Association Française des Cinémas d'Art et d'Essai
The French Association Française des Cinémas d'Art et d'Essai (AFCAE) was founded in 1955 by five cinemas with the aim of promoting artistic cinema.
In 1959, the French Minister of Culture, André Malraux, achieved state recognition and funding for the AFCAE, which has made the AFCAE very important today with 1200 members (2010) and highly valued lists of recommendations. The proportion of art cinemas is therefore much higher in France than elsewhere.
The current chairman is Patrick Brouiller .
Web links
- official website (french)
- Statut juridique des cinémas d'art et d'essai (French)
- Speech on the 50th anniversary of the Association 2005 (French)
- Afcae 50 ans de cinéma militant , Christophe Carrière in L'Express from 27/10/2005, accessed November 12, 2012 (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from May 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
