The Cinémathèque suisse, formerly the Archives cinématographiques suisses, is a Swiss state-approved non-profit foundation headquartered in Lausanne. It aims to collect, protect, study and present film archives. The Swiss Cinematheque has its archives in Penthaz and a branch office in Zürich.
Swiss Film Archive
Hervé Dumont was director of the Swiss Cinematheque from 1996 to 2008
Frédéric Maire, director since 2009
Jean Studer, chairman of the Foundation Board of the Swiss Cinematheque since 2016
Lausanne is the capital and largest city of the Swiss French-speaking canton of Vaud. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway between the Jura Mountains and the Alps, and facing the French town of Évian-les-Bains across the lake. Lausanne is located 62 kilometres northeast of Geneva, the nearest major city.
From top to bottom; left to right: the Olympic Museum, the Cathedral of Lausanne, the Federal courts of Switzerland, aerial view of the city, and the park of Milan.
Saint-François Square, c. 1840
The agglomeration of Lausanne, Lake Geneva and the Alps.
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