LaCinetek
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Type of site | streaming platform |
|---|---|
| Available in | French German |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
| Country of origin | France |
| No. of locations | 5 |
| Founder(s) | Pascale Ferran, Cédric Klapisch, Laurent Cantet |
| Industry | entertainment |
| Products | streaming media - video on demand - digital distribution |
| Website | https://lacinetek.com |
LaCinetek is a French video-on-demand platform dedicated to heritage films (released before 2010), founded by film directors Pascale Ferran, Cédric Klapisch and Laurent Cantet[1]. Its uniqueness lies in offering only works selected by filmmakers.
The name is derived from the 1901 non-profit association that manages it. Initially named La Cinémathèque des réalisateurs at its inception, it was renamed La Cinémathèque des cinéastes in 2023.
General Info[edit]
Launched in November 2015 in France.[2], it became available in Germany and Austria since February 2019[3][4], and in Belgium and Luxembourg in October 2020[5][6][7].
The project is led by a non-profit association, La Cinémathèque des réalisateurs, created in August 2014 and renamed La Cinémathèque des cinéastes in September 2023 for greater inclusivity[8]. The association brings together the Directors' Guild of France (La SRF), Le Meilleur du Cinéma / UniversCiné (founding members), Arte, the Institut National de l'Audiovisuel, the Cinémathèque de Toulouse, the Guild of Authors, Directors and Producers, Lobster Films, StudioCanal, the Cinémathèque française, the Centre Pompidou, the Deutsche Kinemathek, the Agence du court métrage, as well as five filmmakers, the founding members Pascale Ferran, Cédric Klapisch, Laurent Cantet along with Olivier Assayas and Bertrand Bonello. Alain Rocca, former president of Le Meilleur du Cinéma/UniversCiné, is also among the founding members.
The LaCinetek catalog features over 2,200 films spanning from the early days of cinema to 2010.
Principle[edit]
Each month, a filmmaker provides a list of 50 recommended films[9]. The list is published on the website, where the films are available for rental or purchase once the rights are acquired.
Filmmakers who listed their favorite films for LaCinetek[edit]
- Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon
- Maren Ade
- Fatih Akin
- Dario Argento
- Thomas Arslan
- Olivier Assayas
- Alexandre Astier
- Jacques Audiard
- Nabil Ayouch
- Xavier Beauvois
- Jean-Pierre Bekolo
- Emmanuelle Bercot
- Bertrand Blier
- Bertrand Bonello
- Bong Joon-ho
- Guillaume Brac
- Serge Bromberg
- Jutta Brückner
- Robin Campillo
- Laurent Cantet
- Leos Carax
- Alain Chabat
- Damien Chazelle
- Clément Cogitore
- Catherine Corsini
- Pedro Costa
- Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
- Raymond Depardon
- Arnaud Desplechin
- Lukas Dhont
- Alice Diop
- Pete Docter
- Jacques Doillon
- Xavier Dolan
- Albert Dupontel
- Atom Egoyan
- Amat Escalante
- Pascale Ferran
- Abel Ferrara
- William Friedkin
- Christophe Gans
- Nicole Garcia
- Philippe Garrel
- Costa Gavras
- Miguel Gomes
- Yann Gonzalez
- James Gray
- Felix Van Groeningen
- Robert Guédiguian
- José Luis Guerín
- Alain Guiraudie
- Lucile Hadzihalilovic
- Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Peter Handke
- Michael Haneke
- Arthur Harari
- Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- Jessica Hausner
- Todd Haynes
- Michel Hazanavicius
- Christoph Hochhäusler
- Joanna Hogg
- Agnieszka Holland
- Christophe Honoré
- Agnès Jaoui
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Radu Jude
- Aki Kaurismäki
- Naomi Kawase
- Lodge Kerrigan
- Cédric Klapisch
- Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Gérard Krawczyk
- Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Bruce LaBruce
- Joachim Lafosse
- Nadav Lapid
- Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu
- Patrice Leconte
- Claude Lelouch
- Sophie Letourneur
- Caroline Link
- Mariano Llinás
- Ken Loach
- Noémie Lvovsky
- Patricia Mazuy
- Kleber Mendonça Filho
- John Cameron Mitchell
- Dominik Moll
- Nanni Moretti
- Luc Moullet
- Cristian Mungiu
- Olivier Nakache et Éric Toledano
- Guillaume Nicloux
- Michel Ocelot
- François Ozon
- Park Chan-wook
- Christian Petzold
- Nicolas Philibert
- Bruno Podalydès
- Corneliu Porumboiu
- Lynne Ramsay
- João Pedro Rodrigues
- Alice Rohrwacher
- Christian Rouaud
- Saeed Roustaee
- Ira Sachs
- Pierre Salvadori
- Marjane Satrapi
- Riad Sattouf
- Jerry Schatzberg
- Paul Schrader
- Céline Sciamma
- Martin Scorsese
- Albert Serra
- Claire Simon
- Elia Suleiman
- Bertrand Tavernier
- Joachim Trier
- Justine Triet
- Jonás Trueba
- Jaco Van Dormael
- Agnès Varda
- Paul Vecchiali
- Paul Verhoeven
- Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Wim Wenders
- John Woo
- Rebecca Zlotowski
Since December 2018, LaCinetek also offers "Les films de leur vie" (The Films of Their Life), a section where lists from deceased filmmakers are published. François Truffaut is the first director whose list was published in this section. It is based on the films he mentions in his book "Les Films de ma vie" (The Films of My Life), published on April 21, 2012, by Champs Arts[10].
