Gang of Four
Episode 1 of 4
Duration: 1 hour
Art writer Waldemar Januszczak explores the revolutionary achievements of the Impressionists. In the first episode, Waldemar delves into the back stories of four of the most influential Impressionists - Pissarro, Monet, Renoir and Bazille - who together laid the foundations of the artistic movement. He finds out what social and cultural influences drove them to their style of painting, how they were united and how ultimately they challenged and changed art forever.
Waldemar journeys from the shores of the West Indies, to the progressive city of Paris to the suburbs of South London, where these four artists drew inspiration from the cities and towns in which they lived. Whether it be the infamous spot on the river Seine - La Grenouillere - where Monet and Renoir beautifully captured animated people, iridescent light and undulating water or the minimalist, non-sensationalised illustrations of Pissarro's coarse countryside paintings, Waldemar discovers how the Impressionists broke conventions by depicting every day encounters within the unpredictable and ever changing sights around them.
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Painting outdoors
Episode 2 of 4
Duration: 1 hour
Waldemar Januszczak continues his investigation of the Impressionists by taking us outdoors to their most famous locations. Although Impressionist pictures often look sunny and relaxed, achieving this peaceful air was hard work. Trudging through fog, wind and rain, across treacherous coastal rocks and knee-deep snow, Waldemar shows how the famous spontaneity of the Impressionists is thoroughly misleading.
This episode visits the French riverside locations that Monet loved to paint, and where Renoir captured the bonhomie of modern life. Waldemar also introduces a number of technical and practical developments of the age which completely revolutionised Impressionist painting - the invention of portable easels; the use of hog's hair in paint brushes; as well as the introduction of the railway through France. And a scientific demonstration in a Swedish snowdrift explains just how right the Impressionists were to paint brightly coloured shadows in their winter scenes, despite being accused of 'hallucinating' at the time.
Finally, Januszczak explains Cezanne's part in the Impressionist story from his dark and challenging early work to his first rural landscapes in France, and then his departure from Paris and separation from the Impressionist gang.
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Painting the People
Episode 3 of 4
Duration: 1 hour
Waldemar Januszczak continues his investigation of the Impressionists, focusing this time on the people they painted and in particular the subjects of Degas, Caillebotte and the often forgotten Impressionist women artists. The Impressionists are famous for painting landscape but they were just as determined to paint people.
Looking closely at one of Impressionism's finest painters, Edgar Degas, Waldemar reveals how he consistently challenged traditions and strove to record real life as it appeared in the city, from sculpting the contorted movements of horses in motion at the Longchamp race course in Paris to encapsulating extravagant 3D viewpoints of the ballet dancers at the Paris Opera.
Waldemar also uncovers the intoxicating haziness the pastel produced in Degas' work when visiting his supplier Pastels de Roche. He also reveals the unusual viewpoints and dramatic perspectives of Caillebotte's paintings from the Place de L'Europe and the rebellious and revolutionary art of Morisot, Bracquemond and Cassatt, three impressive female artists who were eagerly embraced by the progressive movement of Impressionism
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Final Flourish
Episode 4 of 4
Duration: 1 hour
This episode takes a closer look at the late years of Impressionism, using the last show these artists did together as a starting point.
Waldemar looks in considerable depth at the work of Georges Seurat, taking into consideration his academic training at the Beaux-Arts School in Paris and the artists that influenced him, such as Piero della Francesca and Puvis de Chavannes.
There is also an insight into the complex but fascinating world of optics and art, and the ways in which the Impressionists were using the new discoveries in light and eyesight to influence their work. A fascinating 'after-image' experiment brings to life the ways in which our own eyes see colour, both in its presence and its absence.
Van Gogh's time in Paris, a period very little is known about, is also covered, charting the incredible journey the artist made from his brown and dull canvases to the splendid colour and light that pervaded his work on the cusp of his departure for the South of France.
The film finishes with a revisiting of Monet and his later waterlily paintings in the Orangerie in Paris. Waldemar investigates how a bad case of cataracts was responsible for a seismic shift in his colour palette and his brushstrokes. Spending time with an ophthalmologist, he finds out how old age and a fairly common ailment of the eyes caused Impressionism to shift and become radical again at the turn of the century and into the 20th century

The new series on Renaissance painting, written and presented by Matthew Collings, begins with an artistic investigation into one of the most radiant and beautiful images in all of art history, The Madonna of the Meadow, painted in 1505 by Raphael.
Renaissance art has become part of the 21st-century heritage industry but when Raphael was alive, it was a startling new form of visual expression, and Raphael's vibrant 'realism' was striking and fresh. It became the model for western art for the next 400 years, right up until the birth of Modernism.
As much as it was a cultural 'rebirth', the Renaissance was also a revolution in ideas about reality. Matthew Collings sets out to remind us of how radical Renaissance paintings were when they were made, as well as opening our eyes to what is still truly great about them. In this programme he deconstructs The Madonna of the Meadow with the help of the very latest high-resolution digital technology, which allows him to explore the inner secrets of Raphael's painterly effects with a clarity and at a level of detail never before seen on television.
As Matthew says, it is a journey 'to the other side of an illusion', revealing how Raphael created the alluring images that were so appealing to his wealthy Renaissance clients - including the Pope - and which entranced artists for centuries after his death. Matthew explains the secret to Raphael's vibrant colour harmonies, which the artist grasped intuitively, long before the advent of colour 'theory'; and Raphael also knew how to exploit colour effects to create the impression of extraordinary depth in his paintings.

