Throughout June, the international French-language network TV5MONDE offers a rich lineup of entertaining films, series, specials, and variety programming.

Discover our roundup of the must-see programs this month below.

TV5 Monde

Films

Le petit Piaf — June 14 at 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT
In celebration of World Music Day (Fête de la musique)
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+
(English ST)

In Réunion Island, Nelson, 10 years old, dreams of a career in music and applies to the show “Star Kids”. Pierre Leroy, an artist whose career is faltering, happens to be on tour on the island. Nelson asks him for advice, but things do not go well with the disillusioned old singer.

Director: Gérard Jugnot (France, 2021)
Cast: Soan Arhimann, Marc Lavoine, Gérard Jugnot, Stéfi Celma
Genre: Dramedy

Angelo dans la forêt mystérieuse— June 28 at 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT
In celebration of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+ beginning June 3
(English ST)

Angelo, 10 years old, finds himself alone at a motorway rest area, forgotten by his parents. Without losing heart, he decides to cut through the forest. He then ventures into a mysterious territory populated by strange beings, threatened by an enemy even worse than the ogre of the region…

Director: Vincent Paronnaud, Alexis Ducord (France, Luxembourg, 2024)
Genre: Animation, youth
Awards: Audience Award at the Young Horizons International Film Festival in Warsaw (Poland, 2024); selected at the Cannes Film Festival (France, 2024) and at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival (France, 2024)

Series

Laëtitia— Tuesdays, beginning June 9 at 11:30pm ET/8:30pm PT
(English ST)

Based on a true story, the series follows the aftermath of 18-year-old Laëtitia’s disappearance.

Ep. 1: Near Pornic, Brittany, 18-year-old Laëtitia has disappeared. Her scooter is found early in the morning, in front of the house. The police rapidly manage to piece together her final hours and arrest a suspect, Tony Meilhon. But they find no trace of Laëtitia’s body.

Ep. 2: Despite a suspect having been arrested, for the moment no-one knows what has happened to Laëtitia. The general belief is that she was abducted and held prisoner. Béatrice Prieur, the case social worker when the two girls were placed with their foster family, visits Jessica, Laëtitia’s twin sister…

Director: Jean-Xavier de Lestrade (France, 2019)
Cast: Sophie Breyer, Marie Colomb, Yannick Choirat, Sam Karmann, Alix Poisson, Kévin Azaïs, Noam Morgensztern
Genre: Miniseries, true crime

Alter ego— Sundays, beginning June 28 at 11:30pm ET/8:30pm PT
Season premiere
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+
(English ST)

During the traditional Carnival celebrations, the dead body of a young girl is found near a small town in Southern Switzerland.

Ep. 1: The lifeless body of Eleonora Fontana, daughter of a renowned politician, is found during the Bellinzona carnival in Switzerland. Commissioner Blum decides to set up a special team. The crime seems rooted in a dark past, full of still-open wounds.

Ep. 2: Recent threats against Eleonora’s father lead Blum and his team to investigate the suicide of a famous industrialist. Until the discovery of a second body: this time, the modus operandi points to a serial killer case that disappeared eleven years ago.

Director: Erik Bernasconi, Robert Ralston (Switzerland, 2023)
Cast: Gianmarco Tognazzi, Maria Anolfo, Matteo Martari, Anna Pieri Zürcher
Genre: Miniseries, thriller

Documentaries

Terrain de jeu— Thursdays, beginning June 4 at 11:30pm ET/8:30pm PT
In celebration of the FIFA World Cup
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+ beginning June 3
Premiere
(English ST)

Ep. 1: The Maldives. Raed Hammoud travels to the heart of the Indian Ocean, to a tiny island in the Maldives. In this paradisiacal archipelago, where cricket fans are numerous, he visits the Mahibadhoo stadium, renamed the Pelé Stadium. It’s a chance to meet supporters who are passionate about football.

Ep. 2: Argentina. In northern Argentina, Raed Hammoud discovers the Purmamarca stadium, described by FIFA President Gianni Infantino as “the most beautiful pitch in the world”. In Buenos Aires, he measures the passion of Argentinians for their favorite sport and their national heroes, Messi and Maradona.

Director: Félix Trépanier (Quebec, 2025)
Host: Raed Hammoud
Genre: Docu series, sport

L’océan vu du coeur— June 7 at 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT
In celebration of World Oceans Day
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+
(English ST)

Surrounded by experts, scientists, explorers, or simple fishermen, the astrophysicist and ecologist Hubert Reeves, who passed away in 2023, proposes to identify what threatens the ocean today and exposes the latest discoveries on the intelligence of animals and ocean ecosystems.

