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Christophe Dechavanne recounts the provocative, scandalous, and irreverent television of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, which he experienced from the inside. From political programs to talk shows, entertainment to news programs, no genre escaped its sometimes provoked, often unexpected missteps, which amused, shocked, and even upset the public. Thanks to the testimonies of Léa Salamé, Michèle Cotta, Marie-Laure Augry, Enora Malagré, Patrice Carmouze, Alain Bougrain-Dubourg, Michel Field, Benjamin Castaldi, Eric Naulleau, and Marc-Olivier Fogiel, this documentary takes us behind the scenes of these cult sequences of French television.

A legless girl abandoned at birth is adopted and becomes an acclaimed gymnast. She idolizes Olympic champion Dominique Moceanu, not knowing Dominique is actually her biological sister.

A body is found in a canal on the Danish border. The woman was murdered in the same way as three before her. Special investigator Gloria Acheampong is sent to the province to take on the case.

According to the neighbours, Paqui and Andrés are a friendly and cordial married couple, but without much of a social life; lovers of tranquillity, who neither have nor cause problems. After twenty years living for rent, without ever giving a problem, the landlord wants to get the house back. But Paqui and Andrés disagree.

Teresa is a dressmaker. She meets Samir, the greengrocer, who is actually a great tailor who had to emigrate from Pakistan. Enric, in the middle of a pivotal turning point in his life, returns to the village to attend the funeral of his grandma and discovers the relationship she had with Samir.

A B-52 bomber crashes and burns, killing one crew member, and destroying the four weapons the bomber carried, leading to some radioactive contamination that required a cleanup operation monitored by the Danish government.

Ebba is a lonely 18-year-old who finds a wounded man in the Oslo harbour. When she discovers he has amnesia, she lies and tells him they are lovers.

ARES 23 Studio: Begai vs. Yakhyaev was a mixed martial arts event that took place on Thursday, July 11, 2024 the ARES Studio in Aubervilliers, France.

At a glittering party in 18th-century Paris, the poet Andréa Chenier delivers an impassioned denunciation of Louis XVI. Five years later, the Revolution has given way to the Terror, transforming the power balance between Chénier, his beloved Maddalena, and Gérard, the man who could destroy him...

An installation centred around Rachel Maclean's newest video work, DUCK, framed in a highly synthetic environment with walls of a particularly familiar green colour.

Leon, a seriously ill man, wakes up in a strange and desolate house that bears no resemblance to his home. Stripped of everything familiar, he is confined within four walls, his only visitor an enigmatic caretaker who visits him daily. Consumed by the mysterious disappearance of his wife, Cheryl, Leon's desperation for answers intensifies. As his body weakens and mold rots around him, he sinks deeper into a fog of suspicion and paranoia. Distrustful of his caretaker and the disturbing reality that surrounds him, Leon clings to distant memories of his past life that drive him forward, fueled by an urgent need for truth and escape. Will he uncover the answers he seeks before it's too late?

It’s New Year’s Eve, when a car crash on a deserted road brings famous but troubled singer Danny Sierra and his dysfunctional family to an isolated holiday cottage in rural England. From the moment they arrive, a sequence of inexplicable events begins to occur… and then the lights go out… As the tension rises and deeply buried secrets come to light, you’ll find nothing is quite as it seems.

With the help of a translator on the phone, a Malaysian woman is interviewed by an immigration officer to decided if she can enter the United Kingdom. But a connection between the translator and the woman could change everything.

A solitary woman who has a strange fascination with electricity receives a message from a loved one who died years ago.

A creative documentary focused on the work and musical career of the artist Carles Cases, an atypical and talented Catalan composer with a long career behind him and who has dedicated his entire life to his passion for music. His co-creators Lluís Llach, Antoni Verdaguer, Gonzalo Suárez, Jaime Chávarri take part.

After a rape, fifteen-year-old Alice, a motocross champion, discovers that she has superpowers. It only remains to be seen how she will use them…

An ambitious first-generation Indian managing director at a major London bank loses his British accent in a stroke. Comedy ensues threatening his identity and career and he must either re-learn his accent or risk losing it all

Gian, a 65-year-old ethnomusicology professor, fights the darkness caused by the sudden onset of amnesia. Flashes of the past, that blend with hazy archive footage, haunt his mind like a phantasmagoria of images. Despairing, Gian tries to end things, but he fails. In the aftermath, Miriam, the daughter he does not recognize, moves into his apartment with her son Elyas. She helps him find a diary written into his twenties that revolves around Leila, a girl with whom he discovers love in the space of one night. This emotion exacerbates Gian’s pain but pushes him to recover his memory.

