Plus fortes que les coups

Stärker als alle Schläge

Stronger than Violence

Más fuertes que los golpes

Silniejsze niż przemoc

Più forti delle violenze

In the Belgian city of Liege, an association offers support for women who are victims of domestic violence. Social workers help these women in the long and often painful journey to overcome the trauma of abuse. 

In the Belgian city of Liege, an association offers support for women who are victims of domestic violence.

Nine women under the age of 25 in France were killed by their partners or ex-partners in 2022. The youngest was only 13 years old. Journalist Camélia Kheiredine set out to meet Luna and Romane, two survivors of domestic violence who were only teenagers at the time.

This documentary series by France.tv Slash is part of The European Collection, a joint initiative of European public media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR, RTBF and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

As Luna and Romane can testify, domestic violence affects women of all ages.

Domestic violence among teens

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This documentary is a patchwork of material that gives insight into the mind of filmmaker, poet, and writer Thomas Brasch, who died twenty years ago. Material from his personal video diary, spliced with filmed interviews and archive footage of his plays, add up to a portrait of a Brasch who is strange, creative, and challenging.

This documentary is a patchwork of material that gives insight into the mind of filmmaker Thomas Brasch

BRASCH: Fear and Desire

When you think urban gardens and vegetable patches, you might think locally produced food and self-sufficient cities, but feeding a whole city with just a few rooftop vegetable gardens was never going to be likely. So why are more and more of them springing up? Could these green spaces also be used for education, therapy and social integration? Laetitia Limmois investigates.

This programme by France.tv Slash is part of the European Collection, a joint initiative from European public service media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR, RTBF and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Urban gardens are unlikely to feed a city, but could they be used for education and social integration too?

Urban Agriculture

How can citizens of a diverse society get along and show more empathy towards each other? Jagoda Marinić visits eastern Germany to meet people who are committed to living together better through sport, the arts, and community initiatives.

Europe with Jagoda Marinic

Jagoda Marinić visits eastern Germany to meet people who are committed to living together better.

Nice to Meet You: Germany

Everything you ever wanted to know about the European Elections, but were afraid to ask, with Nikola Obermann.
Written by: Nikola Obermann
Producers: Frédéric Doazan & Sylvain Cappelletto

European Election Special

Everything you ever wanted to know about the European elections, but were afraid to ask, with Nikola Obermann.

Karambolage

We seldom speak about young people who choose to stay in rural areas. For them, living in the city is synonymous with stress and superficiality. The less they go, they better off they are. Journalist Camélia set off to the French countryside to meet with Jérôme, Guyliane and Mélanie – three young people who opened up about their daily lives, far from all clichés. 

This documentary series by France.tv Slash is part of The European Collection, a joint initiative of European public media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR, RTBF and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

We often speak about young people leaving rural areas, but what about those who choose to stay?

Young people in the countryside

Naama, Camille, Thomas, Hassan, Jason and Nicolas have all been diagnosed with schizophrenia – an illness that is different for everyone who experiences it. They tell us about what it’s like to live with that label each day, and the preconceived ideas it invites. Which of these are true and which are false?

This programme by French broadcaster France.tv Slash is part of the European Collection, a joint initiative from European public service media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR, RTBF and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Meet six people diagnosed with schizophrenia, and learn what it’s like to live with that label.

Living with schizophrenia

Before, it was simple: there was selfishness or altruism. Either we got rich or we helped others. But now these binary divisions are fading. A supporter of effective altruism, the young philosopher William MacAskill proposes to go even further with "arithmetic altruism". This is, applying the concept of profitability to charitable contributions.

Earth of Women helps women and girls to escape the vicious cycle of poverty, forced marriage and prostitution

Square Artist: Sibel Kekilli

The German novelist David Safier profiles Daniel Magel, an 'everyday hero'. Born in Kazakhstan, he emigrated with his parents to Bremen. Alcohol, drugs and violence shaped his adolescence. But sport saved him. And now he works with youths and prisoners to show them its transformative power.

Sport saved him. And now he works with youths and prisoners to show them its transformative power

Square Artist: David Safier

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In the Canadian province of Alberta, the Blackfoot indigenous people, victim of oppression and persecution in the 19th century, are now striving to revive their heritage and traditions.

The Blackfoot people of Alberta, victim or persecution in the past, are now striving to revive their heritage and traditions.

Canada: The Return of the Blackfoot

One hundred years ago, on February 2nd 1922, James Joyce’s Ulysses was published by Sylvia Beach in a small bookshop in Paris. The book, which consumed 7 years of Joyce’s life, years in which his family’s circumstances were very difficult, would have a profound and unprecedented impact on the literature and culture of the century to follow. 

Though Ulysses was banned initially in the US and UK, Joyce’s epic was soon celebrated as a masterpiece of modernism.

100 Years of Ulysses

In the centre of São Paulo, the largest city in the Southern Hemisphere, a whole area is completely taken over by the drug trade. Locals call it Cracolandia (Crackland), a city district where thousands of homeless and addicts live. But in this desperate place, a clown is trying to help the most vulnerable.

Brazil: The Clown of Cracolandia

In the desperate and dangerous Crackland of São Paulo, a clown is trying to help the most vulnerable.

ARTE Reportage

Europeans are tipping the scales with 1 in 6 people now obese, but why? This ARTE Europe weekly, we explore the complex causes behind this rise and investigate whether so-called 'miracle' weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy can offer a lasting solution or if they are merely a temporary fix in the battle against obesity.

Let Them Eat: Obesity in Europe

The big picture behind a steep rise in waist sizes among Europeans.

