A director and a producer are working on the dossier of their new film, hoping to get funding from a potential investor. What happens next leads to questions about the dreams and realities of making their film.

A director and a producer are working on the dossier of their new film, hoping to get funding from a potential investor. What happens next leads to questions about the dreams and realities of making their film.

A six-part series about international efforts to design and build eco-friendly structures through sustainable architecture.

A six-part series about international efforts to design and build eco-friendly structures through sustainable architecture.

在最低海拔9000英尺的拉达克，教育和设计，传统和现代在天龙白莲花学院交汇。在旧金山的联邦大楼，设计师们设计的没有空调的房子，让2000位政府工作人员水深火热还是冬暖夏凉？在拉丁美洲的波哥大，前市长恩里克·潘纳罗萨用一条道路，降低了这座城市的犯罪率。在纽约的韦斯切斯特，设计师乔纳森·罗斯让经济适用房也可以绿色环保，让伟大在平凡中诞生。在荷兰的阿姆斯特丹，废旧的码头，摇身一变成为绿色建筑，坐享水天一色。在美国的2030挑战中，爱德华·玛斯瑞拉努力打开一个又一个改变的阀门。

工业革命以来，人类的经济和生活水平飞速发展，然而在发展中也对环境造成了巨大的破坏。全球变暖、雾霾四散，经济发展是否必须要以环境为代价呢？新一代的建筑设计师们，显然在寻求人与自然的和谐发展之道。开罗的公园计划为拥挤的城市提供了娱乐空间和就业环境，来自加拿大的乡土建筑师彰显了传统文化与自然的和谐之美，墨尔本的城市复兴计划在都市森林中找寻节能生态的建筑形式。他们都在日益严峻的环境形势下，探索新的经济与自然和谐的发展之道。

Historically, the cinema close-up was initially employed to convey emotions through facial expressions. But soon filmmakers also began focusing their attention on hands. Using film extracts, Farocki explores this visual language, it's symbolism, Freudian slips, automatisms and its music. Often, hands betray an emotion which the face tries to dissimulate. They can also function as a conduit (exchanging money) or witness to a form of competence (work).

Historically, the cinema close-up was initially employed to convey emotions through facial expressions. But soon filmmakers also began focusing their attention on hands. Using film extracts, Farocki explores this visual language, it's symbolism, Freudian slips, automatisms and its music. Often, hands betray an emotion which the face tries to dissimulate. They can also function as a conduit (exchanging money) or witness to a form of competence (work).

人类经过发展，创造和控制了各种材料，并用它们打造出我们今天的世界。在本系列节目中，材料学家马克·麦道尼克将带我们进入神奇的材料世界并揭示一些隐藏在材料中的鲜为人知的秘密。

A French diplomat must escape an FSB plot in Siberia.