Institut Jean Vigo

What Institut Jean Vigo does

Institut Jean Vigo is a French regional cinematheque (cinéma library/archive) and non-profit cultural association (association loi 1901) based at the Arsenal complex in Perpignan, founded in 1965 by film critic Marcel Oms and named after the iconic French filmmaker Jean Vigo. The organization preserves, digitizes, and programs regional film heritage spanning amateur films from the 1920s-1980s across Southern France, Catalonia, and the Mediterranean, holding over 1,500 physical film copies (in 9.5mm, S8, 8mm, and 16mm formats) with more than 150 digitized and accessible via the cross-border Mémoire Filmique Pyrénées-Méditerranée platform.

Its core operations revolve around film exhibition at the Salle Marcel Oms, an annual festival program (the Confrontation festival, now in its 61st edition), a summer outdoor cinema series (Cinéma en Plein Air), and the MASSA MARE post-production workshop for international Francophone filmmakers. The organization runs a comprehensive education program spanning maternelle through lycée via French national dispositifs (Maternelle et cinéma, École et cinéma, Collège au cinéma, Lycéens et apprentis au cinéma), supplemented by artist residencies that produce new work from the archive. A publishing arm has produced 178+ titles, including 120 issues of the Archives journal (1986-2023) and co-editions with Presses Universitaires de Perpignan and Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée.

The business model combines ticket and membership revenue (€7 per screening, €30-€120 annual memberships, €90 Full Pass), publication sales, archive licensing, corporate mécénat (sponsorship with 60% tax deductibility), and — most significantly — recurring public subsidies from DRAC Occitanie, Région Occitanie, Département des Pyrénées-Orientales, Ville de Perpignan, and the CNC. Customer segments are diversified across film enthusiasts, schools, independent filmmakers, municipalities, and researchers/media producers, with no disclosed revenue figure or commercial scale data available in the source material.

Name

Institut Jean Vigo

Legal name

Institut Jean Vigo

Website

https://inst-jeanvigo.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Institut Jean Vigo is a French non-profit regional cinematheque in Perpignan that preserves and programs Mediterranean film heritage, serving cinephiles, schools, filmmakers, municipalities, and researchers through screenings, festivals, education, and a cross-border digital archive.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cinematheque and Film Archive Services

NAICS

Motion Picture and Video Exhibition (51213), Motion Picture Theaters (except Drive-Ins) (512131), Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (712), Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (7121)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture Theaters (7830), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Distribution (7822)

akta.pro primary industry

Screening Rooms & Cinematheques (Nonprofit/Institutional) (MPADAKAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Campus & Educational Screenings (Universities, Schools) (MPADAKAI), Programming, Booking & Repertory Exhibition Services (MPADAKAL), Non-Theatrical Distribution (Educational, Airlines, Cruise, Community) (MPADAJAJ)

Keywords

• Film archive services
• Cinema screenings
• Film education programs
• Cultural heritage preservation
• Film festival organization

Headquarters

HQ city

Perpignan

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: Annual membership providing access to reduced-rate screenings, the full pass, festival passes, partner discounts, and special sessions. Core recurring revenue stream for member engagement.
2. Box office and ticket sales: Revenue from film screenings in Salle Marcel Oms and outdoor cinema events. Individual tickets and summer pass bundles.
3. Publications and book sales: Sale of academic publications, cinema history books, and DVDs through the institute's catalog and co-editions with university presses. Over 178 archived publications.
4. Donations and sponsorship: Patronage program (mécénat) and donations, with tax deductibility at 60%, supporting the association's operations.
5. Film image licensing and consulting: Sale and licensing of archive footage to documentarians, researchers, television channels, and media producers. Consultation services for archive use.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Institut Jean Vigo operates a regional cinematheque (Cinématheque euro-régionale) based in Perpignan, France, collecting, preserving, and digitizing amateur and professional films in the Pyrénées-Méditerranée region. It provides regular film screenings at Salle Marcel Oms, hosts the annual Confrontation film festival (61st edition in 2026), runs educational programs for schools from maternelle through lycée, licenses archive footage to documentarians and media producers, and operates the cross-border Mémoire Filmique Pyrénées-Méditerranée digital archive in partnership with archives in Toulouse, Catalonia, and Mallorca.

Product overview

Institut Jean Vigo is a regional cinematheque (film archive) based in Perpignan, France, offering a comprehensive portfolio of cinema-related products and services. The institution operates as a unified cultural organization centered on its core film archive and screening services, supplemented by education programs, publishing, festivals, and community engagement activities. Key offerings include: the Cinematheque Services (film collection, preservation, digitization and screenings in Salle Marcel Oms), the annual Confrontation Festival, the Mémoire Filmique Pyrénées-Méditerranée amateur film archive project, Cinema en Plein Air outdoor screenings, Education à l'Image school programs, the MASSA MARE post-production workshop, Artist Residencies using the archive collection, a Publications program (Archives journal, Cahiers de la Cinémathèque, and book co-editions), Ciné tout petits family screenings, Itinerant Screenings for regional municipalities, and an Annual Pass membership system. The institution is supported by public funding from Occitanie Region, DRAC, Department of Pyrénées-Orientales, and the City of Perpignan.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Festival Confrontation: Annual film festival held at Arsenal, Perpignan, now in its 61st edition.
• MASSA MARE
• Mémoire Filmique Pyrénées-Méditerranée

Products and services

• Cinematheque Film Archive Services Film archive services including collection, preservation, restoration, and digitization of films. The institution holds over 1,500 copies of amateur films, professional films, and institutional archives in various formats (9.5mm, S8, 8mm, 16mm) spanning the 1920s-1980s. Serves researchers, documentarians, filmmakers, and the general public.
• Film Screenings at Salle Marcel Oms

Quantifiable outcome

• Films supported by MASSA MARE have gone on to premiere at major festivals including Cannes ACID selection, Berlinale, IDFA, Vision du Réel, RIDM, and Cinéma du Réel
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Filmoteca de Catalunya (Barcelona)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Catalan film archive joined the Mémoire Filmique platform in 2014 with Eurorégion support, contributing to the cross-border digital heritage initiative.
• Arxiu del So i de la Imatge de MallorcacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Mallorca sound and image archive joined the Mémoire Filmique platform in 2014, enriching the Mediterranean audiovisual heritage collection.
• DRAC Occitanie (Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional cultural authority providing institutional support and funding for the cinematheque's programming, education initiatives, and archive projects including artist residencies.
• Région OccitaniecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional council providing ongoing financial support for cultural programming and the annual Confrontation festival.
• Département des Pyrénées-OrientalescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDepartmental council supporting the cinematheque's operations, educational programs, and the itinerant film diffusion project.
• Ville de PerpignancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe municipality of Perpignan hosting the cinematheque at the Arsenal and providing ongoing support for cultural activities.
• Cinémathèque de ToulousecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner cinematheque co-founding the Mémoire Filmique Pyrénées-Méditerranée project for collecting and digitizing amateur films across the cross-border region.
• Presses Universitaires de PerpignanminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity press co-editing the 'Cinémas' collection with the institute since 2019, publishing cinema history and aesthetic studies.
• Presses Universitaires de la MéditerranéeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity press co-editing the 'Archives: patrimoine et histoire du cinéma' collection, the successor to the Archives journal.
• Domaine de RombeauminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner venue hosting co-programmed dinner-screenings of the cinematheque's curated films throughout the season.
• JBA ProductionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFilm production company co-founded by Marianne Dumoulin and Jacques Bidou, founding the MASSA MARE workshop at the institute.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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