Pascal Cuissot

Meeting Neanderthal

Pascal Cuissot, Rob Hope

Franck Adrien

Long before the arrival of Homo Sapiens, the Neanderthals wandered the vast European plains, and regularly drowned into the Ice Ages. Several discoveries, in France and England, and especially on the island of Jersey, now allow archaeologists to understand the lifestyle of those first great nomads of Europe, that lasted 300.000 years.

Peter Falk versus Columbo

Gaëlle Royer, Pascal Cuissot

Peter Falk, Steven Spielberg

The documentary gets to the bottom of the great success of the TV series character - and the legendary actor who embodied him.

Vauban

Pascal Cuissot

Aurélie Youlia, Frédéric Bocquet

In France, King Louis XIV, better known as the Sun King (le Roi-Soleil), made of his kingdom the leading European power during the 17th century. An original portrait of Louis XIV's engineer, Vauban, a man who after serving his sovereign zealously, questions the idea of absolutism and the economic misery of the kingdom.

Trésors de Mésopotamie: des archéologues face à Daech

Ivan Erhel, Salah-Eddine Ben Jamaa

At 63, Jawad Bashara has spent more than half his life in exile. But when Islamic State troops set out to obliterate the Sumerian origins of our civilization, he decided to return to Iraq and take action. With renowned archaeologists and 3D technicians from all over the world, he is redoing the path that brought mankind into history, 3500 years before Christ. In order to better safeguard and share it, they have set themselves the mission of immortalizing our common heritage in 3D and virtual reality.

Quand Homo Sapiens faisait son cinéma

Marc Azéma, Pascal Cuissot

Rio: The Great Saga

Pascal Cuissot

Explore the history of Rio de Janeiro. This film will take viewers back in time to revisit the rich and contrasting history of Brazil's cultural hub, at the crossroad between colonial history, engineering challenges, and political and artistic revolutions.

Les Secrets du Colisée

Gary Glassman, Pascal Cuissot

Stefan Godin

Sea battles in the morning and gladiator fights in the afternoon with wild beasts magically appearing in the arena? A subterranean archaeologist investigates tunnels to see how the Colosseum could be flooded; and architects, engineers, and builders construct a lift and trap door system to attempt the release of a wolf into the most famous amphitheater in the world for the first time in 1500 years.

Alexandria: Cleopatra's Lost City

Pascal Cuissot, Simon Brook

Egypt's legendary city, Alexandria, has had an unparalleled history, from its creation by Alexander the Great, until its collapse during the reign of Cleopatra when it fell to the hands of the Romans. Greek historian Harry Tzalas explores the bottom of the Bay of Alexandria in tandem with the team of French archaeologist Jean-Yves Empereur.