Cinédoc and Paris Films Coop were created in the 70s. "At that time, there was hardly anything desert was: neither filmmakers, nor films, no screening venues, no exhibitions showcasing experimental films… or so little it was hardly noticeable". Claudine Eizykman and Guy Fihman took the initiative and created Paris Films Coop in February 1974, in Paris. In the early days the Coop was run from their apartment then in 1978 it moved to 18 rue Montmartre, Paris 1'. In April 1979 Cinédoc was founded by Claudine Eizykman , Guy Fihman, Prosper Hillairet, Dominique Willoughby and Catherine Legallou. Cinédoc had inherited , the archives of the magazine Melba (1976-79) a literally multi-coloured journal dedicated to the technological arts, edited by Claudine Eizykman with the active involvement of Guy Fihman, Prosper Hillairet, Dominique Willoughby, and Pascal Auger.


Cinédoc has four major objectives :
- to develop an archive of the Avant-garde and experimental cinema,
- to find films which have been neglected, forgotten, or lost, of the experimental film heritage such as those of Hans Richter, Viking Eggeling , Henri Chomette, Man Ray , David Haxton, Claude Autant-Lara , Alexandre Alexeïeff , Pippo Oriani (who made one of the extremely rare futurist films to have been rediscovered), … and bring them back into circulation,
- curating film exhibitions and programming innovative films,
- providing advice and information to film programmers.


Paris Films Coop and Cinédoc now distribute 675 films and videos from 165 filmmakers and video artists and Cinédoc has organised events, retrospectives, and exhibitions including the following :

- Les Ciné-Immatériaux (1985, Claudine Eizykman and Guy Fihman, Centre George Pompidou, )
- Electra-Cinéma (1983-84, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris)
- Steina and Woody Vasulka vidéastes: 15 ans d’images électroniques (1984)
- The First Complete Retrospective of Man Ray’s Cinematic œuvre (1986, Fondation Mona Bismark and Cinéma Les 3 Luxembourg)
- Vitesses ( Fondation Cartier, summer 1991)
- Un Cabinet d’Amateurs (1993-95, at the French Cinématheque, programmed by Claudine Eizykman)
- L’Intégrale (1947-1997) des films magiques de Kenneth Anger (1997, Cinéma Les 3 Luxembourg)
- Les Rendez-vous du Cinéma Expérimental (1998-2000, Claudine Eizykman, Forum des Images)
- Alexandre Alexeieff Le Cinéma épinglé (Annecy 2001, International Animation Festival
- And check out our current initiatives
- And see our news

List of distributed film makers

The team currently comprises :
Claudine Eizykman, President
Guy Fihman, vice-president
Dominique Willoughby, Director
Constance de Williencourt, Film and Video Booking Coordinator