The European2004 Culture Channel March 2004 March contents Preface ...................................................................... 5 Programmes ............................................................ 7 Programme schedules ........................................ 26 ....................................................2004 ARTE off-screen 28 The channel .......................................................... 32 MarchChronology ............................................................ 46 3 2004 March preface ARTE: the television channel for those with an enquiring mind « ARTE, vivons curieux / so hab’ ich das noch nie gesehen» (ARTE, let's be curious! ). Our new slogan says it all. After all, how can one expect to move forward, make progress, if one does not take an interest in other people? That has been ARTE's raison d’être since its inception, as it still is – even more so, indeed – today. The world is going through a period of major change and upheavals. Efforts to unite Europe are proceeding at a cautious pace. In such circumstances, the role of a television channel such as ARTE must be to break down intellectual, moral and artistic barriers with programmes that open a window wide open on the world. Programmes that look beyond the immediate horizon, to places where everything is different, where one encounters other lifestyles, other ways of thinking, other beliefs. 2004 The year 2004 is the year of European enlargement, a crucial year that will offer each and every one of us a chance to push back the borders of our familiar universe. A powerful purveyor of knowledge, accessible to all, ARTE builds bridges between the diffe- rent cultures and, at peak viewing times, screens films, documentaries and shows sourced from all over Europe – and even further afield. In 2004, we shall be lending a particularly attentive ear to the European Union's new Member States, and looking long and closely at Russia and the United States as these two countries become involved in their respective election processes; while the Athens Olympics will provide a springboard for a voyage of discovery, an exploration of Classical Greece and the myths and legends that are such an endless source of fascination for both young and old. With its new 2004 schedule featuring discovery, culture and Europe more prominently than ever, ARTE hopes to facilitate the pro- cess of becoming acquainted with the unfamiliar, to contribute to European integration, and to serve as a forum for the great deba- Marchtes of our day. Jérôme Clément Dr. Gottfried Langenstein President Vice-President 5 2004 March programme New schedule, new programmes We promised in 2003 that we would concentrate on developing a clearer, more viewer-friendly schedule. And we have kept that promise: since January 2004, our new schedule is prominently and extremely clearly displayed on everyone's screen. The evening schedule, like the afternoon schedule, is now arranged along clear, horizontal lines, based on programmes beginning at regular times. From Monday to Friday, for example, between 7 pm and 7:45 pm, ARTE shows a similar type of programme, easy to pick out and identify. From 7:45 pm to 8:15 pm, attention turns to the news. The early evening schedule takes viewers through to about 10:30/10:45 pm. The later evening programmes end with the ARTE Late Night News, at around midnight. A number of key-words describe the main themes of individual programmes: > Discover the planet with ARTE Discovery, or by watching the Saturday prime time offerings, The Human Adventure and 360° – GEO Report. Discover and share in different European lifestyles through the attractive docu-soaps screened at 8:15 pm, Monday to Friday, and the young, original lifestyle programmes in the afternoon schedule. > Keep up with the latest cultural developments. ARTE is an increasingly popular2004 forum for artists and performers: there's lots of music, dance and theatre, programmes on the visual arts and a wide range of other disciplines, mainly scheduled at the weekend when viewers are most in the mood for a bit of escapism. The new Culture Daily, shown daily between 8 pm and 8:15 pm, goes straight to the heart of the current cultural scene in Europe, focusing on the most significant developments. > A special place is reserved for analysis and interpretation of the news and world affairs, with the Tuesday Theme evening, the new ARTE Reportage slot on Wednesdays at 9:40 pm, and three news bulletins instead of one, at 6:45 pm, 7:45 pm and around midnight. Of course, a television channel consists of far more than just its programmes. It is also identified with the people presenting those programmes. This year, the familiar faces are joined by a number of newcomers: take a look through the next few pages and find out who they are! MarchARTE: a Channel very much in tune with its time, working for a curious and demanding audience. Victor Rocaries Programme Director 7 Discovering and understanding ! 