追踪巨型鱼第一季

　　Ancient Worlds is about people and places, politics and economics, art and war, trade and technology, but above all it’s the story of the painful birth and difficult growth of a radical idea first tried and tested some six thousand years ago, and which we are still struggling with today; civilisation. Civilisation has not come easily; it’s something we’ve had to fight hard to achieve, and even harder to maintain, and the greatest threats to it have come from our own talents for destruction. But when we’ve managed to get it right, the benefits have been enormous.
　　When we talk about the ancient world we tend to think of rare and exotic artefacts or the monumental remains of epic architecture; but these are just the empty shells that got left behind when the tide of history turned! The living creatures, the civilisations, that once inhabited these shells were rarely if ever static or stately; they were dynamic, chaotic, and always threatening to spin out of control, because civilisation is based on an improbable idea; that strangers can live and work together in dense urban settings, forging new allegiances that replace the natural ties of family, clan or tribe. It’s an idea we’re still coming to terms with today, but one of the best ways to understand the challenges that are involved is to look at how our ancestors tackled them the first time around.
　　From ancient Iraq to Imperial Rome, Ancient Worlds examines how our ancestors struggled with the levers of religion and politics, art and culture, war and diplomacy, technology and trade in order to keep the complex machinery of their civilisations turning over. Their insights and blind-spots, their breakthroughs and dead ends, their triumphs and disasters are the milestones on the long and winding road that leads directly from their ancient to our modern world.

　　Arte电视频道是德法两国共同建立运营的文化艺术类频道，由其出品的纪录片《改变历史的女人们》

第91届奥斯卡金像奖(2019)最佳纪录短片。这是一部关于月经和卫生巾的纪录片。讲述的是印度德里的一群妇女，为自己以及所有女性获得卫生巾的权利而抗争，而加利福尼亚州的一群高中女生们，给予了她们支持。

　　雅克是一名水下摄影师，他的大部分时间都在自由潜水中寻找虎鲸。在船员的帮助下，这位南非人成为了在海洋中寻找这些奇妙生物的专家。在去年冬天挪威北部的一次美妙探险中，跟随他一起享受与虎鲸自由潜水的乐趣。

　　日本电影导演小津安二郎是国际影坛上备受尊崇的大师，欧美和亚洲的不少导演都表达过受到他的作品启发和影响，德国的维姆·文德斯就是其中之一。1982年文德斯在罗马一次放映会上，选择了小津安二郎的《东京物语》作为对自己电影工作有特别影响力的作品来播放，并触发拍摄这个属于自己版本的“东京物语”的念头。文德斯表示并非本着朝圣的心态“寻找小津”，纵然他相信小津的留世作品最有资格被摆放在电影艺术的殿堂。他之所以推崇小津，是因小津“在掌握了经由美国推展及至全球的电影的语言后，竟能反过来从中调制出一种完全个人的景观；在拍摄某样事物时，能让事物保存原有的身份”。文德斯总结对小津的赏析，在片初把电影的本质界定为“提供一个这个世纪人类的真实和可行的图像，从而让人能够认清自我”。
　　寻找小津的片名Tokyo-Ga其意指东京画，是维姆·文德斯对小津致敬之作，他在八十年代中期亲自跑到日本去追寻小津的足迹，以日记手法纪录他对东京这个城市的感觉。此片对照了小津镜头下的东京，以及三十年后的东京，在拍《寻找小津》时，文德斯笔触显得平淡，几乎仿效了小津当年的拍法。