Editing Renault (section)

===Sponsorship===
Renault has sponsored films as an advertising technique since 1899. A Renault Voiturette Type A, driven by Louis Renault, appeared in one of the [[Auguste and Louis Lumière|Lumières]]' early films.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.repubblica.it/motori/auto/sezioni/attualita/2012/11/19/news/motori_renault_e_il_grande_schermo-46999034/ |title=Renault e il grande schermo. Zoe nel film di Lellouche |trans-title=Renault and the big screen. Zoe in the Lellouche film |language=it |work=La Repubblica |publisher=Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso |date=19 November 2012 |access-date=1 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102001606/http://www.repubblica.it/motori/auto/sezioni/attualita/2012/11/19/news/motori_renault_e_il_grande_schermo-46999034/ |archive-date=2 January 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=COLCIN>{{cite book |last=Reynolds |first=Glenn |title=Colonial Cinema in Africa: Origins, Images, Audiences |chapter=Strange Savages Paid Primitives Negotiating Natives |publisher=McFarland |year=2015 |isbn=978-0-7864-7985-6 |page=56}}</ref> Between 1914 and 1940, the company commissioned a series of documentary films to promote its industrial activities.<ref>{{cite book |last=Michel |first=Alain P. |editor1-last=Hediger |editor1-first=Vinzenz |editor2-last=Vonderau |editor2-first=Patrick |title=Films that Work |url=https://archive.org/details/filmsthatworkind00hedi |url-access=limited |chapter=Corporate Films of Industrial Work: Renault (1916–1939) |publisher=Amsterdam University Press |year=2009 |series=Film Culture in Transition |isbn=978-90-8964-012-3 |pages= [https://archive.org/details/filmsthatworkind00hedi/page/n167 167]–186}}</ref> Renault also backed some films set in Africa during the 1920s to promote the reliability of its products on tough conditions.<ref name=COLCIN/> Since 1983, the company sponsors the [[Cannes Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/societes-francaises/2008/05/15/04010-20080515ARTFIG00691-renault-transporte-sean-penn.php |title=Renault transporte Sean Penn |trans-title=Renault carries Sean Penn |language=fr |work=Le Figaro |last=Créquy |first=Perrine |date=16 May 2008 |access-date=2 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302175153/http://www.lefigaro.fr/societes-francaises/2008/05/15/04010-20080515ARTFIG00691-renault-transporte-sean-penn.php |archive-date=2 March 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> and it has also sponsored other festivals as the [[Venice Film Festival]], the Marrakech Film Festival<ref>{{cite web |url=http://media.renault.com/global/en-gb/renaultgroup/Media/PressRelease.aspx?mediaid=60541 |title=Renault is the new main sponsor of the 71st Venice international film festival! |publisher=Renault |date=24 July 2014 |access-date=2 March 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045929/http://media.renault.com/global/en-gb/renaultgroup/Media/PressRelease.aspx?mediaid=60541 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the [[BFI London Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=EB042E24-591E-435B-95D2-C382674865C7 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215201517/https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=EB042E24-591E-435B-95D2-C382674865C7 |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 February 2013 |title=Renault |work=2012 BFI Film Festival |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=2 March 2015}}</ref>

Through its foundations and institutes, Renault funds projects around the world that focus on: education through scholarships,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.autoblog.com/2012/05/10/renault-will-fund-electro-mobility-classes-in-france/|title=Got scholarship? Renault will fund electro-mobility classes in France|publisher=autoblog.com|date=10 May 2012|access-date=29 April 2015}}</ref> road safety<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.carpages.co.uk/renault/renault_sponsors_national_road_safety_week_06_11_04.asp|title=Renault Sponsors UK's National Road Safety Week |website=carpages.co.uk |date= 6 November 2004|access-date=29 April 2015}}</ref> and diversity.