Launch of the 2025-2026 edition of the CCAJ at Cin'Hoche in Bagnolet
Le Cinéma, cent ans de jeunesse was founded in 1995 to mark the first century of cinema by a collective led by Alain Bergala, filmmaker and film theorist, and Nathalie Bourgeois, who created the film education department at the Cinémathèque Française. The programme was run by the Cinémathèque until 2021.
It is now coordinated by the association ‘Cinéma, cent ans de jeunesse !’ in Paris and the DFF - Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum in Frankfurt, in partnership with Cin'Hoche (Est Ensemble) in Bagnolet in the Ile-de-France region.
Encouraged by the ACE (Association of European Cinematheques), the CCAJ has also been the beneficiary of an Erasmus+ project until 2024 (‘Exploring CCAJ’ led by the DFF), carried out with the Universities of Bremen and the Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris.
Film director, theorist and cinema teacher, Alain Bergala is the artistic consultant and main trainer on the project
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DFF - Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum (Francfort-sur-Main, Allemagne)The DFF - Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum is a cinematheque which houses a museum, a cinema, archives and hosts collections, festivals, digital platforms, research and digitisation projects as well as numerous educational programmes, including the Cinemini Europe project. It organises the annual LUCAS - International Festival for Young Filmgoers, the goEast - and the SchulKinoWochen Hessen (School Cinema Weeks Hessen). In 2019, the DFF opened its new archive and study centre in Frankfurt, the DFF Fassbinder Center, Frankfurt, which brings together and makes accessible a large part of its archives and collections. It has been taking part in CCAJ since 2019 and is coordinating the new Erasmus + project "Exploring Cinéma, cent ans de jeunesse". Christine Kopf (Director) |
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Est Ensemble - Cin'Hoche (Bagnolet, Ile de France)The Cin'Hoche is a local cinema with two screens, rated Art Et Essai, and with the ‘Jeune Public’, ‘Recherche et Découverte’ and ‘Patrimoine/Répertoire’ labels. Founded in 1977 by the town of Bagnolet, the Cin'Hoche was one of the first public cinemas in France, reflecting the determination of the town's councillors to ensure that the people of Bagnolet benefited from high-quality cinematographic and cultural events and to promote equal access to the cinema. Since 2011, the cinema has been managed by the Etablissement Public Territorial Est Ensemble. The Cin'Hoche has been a partner of Cinéma, cent ans de jeunesse in Ile de France since 2024, and hosts its screenings and meetings all year long. |
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Compagnie d'Avril (Martigues, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)Since its creation in 2000, Compagnie d'Avril has supported artistic creation in the field of cinema and its transmission to all audiences. Since 2009, it has made education in the visual arts and cinema a core part of its mission. As an extension of their personal work, the filmmakers and photographers offer workshops to raise awareness of the challenges of the image. From 2015 onwards, as an extension of its teaching practices, the association will be carrying out research into image education, its practices and its effects. It is also setting up professional training courses for image practitioners and teachers. |
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Lichtspiel (Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany)Lichtspiel is a network for cultural film education based in Frankfurt am Main. The members come from institutions and initiatives that shape film culture in Germany (and elsewhere). Free from commercial interests, the network aims to facilitate diverse forms of aesthetic experience with film and encounters with film. The network has set itself the goal of sustainably anchoring cultural film education in Germany and ensuring quality in this area. It pools a great deal of expertise, operates in a decentralized, nationwide and international network, but at the same time attaches great importance to specific local needs. |
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L'Association des Cinémathèques Européennes (ACE)The Association of European Cinematheques (French: Association des Cinémathèques Européennes – ACE) is an affiliation of 49 European national and regional film archives. Its role is to safeguard the European film heritage and make these rich audiovisual records collected and preserved by the various film archives accessible to the public. ACE is a regional branch of FIAF (Fédération Internationale des Archives du Film / International Federation of Film Archives). A group of film education experts working in cinematheques in 5 European countries all members of the ACE (British Film Institute, Cinemateca Portugesa, Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique, Österreichisches Filmmuseum, DFF - Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum, Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek), who have been actively involved in the CCAJ for many years, have decided to help ensure the future of CCAJ after the withdrawal of the Cinémathèque française, which left the coordination in summer 2021. The ACE has welcomed the CCAJ in autumn 2021: https://ace-film.eu/le-cinema-cent-ans-de-jeunesse/ |