ARTE Europe Weekly

Gozo, a small island in the Maltese archipelago famous for its tranquility and natural beauty, is attracting more and more tourists, boosting economic growth. However, this boom has brought uncontrolled property development in its wake which threatens the beauty and special atmosphere of the island.

Gozo, a small natural paradise in the Maltese archipelago, attracts tourists in large numbers... But at what cost?

Malta: Construction Boom on Gozo

A journey along the west coast of Japan via train taking in the cities of Kanazawa and Toyama during the cherry blossom season. In Toyama Bay, lighthouse squid are on the menu,  and in the mountains there are breathtaking national parks and the World Heritage village of Gokayama.

A journey along the west coast of Japan via train taking in the cities of Kanazawa and Toyama during the cherry blossom season.

Japan's West Coast by Train

Alice and Gabrielle are expecting a child. After three years of IVF they are final they are finally going to become mothers. While Alice watches her belly grow, Gabrielle tries to find her role. Even if it means taking on a little too much in the living room...

Can I Touch?

Alice and Gabrielle are expecting a child. After three years of IVF they are final they are finally going to become mothers. 

Two Mothers, One Child (1/30)

Diwa is only 11 years old. She is one of the thousands of victims of a crime that is hardly reported on in Europe but which is causing havoc in the Philippines. She was raped by her parents, live on the internet, to satisfy the desires of foreign paedophiles who paid for the spectacle of her rape, giving instructions from a distance.

Philippines: Child Rape Online

Thousands of children in the Philippines have been abused, live on the internet. Report on a shocking crime.

For the first time in Northern Ireland's history, the first minister is from the Irish nationalist Sinn Féin party. On taking office, Michelle O’Neill said that a referendum on whether Northern Ireland should remain part of the United Kingdom or be reunited with the Republic of Ireland could be on the cards within a decade. But will asking this question reopen old wounds, in a place scarred by violence? And how do young people in Northern Ireland see their future? 

Ireland or the UK? Northern Ireland’s new first minister wants to hold a referendum on this contentious issue.

Northern Ireland: a referendum on reunification?

“Adriana Lecouvreur”, Calabrian composer Francesco Cilea’s most famous work, is a lyrical retelling of the story of Adrienne Lecouvreur, the famous Parisian actress who died in suspicious circumstances in 1730.

Latvian National Opera, Riga

The Latvian National Opera presents Francesco Cilea’s opera on the tragic story of Adriana Lecouvreur.

Francesco Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur

The swaying music of L'Impératrice meets the organic curves of Palais Bulles for Passengers. A session with a sweet retro flavour to celebrate the release of the band's third album: Pulsar.

Passengers: Palais Bulles

L'Impératrice in concert in the retro-futuristic setting of the Palais Bulles.

L’Impératrice

Chinese men are suffering. There are simply not enough women to go around since China implemented its one-child policy in 1979.  This means that 1 in 5 Chinese men will not be able to find a partner in five years’ time.

Chinese men are suffering. There are simply not enough women to go around since China implemented its one-child policy in 1979. 

China: Men without Women

Far-right leader Jordan Bardella is idolised by many young people in France.  The polls put his National Rally party well ahead of all other French parties at the European Elections and his TikTok following is the envy of his political rivals. Report on how young people in France are now voting for the far right in large numbers.  

France's Far-Right Youth

French far-right leader Jordan Bardella is idolised by many French young people.

Lea Desandre, William Christie and Les Arts Florissants introduce Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Médée to the repertoire of the Opéra national de Paris, directed by David McVicar.

Paris National Opera

Charpentier’s masterpiece in a stunning production from Lea Desandre, William Christie and David McVicar.

Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Médée

The far-right party National Rally topped polls in 93% of towns and villages across France in the European elections, prompting President Emmanuel Macron to call legislative elections. We speak to far right voters, ask experts what brought us to this point, and get the lowdown from our correspondents across Europe about how France’s neighbours are reacting.

France’s great swing to the right

All eyes are on France after the far right makes major gains and Macron calls a snap election. 

For 15 years, Edward Kaprov has been photographing Israelis and Palestinians along Israel's borders, the dividing lines between two visions of the same land. In the kibbutzes around Gaza, in the Palestinian villages and Jewish settlements of the West Bank, and in the Bedouin hamlets close to Lebanon.

Israel-Palestine: Borderlines

Photographer Edward Kaprov has been taking photos along Israel’s borders for the last 15 years.

When Alice and Gabrielle go for an ultrasound, they want to know the baby’s sex…In this tender and funny series, two women build a family in a heteronormative world.

Drat!

When Alice and Gabrielle go for an ultrasound, they want to know the baby’s sex…

Two Mothers, One Child (2/30)

On 4 January 2021, a London court denied the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the United States - where he faces up to 175 years in prison, accused of publishing hundreds of thousands of confidential documents. But the judicial battle continues: the US government has appealed, while Assange remains in Belmarsh maximum security prison.
Continuing from ARTE’s five-year investigation into the Assange affair, this report delves once again into the complicated case.

The Extradition of Julian Assange

Continuing from ARTE’s five-year investigation into the Assange affair, this report delves once again into the complicated case.

When war disrupts daily life, social issues often take a back seat. Tracks East meets the men and women who refuse to let armed conflict get in their way. Anna, a doctor in Kyiv, wants sexual liberation along with sexual health and Alina and Stanislava are campaigning for equal marriage.

Social Activism in Wartime

Tracks East meets the men and women who refuse to let armed conflict get in the way of social issues.

Tracks East

Rufus Wainwright has composed a requiem in memory of those lost to the Covid-19 pandemic. This ode to life uses the full power of the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra and features actress Meryl Streep.