Positif is a French film magazine, founded in 1952 by Bernard Chardère in Lyon.

It is one of two major French-language film magazines, created several months after Les Cahiers du cinéma.

[2] Traditionally, Positif has served as a counterpoint to Les Cahiers du cinéma, focusing on film themes and scripts, in contrast to politics and aesthetics.

In the 1950s, Positif was associated with the non-Communist left (while Les Cahiers du cinéma originally held political affiliations with the right).

[3][4] After publishing an article about Orson Welles in 1963, Michel Ciment became a member of the magazine's editorial committee.