The following is an overview of the events of 1896 in film, including a list of films released and notable births.
The pioneer filmmaker, Alice Guy, debuted this year.
Maybe a surviving print of the film Arrival of a Train at Vincennes Station.
Screenshot of A Nightmare.
Contrary to myth, Arrival Of A Train At La Ciotat it was not shown at the Lumières' first public film screening on December 28, 1895, in Paris, France: the programme of ten films shown that day makes no mention of it. Its first public showing took place in January 1896.
L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat is an 1896 French short silent documentary film directed and produced by Auguste and Louis Lumière.
1896 in film
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An early Lumière advertisement
The La Ciotat train station (shown here in 2010) commemorates the film.