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- Ecologist series with puppets and true animals.
- Around the world, wildlife territory is being swallowed by human activity. South Africa is one of the countries that has the most expertise when it comes to managing its fauna. This film if about the discovery of South Africa's largest Natural Park, the Kruger. We will be accompanied by its chief veterinarian Markus Hofmeyr. He will take us into the heart of the reserve and teach us about managing the richest animal population of Africa. We will film the organization, unique in the world and animal trade. We will also follow the anti-poaching unit, on call day and night to end rhino and elephant poaching. This film takes you behind the scenes of Africa's largest animal sanctuary.
- The first "Wild Live" series.
- Throughout their journey, our adventurers will experience dizzying highs and lows. Their endurance and motivation will be put to the test. They'll also enjoy heartwarming encounters with remarkable people and cultures. Their voyage will reveal outlandish environments and breathtaking sceneries. Follow their everyday journeys through one traveller's intimate journal. How will they react when they hear the lions roar in the middle of the night in the Serengeti? What will happen when a snowstorm strikes at the top of the Kilimanjaro? See the emotion in the eyes of the group when they finally make it to Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Incas. Through our groups' testimonies, viewers are invited to discover new worlds. GAP is a dynamic production with fast-paced editing of footage shot simultaneously with two cameras mounted on steady-cams. GAP is also a great documentary series informing the viewer on the different activities they can experience during their future vacations. With GAP, you get to live the adventure as if you were there.
- Power Plants takes us into the world of some extraordinary plants and tells us their story. Far from a dry academic discourse, this series proves that plants do much more than just set the stage for life; in fact, like humans and other animals, they play a very active role in it. Power Plants presents some unusual "plant stars" filmed just as animals might be. The techniques of macrophotography give us an "up close and personal" look at their world, while fast motion photography paints a revealing portrait of their territorial conquests, their fighting and seduction techniques, their double-dealing, and their opportunism. We thus gain firsthand knowledge of the plants' strategies at the level of both individuals and species. The narrative explains how plants adapt to the world around them, but also how they modify it. It stresses their "actions" rather than their appearance or anatomy. In so doing, it treats them like "characters" in their own dramas, highlighting the traits they have in common with humans and other animals and the universe they share with us. For this reason, the stories are deliberately intense, structured as investigations with many dramatic twists and turns.
- This series is about endangered peoples whose protagonists are the very children of those civilizations doomed for extinction. They will fight against exile, the loss of culture, pollution, immigration, poverty, urbanisation, deforestation, etc. Each episode will present an endangered people : Inuit, Tibetans, Mayans, Yeíkuanas, Dogons, Touaregs, Pascuans, Himbas, Pygmies, Gypsies, Kurdes, Amerindians, Papoose.
- Six star-hotels, boasting the highest tower in the world, ski hills under a glass dome, the artificial Palm Island complex, people of Dubai are not afraid of yet an other challenge. In August 2010, the Dubai Aquarium opened its doors. First feat: a 10 millions liter-tank, the largest in the world. 33 000 animals, more than 150 species - but with its 400 resident sharks, a new formidable challenge lies ahead : to create the largest collection of sharks ever attempted . Importation of rare species, daily dives with the sharks, vetenary care, acclimatazation of new types of sharks, birth in the nursery - Everything needs to be done . Headed by biologist Juan Romero, its director, the wager is soon to be won.
- This series will follow volunteers from the general public who have decided to take an unusual trip to some of the most remote and exotic locations to work alongside leading scientists in the field - conducting research on endangered species, ancient cultures, public health, climate change, rain forest, etc.
- In the days and weeks that followed the 2001 shipwreck in the Galapagos Islands of the oil-tanker Jessica carrying over 250 000 gallons of crude oil, local population, assisted by the U.S. Coastguard and volunteers from around the world, laboured intensely to contain the oil spill. Extremely favourable winds and currents allowed for minimal damage. This dark threat succeed however in focusing international attention on this unique and fragile environment where species are known to exist with each other in ''perfect harmony''. The film looks at the elements threatening this paradise on earth , recently officially registered as a World Heritage Site, and what should be done to protect and preserve it.
- By 2000, an estimated 100 million people around the world were afflicted with Alzheimer's disease. First identified in 1906 by German physician Alois Alzheimer, the disease is still in many ways a medical mystery. Alzheimer's has become a dangerous menace, striking mainly in rich countries where high standards of living and high-tech healthcare have greatly increased life expectancies. From Rita Hayworth to Ronald Reagan, from Alois Alzheimer's discoveries to the latest work by American and Japanese researchers, from patients cared for at home by their own families to ultramodern institutions specializing in degenerative brain diseases, "The Alzheimer's Mystery" tells both the social and medical story of a devastating disease that one day may be detected as early as conception.
