Avignon Film Festival

Avignon Film Festival was created to promote French/American independent cinema through previews, retrospectives and round-tables.

The purpose was to bring together independent filmmakers from the United States, France and other European countries.

Their mission was to encourage deeper understanding and appreciation for contemporary, thought-provoking cinema by showcasing the work of innovative filmmakers.

In 1993 the Harvard Film Archive invited the organisation to co-produce the first American edition of Rencontres Cinématographiques franco-américaines d'Avignon.

The term "Avignon Film Festival" was born in 2000 due to the extension of the program to Europe.