Lumière & Company

1995 · dir. Francis Girod · 88 min

“Fourty intriguing films from the world's leading directors”

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.