Director: Iolande Cadrin-Rossignol, Marie-Dominique Michaud (Quebec, 2023)
Genre: Documentary, environment

Naestro, de la rue à l’opéra— June 17 at 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT
In celebration of World Music Day (Fête de la musique)
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+
(English ST)

Nabil Rachdi, known as Naestro, grew up near Marseille. Passionate about boxing, karate and MMA, his life took a different turn when he was arrested for drug trafficking. In prison, he had a revelation: he discovered his tenor voice and began listening to opera. He would become a singer.

Director: Frédéric Fouragnan, Djamel Aitou (France, 2025)
Genre: Documentary, music

Hip-hop à Québec… La voi(x/e) d’une communauté— June 17 at 9:30pm ET/6:30pm PT
In celebration of World Music Day (Fête de la musique)
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+

In the Quebec region, the birthplace of “queb rap”, the history of hip-hop is about the emergence of a long-sidelined community. A look back at the journey of young people who found a culture they could identify with and have taken to industrial level, not without confrontation and rivalry.

Director: Richard Laferrière (Quebec, 2024)
Genre: Documentary, music

Festa Major— June 21 at 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT
In celebration of World Music Day (Fête de la musique)
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+ beginning June 3
(English ST)

In a village in the Pyrénées-Orientales, a ritual that has lasted for a hundred years takes place every year at the end of summer: a large popular celebration spread over five days. The camera films this ode to joy, lightness and sharing like a timeless tableau.

Director: Jean-Baptiste Alazard (France, 2024)
Genre: Documentary, music
Awards: Audience Award and Special Mention from the European High School Students’ Jury at the Marseille International Film Festival (France, 2024)

Les joueuses #paslàpourdanser— June 23 at 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT
In celebration of the FIFA World Cup
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+
(English ST)

The Olympique Lyonnais soccer players are among the best having gone from victory to victory and won the French championship thirteen times. A glimpse into their daily lives, asking us to change the way we look at the place of women in sport, where the values of respect and openness are essential to move towards equality.

Director: Stéphanie Gillard (France, 2019)
Genre: Documentary, sport
Awards: Selected at Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival (Denmark, 2021); Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Estonia, 2020); Dublin IFI French Film Festival (Ireland, 2020) and Hof International Film Festival (Germany, 2020)

Kevine et Fortune— June 25 at 11:30pm ET/8:30pm PT
In celebration of the FIFA World Cup
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+ beginning June 3

Yaoundé, in Cameroon. Kevine and Fortune, two inseparable friends, play on the same first division football team. They fight to be recognized and to fulfil their dream: to play in a foreign club. But while Kevine signs with FC Nantes, Fortune must stay in the country.

Director: Sarah Imsand (Switzerland, 2025)
Genre: Documentary, sport
Awards: Selected at the Solothurner Filmtage (Solothurn, 2026); Visions du Réel (Nyon, 2025)

Gracia, la messi de Bangui— June 25 at 12:30am ET/9:30pm PT
In celebration of the FIFA World Cup

At 18, Gracia has a dream: to become a footballer. Her passion puts her in constant conflict with those around her, women’s football is still a controversial subject in the Central African Republic. Girls like her are called “Koli-Wali” (tomboys). But Gracia doesn’t care, she just wants to play.

Director: Leila Thiam (France, 2023)
Genre: Documentary, sport
Awards: Grand Prize (“Les sportives en lumière” Festival, 2024)

Bambi— June 30 at 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT
In celebration of Pride Month
In celebration of World Music Day (Fête de la musique)
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+ beginning June 3
(English ST)

Born Jean-Pierre in the suburbs of Algiers in 1935, Marie-Pierre Pruvot refuses to accept her given name and only wants to wear dresses. The woman who would become Bambi talks about her astonishing personal and artistic journey. Photo collages, Super-8 images, television archives and clips from TV movies illustrate her story.

Director: Sébastien Lifshitz (France, 2013)
Genre: Documentary
Awards: Teddy Award for Best Documentary at the Berlinale (Germany, 2013); Audience Award at the IndieLisboa Festival (Portugal, 2014); nominated for the César for Best Short Film (France, 2014)

TV5Monde+

Films

Olivia— Now streaming
In celebration of Pride Month
(English ST)

1890. Near Fontainebleau. Olivia starts her new school year at a wealthy girls’ boarding school run by two teachers, Miss Cara and Miss Julie, who are much admired by the pupils. The ingénue Olivia soon falls under the spell of the erudite and charismatic Julie. An all-female film, elegant and sultry.