贫富不均对社会有什么影响？穷人真能掌握自己的未来？国际非营利组织STEPS INTERNATIONAL 所推动的《为什么贫穷？》（Why Poverty?）跨媒体计划，参与协同制作工作，与全球同步播出一系列探讨21世纪贫穷问题的纪录片。
《为什么贫穷？》是由总部位于丹麦的国际非营利组织STEPS INTERNATIONAL推动的非商业计划。Steps曾在2007年推动过《为什么要民主？》（Why Democracy?）。而《为什么贫穷？》即以此为基础，希望用影片刺激大众讨论贫穷问题；计划共同发起人还有英国广播公司（BBC）和丹麦广播公司（DR），这两家电视台也是本计划的主要合作伙伴和推动者。
这计划邀请了来自世界各地的纪录片导演，以“为什么贫穷”为共同题目，拍摄了每集一小时共八集的纪录片，让世界共同思考贫穷问题，探讨全球10亿赤贫人口的过去与未来。本系列纪录片于2012年11月起全球播放，台湾PTS与英国BBC、美国PBS、日本NHK、香港RTHK等在内的70余家电视台均加入联合播出，估计观众总数超过 5 亿人。
第1集　Poor Us: An Animated History of Poverty / 当我们穷在一起：动画贫穷史
第2集　Welcome to the World / 人之初 性本穷
第3集　Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream / 有钱有庇护：金钱、权力和美国梦
第4集　Land Rush / 耕者无其田
第5集　Give Us the Money / 摇滚救贫穷
第6集　Stealing Africa / 生财有“盗”
第7集　Solar Mamas / 太阳能妈妈
第8集　Education, Education / 出路

文森特·威廉·梵高，这位用明亮鲜活的色彩吸引了全世界目光的天才画家，却在美丽的法国瓦兹河畔结束了自己37岁的年轻生命。他传奇不朽的一生已多次被搬上电影银幕。此次，由导演Andrew Hutton执导的本部戏剧式纪录电影，将重现梵高绚烂而短暂的一生。本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇 Benedict Cumberbatch饰演这位天赋异禀且卓尔不群的疯狂大师，而其弟提奥则由杰米·帕克 Jamie Parker饰演。剧中的一言一语皆来自于梵高写给提奥及亲人的信件。
本片以其独特的叙事方式和入木三分的描摹再现，赢得了2011年在班夫世界媒体节上的最佳艺术纪录片洛基大奖。

Andrew McAuley尝试着绝大多数人所认为不可能的事情：独自一个人驾驶着皮船横穿世界上最叛逆的海洋。2007年1月11日，Andrew McAuley开始了他的探险，他要成为第一个用皮船穿越澳大利亚到新西兰之间那段最狂野的海洋的人。2月9日，新西兰海事局接到了他遇难的电话，一个月来他在悲惨和痛苦的环境下生存，征服了难以置信的恐怖暴风雨，但是在他即将完成他的旅途的前一天，McAuley遇难了。他的尸体没有找到，但是船上摄像机的带子却把这些记录了下来。他的家庭，他的支持者永远都不会忘记他那想征服塔斯曼海的决心。

这部纪录片的编剧、导演和旁白均由沃纳·赫尔佐格（Werner Herzog）来担当，记录了他与剧组前往南极洲拍摄当地生物、居民以及独特地理风貌的历程。这部纪录片并不是一部关于南极著名的企鹅的影片，而是去探索南极的人类生活，以及壮丽神奇的南极洲美景。他们前往由美国国家科学 基金会南极计划部门运作的南极洲最大的科学研究中心——位于罗斯岛的麦克默多站进行拍摄，在当地采访了一些在作业、后勤、IT和维护等方面提供支援的成员后，他们陆续前往海豹基地、潜水营地等南极洲人类扎营的地点，沿途遇到很多有意思的人，做了很多包括细胞生物学家塞缪尔·宝泽（Samuel Bowser）、动物学家占·保罗斯基（Jan Pawlowski）、企鹅研究学者大卫·安利（David Ainley）等在内的简短访谈。在某种程度上，他们拍摄探索的并不在于展现科研领域，而在向大众揭示一种独特的生命体验。
本片提名2009年第81届奥斯卡最佳纪录片奖。

