| La Cinémathèque française | 
              
                | Address | 51, Rue de Bercy 75012 Paris
 Française (France)
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                | Telephone | +33 (01) 7119-3200 | 
              
                | Fax | +33 (01) 7119-3201 | 
              
                | Website | www.cinematheque.fr | 
              
                | Senior Staff | Constantin Costa-Gavras : président Peggy Hannon : directrice générale adjointe
 Joël Daire : directeur délégué du patrimoine
 Laurent Mannoni : directeur scientifique du patrimoine et du conservatoire des techniques
 Jean-François Rauger : directeur de la programmation
 Bernard Benoliel : directeur de l’action culturelle
 Jean-Christophe Mikhailoff : directeur de la communication et des relations extérieures et du développement
 Hervé Pichard : directeur des collections films
 Martine Vignot : directrice des collections non film
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                | Communication | Français, English | 
              
                | Collections | French film collection Metropolis still photograph collection (831 photos)
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                | La Cinémathèque française was established in the mid-1930s by founder Henri Langlois, who quickly amassed thousands of films that were hidden and protected during the occupation of World War II. Reassembling the scattered film collection in the postwar years, the Cinémathèque established a stable location and began its daily presentations of rare films from throughout the world and the entire history of cinema. These presentations are universally cited as the chief catalyst of the French New Wave of the 1950s. Today, the Cinémathèque holds one of the largest (if not the largest) film collections in Europe. Listing updated: 20 July 2014. |