For almost two decades, Stephan Zaubitzer has travelled the world in search of cinemas, both operative and inoperative, to capture them with a large-format camera. ‘Cinés Méditerranée’ presents a photographic journey through five countries on the southern coast of the Mediterranean sea – Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, and Lebanon – each of which holds an exceptional architectural heritage. From the pristine to the dilapidated and even ruined, this extensive collection of images features numerous examples of classic 20th-century cinema architecture, design, and ornamentation. It also includes cartographic documentation and a preface by French film critic Alain Bergala.