The Institut national de l'image et du son (; INIS) National Institute College of Image and Sound is a training institute for

film A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, sinc ...

television Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physical television set rather than the medium of transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ...

and

interactive media Interactive media refers to digital experiences that dynamically respond to user input, delivering content such as Text (literary theory), text, images, animations, video, Sound, audio, and even Artificial intelligence, AI-driven interactions. O ...

creation located in

Montreal Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...

Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...

. The institute was incorporated as a

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in 1990 and began operations in 1996. INIS is located adjacent to the

Cinémathèque québécoise The Cinémathèque québécoise () is a film conservatory in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its purpose is to preserve, document, film, and television footage and related documents and artifacts for future use by the public. The Cinémathèque's coll ...

. As of 2002, its operating budget was reported to be $3.2 million, with half supplied by the film industry and half from the Quebec and Canadian governments. It was founded by Quebec filmmaker

Fernand Dansereau Fernand Dansereau (born April 5, 1928) is a Québécois people, Québécois film director and film producer. Biography After five years working as a reporter for the Montreal daily Le Devoir, Dansereau joined the National Film Board of Canada, ...

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Universities and colleges in Montreal Cinema of Quebec Film schools in Canada Educational institutions established in 1990 Private universities and colleges in Quebec Culture of Montreal Ville-Marie, Montreal 1990 establishments in Canada {{Montreal-stub