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PRESALES 2020

H I S T O R YN A T U R E & D I S C O V E R Y

THE MAGICAL WORLD OF MOSS 52’ 4KMoss has helped develop multiple different ecosystems since its appearance 450 million years ago. It fascinates scientists: it has no roots, no seeds, no flowers, no vascular system and a very primitive reproductive system. We travel to Japan, Iceland, France, Ireland and Spain to meet experts who study moss for various disciplines: biotechnology, climatology, nuclear contamination, and evolutionary biology.PROVISIONAL DELIVERY: NOVEMBER 2021

PLANET REEF 3x52’ 4KOne of the seven wonders of the natural world, The Great Barrier Reef is home to some of the most magnificent marine life on Earth. But all reefs on Earth are in critical condition, suffering from the ravages of global heating. A dogged and courageous crew of marine scientists are surprising everyone with some ingenious, hands-on solutions, showing the world what imagination, science and action can achieve.PROVISIONAL DELIVERY: JULY 2021

SAVING PARADISE 6x52’ 4KSome natural sites’ breathtaking beauty should not take away from their role as unique ecosystems. Within them, animal species and nature live in perfect harmony. Sadly, their wealth makes them a prime target for men’s greed. The fight to protect them is a relentless struggle, and the people who lead it have become true heroes of our time. EPISODES: IGUAZU FALLS (Brazil/Argentina), THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS (Ecuador), THE CAÑO CRISTALES RIVER (Colombia), THE BISSAGOS IS-LANDS (Guinea-Bissau), THI LO SU FALLS (Thailand) and LAKE KAINDY (Ka-zakhstan).PROVISIONAL DELIVERY: JUNE 2021

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BRAVING THE TIDES 4x52’ 4KTo the rhythm of the tides and for 24 hours, we will sneak into the secret and tumultuous life of the strange creatures of the shorelines, to disco-ver their incredible way of life. The series takes us between land and sea where the ceaseless ebb and flow of water shapes mysterious and spell-binding universes. At the heart of these remarkable environments, we will discover the various strategies of animals and plants to survive. PROVISIONAL DELIVERY: MARCH 2021

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WILD PYRENEES 3x52’ 4KDelve deep into the heart of the wild Pyrenean fauna with one of the most well preserved collections in France: get up close and personal with a bear, a golden eagle, a bearded vulture, a chamois and a wolf! Discover wildlife filming behind the scenes and find out that more often than not, animals are much more cunning than men.PROVISIONAL DELIVERY: JULY 2021

ALLERGY ALERT 52’What if the fall of the Roman Empire was really down to climate change and pandemics? Archeologists, historians, and experts in ancient patho-logies and the climate – indeed, specialists in all disciplines – are now gathering evidence which demonstrates that a significant drop in tempe-rature along with three successive waves of deadly diseases undermined the foundations of the Empire, causing it to collapse.PROVISIONAL DELIVERY: JUNE 2021

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ISAAC ASIMOV, THE MAN WHO SAW THE FUTURE 52’As the world we live in faces an unprecedented technological acceleration, we are more concerned than ever by the issue of our future.Asimov is considered as the father of science fiction, with over 500 publi-cations, and a thinker who had anticipated our era with great precision as early as in the 50’s. In our troubled times, Isaac Asimov teaches us how to respond with jubilation to anxiety over the future.PROVISIONAL DELIVERY: JULY 20212022: 30th anniversary - Isaac Asimov (1920-1992)

ANIMAL ODYSSEY 5x52’ 4K 65 million years ago, dinosaurs perished. Over that time, new predators have appeared provoking the evolution of these animals and great migrations for survival often far from where they were first seen, from one continent to another. Scientists use the latest research of evolutionary paleontology to tell the odyssey of the monkey, the elephant, the horse, the bear and the kangaroo.PROVISIONAL DELIVERY: DECEMBER 2021

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THE BURIED TREASURES OF AFGHANISTAN 52’ & 90’ 4KArchaeologists have discovered the remains of a Buddhist city of incredible wealth, from which they are unearthing thousands of treasures. The Mes Aynak site offers a unique opportunity to explore Afghan Buddhism, a period of history that still has many secrets to reveal. The remains could allow archaeologists to understand in what ways the religion of Buddha, born in the plain of the Ganges, was shaped in the heart of Central Asia, before spreading to the rest of Asia.PROVISIONAL DELIVERY: DECEMBER 2021