This is a 42-minute different kind of travelogue, showing various places around the world with no narration and, in some cases, speeded-up photography. In other cases - mainly the beginning - it's ultra-slow. To be honest, I like that fast-forward technique far more, such as where you see clouds and shadows moving by quickly. They move by landscapes, famous monuments and other building and even over art work. Other scenes area also run by quickly; usually when people are in the picture.
Later, the speed is accelerated even more. Now people are just a blur. Still later, it's done differently with stop-action-type motion. Filming locations mainly are in the Southwest United States, New York City, Egypt, France and Italy.
A few segments, such as those early ones in Egypt are way too slow but others are beautiful and fascinating. Some of these shots almost look computer-made, but they are real. The movie reminded me of "Koyaanisqati," but this is far better, in my opinion.
There is no dialog in this short film. I've seen this three times and enjoyed it each time, although by now I am bored by the slow scenes. My favorites are ultra-speedy traffic parts. If you are looking something different, check it out.

灵动的音符与舞步，天真无邪且充满信仰的双眸，开启了一段关于无始劫来轮回不休的沉思之旅。塔庙林立的蒲甘，华丽庄严的教堂，是人类千百年来对神性乃至觉悟的向往。斗转星移，物我两忘，风水雨火肆意涂抹着大地的容貌，所谓崇高的生命在自然的心中不著痕迹，蕞尔不及碎遍三千大千世界后的一抹微尘。只是，颠倒众生，刹那视若永恒，朝夕奔忙，不曾停歇，以污泥、刀锋涂改着各自的容颜。自诩万物之主，左右你我他的生命。从天上到地下，从高山到深洋，征服了如梦如幻的器世界，用光怪陆离的玩具将其装点，终不免在永业的轮回中败下阵来。一切无常，正如华美庄严的坛城，轻轻拂拭，还为尘沙……
本片历时5年拍摄，足迹遍布五大洲25个国家，荣获2012年读柏林国际电影节影评人最佳纪录片奖。

加拿大摄影师Edward Burtynsky踏足那些被称为“世界工厂”的发展中国家，在他的镜头下，有如工蚁般辛勤工作的福建某工厂流水线的工人、有来自世界各地在江浙某村堆积如山的电子垃圾、有位于孟加拉仿佛堆满死尸一般的拆船厂、有如同黑云滚滚遮天蔽日的天津塘沽港煤矿基地、也有宏伟壮丽仿佛造福千秋万代的三峡大坝工程。在经济大潮的冲击下，人类以环境为代价，追逐着眼前那微乎其微的利益，却不知早已将环境和自己的命运逼向末途……
本片荣获2007年加拿大金尼奖最佳纪录片奖、2007年河水潺潺（RiverRun）国际影展最佳纪录片奖、2006年多伦多影评人协会最佳加拿大影片和最佳纪录片奖。

在英国威尔士中部地区的一个小农场，科波尔的父母作为难民在那里找到了住所。本片讲述了随着人口的快速增长小规模化农业逐渐消亡，以及当地人机械化耕种前的劳动方式也已经不复存在。

《时间的风景》是备受赞誉的摄像师和导演，汤姆·劳的首部影片。影片采用慢镜头与定时拍摄的摄影技术，向我们展示了美国西南部陆地、人文以及野外令人惊叹的瑰丽景色。为拍摄本影片，劳开着他的丰田敞篷小卡车奔走于美国西南部，历时两年。
《时间的风景》的拍摄、剪辑和色彩分级均采用4K 分辨率（4096×2304像素），是世界上首部面向公众发售的4K电影。

这是一部关于街拍鼻祖比尔·坎宁安（Bill Cunningham）的纪录片。已入耄耋之年的比尔依然是纽约时报的一名摄影师，拥有自己的板面专栏“On the Street”以及“Evening Hours”。他从六十年代起便一直沉迷街拍，并享受工作。在比尔的镜头下，不管你是上流名人、普通工人甚至是下城居民，只要你着装出位有个性，比尔都乐于捕捉你的美。几乎所有的时尚界人士都认识并尊重这位摄影顽童，就连著名时尚杂志Vogue的女主编安娜·温图尔（Anna Wintour）也说：“我们都为比尔着盛装。”然而，这样一位几乎把一生都献给了时尚且功不可没的老人，依然住在狭小工作室里，每天骑着自行车上街拍照，不过老人家却觉得这样最好，对他来说，拍照以外的任何事都无关紧要，能够自由地捕捉新鲜，才是他的追求。
本片推出后深受欢迎，先后在悉尼电影节、南塔基特电影节、墨尔本国际电影节和阿布扎比国际电影节上获最佳纪录片殊荣。