- Three of the world's most promising young scientists in their fields of expertise, together set out to conduct a systematic exploration of the "white frontier." For these people, the "white frontier" is the line of ice separating the world above (the ice field) from the world below (the ocean's depths). Like two separate planets, these worlds are inhabited by different creatures: On one side are beluga, bowhead whales, narwhals, and arctic fish; on the other side are polar bears, seals, and walruses - Yet, these animals are only able to survive by regularly venturing beyond the limits of their own world. These forays across the white frontier are precisely what our heroes aim to study. How do certain mammals break through the ice in order to breathe? How does the polar bear manage to smash the surface to catch fish? How are other animals able to use the meager reserve of air trapped between ice and water? How is the seal able to divide its life between the two sides of the obstacle?
- At the end of a long sandbank, an opening was created. It is through this channel that the ocean and the rivers meet. This mix between fresh and salt water has permitted to create the center of this film: The salt marsh. Serving as a backdrop to the grandiose landscapes of Gaspésie, life is revealed through fish, mammals and the birds that inhabit this majestic place. Spectacular scenes: seductions, assaults, copulations, births and deaths are shown to us. The salt marsh is recognized to be the most productive ecosystems on the planet and this film is an exceptional testimony of that.
- Many animals - whether imported on purpose or accidentally - have similarly supplanted local fauna in areas where they were introduced. The problem of animal invaders is one of today's most serious environmental threats. The potential risks are so great that the issue is now a major concern of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, the world's largest environmental protection organization. With astounding footage from around the world, "Invaders" not only offers us an opportunity to reflect on Life, but also a chance to grasp this unprecedented peril facing the Earth and the diversity of species.
- A six-part documentary that observes the fauna and flora of North America.
- 214 million years ago a gigantic meteorite broke up and impacted Earth. 65 million years ago, the impact that killed the dinosaurs occurred where the country of Belize stands today. 200 thousand years ago early humans were walking and died when they were hit by a 40 meter wide meteorite hit South Africa creating a 1.4 km wide crater. This meteorite fragment, the largest ever found hit Namibia 80 000 years ago and more recently a major impact occurred in Toungouska, Russia in 1908. Every year 10 000 tons of meteoritic matter fall onto Earth in much smaller but not necessarily less influential pieces. This film will explore how the impact of these meteorites big and small through the ages have changed our world and what they brought from outerspace with them that may have been the seed of life itself on Earth.
- For the first time, a film presents the evolution, biology and behavior of bats from Europe. Shot in a natural environment with untouched subjects, this documentary will introduce you to these mammiphers that have coexisted with humans for thousands of years.
- The Greenland ice sheet is the thick ice cap that covers most of the territory. It is also the name of the expedition led by Janot Lamberton, great explorer of ice clefts. The Inlandsis team, combining science and discovery, goes exploring this virtually untouched region of the planet.
- Produced by Greenspace Productions and broadcast on CBC French and English, this up close and personal portrait of Canadian virtuoso Alain Trudel introduces us to this world renowned trombonist and documents his relentless pursuit to give this traditional jazz instrument the respect it deserves in classical music.
- This documentary follows Sébastien, a young music fan, as he drives across Québec, Canada, interviewing the province's most renowned musicians.
- Discovering the province of Québec through touching speeches, songs and images from local celebrities.
- This series is dedicated to discovering small wild animals hat live in the European countryside. These animals are almost invisible because most are nocturnal, while others are timid and reclusive. as evidence of their stealth, these animals can prowl undetected within feet of farm houses and barns. Most people would not be able to identify these small, wild animals, but that does not prevent them from being accused of all sorts of crime and misdemeanors. Because so little is actually known about these animals, and because they are so difficult to observe, rumors have spread that they are vicious, smelly, blood thirsty or worse. "The Secret Lives of European Mammals" will reveal the intriguing and carefully concealed secrets of these unknown creatures. Furthermore, this series will demystify the rumors and misconceptions about these animals by showing that they are actually good neighbors who play a very important role in maintaining the balance of nature in the European countryside.
- Despite indications that it is disappearing, the European badger remains one of Europe's most discreet animals. This burrowing animal, of the Weasel family Mustelidae, is largely unknown to the general public and even to certain people commonly familiar with nature who rely on hearsay to discuss the badger. This foul smelling animal, hence the Mustelidae family, has the reputation of a savage, bloodthirsty beast which has preceded it since the dark ages. But is this an accurate portrayal of this relatively calm omnivore with very pronounced social behavior? Being extremely difficult to film in its natural habitat, the European badger has been the subject of very few documentaries. This complete study permits the presentation of actual facts and not the falsities that have been associated with the badger, such as it being a frightening creature. At the beginning of spring new generations of badger's are born. They have lived in the burrow for two months before coming out for the first time this evening. It is through this family unit and the passing season's with which we will be able to better understand this Mustelidae with its very peculiar habits. Where do they live? What do they eat? How many litters do they have per year? How do they build multi-level fortress they hibernate? A discussion will take place with regards to the American badger, which is also a member of the Mustelidae family. However, the American badger has very different habits and behavior patterns than that of the European badger. The American badger behaves in a very reclusive manner whereas the European badger is the only Mustelidae that is found to live in a family group or clan.
