New Executive Board at CICAE, the International Confederation of Arthouse cinemas Christian Bräuer from Germany is the new president The International Confederation of Arthouse Cinemas, the CICAE has witnessed a generational change at the annual general assembly during the 72nd Cannes Film Festival. Christian Bräuer from Germany, CEO of the Berlin based Yorck Cinema Group and president of the German Arthous ...

Wednesday 15th May // 9:30-13:00 CICAE General Assembly For CICAE members only at "le Rendez-Vous des Exploitants Art et Essai" (3rd floor) 2, Rue Bivouac Napoléon, Cannes [divide style="3"] Thursday 16th May // 10:00-12:00 CICAE - CNC Round Table "Arthouse cinemas in Europe and their roles in film releases" Plage CNC - La Plage Barrière Le Gray d'Albion Boulevard de la Croisette, Cannes You're welcome to p ...

The AFCAE (French Association of Art House Cinemas) and the CICAE (International Confederation of Art Cinemas) commends the announcement of the Cannes Film Festival made on 18th April relating to the Official Selection, for which every film taking part in the competition should have a release in movie theatres in France. It is a reminder of the artistic and cultural values of cinema. As more filmmakers have ...

This year the CICAE training course, co-financed by Creative Europe MEDIA sub-programme, will take place from August 26th until September 1st, again on the green and peaceful island of San Servolo, in Venice (Italy). Content of the Training course In a context of rapid technological change and strong competition with diverse forms of entertainment, this training programme offers trainees a place to reflect ...

Press release 11.02.2019 Film or television festival? The Berlinale at crossroads The International Confederation of Art Cinemas (CICAE) criticises that the 69th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival has included the film “Elisa y Marcela” by Isabel Coixet in the official competition, without proof of the rightsholder, Netflix ensuring a regular international release in cinemas.     Should the f ...

In less than 1 month the 69th Berlinale (7-17 February 2019) will kick off, along with many events, conferences, cocktails and meet-ups. Here are some CICAE highlights for those days. Saturday, 9th Feb Meet the Art-Cinemas - Cocktail organized by AG Kino-Gilde, CICAE and MEDIA Salles 1-3pm at Oxymoron Café - Hackesche Höfe, Rosenthaler Str. 40-41, 10178 Berlin (S-Bahn stop Hackescher Markt - U8 stop Weinmei ...

Editorial by François Aymé, President of the French Art Cinema Association – Appeared in the newspaper of the association, Le Courrier Art et Essai – January 2019 Dear Joel, Ethan and Alfonso, Blood Simple, Fargo, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, No Country for Old Men, True Grit and many others when it comes to Ethan and Joel; Children of Men and then Gravity in Alfonso’s case. We have seen all your films. We w ...

The third edition of the European Art Cinema Day took place on 14th October 2018. It gathered 80,000 spectators in 650 cinemas from 39 countries across the globe**. Most of the participating cinemas were European members of the CICAE or Europa Cinemas, however cinemas from Colombia, Iran, America, Canada and Argentina also joined this special day to celebrate the diversity of European arthouse cinema.  Euro ...

Press Release Berlin, 14/09/2018 The International Confederation of Art House Cinemas (CICAE) is pleased to announce the appointment of Boglárka Nagy as the new General Delegate of the association. Boglárka joins the CICAE team after having spent 9 years at the French Institute in Romania: the last 5 years as programmer and film projects manager of Elvire Popesco Cinema in Bucharest, which received the Euro ...

PRESS RELEASE VENICE FESTIVAL WINNER INVISIBLE TO CINEMA’S AUDIENCE WORLDWIDE Berlin, 11/09/2018 As film-festivals accept in competition TV productions, cinema’s audience is losing out on art house masterpieces.  The International Confederation of Art Cinemas has recently called for a ban on movies produced or distributed by Netflix that were part of the official competition of the Venice International Film ...