French cinematography

It was December 28, 1895 when the Lumière brothers publicly planned the departure of workers from their factory.

• George Méliès

• An Andalusian dog (1928), by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí

• The Great Illusion (1937), by Jean Renoir

• Orpheus (1950), by Jean Cocteau

• Mr.'s vacation. Hulot (1951), by Jacques Tati

• The French nouvelle vague (new wave):
  • The 400 strokes (1958), by François Truffaut
  • At the end of the getaway (1959), by Jean-Luc Godard

• Blue (1993) by Krzysztof Kieslowski

• Summer story (1996) by Éric Rohmer

France hosts one of the most renowned film festivals in the world, the Cannes International Film Festival.