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Narbonne. At the biggest site of archaeological digs in France, a researchteam is bringing to light the forgotten potential of the city in the Romanera. From the 1st century B.C., the then-called Narbo Martius, first Romancolony in Gaul, became the capital of an immense province, Gallia Narbonensis.The port city ended up being the centre of exchanges betweenthe colonies of the Empire and becoming the equal of its source: Rome!Starting out from an exceptional find, this film reconstructs, thanks toinfographics and the help of passionate historians and archaeologists,the extraordinary story of this ancient metropolis that shone for morethan three centuries over the Mediterranean world.

7,000 years ago, the people of the Atlantic Coast erected thousands of megaliths, on which they carved mysterious signs. An international team of scientists, led by the Frenchman Serge Cassen, based on the great menhir of Er Grah (Brittany), has explored many of these gigantic constructions and has reached the conclusion that they contain a symbolic language, carved in stone.Official Section. Place: Amaia K.Z. (Irun)

Is it crazy to say that cinema was invented in the Palaeolithic period, 20,000 years ago? A new interpretation of Paleolithic art paintings and engravings has shown that prehistoric artists were able to break down the movement of animals depicted on cave walls, as a primitive form of animation film. Not only that, they also had the ability to graphically express a story, a way of telling stories through sounds and images.Official Section. Place: Amaia K.Z. (Irun)