The Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (; CNC; ) is an agency of the
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, 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.
It was created by law on 25 October 1946 as the Centre national de la cinématographie (National Centre for
Cinematography
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), it is currently directed by Dominique Boutonnat. The CNC replaced the Office professionnel du cinéma (OPC), its predecessor established during the reign of
Vichy France
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for wartime censorship.
The CNC archives are located in the former
Fort de Bois-d'Arcy
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southwest of Paris. Initially established in 1969 to house combustible nitrate films, the archives now house modern acetate films as well.
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)
* Jacques Flaud (1952–1959)
* Michel Fourré-Cormeray (1959–1965)
* André Holleaux (1965–1969)
* André Astoux (1969–1973)
* Pierre Viot (1973–1984)
* Jérôme Clément (1984–1989)
* Dominique Wallon (1989–1995)
* Marc Tessier (1995–1999)
* Jean-Pierre Hoss (1999–2001)
* David Kessler (2001–2004)
*
Catherine Colonna (2004–2005)
* Véronique Cayla (2005–2010)
* Éric Garandeau (2011–2013)
*
Frédérique Bredin (2013-2019)
* Olivier Henrard (July 2019 - interim)
* Dominique Boutonnat (July 2019 - ''current'' )
See also
*
Institut national de l'audiovisuel
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Europa Cinemas
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*
French video game policy
References
External links
Official French site of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée*:
''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.''
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