Histoires de lionnes

An ecological drama/documentary, filmed throughout the globe. Part thriller, part meditation on the vanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic world.

Runtime

1h 44m

Director

Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud

Cast

Pierce Brosnan, Rie Miyazawa, Aldo Baglio

In the remote and forgotten wilderness of Lake Natron, in northern Tanzania, one of nature's last great mysteries unfolds: the birth, life and death of a million crimson-winged flamingos.

Runtime

1h 18m

Director

Matthew Aeberhard, Leander Ward

Cast

Mariella Frostrup, Zabou Breitman, Karoline Herfurth

The story of the birth of the exploitation of wild animals, the fruit of the iron twinning between the Industrial Revolution and the omnipotent and arrogant logic of colonialism, told through the multiple tribulations of Fritz, an Asian elephant who, one hundred and fifty years ago, worked in the largest circus in the world.

Runtime

53m

60 years ago, almost nothing was known of elephants in the wild. But then one young Scottish biologist changed that forever. In 1965 Iain Douglas-Hamilton arrived in Tanzania to live alongside African elephants. Later joined by his wife Oria and daughters Saba and Dudu, elephants became central to their lives with matriarch Boadicea an...

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

Nigel Pope

Cast

Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Saba Douglas-Hamilton, Dudu Douglas-Hamilton

In the heart of southern France there is a fog-prone area where, according to legend, a bloodthirsty creature wreaked havoc 250 years ago. A rumor is spreading again in this legendary place, as eyewitnesses report an animal with large paws and a long tail that crosses roads in a single leap - powerful enough to tear down a horse and le...

Runtime

52m

Cast

Christian Gonon, Bruno Loisel, Meghan Beale