Le 28 décembre 1895, il y a 125 ans aujourd’hui, le cinéma voit le jour avec la première véritable projection publique animée par les frères Auguste et Louis Lumière au sous-sol du Grand Café à Paris.

On 28 December 1895, 125 years ago today, the cinema came into existence with the first real public screening hosted by the brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière in the basement of the Grand Café in Paris.

Op 28 december 1895, vandaag 125 jaar geleden, vond de allereerste publieke filmvertoning plaats in de kelder van het Grand Café in Parijs, georganiseerd door de broers Auguste en Louis Lumière.

Actor and director François Leterrier, known for his leading role in Robert Bresson's Un condamné à mort s’est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut (1956), has passed away on December 4 at the age of 91.

The future of the Cinemateca Brasileira and the livelihoods of its workers are under threat.

On November 12, Argentine-French filmmaker and writer Nelly Kaplan passed away at the age of 89, just months after her lifelong collaborator and producer, Claude Makovski, had died.

The French critic and writer Jean Collet has passed away.

From November 18 to December 18, LUCA School of Arts presents the work from its graduating filmstudents online.

Soumitra Chatterjee, the legendary Indian actor with more than 200 films to his name and famed for his work with Satyajit Ray, has died of complications from the coronavirus.