De la légalité des citations cinématographiques

Cinema museology envisages the use of cinematographic quotations, but if they are used for the creation of video essays, video theses, or video installations it is possible to run into the law on copyright which protects the primary sources. Consequently, it becomes necessary to open a series of complex bureaucratic issues to identify the right holders who are often multiple and often difficult to trace. Is it prohibited or not prohibited to use film images for video-essay works for educational and non-profit purposes? This paper aims to discuss the management of copyright in the academic field, also showing images relating to audiovisual processing for museum exhibitions, to understand better the applications that can be made using cinema (not only) as a source of history.