At what point in our evolution did we start talking? To paint, play music and travel? When did we build our first imaginary worlds? When was the need to believe born? In short, where, when and how did the contours of man's essence take shape? Going back to the origins of language, art and writing, this documentary by Emmanuel Leconte and Franck Guérin traces the fantastic cultural epic of thought. Although animals also dream, today only our species has the power to recount its dreams, transforming them into stories, narratives and destinies... But where does this astonishing human faculty come from?

The inner world of the great painter Max Ernst is the subject of this film. One of the principal fou...

A documentary film that takes us on a scientific and spiritual journey where we discover that by cha...
This film features some of the most important living Postmodern practitioners, Charles Jencks, Rober...

Buenos Aires is a complex, chaotic city. It has European style and a Latin American heart. It has os...

Many geneticists and archaeologists have long surmised that human life began in Africa. Dr. Spencer ...

Ashes and Snow, a film by Gregory Colbert, uses both still and movie cameras to explore extraordinar...

It is estimated that 40% of the world’s population lack the opportunity to be educated in their own ...

With the five-part Cremaster Cycle of films, multi-award-winning artist Matthew Barney invented a de...
After World War II a group of young writers, outsiders and friends who were disillusioned by the pur...
Every now and then, we get a teacher who doesn't just connect with us -- they make us a better perso...

This short documentary explores the creative process of Mexican textile artist Victoria Villasana. H...

Ningwasum follows two time travellers Miksam and Mingsoma, played by Subin Limbu and Shanta Nepali r...

WORDS FROM HOME is a poetic documentary that explores the kinds of affection and identity in the por...

Three Alaska Native women work to save their endangered language, Kodiak Alutiiq, and ensure the fut...

Alan Yentob profiles the most successful female architect there has ever been, the late Zaha Hadid, ...