“Man” is a 2015 French documentary film directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. The film is a collection of stories told by people from around the world about what it means to be human. The film also includes aerial footage of Planet Earth. The film premiered at the seventieth UN General Assembly in the presence of Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. The film is freely available on YouTube in six languages: English, French, Arabic, Spanish and Portuguese.

The Good Planet Foundation donates all proceeds from the project, in all its formats, to charity, including Refugee and War Victims Funds, cultural and educational activities, and environmental projects.

The idea for the film originated with Jan Arthus-Bertrand in the village of Mali. The filmmaker was forced to spend a day visiting a local villager after his helicopter broke down, who talked about his worries and his struggles to feed his family.

Over the next three years, Jan Arthus-Bertrand and his team conducted 2,020 interviews in 60 countries. All participants were asked 40 questions about family, personal happiness, wealth, aspirations, and life. The viewer does not hear the questions themselves, does not know any details about the interviewees themselves, but only listens to the story told by the person against a dark background. In this way, a collective image of man living on Earth is created.

The film raises many current and global themes, such as: hunger, religion, violence, politics and war.

At the same time as its premiere at the UN General Assembly on September 12, 2015, the film was presented at the Venice Film Festival out of competition.

At the Vancouver International Film Festival, “Man” won the audience vote as the most popular international documentary.

The film won the Beijing International Film Festival’s prize for best documentary film and the Vancouver International Film Festival’s prize for most popular international documentary film.