Lumière & Company

Fourty intriguing films from the world's leading directors

OverView :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