Cinematheque of Toulouse, Film archive and cinema in Toulouse, France

The Cinematheque de Toulouse is a film archive and cinema housed in a historical building that once served as the College de l'Esquile. It features multiple screening rooms and maintains an extensive collection of films available for regular viewing.

Founded in 1964 by Raymond Borde and fellow cinema enthusiasts, the institution gradually became one of France's most significant film archives. Over the decades, it expanded its role and took on stewardship of increasingly important collections.

The building at 69 rue du Taur previously housed the Théâtre du Taur, the Ciné-espoir cinema and a PSOE office before the archive moved in during the 1990s. Its location places it near the ABC, the city's first art-house cinema. The archive's retrospectives were organised for the Confrontations festival in Perpignan from 1965.

The entrance is at 69 rue du Taur, in the building that once housed the Théâtre du Taur and, before that, the PSOE. The cinema ABC, Toulouse's first art-house venue, stands nearby. The monumental arched portal with its rusticated stone surround and blank oval shield marks the doorway; the Cinémathèque sign hangs to its right.

In 1952 Raymond Borde found a print of Hitchcock's The Ring (1929), then thought lost, at the Saint-Sernin flea market; it became a founding piece of the collection. The building at 69 rue du Taur previously housed the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), the Ciné-espoir cinema and the Théâtre du Taur.