"Cinephilia is the term used to refer to a passionate interest in cinema, film theory and film criticism. The term is a portmanteau of the words cinema and philia, one of the four ancient Greek words for love. A person with a passionate interest in cinema is called a cinephile or cinemaphile.In English, it is sometimes used interchangeably with the French word cin\u00E9aste, though in the original French the term refers to a cinephile who is also a filmmaker."@en .