In force as of 29 October 2026

In accordance with French Law No. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy (LCEN), this legal notice is provided to the users and visitors of the website https://filmatters.org (the "Site"). This English version is provided for information only; in case of discrepancy, the French version prevails.

The Site is published by Filmatters, a French simplified joint-stock company (SAS) with a share capital of 1,000 euros, registered with the Paris Trade and Companies Register (RCS) under number 131 779 852, whose registered office is at 6 rue Charles Nodier, 75018 Paris, France (the "Publisher").
Email: contact@filmatters.org
Phone: +33 1 73 74 34 51
Intra-community VAT number: FR63 131 779 852
Publication director: Adrien Chuttarsing

The Site is hosted by Vercel Inc., 440 N Barranca Ave #4133, Covina, CA 91723, United States (legalnotices@vercel.com).
Traffic to the Site and its API goes through the network of Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, United States.
The Site's API and database (app.filmatters.org) are hosted by the Publisher, on a server it operates itself.

The Site is normally accessible at all times. The Publisher may, however, suspend, restrict or interrupt access to it, in particular to update or modify its content, and cannot be held liable for any such unavailability. The Publisher strives to provide accurate and up-to-date information, but cannot guarantee that it is complete or free of errors.

The texts, articles, visualizations, software and graphic elements created for the Site are the property of the Publisher or of their authors. Any reproduction or distribution of these elements beyond the exceptions provided for by the French Intellectual Property Code requires their prior permission.
The Site gives access to cinematographic works. Works in the public domain are presented without any claim of rights by the Publisher. Excerpts from protected works (stills, shots, short sequences) are reproduced for the purposes of analysis, research and teaching, under the short quotation exception (Article L. 122-5 of the French Intellectual Property Code); the rights to these works remain with their respective holders.

The films presented in full on the Site are not hosted by the Publisher: they are played directly from the servers of the platforms that distribute them, mainly Wikimedia Commons (commons.wikimedia.org) and the Internet Archive (archive.org). Information about the films comes in particular from Wikipedia and Wikidata. Of these films, the Publisher only hosts stills and short excerpts, used for the purposes of analysis and research.
The Site also contains links to third-party websites. The Publisher has no control over these websites and platforms and is not responsible for their content. Any link to unlawful content brought to its attention will be removed as soon as possible.

If you hold rights to a work featured on the Site and believe that its use infringes your rights, or if you wish to report unlawful content, write to contact@filmatters.org, stating the address of the page concerned, the content in question and the grounds for your request. The Publisher undertakes to review every request and to take appropriate action, including removing the content.

How users' personal data is processed is described in the privacy policy.