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Collection - Passe-moi les jumelles !
Immersion in the heart of the forest, with forest engineer Ernst Zürcher, an unusual scientist giving as much credit to ancestral beliefs as to his scientific knowledge. Intermingling science and ...
Danielle Jaqui is an extraordinary woman. For 50 years, the singular and unclassifiable artist has painted her home in the south of France from floor to ceiling. Often compared to Ferdinand Cheval, ...
Esther Larios Wiget did not intend to be a mountain guide. Encouraged by her brother, she moved forward down this path in her twenties. Today, extreme long-distance tours are no longer part of her ...
Immersion with the Cistercian monk-farmers of the Abbey of Hauterive, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. In this nine-century-old place, he monks cultivate both earth and spirit. All of them ...
This is the story of two friends' dream. One is a forest ranger, the other is a woodcutter. Both in love with their forests, they did everything to be one day able to age wine in a barrel made of an ...
Distillers, collectors and lovers of absinthe tell us the thousand and one lives of absinthe, or Green Fairy, a spirit drink whose roots lie in the heart of Val-de-Travers Switzerland.The legendary ...
Portrait of the Swiss navigator Alan Roura during his last preparations for the next Route du Rhum. In February 2017, he finished 12th for his first participation to the Vendée Globe. The event was ...
Can stones tell stories? Travel with a group of young university researchers – archeologists, restorers, workers, divers from France, Switzerland and Spain – as they endeavour to reconstruct the ...
From the Himalayas to the Andes, from the Rocky Mountains to the Alps, plants from the Thomasia botanical garden offer a miniature tour of the world of alpine plants. From May to October, gardener ...
Portrait of a unique breed of cows made famous as early as 1917 by its fights in the Valais region of Switzerland. Once simply called "horned animals", they were so numerous at the foot of the Dent ...
Born in Zermatt, the Anthamatten brothers are exceptional mountaineers. All three trained guides, they have climbed the highest peaks in the world alongside the greatest. The elder of the three ...
Freedivers Cindy, Roland, Saini and Christian consider their sport as a way of life, an inner adventure. Several times world champion Christian takes us on a journey into the depths of the Rhône, ...
This musician's story mirrors the instrument he plays, the bandoneon, and the musical genre now associated with his name: the tango. Seven years ago, Alain left everything to live in the Buenos ...
Hans-Martin Bader is a violin maker by trade who has dedicated his life to ancient farming for almost 40 years. With two horses as sole company, he lives out of time in harmony with nature, to the ...
It took Raymond Jaunin 40 years to complete the magnificent 17-meter sailboat he built with his own hands. Between Switzerland and Majorca, he kept his childhood dream alive for years, refining his ...
This is the second and last part of Raymond Jaunin’s portrait. It took 78-year-old Raymond almost 40 years to build his own boat. Director Séverin Bolle followed him for 4 years until the hull of ...
They are united by the bonds of blood, those of brotherhood but also by the same passion of bouldering. Fred has marked the history of climbing by pushing back the scale of difficulty in the ...
A trip to Italy with the starred chef Carlo Crisci, owner of the restaurant du Cerf, who gives us a glimpse of his Italian roots and the prime importance of olive in his cuisine and in his own life.
In Carrara, Tuscany, the blue of the sea blends with the sparkling white of the marble quarries that overlook the city. For thousands of years, the mythical place is home to men welcomes sculptors ...
Follow one of the on-site vets behind theenclosures at Basel Zoo. Learn all about theanimals and the people who care for them ina model zoo that has carried out pioneeringreproduction programmes ...
Music and mountains are the two main ingredients of the Cosmojazz festival, about to celebrate its tenth anniversary in July 2019. For eight days, free concerts take place at high altitude between ...
Looking to one side, his hand to the other, cartoonist Derib has observed movement in order to capture it for over 50 years. With 'The Galloping Silence', his comic strip devoted to the ...
Local dialects are for some is the language of childhood, of one's first emotions, few words that remain at the back of the ear. For others, it is a language in its own right, the Franco-Provençal, ...
Portrait of a zootherapist who calls on huskies to treat through the mediation of the animals. In addition to her mushing companions, she also gets horses, goats, hens, rabbits, turtle-doves to bild ...
The art of cowbells is typical of Switzerland. Here is a moving portraits of two families, one of saddlers and the other of bell founders, who fight to preserve their craft and a Swiss tradition that ...
Bernard Garo paints matter, disappearance and monumentality. All his work bears witness to an urgency regarding the slipping away of time and a world bound to collapse. Whether he focuses on ancient ...
Discover authentic Northern Sicily through the eyes of an expatriate returning from abroad. Olive plantations and beekeeping are Giuseppe’s passion. The young man deeply fell in love with the ...
