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Archival Footage from the Lumiere Brothers at PEFF
By: Nizar Ahmed
Wed, Nov. 8, 2017
CAIRO – 8 November 2017: Various archived short films from the Lumiere Brothers will screen at the 10th edition of the
The Lumiere Brothers were French inventors who are credited with being some of the earliest pioneers of film. They invented an early version of the motion-picture camera and the projector, which they dubbed the "Cinématographe."
Auguste Lumière and Louis Lumière were the sons of a photographer, and found themselves inspired to pursue the art of moving images after finding themselves fascinated by the Kinetoscope, invented by Thomas Edison. They developed their "Cinematographe" device in February 1895 which could project and shoot moving images to wider audiences.
They had thus invented cinema.
The Panorama of the European Film Festival commenced on November 8 and will run until November 18.
Video: The Pyramids (1897) - Classic Lumière Film
Panorama of the European Film Festival
on Thursday, November 9.The Lumiere Brothers were French inventors who are credited with being some of the earliest pioneers of film. They invented an early version of the motion-picture camera and the projector, which they dubbed the "Cinématographe."
Auguste Lumière and Louis Lumière were the sons of a photographer, and found themselves inspired to pursue the art of moving images after finding themselves fascinated by the Kinetoscope, invented by Thomas Edison. They developed their "Cinematographe" device in February 1895 which could project and shoot moving images to wider audiences.
They had thus invented cinema.
Video: Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (The Lumière Brothers, 1895)
In 1897, Alexandre Promio, working for the Lumiere Bros film company, began filming several short films showing life in Egypt, which would be the first ever time Egypt was recorded on film. This footage will screen at the PEFF. That has been made possible thanks to the cooperation of the Institut Lumiere.The Panorama of the European Film Festival commenced on November 8 and will run until November 18.
Video: The Pyramids (1897) - Classic Lumière Film
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