Director: Jacqueline Audry (France, 1951)
Cast: Edwige Feuillère, Simone Simon, Yvonne de Bray, Marie-Claire Olivia
Genre: Dramedy
Awards: 1952 BAFTA Best Foreign Actress Nomination, Edwige Feuillère

Series

Davos 1917— Streaming beginning June 3
Season premiere
(English ST)

Set against the backdrop of World War I in 1917, while much of Europe is consumed by conflict, Switzerland appears untouched by the devastation. Yet beneath the calm surface of neutral Davos, international spies maneuver for influence. In the midst of this hidden world, a determined young woman fights to reclaim the daughter taken from her at birth and forge her own destiny.

Director: Jan-Eric Mack, Anca Miruna Lazarescu, Christian Theede (Switzerland, Germany, 2023)
Cast: Dominique Devenport, David Kross, Jeanette Hain, Max Herbrechter, Ivan Shvedoff, Stipe Erceg
Genre: Drama, spy

Documentaries

Vanessa Paradis, la soirée— Streaming beginning June 3
In celebration of World Music Day (Fête de la musique)
Premiere
(English ST)

An exclusive documentary at the heart of the musical creation of Vanessa Paradis’s latest album, followed by a unique showcase recorded in the intimacy of her final rehearsals.

Director: Julien Peultier (France, 2025)
Genre: Documentary, music

TV5Monde+ Cinéma

Theme: French thrillers, Sci-Fi, and action

Coka Chicas— available beginning June 5
(English ST)

A group of best friends from a Parisian suburb arrive at a dreamy Caribbean resort, not as guests but as drug mules, hoping to make their dream of opening a nail bar come true.

Director: Roxine Helberg (2025)
Cast: Zoé Marchal, Fadily Camara, Eva Huault
Genre: Thriller, action

Planète B— available beginning June 5
(English ST)

One night in 2039 France, as a revolt rages across the country, activists disappear without a trace and awaken in an unfamiliar world.

Director: Aude Léa Rapin (2024)
Cast: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Souheila Yacoub, Eliane Umuhire
Genre: Science-fiction, thriller

Ogre— available beginning June 5
(English ST)

A mother and son move to a deserted French countryside to start a new life, but the apparently quiet community is consumed by the unexplained disappearance of a little boy months ago.

Director: Arnaud Malherbe (2021)
Cast: Ana Girardot, Giovanni Pucci, Samuel Jouy
Genre: Horror

La sirène rouge— available beginning June 12

A 12-year-old girl reports her mother to the police for murdering the nanny.

Director: Olivier Megaton (2002)
Cast: Jean-Marc Barr, Asia Argento, Frances Barber
Genre: Thriller, action

Drone— available beginning June 12
(English ST)

An architecture student sees a mysterious drone outside her apartment window. Subsequently, whenever she’s alone, the drone appears and follows her.

Director: Simon Bouisson (2024)
Cast: Marion Barbeau, Eugénie Derouand, Cédric Kahn
Genre: Thriller

Blanc comme neige— available beginning June 19
(English ST)

The life of a successful, high-end car dealership manager all goes awry when his associate is murdered by the Finnish mafia.

Director: Christophe Blanc (2010)
Cast: François Cluzet, Olivier Gourmet, Louise Bourgoin
Genre: Thriller

Par amour— available beginning June 19
(English ST)

A fragile couple’s relationship is further strained when their eldest son confides in his mother that he hears voices.

Director: Élise Otzenberger (2024)
Cast: Cécile de France, Arthur Igual, Darius Zarrabian
Genre: Drama

Everything will be OK— available beginning June 19
(English ST)

Imagine if animals took over the world. Would they behave like humans? Would they make similar mistakes, would they fight for power, rule by terror, devour everything? Would the planet be more at peace?

Director: Rithy Panh (2022)
Genre: Documentary

Canicule— available beginning June 26
(English ST)

A fugitive on the run from the law and carrying several million dollars hides out in a farmhouse.

Director: Yves Boisset (1983)
Cast: Lee Marvin, David Bennet, Miou-Miou
Genre: Action, thriller

A l’ombre des filles— available beginning June 26
(English ST)

An opera singer agrees to lead a singing class in a women’s detention center.

Director: Étienne Comar (2021)
Cast: Alex Lutz, Agnès Jaoui, Veerle Baetens
Genre: Dramedy

Please note: Programs may change due to last-minute scheduling