The Grande Dixence is the world's highest dam. A 15-million ton behemoth built in the 1950s, thedam rises above more than 100 kilometres ofgalleries dug into the mountainside as far awayas the ...
Portrait of Marco Crettenand, the last cow hoof carer from the canton of Valais, Switzerland, who looks after cows hoofs with shears and not with a grinder. He inherited this traditional method from ...
Victor hunts according to the tradition of his grandfather, a Mexican shaman. His field of exploration takes us to the Vaud Jura, Switzerland. Here, over the years, the Indian has become a close ...
Let’s get into ice diving. Lake Lioson, at an altitude of 1850m, is a magnificent mountain lake in the Vaud canton, Switzerland. Frozen over in winter, it attracts from January to late March divers ...
Osula, a yak breeder in Valais, Switzerland, decided to cross the Austrian Alps with her animals. After a transalpine journey which led her from the Alps to the Mediterranean, she embarked ...
This is the 2nd part of Isaline's journey. Along the way, her trek will serve as an initiation rite, allowing her to spread her wings and eventually take flight. Follow in the foodsteps of an ...
At the age of 16, with her braids blowing in the wind, Isaline undertakes an extraordinary journey. She has decided to leave for a 3-week-trekking adventure alone through the Alps, with her two goats ...
There have been plenty of films about John Howe, the Canadian illustrator famous for his work on The Lord of the Rings trilogy. But this one's different. It's essentially a philosophical journey, for ...
Being a veterinarian in the mountains requires an unfailing passion. Detailing the hours or kilometers to do one's job is useless when the need for care makes it necessary to answer the call 24/7. ...
20-year-old Lara, has made her dream come true: she became a buffalo breeder and started her own mozzarella and yoghurt farm while holding her family farm's torch high. Portrait of a young breeder ...
A portrait of Scottish Isle of Lewis, its wild and powerful landscapes, and its Gaelic-speaking inhabitants, located at the isolated end of the Hebrides archipelago. Beyond Lewis Island, there is ...
Alongside legendary wildlife photographers like Vincent Munier, many amateurs scrutinize the beauty of the wild to transcribe its magic. Vincent Chabloz is one of them. An upholsterer-decorator ...
The day she discovered a very peculiar vibration within her, Lucie, a young girl from St-Maurice, Switzerland, decided she had to change her life. Her search for "the real life" lead her to ceramics ...
Discover the hidden world of Marseille's Calanques, where the juxtaposition of azure blue sea and jagged white limestone showcases the Mediterranean. Heaven on earth for walkers and divers, the ...
Winter in the hills of the Côte d'Azur and Liguriais brightened by the froth of countless yellow mimosa blossoms. Feted, cultivated, visited, the mimosa is today the symbol of an entire region. ...
Every year the Muveran Trophies mark the finalrace of the backcountry ski season in Switzerland.Nothing's left to chance when it comes to safety.Patriarch Philippe Bonnet heads the team ofvolunteers ...
Discover the tradition of Swiss raclette cheese making as if you were a local! At an altitude of 2200 m, the Mille mountain pasture in the Val de Bagnes is the Michellod family's chosen holiday ...
Can children learn under a tree the same way they would sitting on a chair in a classroom? Spending 100% school time out in the forest: is this just possible? And to what benefit? For one year, a ...
A wildlife photographer and fauna guide, Julien Regamey is an outstanding tracker who spends half his time in South Africa. In the Kruger Park, his safaris combine wildlife discovery, species ...
Olga Letykai Csonka is a shaman from Chukotka, in the far north-east of Russia. For more than 20 years, she has been living in Switzerland, but her heart and soul remain deeply connected to her ...
How to walk in balance on a 1" wide highline stretched out between two mountains? Half-man, half-bird, sometimes even blindfolded, extreme highliners defy fear and gravity hundreds of meters above ...
From the Quai Branly in Paris to Kuala Lampur and Dubai, Patrick Blanc's vertical gardens have been beautifying peri-urban façades around the world for nearly 30 years. The erudite botanist has set ...
From its height of 2,877 metres, the Pic du Midi observatory has been enthroned over the French Pyrenees for 140 years. The world's first high-mountain observatory, its scientific center specializing ...
Manu Torrent fisherman's hut is a Spanish inn where friendship and sharing are king. On the shores of Lake Geneva, fishing and Vietnamese cuisine go hand in hand without stirring much controversy. ...
It is the story of an encounter between a magical place and a ham maturing tradition. The story of two brothers, former senior executives in multinationals who have turned Pata Negra ham ripeners . ...
Where do trees come from, how old are they when they are alive, when did they die when all we are left with are their remains: The dendrochronologist 's job is to answer all these questions, and with ...
For Anne Wiltafsky, cows are more than just a source of milk and meat. For over ten years she's directed a unique centre, in Switzerland, where cows learn to climb stairs, pull a sled or run an ...
