Catalog 2021

Taiwan is one of the most advanced democracies in the world. It’s also one of the most threatened. Despite being one of the world’s leading economies, having its own president, government, flag and anthem, no country recognises it. The problem is that China has always considered Taiwan to be one of its own provinces. Even today, President Xi Jinping does not rule out using...

From his window he saw the horror. From his window, he filmed the terror. Daniel Psenny, journalist at Le Monde newspaper since 25 years, witnessed the bloodiest terrorist attack in our contemporary history, that of November 13, 2015 at the Bataclan. With his cell phone, Daniel, who lives a few meters from the famous Parisian concert hall, recorded a document, the only film that exists on...

Phosphate fertilizers are essential to modern agriculture, especially for growing potatoes, one of the the favorites vegetables of Europeans. In Morocco, the country with the largest phosphate reserves, residents complain about the impacts of fertilizer production on their environment and their health. But they lack scientific data. A team of journalists, in collaboration with European...

Every year, 500,000 Europeans are meet a premature fate due to air pollution. One of the main causes of this pollution is coal - a fuel that is still used in many European countries. And this air pollution has no borders - it spreads its contamination throughout the continent, where citizens fight every day for their basic right to breathable air. Many doctors have raised the alarm, but...

In Niger, near a huge uranium mine, some residents live in areas that exceed the radioactivity of the Chernobyl Prohibited Zone. In the meantime, in France, citizens denounce the pollution of the largest uranium conversion plant in Europe. Despite the bans, a team of journalists, with the help of scientists, investigate in the two countries and take dozens of samples to learn more about the...

Martin Boudot, journaliste d’investigation, part sur les traces des pollutions de notre monde : contamination des fleuves, de l’air et des sols, radioactivité, rejets toxiques etc. Pendant un an, il enquête avec le soutien d’une équipe de scientifiques indépendants, en Europe mais aussi localement, pour réaliser des tests et documenter les pollutions. Les résultats de ses études...

The decision not extradite Julian Assange to the United States is unlikely to be the end of his long struggle. For the past 10 years, Premiere Lignes has investigated Assange and the WikiLeaks network. For the past 10 years, Premiere Lignes has investigated Assange and the WikiLeaks network. In their first film in 2011, they interviewed Julian Assange and his team and profiled these new...

Creating a dress for ten euros in Europe, in less than a fortnight. It’s not only possible, but it’s becoming the norm. Since the fashion industry went down the path of fast-fashion, it’s always both faster and cheaper – no matter the consequences.  Let’s start with those suffering the most: the workers. They work between 12 and 15 hours a day for salaries less than half the...