Geneva, January 9, 2025 – From Sunday January 12, around fifty inspiring programs will be offered over a month to compensate for the emotional downfall after the Holidays, the effects of the lack of light during the months of January and February as well as tense world news.
The third Monday in January, aka the Blue Mondayis considered the most depressing day of the year, fueled by a lack of light and the emotional slump after the holidays. Faced with this spleen winter, the RTS puts on the agenda The positive montha concept bringing together documentaries, series, films, musical tracks and radio show topics chosen for their uplifting nature, offering a luminous perception of the future, the world and ourselves. This often unique and surprising offer will warm up French-speaking households from Sunday January 12 to Sunday February 9 on RTS 1, RTS 2, RTS Première, RTS Espace 2 and the Play RTS app.
“Deliberately directing our gaze towards positive stories is part of the idea that the way the media reports the reality of the world influences our state of mind and conditions the path we take collectively. Changing the way we tell stories the present with inspiring and positive stories, it gives us a little confidence, hope and courage to help us face the challenges of our time”, explains Steven Artels, co-head of the Documentary Unit of the RTS.
Among the thirty documentaries that will be broadcast in this framework that RTS is testing for the first time:
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My friend the whale (January 18, on RTS 1): the extraordinary story of a man and his affectionate bond with a female sperm whale.
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A fragile happiness (January 19, on RTS 2): a moving documentary on the quest strewn with obstacles for an extraordinary existence. Grand Jury Prize 2024 at Sundance.
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Nelly and Nadine (January 26, on RTS 2), improbable and magnificent love story between two deportees who survived and found each other in 1947.
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Amine, hero on borrowed time (February 2, on RTS 2), after having had to manage to live in Switzerland and adapt there, Amine Diare Conde now helps people who are even more deprived.
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Ask Doctor Ruth (February 5, on RTS 1), the famous sex therapist, who bares herself, has lost none of her verve, her humor, her enthusiasm and her commitment.
In terms of fiction, RTS will notably offer:
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Fun (in the box Box OfficeJanuary 27 on RTS 1), film about Zahia Ziouani’s dream of conducting an orchestra, which was stronger than anything…
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Simone the trip of the century (case Box OfficeJanuary 13 on RTS 1), on the childhood, political struggles and tragedies of Simone Veil.
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It’s magnificent! (in the box NocturneJanuary 14 on RTS 1). Pierre has always lived far from the disorders of the world, between his bees and his hibiscus.
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A romantic comedy (case NocturneJanuary 28 on RTS 1). César reappears in Salomé’s life and discovers that he is the father of a 3-year-old little girl.
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The Duke (case Box OfficeFebruary 3 on RTS 1). True story about Kempton Bunton, a sixty-year-old taxi driver, who in 1961 stole the portrait of the Duke of Wellington painted by Goya from the National Gallery in London.
The films and documentaries that will follow the broadcast of the cultural magazine Feeling on Thursday evening on RTS 1 will also be in tune with this positive atmosphere, as will those broadcast on Saturday morning on the same channel.
The radio is also associated with the theme via the broadcasts Uproar (Monday to Friday at 1 p.m. and Sunday at 9 a.m.) and Living history (Monday to Friday at 1:30 p.m.) on RTS Première, as well as through entire tracks of light music on RTS Espace 2.
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