Lumière & Company

Fourty intriguing films from the world's leading directors

Lumière & Company

Drama|

Documentary|

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40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.

Jeff Alperi

Romane Bohringer

Bruno Ganz

Ticky Holgado

Alan Rickman

Liam Neeson

Stephen Rea

Sven Nykvist

Lena Olin

Pascal Duquenne

Nathalie Richard

Neil Jordan

Aidan Quinn

Isabelle Huppert

Otto Sander