André Bazin
After the second world war the movement of ciné-clubs boomed. In 1945 the film society of Annecy was founded from which originated the Annecy International Animated Film Festival. In 1948 André Bazin together with Jean-Charles Tacchella, Doniol-Valcroze, Astruc, Claude Mauriac, René Clément and Pierre Kast founded the avantgarde film society "Objectif 49". Jean Cocteau became its president. This film society became the cradle of the Nouvelle Vague. "Objectif 49" organized the "Festival du Film Maudit" which took place in Biarritz in 1949.