Gaumont celebrates its 130th anniversary at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles!
A Landmark Retrospective at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles
A Landmark Retrospective at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles
"Through this unique collaboration with the Academy Museum, we celebrate cinema’s evolution while honoring the legacy of our films and inspiring future storytellers!"
Sidonie Dumas, CEO of Gaumont, inaugurated the retrospective honoring the world’s oldest active film company with these words.
Since September 11, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles has been celebrating Gaumont’s 130th anniversary with a remarkable program: 13 films, one per decade, showcasing pivotal moments in the company’s history — from Jean-Luc Godard to Max Ophüls, from Carl Theodor Dreyer to Albert Dupontel, and honoring silent-era pioneers such as Alice Guy-Blaché and Émile Cohl.
The retrospective opened with a 35mm screening of Weekend by Jean-Luc Godard to a packed theater. Distributors, producers, talent, and friends of Gaumont and the Academy Museum joined together to celebrate this milestone.
This collaboration with such a renowned institution highlights Gaumont’s lasting influence and recognition on the international stage, in one of the world’s most iconic venues dedicated to cinema: the Academy Museum.
An Iconic Partnership
"I wanted to show films, not posters. Cinema is not a paper museum:
the best way to tell its story is to screen it, in a theater, in front of an audience."
— Sidonie Dumas, CEO of Gaumont
"We are proud to partner with Gaumont, whose history dates back to the very beginnings of the film industry
and who continues to bring unforgettable stories to audiences around the world."
— Amy Homma, President of the Academy Museum
13 Films, 130 Years of History
To celebrate 130 years of cinematic innovation, the Academy Museum selected
13 films from Gaumont’s vast catalogue of over 1,600 works.
Weekend – Jean-Luc Godard
Madame de… – Max Ophüls
The Murderer Lives at Number 21 – Henri-Georges Clouzot
The Taste of Things – Trần Anh Hùng
The Passion of Joan of Arc – Carl Theodor Dreyer
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies – Michel Hazanavicius
Querelle – Rainer Werner Fassbinder
L’Atalante – Jean Vigo
Pioneers of the Screen – Alice Guy, Émile Cohl, Louis Feuillade
Don Giovanni – Joseph Losey
See You Up There – Albert Dupontel
Van Gogh – Maurice Pialat
Fantômas – Louis Feuillade
Copyright © Academy Museum Foundation Photo by Kyusung Gong
