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Film-Makers' Cooperative

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Posted on September 19, 2009 9:18 pm by Film-Makers' Cooperative

The New American Cinema Group/ The Film-Makers' Cooperative (FMC) was founded in 1961 as a 501(c)(3)not-for-profit organization for the purpose of distributing independent, non-commercial, avant-garde films and videos. It is the first organization of its kind devoted entirely to the artists' exploration of the moving image. Since its founding, FMC has become the largest distributor and "open" archive of avant-garde experimental film and video in the United States. It is a completely artist-run collective. True to its mission, FMC links the work of more than 900 media makers to 600 museums and exhibitors throughout the world, including hundreds of film studies programs in colleges and universities in the United States and abroad. FMC has proven itself as an invaluable resource for countless institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, the Louvre, the Whitney Museum, Cinematheque Francaise, and the prestigious festivals of Oberhausen, Sundance, Berlin and Rotterdam.