Value proposition

Confédération Internationale des Cinémas d'Art et d'Essai

The CICAE (Confédération Internationale des Cinémas d’Art et d’Essai) is a non-profit association bringing together over 2400 arthouse cinemas with more than 4400 screens, in 45 countries in the world, thanks to the collaboration of 15 national and regional arthouse cinema networks (Belgium, Canada-Québec, Chile, France, Germany, Italy, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Venezuela and arabic-speaking countries), as well as individual cinemas, not yet represented by a national network, and festivals across the world.

🎥 Encouraging arthouse cinemas to come together under a common umbrella at the national and international level.
🎥 Obtaining support for arthouse films from government bodies. Fostering the distribution of high quality films from all countries, in all countries.
🎥 Promoting the screening of art films in order to increase audiences and foster production through targeted cultural initiatives.

The activities of the CICAE:

i️ Art Cinema Award
The CICAE has a jury composed by cinema exhibitors in each of its festivals members; the aim of the award is to promote a relevant film to the artistic and cultural point of view to his network of cinema theatres.

i️ Arthouse Cinema Training
The CICAE’s annual Arthouse Cinema Training is a one-week intensive programme bringing together arthouse exhibition professionals from around to world to gain in-depth insight into the management of a movie theatre.

i️ Arthouse Cinema Hub
The Arthouse Cinema Hub is the place to learn, connect, and share your ideas about programming, marketing, business, audience development and cinema space with the arthouse cinema industry worldwide.

i️ European Arthouse Cinema Day
European Art Cinema Day aims to strengthen cinemas in regions that don’t have their own arthouse unions, develop support structures and increase the visibility of arthouse films in general.

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