Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée

The Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC; lit. the National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image) is an agency of the French Ministry of Culture, and is responsible for the production and promotion of cinematic and audiovisual arts in France. The CNC is a publicly owned establishment, with legal and financial autonomy.

Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée

Formation	25 October 1946; 77 years ago (1946-10-25)
Headquarters	291 boulevard Raspail - 75014 Paris
Official language	French
President	Dominique Boutonnat
Website	(in French) cnc.fr

It was created by law on 25 October 1946 as the Centre national de la cinématographie (National Centre for Cinematography), it is currently directed by Frédérique Bredin. The CNC replaced the Office professionnel du cinéma (OPC), its predecessor established during the reign of Vichy France for wartime censorship.

The CNC archives are located in the former Fort de Bois-d'Arcy southwest of Paris. Initially established in 1969 to house combustible nitrate films, the archives now house modern acetate films as well.^[1]

Functions

The principal functions of the CNC are:

• Regulation of cinema
• Support of the economy of the cinema, audiovisual, and multimedia arts
• Promotion of cinema and audiovisual arts among the public
• Protection of French cinematographic heritage

List of presidents

• Michel Fourré-Cormeray (1945–1952)^[2]
• Jacques Flaud (1952–1959)^[3]
• Michel Fourré-Cormeray (1959–1965)^[4]
• André Holleaux (1965–1969)^[5][6]
• André Astoux (1969–1973)^[7]
• Pierre Viot (1973–1984)^[8]
• Jérôme Clément (1984–1989)^[9]
• Dominique Wallon (1989–1995)^[10][11]
• Marc Tessier (1995–1999)^[12][13]
• Jean-Pierre Hoss (1999–2001)^[14][15]
• David Kessler (2001–2004)^[16]
• Catherine Colonna (2004–2005)^[17]
• Véronique Cayla (2005–2010)
• Éric Garandeau (2011–2013)^[18]
• Frédérique Bredin (2013-2019) ^[19]
• Olivier Henrard (July 2019 - interim)^[20]
• Dominique Boutonnat (July 2019 - current )

See also

•  Film portal

• Institut national de l'audiovisuel
• Europa Cinemas
• French video game policy

References

1. Le Pajolec, Sébastien. "Bulletins :: Bulletin n° 26 Les archives françaises du film à Bois d'Arcy" (in French). Institut Pierre Renouvin. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
2. (in French)http://www.cannes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=511&Itemid=2457652 2011-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
3. Hubert-Lacombe, Patricia (August 5, 1996). Le cinéma français dans la guerre froide: 1946-1956. L'Harmattan. ISBN 9782738440426 – via Google Books.
4. Hubert-Lacombe, Patricia (August 5, 1996). Le cinéma français dans la guerre froide: 1946-1956. L'Harmattan. ISBN 9782738440426 – via Google Books.
5. (in French)http://www.lcp.cnrs.fr/pdf/den-06a.pdf^{[permanent dead link]}
6. Depétris, Frédéric (August 5, 2008). L'état et le cinéma en France: le moment de l'exception culturelle. Harmattan. ISBN 9782296056114 – via Google Books.
7. (in French)http://referentiel.nouvelobs.com/archives_pdf/OBS0491_19740408/OBS0491_19740408_059.pdf 2013-11-03 at the Wayback Machine
8. (in French)http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/comite-histoire.htm
9. "Article de Business PME pour la sous rubrique Jerome clement president du comite de gerance arte". www.businesspme.com.
10. (in French)http://www.liberation.fr/culture/0101152221-marc-tessier-prend-la-tete-du-cnc-il-succede-a-dominique-wallon-au-centre-national-du-cinema 2012-10-01 at the Wayback Machine
11. "La lettre de Nodula". www.nodula.com.
12. (in French)http://www.liberation.fr/culture/0101287860-jean-pierre-hoss-nomme-au-cncun-fidele-du-service-public-au-chevet-du-cinema 2012-10-01 at the Wayback Machine
13. (in French)[1]
14. . Stratégies. March 26, 2001. Archived from the original on November 22, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
15. (in French)http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/actualites/communiq/hoss.htm
16. "Kessler à France Télévisions". La Libre.be.
17. . Stratégies. September 8, 2004. Archived from the original on November 22, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
18. "Éric Garandeau au CNC". LEFIGARO. 15 December 2010.
19. . Archived from the original on 2013-06-30. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
20. . Libération (in French). 15 July 2019. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2022.

External links

• Official French site of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée
• French archives of CNC movies

  The site of AFF-CNC puts online a part their movie database conserved in Bois-d'Arcy. It gives as well the necessary information to consult these movies, either at Bois-d'Arcy or in their chanal in BnF, and offers online accreditation formulas. In other parts, the website offers courses of themes to make it possible to discover the activities and the missions of theses archives.