2004 March Hallmarks of the Network since its inception and UNDERSTANDING quickly imitated by other broadcasters, ARTE’s THE WORLD TODAY theme evenings are emblematic of a different Thema on Tuesday • 8:45 pm and Wednesday • 3:15 pm way of watching television. Entertaining, investi- Presented by Jürgen Biehle, Hervé Claude, gative, always enriching, they explore an infinite Alexandra Gerlach, Daniel Leconte, range of subjects, drawing on all audiovisual Annie-Claude Elkaim genres: documentaries, reports, feature films, Focused on the contem- fiction series and others. porary world, Thema on Three nights a week, television viewers can sit Tuesday looks at society today and the big issues of back to discover and understand. Each night in politics, society, economics, the week has its own special colour. science, such as the progress > Awards (selected) towards European enlarge- ment, elections in Russia and Martins’ passion by Irene Langemann the United States, modern FIPA-Gold, category “Music and perfor- slavery or the mystery of ming arts”, FIPA, Biarritz (January 2004) sleep. Once The Revolution will not be televised a month, the by Kim Bartly and Donnachafor O’Brianbest current Golden Nymph Award format provides the framework affairs documentary, Monte Carlo for the latest in the "De quoi Television Festival, Monaco (July for2003) best j'me mêle" (“It’s my business”) Golden Space Needle Award documentary, Seattle International Film series, an open forum for studio Festival (June 2003) discussion. Rocky Award, Information and Current 2004Affairs Programs, Global Television Grand Prix, Banff Television Festival, Canada (June 2003) Noble Virgins DISCOVERING THE GREAT by Jerzy Sladkowski Special Mention, category “non-Fiction”, LEGENDS OF OUR TIME SHARING Prix Europa, Potsdam - Babelsberg Thema on Sunday • 8:45 pm CULTURE (October 2003). Usually built around a big feature film screened Thema on Friday • 10:15 pm Superfly in the first part of the programme, Thema on A thought-provoking companion guide to the by Julien Olivier and Philip Smith Sunday addresses a family audience, prefer- pleasures of literature and the arts both past Best Science Film at the Royal Thema on Friday Television Society Awards, London ring entertaining subjects that combine dreams and present. In 2004 will be (April 2003) and excitement: Bugatti and his “Dream Cars”, taking a close look at Salvador Dali, exploring the great cathedrals, Brazil’s legendary Copaca- The Louvre and pursuing its enquiries into Great Children of Revolution by Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz bana, Jules Verne or Vampires. Crime Films and Fiction in Europe... 1st Prize for German-Polish Journalism, television category March (June 2003) 9 Experiencing emotion ! 2004 March cinema Every member of the global film industry has a Movies on Thursday voice on ARTE. Twice a week in prime time, on See and See Again • 8:45 pm Mondays and Thursdays, plus a late-night slot See and See Again, on Thursday, hosts prime time screenings of the great directors who put on Wednesdays, the Network presents major their names to the film heritage of recent deca- films, often in premiere screenings and always in des: classics of film noir, the Marx Brothers, the original version with French subtitles. Two of Luchino Visconti, David Lynch, Claude Sautet, the evening full-length features are shown as Denys Arcand, Akira Kurosawa, Stanley repeats on Monday and Tuesday afternoons. Kubrick… > Awards (selected) Around a quarter of the films shown are copro- Short-circuit - The magazine Head on by Fatih Akin ductions: since its inception, ARTE has been Golden Bear, FIPRESCI Prize, Tuesday • 12:15 am (twice a month) International Film Festival, Berlin committed to providing financial support to Wednesday • 12:30 am (February 2004) talented filmmakers. Moreover, a production Friday • 3:15 pm Wild Side by Sébastien Lifschitz Over 700 short films are shown every year in Teddy Award for best feature film, agreement between the ARD, the ZDF and ARTE LVT - Manfred Salzgeber Prize, the Short-circuit programme on Wednesday enables six European coproductions to reach the Film Festival, Berlin (February 2004) night, Friday afternoon and twice monthly on Good Bye, Lenin! by Wolfgang Becker cinema every year, including such successes as Tuesday at 0:15 am. César for best movieParis from (February the 2004) Dogville or Dancer in the Dark by Lars von Trier European Union, Goya Award for Best European Film, (Golden Palm Award at Cannes), Intimacy by Silent Movie Madrid (February 2004) European Film Thursday • 12:30 am