For many countries, cinema plays an important role in their culture. Here are three countries with interesting film industries.
FRANCE’S FIRST FILMS
In 1895, two French brothers, Louis and Auguste Lumière, made At just 45 seconds long, it was the first film to be projected onto a screen for an audience. In 1902, French illusionist Georges Méliès made This science-fiction film had a big budget. It included fancy sets and groundbreaking special effects. During the next several decades in France, film studios controlled the creative process. But in the 1950s and 1960s, a movement—the French New Wave—changed that. French directors took more creative control and were able to tell more personal stories.