Confined to his Tahitian hut by the French colonial authorities in 1903, the painter Paul Gauguin is forced to paint a new masterpiece to save his five-year-old native son, while battling illness and torn between madness and sanity. In the course of these events, memories of the past, especially of his life and work at the Panama Canal, the place where his artistic career began and his guilt at abandoning his family in Paris, begin to haunt him.

Lodger is a psychological thriller that delves into the unsettling world of a paranoid landlady convinced her lodger is possessed by an unholy entity. As she takes drastic measures to contain the perceived evil, she seeks help from a trusted priest, plunging her deeper into a nightmarish reality. The film is defined by its cold, chilling visual palette, creating an atmosphere where characters dwell in shadows and the potential evil lurks in the darkness.

Following Sir Brian May over a decade-long journey to understand the crisis caused by bovine tuberculosis and his opposition to the controversial badger cull, implemented to curb the spread of the disease in cattle. It’s a story surrounded by controversy, but one little known to many - a tale of tragedy for both humans and animals.

The ebb and flow of a couple attempting to navigate their whirlwind relationship.

Gregoretti's last film, in which the great filmmaker, documentary maker and journalist retraces his activity with irony and light-heartedness. Through episodes of his personal and professional life, and images of his films and television programs, a humorous story of how we were to understand that now, in reality, we are not so different.

In Dieppe, a small port town on the Normandy coast, stands a cabaret where Diva Beluga and her queens put on drag shows. The place survives thanks to the energy and the unshakeable faith of its team. Behind the parties and the glitter, struggles and resistances rumble. Welcome to The Bearded Siren.

Tim’s life changes when he discovers his toaster has the ability to travel through time.

A documentary that looks looks into how women are valued in society based on their appearances. The short documentary combines 5 personal stories from women in these industries, detailing the discrimination they've faced during their careers.

A triple exposure on EXR 50D 16mm film: two layers shot in summer, and the third captured on the cusp of winter. A collection of statues fading in and out of consciousness, around the Weissensee lake in northeast Berlin, where the filmmaker lives.

21-year-old Finn longs for a better life with his lover, Maja. Things turn upside down when he’s hit with consequences for escaping his violent life.

Under the scorching sun, seventeen-year-old Purdey and her fifteen-year-old brother Makenzy are left to fend for themselves. While Purdey cleans houses in a hotel complex, Makenzy scrabbles together some money by stealing from tourists. Between the recklessness of adolescence and the harshness of adulthood, they will have to support each other in this heartbreakingly sweet journey, which seems to be the last summer of their youth.

In *For Gods Only*, choreographer Olivier Dubois offers a fresh interpretation of *The Rite of Spring* in collaboration with dancer Marie-Agnès Gillot. The performance explores the dual themes of fame and self-sacrifice.

When her daughter Bea abruptly arrives home, Elizabeth struggles to keep her from being unwittingly drawn into the power of The Rising.

Guadalupe emigrates from Mexico in the hope of a better future. The European dream is not what it seems, and Spain is not the friendliest place to become a mother. A series of experiences and characters around her push her to make one of the most important decisions of her life, far from her family and her roots.

Erica hugs pandas for a living and is absolutely miserable. And when hidden-camera TV star Jacques Burton tries to chat her up in the bar of the Hotel Samos, there's a few other things he might be surprised to find out.

The story of how investigators unmasked the most prolific American arsonist of the 20th century.

We all know photos with painted-over or cut-out faces. The repeatedly inserted hand that works on family pictures with pens and other utensils seems like a refrain. The attempts at eradication are audible. They are a dissonance transferred to the body. Scratch, distort, remove. Usually a woman’s head.

Julia, a sotadora and adventure girl, travels to Conil for the most beautiful gotolo parod in the world. But when he arrives, he discovers that it is not the only beautiful thing about the place.

Frank, a school dropout, meets Nina, a teenage wife and mom seeking education. As they study together, their bond grows, redefining family and reality itself in their eyes.