"My night is more beautiful than your day" : this could be the motto of all the characters taking us on a journey in the deep of the night. An astro-photographer observes the nebulae of other ...
Meet the veterinarian who lives life to the fullest, in the air and on the ground. He criss-crosses the Franches Montagnes daily to care for his animal patients, then takes to the air to look down on ...
Climbing all the peaks over 8'000 meters of altitude on the planet! With already ten 8000 summits to her credit, she’s never been so close to achieving this challenge of a lifetime. If she ...
The tradition of alpine pasture and "désalpe" is passed down from generation to generation. In the Swiss Jura region, two families settle each summer with their cows. Some make cheese out of their ...
The Baie de Somme is one of the most beautiful bays in the world. This outstanding protected natural area, recovered twice a day by the tide, is the largest migratory crossroads of Europe. Portrait ...
Discover a bow maker who has revived an ancient tradition, using 5 or 6 types of wood to make bows. A nature lover, he selects the best yews and laburnums, and with other instinctive archers, he ...
Meet two masters in their arts, two men living the life they have always dreamed of: one forges Samurai swords while the other manufactures old unique bicycles.
Visit the Mont-Blanc Massif, today and yesterday, with Hubert Gay-Couttet, a member of a family that has photography in the blood. Photos in hand, he walks in the footsteps of his forebears, who ...
Olivier Boulanger is a farrier, like his grandfather and great-grandfather before him. Every day he walks the roads of the Bernese Jura to shoe Grand Prix or Franches-Montagnes horses. With a smile ...
It is a story of letters, friendship, cycling, degrowth and family bonding. The story of a long gone kind of mailman if it ever existed. When Vincent retired, he wanted to go on a long bike ride. He ...
In this second part, the mailman from Brittany pedals in Switzerland. After three weeks of travelling and meeting good people, "the weight of letters continues to keep" Vincent riding. Thanks to a ...
Chiara Vigo is one of the world's last weavers of sea silk. This little-known but centuries-old art is now in danger of extinction. Chiara perpetuates the tradition in her workshop on the Sant ...
For the Christmas holidays in Evian, France, a troup of acrobats invades the city with gigantic driftwood sculptures that bring to life the fairy tales of the legend of the Floats. Born in Enzo’s ...
Freddy Nock holds 22 world records and is descended from seven generations of tightrope walkers. He works in spectacular settings: on wires spread taut across a canyon, between electricity pylons or ...
Portrait of François Junod, a mechanical artist in the purest tradition of 18th century automatons. François Junod has constantly been pushing back the limits of mechanics. He breathes life into ...
How to take care of the illuminated books and art works of the convent of Fribourg, which has preserved since 1256 the writings related to its history and to the commentaries of the Gospel? Carole ...
Raphaël Mayoraz is a mountain guide, a rescue worker and a geologist specialized in the prevention of natural risks. It’s his job to prevent dangers in a region that is particularly vulnerable to ...
Kurt Moser has been travelling through the mythical mountains of the Dolomites to capture its wilderness thanks to pictures resulting from a particularly delicate technique: the ambrotype. Kurt only ...
Jeremie Heitz is probably one of the best freeriders of his generation. This young Swiss made a name for himself in "The List", a film in which he skied down a dozen mythical mountains of more than ...
Each year in June, Lisbon awakens to the sounds of the musette balls and the lure is great for locals and tourists alike to postpone rest and sleep forever. In scents of grilled sardines, the ...
Discover the fist shots of our nature series following eleven hikers facing the daunting challenge of the Grand Traverse Of The Alps. They'll walk the entire range, 600 kilometres from Lake Geneva to ...
One of the tourist attractions of Valparaiso, Chile: a fleet of public transport vehicles that rank among the oldest in the world. Among them, Swiss trolley buses from the 50s and 60s. After years of ...
Survivalists and collapsologists have made food autonomy the new trend. Fuelled by no other ideology but their love for nature, a family decided to take action by becoming self-directed vegie ...
Discover Vercofly, the hike-and-fly paragliding competition. Competitors have four days to tag nine high-altitude huts and four lakes between the Turtmanntal and the Val de Bagne, in Switzerland, on ...
Portrait of a wildlife photographer whose pictures are collected all over the world. In all his work, Vincent Munier creates a very unique bond between man and life in all forms. In this documentary ...
After wandering around the planet, Lito decided to follow in his father's footsteps. He settled down on a heavenly beach on the Pacific coast. He decided to buy several hundred hectares of forest in ...
For some, patois is a language of childhood, of one's first emotions. For others, it is a language in its own right, the Franco-Provençal, and it must be defended at all costs as it is threatened, ...
Diana Fankhauser considers schwingen or panty wrestling a family affair. She's always been passionate about it as long as she can remember. Diana has followed in the footsteps of her two aunts, ...
