Created by the law of 25 October 1946, the Centre national de la cinématographie (CNC) is a public administrative organization, set up as a separate and financially independent entity.
The centre comes under the authority of the ministry of culture and communication and Véronique Cayla is its director general.

The principal missions of the CNC are :

• regulatory
• support for the film, broadcast, video, multimedia and technical industries,
• promotion of film and television for distribution to all audiences
• preservation and development of the film heritage