1895 in film

Years in film:	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898
Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
Years:	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898

Events

March 22 - First display of motion pictures by Auguste and Louis Lumière (private screening).
Gaumont Pictures founded by the engineer-turned-inventor, Léon Gaumont.
In France, brothers named Auguste and Louis Lumière, designed and built a lightweight, hand-held motion picture camera called the Cinématographe. The Lumière brothers discovered that their machine could also be used to project images onto a large screen. The Lumière brothers created several short films at this time that are considered to be pivotal in the history of motion pictures.
Late September - C. Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat demonstrate their Phantoscope, a motion picture projector, in Atlanta, Georgia at the Cotton States and International Exposition.
November - In Germany, Emil and Max Skladanowsky develop their own film projector.
December 28 - The Lumière brothers have their first paying audience at the Grand Café Boulevard des Capucines — this date is sometimes considered the debut of the motion picture as an entertainment medium.
Woodville Latham and his sons develop the Latham Loop - the concept of loose loops of film on either side of the intermittent movement to prevent stress from the jerky movement. This is debuted in the Eidoloscope, which is also the first widescreen format (1.85:1).
Herman Casler manufactures the Biograph 68 mm camera, which will become the first successful large format.
Henri Joly debuts his Joly-Normandin 60 mm format.