The Lists of "Films of Their Life" available[edit]
History[edit]
Birth of the project[edit]
After attending a meeting at the Directors' Guild of France (La SRF) in 2013, where Alain Rocca, then president of Le Meilleur du Cinéma / UniversCiné, was invited to discuss cinema and video on demand, three directors - Pascale Ferran, Cédric Klapisch, and Laurent Cantet - approached him about the lack of legal offerings for heritage films[11]. Nostalgic for the Ciné-club programs offered by French television until the 1990s, they discussed their difficulty in revisiting significant films from the history of cinema.
The principle of the project was thus established: filmmakers from around the world would choose 50 recommended films, and exclusive video bonuses would accompany the viewing of the works[12].
Website Launch[edit]
The site was launched on November 5, 2015, at the Gaîté-Lyrique in Paris, in the presence of Fleur Pellerin[13], who was the Minister of Culture at the time, along with filmmakers Pascale Ferran, Cédric Klapisch, Laurent Cantet, Agnès Varda, Christian Rouaud, Costa-Gavras, Michel Hazanavicius, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Céline Sciamma, Christophe Gans, and Laurent Vallet, President of the INA.
Subscription[edit]
On September 10, 2018, LaCinetek launched a subscription offer based on the principle of a selection of ten films chosen around a theme and available for one month. A cultural figure presents one of the ten films from each selection. Since September 28, 2023, the subscription offering has evolved. In addition to the monthly thematic selection, it includes retrospectives, curated selections, hidden gems, spotlights, short films, many accompanied by exclusive bonuses. This subscription is offered at the price of €4.99[14][15]
On April 22, 2024, LaCinetek expanded its subscription offer by launching on Amazon Prime Video in France through the Amazon Channels program[16].
Opening in Germany and Austria[edit]
LaCinetek launched its website in Germany and Austria on February 10, 2019[17][18][19], in Berlin during the 69th edition of the Berlinale in the presence of directors Wim Wenders, Christoph Hochhäusler, Cédric Klapisch, Laurent Cantet, Jutta Brückner and Ula Stöckl. On this occasion, the Deutsche Kinemathek became the first non-French member of the association.
References[edit]
- ↑ "La Cinétek". sinople.paris. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ↑ Emmanuelle Jardonnet (2015-11-06). "LaCinetek, la cinémathèque idéale des cinéastes en VoD". Le Monde (in français). Retrieved 2019-12-18..
- ↑ "Berlin 2019 - LaCinetek débarque en Allemagne et en Autriche". Le Film Français (in français). Retrieved 2019-12-18..
- ↑ "Streaming-Anbieter La Cinetek: Wir sind das Gegenteil von Netflix". FAZ.NET (in Deutsch). 2022-03-26. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ↑ Marion Jaumotte (21-10-2020). "Bonne nouvelle: la Cinetek des réalisateurs débarque enfin en Belgique !". rtbf.be. Check date values in:
|date=(help). - ↑ "LaCinetek VOD Platform Launches in Luxembourg". Chronicle.lu. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ↑ "Le Desk Europe créative polonais explore l'influence mondiale et locale des plateformes VOD". Cineuropa - le meilleur du cinéma européen (in français). 2020-11-04. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ↑ Aubin, Estelle (2023-09-05). "LaCinetek fait peau neuve pour la rentrée". Ecran Total (in français). Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ↑ Vincentelli, Elisabeth (2020-07-29). "The World's Greatest Directors Have Their Own Streaming Lists". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ↑ Truffaut, François. "Les Films de ma vie de François Truffaut - Editions Flammarion". editions.flammarion.com (in français). Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ↑ "La Cinetek : le site de VOD consacré aux grands films du XXe siècle". AFAR (in français). 2015-11-10. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ↑ "Lancement de la Cinetek, première plateforme VàD conçue par des réalisateurs | CNC". www.cnc.fr (in français). Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ↑ "Speech by Fleur Pellerin, Minister of Culture and Communication, on the occasion of the launch of LaCinetek.com, Thursday, November 5, 2015, at the..." www.culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ↑ "LaCinetek élargit son offre | CNC". www.cnc.fr (in français). Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ↑ "LaCinetek, l'anti-Netflix se relance". Le Figaro (in français). 2023-09-24. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ↑ "Et encore... Voyages à l'Ouest, Libération, LaCinetek, Prime video". CB News (in français). 2024-04-23. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
- ↑ Wolf, Reinhard W. ""Film history for everyone": VoD platform LaCinetek now also available in Germany | shortfilm.de". Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ↑ deutschlandfunkkultur.de. "Neuer Anbieter auf dem deutschen Streamingmarkt - "LaCinetek" will Filmgeschichte streamen". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ↑ "LACINETEK Deutschland + Österreich ist da! [News] | Film-Rezensionen.de" (in Deutsch). 2019-02-11. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
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