ANTI-SEMITISM, 2000 YEARS OF HISTORY 4x52’ Anti-Judaism, Judeophobia, hatred of Jews... Anti-Semitism is a long-standing phenomenon – but where does it come from? It has evolved for more than two thousand years, while many different societies rose and fell. This investigation retraces the genealogy of anti-Semitism, from its origins to the present day – and for the first time with images. Thirty leading international experts have been drawing on the traces left throughout the world and the 3D historical reconstructions developed by Ubisoft for its Assassin’s Creed series.PROVISIONAL DELIVERY: FEBRUARY 2021

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WHO KILLED THE ROMAN EMPIRE ? 52’ & 90’ 4KWhat if the fall of the Roman Empire was really down to climate change and pandemics? Archeologists, historians, and experts in ancient patho-logies and the climate – indeed, specialists in all disciplines – are now gathering evidence which demonstrates that a significant drop in tempe-rature along with three successive waves of deadly diseases undermined the foundations of the Empire, causing it to collapse.PROVISIONAL DELIVERY: NOVEMBER 2021

THE LAST NEANDERTHAL 52’ 4KThe extinction of the Neanderthals is one of our most intriguing mysteries. Why did they disappear, what was the relationship between ‘them’ and ‘us’, and how did we take over the earth? With access to an extremely rare archaeological find, this film explores these questions in depth. A European team of scientists is now able to reveal his appearence, his origins, the precise date and the strange circumstances of his death.PROVISIONAL DELIVERY: DECEMBER 2021

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THE SUNKEN SANCTUARY OF THE NILE 52’4KThrough 3D digital reconstructions of the monuments and expert lighting, we will tell the story of the island of Philae, one of the largest Pharaonic sites, unique in its kind. The island was submerged in the 1980’s when Nasser built his dam, but the Temple of Philae was saved in an outstan-ding international operation. PROVISIONAL DELIVERY: MARCH 2021

INCAS: THE NEW STORY 52’ & 90’ 4KThe Conquistadors wrote the story of the Inca Empire as we know it. 10 years of recent scien-tific and archeological research has allowed us to uncover another truth that contradicts history books. Where the Inca people come from, what they believed in, how they were organized, and why did they disappear so suddenly.PROVISIONAL DELIVERY: DECEMBER 2021

EGYPT: THE TREASURES OF SACRED BULLS 52’ 4KSaqqara, Egypt, 1850. Auguste Mariette dis-covered the Serapeum, the burial place of the Apis bull, Today, a mission mandated by the Louvre museum picks up the work where the french Egyptologist had left off. The scientists will bring life to a lost and unknown chapter of Ancient Egypt

PROVISIONAL DELIVERY: OCTOBER 2021

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NAPOLEON, DEATH AND DESTINY 52’ & 90’2021 will mark the bicentenary of the death of Napoleon, the man who dodged death 6 times, forging himself a reputation of being immortal. Napoleon thought that he defied death because he had a role to play in history, that he was predestined to rule over Europe. We will revisit the story of this charismatic character to better understand his personality, his legend and his unique relationship with death that ultimately led to his fall. PROVISIONAL DELIVERY: APRIL 20212021: 200th anniversary - NAPOLEON (1769-1992)

NAZI DEATH MARCHS 90’ In the final months of the Second World War, 700,000 prisoners were evacuated from concentration camps and sent on the roads throughout Europe. Between 250,000 and 300,000 died of exhaustion or massacred by the guards or even civilians in Austria and Germany. Through exclusive film archive and written journals, we will reveal one of the lesser known chapters of the end of the 3rd Reich,a story of unbelievable brutality and murder.PROVISIONAL DELIVERY: MAY 2021

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DRUG SHORTAGES: PROFITS BEFORE PATIENTS 52’ & 90’A two year investigation brought to light by the Covid-19 epidemic. Our film demonstrates how pharmaceutical groups deliberately speculate on medicine, relocate production for cost reasons, block the development generics, try to build monopolies and provoke drug shortages to create demand and raise prices.PROVISIONAL DELIVERY: JUNE 2021

MASS MARKET RETAILING: THE END OF A SYSTEM 52’ & 90’They are called, Walmart, Carrefour, Leclerc ... In 70 years, these small grocers have become powerful multinationals. But this race for low prices is not without consequence... After decades of growth, GAFA are trying to get their hands on the distribution market...PROVISIONAL DELIVERY: FEBRUARY2021

HACKING DEMOCRACY 52’ & 90’In recent years, populist movements have been mobilizing public opinion and gaining traction thanks to information technology. Donald Trump in the United States; Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil; Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines, etc... For the first time, this investigative documentary is shedding a light on the ones orchestrating this chaos and their methods.PROVISIONAL DELIVERY: MAY 2021

