International Cinema Day🎦

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About International Cinema Day

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Dates of International Cinema Day
2026 InternationalDec 28
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Summary
The Lumière brothers projected short films for paying customers on Dec 28th 1895 in Paris, France.

The world celebrates International Cinema Day on December 28th.

On this day in 1895, the world's first commercial movie screening took place at the Grand Cafe in Paris. The film was made by Louis and Auguste Lumiere, two French brothers who developed a camera-projector called the Cinematographe.

The Lumiere brothers unveiled their invention to the public in March 1895 with a brief film showing workers leaving the Lumiere factory. On December 28th, the entrepreneurial siblings screened a series of short scenes from everyday French life and charged admission for the first time.

The Lumieres opened theaters (known as cinemas) in 1896 to show their work and sent crews of cameramen around the world to screen films and shoot new material

Their first commercial public screening on 28 December 1895 for around 40 paying visitors and invited relations has traditionally been regarded as the birth of cinema.

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