- Exploring the nature and wildlife along the Gaspé Peninsula shoreline.
- Each part in this series investigates a different aquatic creature. We discover the secret life of animals too often presented from the same angle, and dream along with the scientists, uncovering new worlds along with them.
- At the age of thirteen, Sylvain Bédard was diagnosed with a hypertrophic cardiopathy, a hereditary disease that causes a thickening of the heart tissue. In 1999, his heart is only working at 15% capacity. Then, in summer 2000, Sylvain is given a new heart: the transplant proves a success. Since then, Sylvain Bédard has been training and has participated in the National Transplant Games, where he's won eight medals. He's also been the first heart transplant patient to reach, in full autonomy, the top of Mont Blanc, at a height of 4807 metres. Accompagnied by his cardiologist and his friend Michel White, Sylvain is ready to face a new challenge: climbing the top of the highest summit in Bolivia, Mount Sajama, a volcano standing at an altitude of 6542 metres. Surrounded by a team of scientists, he's invested with an unusual mission: furthering medical research in high altitude in order to understand better how oxygen deprivation can improve the heart's irrigation. Father of five boys, Sylvain wants to find solutions to increase his life expectancy and that of his children, who might also be threatened by the same disease. From start to finish, this documentary features an adventure of epic proportions, which will at once thrill and touch you.
- Apparently, it is an ordinary day. Just a nice, ordinary day. Hours go by, one after the other. Noon to midnight, midnight to noon: the big pendulum of the city life is in perpetual movement. From the first light of dawn to the last lights late into the night, a capital - or metropolis- never really sleeps. Each time, it is a new face of the city that is brought to the viewer. A new place to discover, famous or unknown, up front or behind the scenes, meeting new people and sharing bits of life at any time of the day or the night. To each hour its own labor, haste, relaxation, pleasure and feeling. To each hour its own sounds, colors, smells, lights and pace. "24 hours in the Life of a City" is a whole different way of discovering a city. It is not being passive before a succession of postcards. It is rather diving into it. Experiencing it from the inside, side by side with those who live there, be it daylight or night. The idle and the workers, the high society and the ordinary people, all typical and anonymous. From noon to midnight, from midnight to noon.
- From the damp and humid Amazon rainforest to the highest active volcano in the world, this journey is definitely a voyage through Ecuador's splendour. But if magnificence comes at a price, Barbara, a TV news anchor from Canada, will definitely pay it before she turns 26 at the end of the voyage. Not only will she get slapped on the bums with a leather belt, but she and her small group will be attacked by a colony of army ants, they'll also swim with caimans, and.they'll eat living ants that, apparently, tastes like lemon.
- The Galapagos Islands are one of Earth's true paradises. The animals, plants and birds are in such profusion and variety that Catherine, a journalist from Canada and her group has the sense of taking a voyage during Charles Darwin's time. Still, as they learn more from the local tour leaders, they discover that on the islands, beauty is combined with various threats. Furthermore, they learn of the fragility of the endemic species, and of their own vulnerability, when diving and swimming in the world's Seven Underwater Wonders. Also called the shark's paradise.
- Featuring a quest to Machu Picchu, the famous Inca archaeological site. We follow the journey of Nic, a young lawyer from London, and a group of traveller from all over the world, as they slowly trek towards the lost city of the Incas, learning on their way about the history of this important Empire. But as they gain altitude, they slowly lose their positive attitude; half of them suffer from food-poisoning while the others struggle with altitude sickness. These real travellers constantly push their limits while learning a great deal about the Inca culture and the Peruvian way of life. Before they reach Machu Picchu, they'll understand firsthand why the Spanish Conquistadors never found it.
- A camping safari in Kenya is one of those things that many people want to experience in their life - Natasha, a student in business commerce from Canada and her group is no exception. They want to be close to the sounds, the smells and sights, to be a part of nature and its elements. Their dream comes to life and it's an experience they won't soon forget. They rub shoulders with a pride of lions, they are threatened by a bloat of hippos and a bunch of hyenas eat some of their camping material. They'll even get stuck with their truck in the savannah while a family of elephants walks straight at them. Ah. The mighty jungle.
