Spending life at high altitude: Kyrgyz highlanders in the centuries long struggle with harsh environment

Plastic Odyssey, mission pacifique

February 2025 •French

Do země ledovců

March 1950 •Czech

Documentary film about the Czechoslovak natural science group's expedition to Iceland in June 1948.

Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk

March 2008 •English

A documentary about a 15-day river-rafting trip on the Colorado River aimed at highlighting water conservation issues.

Mission Gombessa - Die Jagd nach dem Methusalem der Meere

December 2010 •German

Grand Canyon - Un voyage au centre de la Terre

February 2025 •French

Antarctica: Ice & Sky

October 2015 •French

Documentary about the work of Claude Lorius, who began studying Antarctic ice in 1957, and, in 1965, was the first scientist to be concerned about global warming.

Voyage to the Edge of the World

September 1976 •French

On his ship "Calypso," as well as in a submarine, Jacques Cousteau and his crew sail from South America and travel to Antarctica. They explore islands, reefs, icebergs, fossils, active volcanic craters, and creatures of the ocean never before seen. This voyage took place in 1975, and Captain Cousteau became one of the first explorers ever to dive beneath the waters of the frozen South Pole.

The Grouper Mystery

July 2015 •French

In French Polynesia, there is a place where every year, thousands of groupers gather in secret followed by hundreds of sharks… The photographer, diver and biologist Laurent Ballesta, with his team, wanted to better understand what motivates these fish to wait until the exact day of the full moon to spawn all at once! With the help of researchers from the CNRS of Moorea, they dived and conducted numerous experiments to study and witness this unique phenomenon. Taking advantage of this period of incredible richness, Laurent Ballesta did a record dive of 24 hours at over 20 meters.

Le Palais des hiéroglyphes - Sur les traces de Champollion

October 2022 •French

Cruise of the Zaca

December 1952 •English

Actor Errol Flynn takes a group of scientists from the California Institute of Oceanography on an expedition to the South Seas aboard his schooner, The Zaca.

Mabu: Saving the Secret Forest

July 2024 •English

We follow a team of scientists on a gruelling expedition into a remote rainforest in Mozambique. They're hoping to prove that Mount Mabu's animals and insects are unique and in need of official protection.

Ivohiboro, la forêt oubliée

October 2024 •French

Les défis de la Grande Barrière de corail

June 2022 •French

We're Going the Same Way

March 2018 •English

At the non-places of this world lie the struggles of nobodies, to improve, overcome and survive. Their struggles suffocate them, they forget to live. They dislocate them, bring them together and pull them apart. Father and son share simple dreams and a lifetime on the road. Along an unromantic Silk Route they try to make some come true. Searching for a more livable future they break apart. As working class heroes they accept their fate. The film examines the added value of honesty in our actions.

Passage to Mars

May 2016 •English

A NASA Arctic expedition designed to be the first Martian road trip on Earth becomes an epic two-year odyssey of human adventure and survival.

The Amazing Country of Kyrgyzstan

February 2008 •English

You will discover a mysterious world where monuments of the great civilizations of the past intertwined with the corners of unspoiled nature, you will conquer the highest peaks and fantastic caves, you will dive into the refreshing coolness of emerald lakes and living fairy tale medieval east. The roar of wind and the murmur of flowing mountain streams complement the playing of the Kyrgyz music, taking you in the wonderful world - Kyrgyzstan. Travel Documentary hosted by Vitaliy Podstrechniy and Yulia Podstrechnaya

Mega Hammerhead

June 2016 •English

Shark expert Neil Hammerschlag and a crew of researchers search for an elusive hammerhead shark.

Images d'un été

July 1953 •French

The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft

May 2024 •English

Filmmaker Werner Herzog combs through the film archives of volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft to create a film that celebrates their legacy.

Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan

December 2011 •English

In the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan, tradition is king. Polo's still played with a freshly killed goat and the men still marry their women the old-fashioned way: by abducting them off the street and forcing them to be their wife. Bride kidnapping is a supposedly ancient custom that's made a major comeback since the fall of Communism and now accounts for nearly half of all marriages in some parts.