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A cinémathèque (or cinematheque) is a French word used to refer to a film archive with small cinemas that screens particularly classic and art-house films.[1]
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History
In 1935 Henri Langlois and Georges Franju founded a film club ("Cercle du cinéma") to show old films from which originated the Cinémathèque Française in 1936.
The idea to archive old films was by no means self-evident at the time. Langlois was able to save many films the companies had intended to throw away. In 1933, the British Film Institute was founded in London. In 1938 Henri Storck, André Thirifays and Pierre Vermeylen founded the Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique in Belgium. Also in 1938, the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) was founded in Paris.[2]
List of cinematheques
America
- North America
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- Canada
- Cinémathèque québécoise in Montreal
- Pacific Cinémathèque in Vancouver
- TIFF Cinematheque in Toronto
- Cinematheque Waterloo in Waterloo
- Winnipeg Film Group's Cinematheque in Winnipeg
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- United States
- American Cinematheque in Los Angeles
- San Francisco Cinematheque in San Francisco
- Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago
- Cleveland Cinematheque in Cleveland
- University of Virginia Cinematheque in Charlottesville
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- Mexico
- Cineteca Nacional in Mexico City
- South America
- Cinemateca Uruguaya in Montevideo, Uruguay
- Cinemateca Nacional de Venezuela in Caracas, Venezuela
Asia
- Broadway Cinematheque in Hong Kong (a cinema rather than a cinematheque proper)
- Jerusalem Cinematheque in Jerusalem, Israel
- Tel Aviv Cinematheque in Tel Aviv, Israel
- Haifa Cinematheque in Haifa, Israel
- Korean Film Archive in Seoul, South Korea
- Seoul Art Cinema in Seoul, South Korea
- Cinematheque Busan in Busan, South Korea
- Asian Film Archive in Singapore
- Hanoi Cinematheque in Hanoi, Vietnam
Australia
- Australian Cinémathèque in the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Queensland
- Melbourne Cinematheque in Melbourne, Victoria
Europe
- Cinémathèque royale de Belgique in Brussels, Belgium[3]
- Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg[4]
- Bulgarian National Film Archive (Българска Национална Филмотека) in Sofia, Bulgaria
- Cinémathèque Française in Paris, France
- Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin, Germany
- Cineteca di Bologna in Bologna, Italy
- Cinemateca Portuguesa in Lisbon, Portugal
- Yugoslav Film Archive in Belgrade, Serbia
- Filmoteca Española in Madrid, Spain
- Cinemateket in Stockholm, Sweden
- Cinemateket in Oslo, Norway
- Cinemateket in Copenhagen, Denmark
- British Film Institute in London, UK
- National Museum of Film and Television in Bradford, UK
- Národní filmový archiv in Prague, Czech Republic (and its Ponrepo cinema)
References
- ^ cinematheque at Merriam-Webster Dictionary
- ^ http://www.fiafnet.org/uk/whatis.cfm
- ^ "Cinémathèque royale de Belgique official site". Cinémathèque royale de Belgique. http://www.cinematek.be/. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- ^ "Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg". Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg. http://www.vdl.lu/Cin%C3%A9math%C3%A8que-p-1475628.html. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
See also
- Archive
- List of film archives
External links
- International Federation of Film Archives - Official Website
- Pacific Cinémathèque - Official Website
- Cinematheque Ontario - Official Website
- Cinematheque Waterloo - Official Website
- Winnipeg Film Group's Cinematheque - Official Website
- Korean Film Archive - Official Website
- Australian Cinémathèque - Official Website
Categories:- Cinemas and movie theaters
- Film archives
- Film organizations
- French loanwords
- French words and phrases
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