‘For me, the important thing is the audience’: Interview with Frédéric Bonnaud, director of Cinémathèque française

Abstract

Frédéric Bonnaud has been director of the Cinémathèque française since 2016. Before that, he was a journalist and film critic. During the interview conducted on January 20, 2021 at the Cinémathèque, Frédéric Bonnaud spoke of his relationship with this institution, cinema and cinephilia. Generous and optimistic, he addressed the projects and challenges of the Cinémathèque française for the coming years, while reflecting on the particular situation of crisis that the professions linked to cinema are going through.