Summary1875: a young, wealthy industrialist travels through the Forez countryside equipped with a darkroom. At a time when this medium was still in its infancy, Félix Thiollier produced nearly 25,000 photographic plates, most of which captured the contours of his country, from the foothills of...
SummaryThe Europeans named America shortly after ‘discovering’ it. How exactly did this happen? A quirky journey into the world of fake news, back in the days of the printing press...
SummaryOn a beach in Normandy, unprecedented archaeological discoveries lead a team of archaeologists on the trail of a Celtic people whose culture seems to differ from that of their neighbours in the rest of Gaul. Beneath the fine sand, exceptionally well-preserved remains are gradually coming...
Montpellier, land of earthenwareProduced as part of the exhibition ‘Montpellier, land of earthenware’ presented at the Fabre Museum and the Lattara-Henri Prades archaeological site in Montpellier Agglomération from 28 April to 23 September 2012. Director: David GeeoffroyProduction: Court-jus ProductionFormat: HD2019...
SummaryOn the outskirts of Caen, archaeologists are studying a vast underground quarry. Shoes, jewellery, coins, lamps...
SummaryMysterious ruins emerge in the middle of a Normandy forest in a place called ‘Bois-l'Abbé’ near the town of Eu. Initial archaeological research conducted on the site in the 19th century suggested the presence of a monumental Roman sanctuary. In the early 2000s, when the...
Flowers and early produce on the French Riviera in the early 20th century 5 min - Animation - HD - Short film - Production: Commune of Hyères-les-Palmiers (83)Broadcast: Museum of Cultures and LandscapeDirector: David Geoffroy / Animation: Vanessa GonçalvesFlowers and early produce on the French Riviera...
The banquet of the peaks 13 min - UHD - Short film production - Musée des Merveilles - Alpes-Maritimes Departmental CouncilBroadcast: ‘Ala table des Gaulois’ exhibition - Musée des Merveilles - TendesScientific advisors: Franck Suméra (SRA PACA), Patrice Méniel (CNRS)Director: David Geoffroy...
SummaryWhat a strange idea to drive around in circles on a closed road at 300 km/h.A crazy idea, and yet so natural. The idea of the world, with its chemistry (sensations), its physics (materials and forces), its history (family and politics), its ‘religion’ (giving meaning...
