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French Film Archive / FIAF Founding Member (1938) Paris, France

Cinémathèque française

Archival Mandate / General Mission

The preservation, restoration, and public exhibition of international cinema heritage and related technical equipment.

Co-founded by Henri Langlois in Paris, the Cinémathèque française was a founding member of FIAF in 1938. It holds an incomparable collection of film reels, pre-cinema optical devices, historic costumes, and scripts, serving as an iconic temple of cinematographic culture and archival screening.