CINEMATEK (
Dutch: Koninklijk Belgisch Filmarchief;
French
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: Cinémathèque royale de Belgique;
: Royal Belgian Film Archive
) is a
film archive in
Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
,
Belgium
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.
The archive was established in 1938 under the name Royal Belgian Film Archive
by
Henri Storck,
André Thirifays
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, and
Piet Vermeylen.
Its collection include works on film by
Man Ray
Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky; August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976) was an American visual artist who spent most of his career in Paris. He was a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each ...
,
Duchamp and
Léger.
As of 2018, the archive held 47,726 films and over a hundred-thousand film materials, with over eight thousand of the items originating from Belgium.
The challenges associated with managing the collection were discussed in a 2001 article
by
Gabrielle Claes who served as director of the archive from 1988 until 2011.
Cinematek led the organization of the EXPRMNTL film festival which was run four times: 1949, 1958, 1963, 1967, and 1974. The festival is depicted in the 2016 film Exprmntl which was shown in 2019 at the
London Short Film Festival
The London Short Film Festival, founded in 2004, is a film festival held annually at various locations in London, in January. The festival celebrates short film production. Each year the festival appoints an international jury who award prizes wo ...
.
The Royal Belgian Film Archive is currently known as "Cinematek".
Curators
*
Jacques Ledoux, 1948 to 1988
*
Gabrielle Claes, 1988 to 2011
*
Nicola Mazzanti, 2012 to 2020
*
Tomas Leyers 2020 to
References
External links
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ACE Association of European Film Archives and Cinematheques
1938 establishments in Belgium
Film archives in Europe
Archives in Belgium
FIAF-affiliated institutions
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