COUNTRIES ONLINE

Join us on a journey through the greatest filmmaking countries. Our short articles summarize the history of cinema as seen through the eyes of specialists. Each text is brought to life by film extracts, photographs, posters, personal accounts and other material.

To get started, simply click on the countries below. Then look out for new countries month after month.



AFRICA by Jean-Pierre Garcia

ARGENTINA by Paulo Paranagua

BRAZIL by Paulo Paranagua, including a personal account by Carlos Diegues

CHINA by Charles Tesson

EGYPT by Samir Farid

FRANCE by Noël Herpe

GERMANY by Wim Wenders

ITALY 1/3 (1946-1959) - 2/3 (1960-1999) and 3/3 (2000-2010) by Lorenzo Codelli

JAPAN by Yokichi Nakagawa with contributions from Takeshi Kitano and Koji Yakusho

KOREA by Lee Chang Dong

MEXICO by Paulo Paranagua

POLAND by Christian Szafraniak

QUEBEC by Helen Faradji

RUSSIA by Joël Chapron

SPAIN by Diego Galán with contribution from Victor Erice

UNITED KINGDOM by Gilles Jacob & Letter from the British producer Colin MacCabe

USA by Scott Foundas