- Patagonia is a region that evokes a longing for exploration and the lust for adventure. Our group's discovery of the vast and stark beauty of southern Argentina and Chile will take them from the bright lights and sophistication of Buenos Aires to the pristine pleasures of the southern peaks, forests, rivers and ice fields. But to enjoy all this beauty, Louise, a journalist from London and her group will need to walk...a lot. Hundreds of kilometres to travel separate them from their goal: Tierra del Fuego and its capital, Ushuaia, the southernmost city on the planet. Through their journey, they will push the limits of their endurance and motivation as they climb high mountains and glaciers. This is an epic voyage towards the end of the earth.
- A frightened thirty-five-year-old Kate is just about to begin her journey in Spain. Kate is Australian and has just been through a painful divorce after finding out her husband had cheated on her for a year. Married for ten years, she's never traveled alone and now has to try and get along with ten fellow travelers during the course of an organized trip through Spain. As she leaves the airport, she falls to the ground; her nose bleeds onto the concrete floor. Rather than listening to her heart and turning around, Kate decides to face her destiny. As she will explore the Catalonian countryside on foot, by bike and by raft, Kate will try to learn to be social again and draw a line between her past and what the future has in store. Kate is on a mission to rediscover who she really is while taking on thrilling challenges and exciting paths through medieval Catalonia. On her way to "recovery," Kate meets the interesting people she is traveling with: the mysterious Ilana, who is hoping to perform in a running marathon and change careers upon her return to Australia and Canadian brothers Steve and Bryan, who hope to share one last moment of "brotherhood" before a life of marriage and children take their childhood away.
- Medieval cities, Roman ruins, Berber kasbahs, Sahara desert camping, camel rides, mountain ranges, Berber hospitality; this is all what twenty-eight-year-old Natacha hopes to experience upon leaving her comfortable Montreal life en route to a twenty-one day journey to exotic Morocco. A young undiscovered actress still living at home, Natacha has never traveled farther than Florida. Upon arrival in Marrakech, a snake charmer puts his slimy fellow around Natacha's neck, setting the stage for a trip that is sure to be a non-stop culture shock. The first night leads to her acquaintance with a vibrant, middle-aged successful Californian actress names Rajia. The tension building between the women is evident as they vie for the attention of the camera and Natascha helplessly watches Rajia use her fluent Arabic to mingle with the locals. The pressure on Natacha is clear as she fails to adapt to the local food and gets stomach flu. The new culture and dealing with the overwhelming Rajia continues to get to her as Rajia challenges the young actress to start living like an adult and leave home. Many challenges seem to be ahead...there are mountains to climb, deserts to cross. Will young Natacha overcome her fears and expand her horizons as her real personality unfolds? As the tensions continue to build, Natacha finds refuge in an unexpected friend. This human adventure unfolds in a country of startling contrasts with a long history and fascinating traditions. No doubt that the audience will understand why this is indeed an exotic paradise.
- A thirty-two-year-old from Montreal, Hoang has been an attorney for the last ten years and has decided to drop everything and reorient his life to a more artistic and simple way of living. To do this, he has applied to film school just before deciding to go for a trip to his parents' country of origin; Vietnam. Discovering Vietnam by cycling through its hidden parts, Hoang will have to find out his own path: should he keep working on being successful like his parents' are expecting him to or should he struggles of leading a more spiritual life, maybe one day becoming a monk? The unexpected visit to his parents in Ho Chi Ming city will be the finale to a physically and spiritually challenging journey.
- Climbing Africa's highest peak and the world's tallest freestanding mountain is a matter of A's: aptitude, attitude and altitude. Yes, it's easier said than done. After 4 days of walking the steep slopes of the Kilimanjaro, after too many cups of bitter tea, after several blisters, many headaches and little sleep, the spirit of the group starts to go down as they continue heading up. Will Tracy, a sales supervisor from Winnipeg and her group be the highest persons in Africa on that cold and stormy day of the summit attempt? Their lead guide has been around since 1962, and even he has never seen such extreme weather conditions.
- What is love? What is passion? Is life worth living without either? Katie Ross is a twenty-five-year-old from Toronto and she is determined to find the answers. Her fifteen-day biking, hiking and rafting trip through Tuscany, Italy's most romantic region, will sure help her in her quest. However, Katie is an intellectual and independent woman with profound questions and she'll be travelling with three superficial girlfriends from the US and Greg, a forty-year-old who is travelling to Italy only to find his match. Even if Katie doesn't find the answers to love, sparks are going to fly.
- India is vibrant, intoxicating, dramatic and above all, unforgettable. From the busy and chaotic capital of Delhi, to the mythical and legendary city of Varanassi, our small and eclectic group will slowly journey on a sail boat down the Ganges, India's most sacred river. Along the way, they'll discover that a trip to India is a voyage within themselves. As they approach Varanassi, where the Hindus come to burn and have their ashes scattered in the Ganges, our group will have explored some of the big questions: what is the meaning of life? Who am I? What is the meaning of death?