Laurent Mini

Four Seasons in the giant Panda’s kingdom

A journey over the seasons to discover the impassive and mysterious giant panda, in the heart of its natural environment. This series, filmed over 4 years, invites us to share the daily life of two panda families, from birth to adulthood. Up close, the black and white ursid is revealed as never before, in its most complete intimacy.

FAST: The Celestial Eye

China's FAST (Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope) can detect radio signals emitted tens of thousands of light-years away, and engineers have faced unprecedented challenges in constructing a giant radio receptor nestled amid mountains. From novel technological innovations to architectural challenges, we follow every step that gave birth to the biggest radio telescope ever constructed.

Moon: The Battles of Space

July 20, 1969. Apollo 11 lands on the surface of the Moon. Such a feat was apparently performed to the greater glory of all mankind, but actually it marked the end of the space race disputed by the two great superpowers of the time in their eagerness to arrive before and the beginning of the spread of the Cold War into space. Nowadays, the struggle continues, but the main competitors and their purposes are others.