WHEN BIG TECH TARGETS HEALTHCARE 52’ & 90’ To improve its own health, Big Tech has decided to take over ours. Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon have already started defrauding our medical data and replacing national health structures by mining their users’ personal data.They have inserted themselves into a failing health care sector, which they see as just the ultimate market to conquer. Is our health the next sector facing Uberization?PROVISIONAL DELIVERY: MAY 2021

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GLUTEN, PUBLIC ENNEMY N°1 52’ & 90’Wheat has always been the staple food of humanity, the very foundation of the first civilizations of the world. But today, for a growing number of people, it has become a poison, which has allowed the emergence of a new market of expensive gluten-free products.And yet, the real cause of this sudden tsunami of grain intolerance remains a mystery. How come all of a sudden, many of us no longer support cereal, highly nutritious in protein?PROVISIONAL DELIVERY: JANUARY 2021

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AMERICAN PSYCHO: BRET EASTON ELLIS’ AMERICA 52’In the early 1990s, the controversial publication of the novel American Psycho was a bombshell. The writer, Bret Easton Ellis, is revered, hated, misunderstood, and often confused with his characters. Sold in more than a million copies in the United States, this morbid book is a plunge into the sick mind of a serial killer yuppie.This scandalous novel had been pilloried upon its release, its qualities only appearing later. When cooler heads prevailed, the world finally saw how accurate the author actually was. Politics, money, sexuality, capita-list frenzy, over-consumption: the book was a portrait of contemporary America against the backdrop of the West’s decline.PROVISIONAL DELIVERY: SEPTEMBER 2021

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UNITED KINGDOM, IN BORIS JOHNSON’S MIND 52’No one took him seriously; he was seen as a buffoon. Yet he was on the winning side with Brexit in 2016 and then triumphed in the December 2019 legislative elections. With the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Kingdom is facing a major crisis on its own, without the European Union’s help, for the first time. Behind his veil of buffoonery, will Boris Johnson embrace the stature that befits a statesman or lead his country to disaster? At heart, is he the United Kingdom’s gravedigger? Or is he a restorer of British greatness?PROVISIONAL DELIVERY: MARCH 2021

THE SATOCHI MYSTERY, THE ORIGINS OF BITCOIN 6x10’ & 52’On January 3, 2009, a certain Satoshi Nakamotolance Bitcoin, the first re-liable cryptocurrency. In 2011, Nakamoto disappeared from circulation. The Satoshi Mystery is a documentary web series that deciphers the workings of the Bitcoin revolution and investigates the identity of its creator.PROVISIONAL DELIVERY: JULY 2021

EMOJI NATION 52’ & 3x20’ A playful and offbeat investigation into the world of emojis: the little ideograms we use in our instant messaging. How did a fun, pop Esperanto go from being a work of art to being an instrument of cultural domination? This story also enables us to decipher the modern evolution of language and the ever-present influence of Big Tech, the masters of our digital world. PROVISIONAL DELIVERY: MARCH 2021

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FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA, IN THE HEART OF DARKNESS 52’Is Francis Ford Coppola insatiable? After 26 films, of which at least 3 mas-terpieces, 5 Oscars and 2 Palmes d’Or at Cannes, and the director still isn’t satisfied: he has yet to make what he calls his big film, Megalopolis. This is the question around which we already planned to build our film, when, last October – like a sea snake – the official announcement erupted that the director was going back to his oldest and perhaps most impossible project: Megalopolis. That sums up Coppola. The fire still burns in him, this will be our starting point.PROVISIONAL DELIVERY: JULY 2021Francis Ford Coppola’s next film MEGAPOLIS is scheduled for the end of 2021.

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JODIE FOSTER, A HOLLYWOOD CHILD PRODIGY 52’From her precocious status as a sex symbol to her consecration as a filmmaker, Jodie Foster’s story is about a feminist struggle, albeit atypical, fought on and off the screen. This film sets out to retrace her remarkable journey within the Hollywood industry.PROVISIONAL DELIVERY: MARCH 2021Jodie Foster’s next film PRISONER 760 by Kevin Mc Donald is scheduled for the end of 2021

DANIEL DAY-LEWIS, THE HEIR 52’He is the only actor in the history of cinema to have won three Oscars. Known for the dramatic intensity of his roles – which are as striking as they are diverse (aristocrat, petty thug, outcast or criminal) – for directors such as Martin Scorsese or Steven Spielberg.PROVISIONAL DELIVERY: MARCH 2021

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