Blending state-of-the-art generative tools with historical expertise, these titles promise to deliver a level of realism and cinematic intensity rarely achieved in the genre. In production: William the Conqueror: The Great Landing, Besieged Fortresses, Legendary Battles (season 3), Knut, The Viking Emperor and Babylon: The Tower to the Heavens. Building on this slate, ZED is currently developing a new documentary to retrace the destiny of the gladiator Spartacus. 

Directed by Pascal Goblot & Denis van Waerbeke, produced by Zadig Productions & Escalenta, Sulawesi, A New Origin Story (52’) is taking audiences at the heart of a major archaeological breakthrough: the discovery of the world’s earliest cave imagery, recently showcased by the prestigious Nature Magazine.

This year, two programs distributed by ZED have been selected to be screened out of competition in Biarritz: Hostages in Lebanon: Who Pulled the Strings? (dir. Isabelle Gendre, prod. Upside) in the "Documentary Series" selection, and The Legend of the Devil Ray (by Pierre-Étienne Larrous & Pierre Léo Paul, prod. Mona Lisa Production - Wide Studios) in the "Family Films" selection. 

To mark ZED’s 30^th anniversary, Unifrance spoke with Christine Le Goff, Marion Papillon and Charlotte Tachet to look behind the scenes of its documentary Destination Moon: The New Space Age, an ambitious international co-production retracing the Artemis lunar exploration program.