exclusive series on discoveries made by renowned Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass, in Saqqara.

Climate Change: the Brain Paradox 52' 4K

Why can’t our brain process global warming? This film decodes the behavioral mechanisms which explain this collective "schizophrenia" through eye-opening experiences.

The last winter of the Tsaatan 52'

A moving portrait of a millenia-old, now threatened way of life.

The Bovary case 52'

This film brings to life a striking trial that made Emma Bovary a universal heroine, and revealed a lot about censorship and free speech still ongoing issues.

Jackie Chan: Building an Icon 52'

From Hongkong to Hollywood: a portrait of the king of action comedy.

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics

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.

Oases: Sentinels of the Desert 4x52' 4K

What if oases were able to answer the environmental and human challenges of tomorrow? Embark on a journey to the most beautiful oases in the world, and meet the people who created these unique landscapes.

Sperm Whales: Encounter of a new kind 52'

This film takes us closer than ever to these giants of the deep, to live an intimate moment between man and whales.

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics

A Call for Sustainable Change 6x52'

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.

Nature's Survivors 52' 4K

What happens to animals in the face of natural disasters?

Back to the Wild 2x52' 4K

When humans are locked down, animals roam free!

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.

Zanskar: a winter of happiness 52'

In Zanskar, winter remains a timeless season, both harsh and privileged. This film captures a moving testimony of a unique place where time seems to stand still.

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics

The World according to Modi: The new Strength of India 52' 79'

Through the portrait of this political juggernaut, comprising interviews with his political opponents, supporters and international experts, this investigation tells the rise of India’s new leader who has changed the face of his country.

Florence Nightingale: Nursing Pioneer 90' 2x45'

The story of the woman who paved the way for the heroic work of nurses today.

Notre-Dame de la Garde: A symbol on the Edge 52'

Following the restoration of its monumental statue, this film unveils the constructions secrets of the emblem of the Phocaean city.

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.

Pablo Picasso & Françoise Gilot: "The woman who says no" 52'

For ten years, from 1943 to 1953, the painter Françoise Gilot shared the life of Pablo Picasso. Through never-before seen archives, this dazzling documentary sheds light on the influence this relationship had on their respective creations.

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics

Manufacturing Ignorance 52' 90'

An in-depth and gripping investigation that plunges us into the science of doubt and the strategies put in place by the "doubt makers" to confuse the public debate and paralyze political decision-making.

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Pic du midi, la construction de l'extrême 52'

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 dives into the secrets of this construction and its impregnable structure, classified... secret-defense.

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics

Special forces: 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".

Amazons: Women warriors 52' 90' 4K

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

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics

The serpent: conversation with a serial killer 90' 2x45'

The story behind the real-fife murderer who inspired the Netflix show, told by "The Serpent" himself.

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics

Delphinarium, game over? 52'

In 2021, a law was finally passed in France banning dolphinarium shows from 2026. After years of entertaining humans in exchange for rewards, what should we do with dolphins and orcas that have been conditioned in this way?

Saving Paris 52' 90'

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

Travel & Adventure

Travel & Adventure

My feelings about mountain 52'

Former climbing champion and writer, Stéphanie Bodet loves the mountains with passion. To understand how alpinism and « mountainering » was born, she decided to explore the British mountains, at the source of this practice which was born in the middle of the 19th century. From one stage to the next and according to her encounters, she seeks to understand the evolution of our relationship with the mountain.

Keanu Reeves: Pop Messiah 52'

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

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics

Killing death: the hayflick limit 52' 90'

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

The Egypt code breakers 52' 90'

Two hundred years ago, Jean-François Champollion deciphered the Egyptian hieroglyphs for the first time, thus solving one of the greatest enigmas in the history of humanity.

Eiffel: Towers' war 52' 90' 4K

Behind the iconic The Eiffel Tower lies the story of an incredible challenge to erect a thousand-foot tower, marking a major turning point in engineering history.

Giant birds: The return 52'

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

Lady Squirrel 52' 4K

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

Vikings: The forgotten kingdom 52x90' 4K

A suspenseful scientific tale to retrace the viking saga.

Normandy: Land of Warriors 3x52' 4K

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

Looking for Chloé 52'

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

Fontainebleau: The Palace of the Centuries 52' 90' 4K

A compelling and glamorous saga to explore one of the jewels of royal architecture in Europe.

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

Thanks to reenactments, 3D and interviews of leading experts, this archaeological and scientific investigation depicts the portrait of the man behind the soldier.

A Justice of Terror 2x45' 90'

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

Chasing Dragons: The Forgotten Knight of the Round Table 52' 90'

A young medievalist’s quest to reconstruct a lost romance and bring to light an unknown chapter of the most famous legend of Medieval Times.

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.

Wild corridors 4x43' 4K

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

Inside pyramids 6x52'

This series follows a team of scientists as they scan the interior of pyramids to reveal what’s hidden inside, using a new technology of miniaturized 3D scans.

Wild dogs 2x52' 4K

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

Genius plants 2x52' 4K

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

Women under Hitler’s flag 2x45' 90'

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

WWII: Operation Barbarossa 2x52'

This great historical fresco sheds new light on one of the bloodiest conflicts in history.

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.

Fellini by Fellini 52' 90'

An intimate and compelling portrait of one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, based on his films, interviews with him and unpublished archives, to mark the 30th anniversary of his death.

Wild Empire 4x52' 4K

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

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics

Inside Zuckerberg’s Meta-Brain 52' 90'

He has won the trust of 3 billion people worldwide and is one of the most powerful people on Earth ... but who is the human behind the eccentric, enigmatic tech leader’s facade?

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

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

De Niro: Hiding in the spotlight 52'

Actor Robert De Niro masterfully endows violent, anti-social characters with surprising moments of humanity, but few know the real man behind his extreme, extravagant, and epic roles.

Investigation & Politics

Investigation & Politics

The Jersey way: inside the island's scandals 4x52'

A chilling series into the heart of one of the most secretive islands' system of the western world.

Our Forests 5x52' 4K

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

Iznik, the Sunken enigma 52' 90' 4K

This film details an unprecedented underwater excavation that unravel the mysteries surrounding a 1600-year-old church discovered in 2014, in the Turkish lake of Iznik.

Ancient Egypt: Top 7 Pyramids 52' 75'

An overview of the largest stone giants, unveiling their construction secrets and origins.

Cleopatra's secret tomb 4x52'

This series plunges viewers into the most fascinating period of Ancient Egypt as experts close in on the mysterious location of Cleopatra's tomb.

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.

Raising Notre-Dame 3x52' 4K

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

Deep Time: Utmost experience beyond time 52'

In a revolutionary scientific and social experiment, 14 people spend 40 days underground with no contact to the outside world - or to time itself.

Best Science Documentary Award Silbersalz Festival

The documentary "Rivers Above the Canopy" won the prize for best scientific documentary at the silbersalz festival in 2022. A film by Pascal Cuissot produced by Valerie Abita.

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ZED’S TEAM INTERVIEW WITH UNIFRANCE

Producer Valérie Abita, and head of sales and acquisitions Charlotte Tachet talked about our 52' film Becoming Al Pacino with Unifrance.

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ZED is listed on Realscreen’s Global 100

For the forth consecutive year ZED is nominated in Realscreen’s Global 100, the listing of the world's top production companies working in non-fiction, with a "Honorable mention".

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ZED strikes pact with France’s Label News for Egypt slate

ZED will handle international distribution of 16 hours of Label News’ new productions, the deal includes recent selected programs and some forthcoming productions on ancient Egypt.

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