Lumière & Company

movie

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.

Cast & crew

Alan Rickman · Bruno Ganz · Jeff Alperi · Lena Olin · Liam Neeson · Pascal Duquenne · Romane Bohringer · Stephen Rea · Sven Nykvist · Ticky Holgado · Abbas Kiarostami · Alain Corneau · Andrei Konchalovsky · Arthur Penn · Bigas Luna

Studios & networks

Cinétévé · Igeldo Komunikazioa S.L. · La Sept-Arte · Søren Stærmose