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Founded in 1982, Light Cone is a non-profit association with the aim of promoting, distributing, and preserving experimental cinema in France. More than 3500 films are distributed in our catalogue.

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	In 2006, Light Cone obtained funding from the French Culture Ministry to digitize a portion of its film collection in order to facilitate access to and knowledge of the film heritage of which we are custodians...
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John Smith : Le cinéma, art de combat

Tuesday 16 December 2008

[fr] En présence du cinéaste. C’est dans les années 70 que John Smith réalise ses premiers films sous l’influence à l’époque du cinéma structurel anglais, duquel il se détache rapidement. A la fin des années 90, il opère un changement de média et passe à la vidéo. La série des Hotel Diaries, que Light Cone présente dans son intégralité et entièrement sous-titrée, a connu un certain retentissement dans les festivals à travers le monde. Intime et politique s’y côtoient, en une démarche originale qui met au défi les formes narratives et documentaires traditionnelles.... read more

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OCT

Scratch Expanded

Public interest for experimental cinema has apparently not decreased. Indeed, the "cartes blanches" (from 17 to 19 september 2008) organized by Light Cone to Heure Exquise!, LUX and Sixpack at the cin...

OCT

Jonas Mekas' Light Cone benefits screening

The next Scratch screening will be dedicated to Jonas MEKAS who will come to present two series of films, in video and in 16mm. « Laboratorium Anthology Film Archives » will presented for the first ti...

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Preview Show 2008

As every year, Light Cone's Preview Show will take place in Paris in September. During several days, the programmers will be invited to watch the new films taken in distribution at Light Cone during t...