MIPCOM Spotlight: ARTE France

CANNES: Buyers can pick up the HD series Happiness is on the Plate from ARTE France.

The lifestyle series Happiness is on the Plate blends travel, cooking, nature and a civic sensibility, as it follows the daily work of five chefs fighting for eco-friendly cooking.

The company is also offering up Iraq 2003: Days of War and Invasion. “Our commitment is to enlighten and inform,” says Cédric Hazard, the head of international sales and acquisitions at ARTE France. “The 21st century began with an international crisis of unprecedented severity in Iraq. Ten years after, what assessment can be made? … And not to be forgotten, the committed social engagement of our Football Rebels, showing us footballers who’ve managed to resist against the spheres of power, becoming figureheads of resistance or rebellion, well beyond their sole sporting achievements.”

With these titles, among others, the company is hoping to establish itself as “the ultimate reference in documentary distribution,” says Hazard.