Lumière!

In 1895, brothers Louis and Auguste Lumière invented the cinematograph with which they shot and projected the first, and most constitutive, films in cinema history. They paved the way toward a new technological and cultural universe, travelled the world, and shot 1400 short films – including of early 20th century Jerusalem – thereby laying the foundations for the Seventh Art. In Lumière!, Thierry Frémaux – the legendary artistic director of the Cannes Film Festival -  compiles 98 digitally-restored Lumière films interjected with exquisite narration tracing the brothers’ work and interminable influence. The result is a rare and exhilarating journey to the most beautiful and decisive moments of the emerging era of cinema.