The Cineteca di Bologna is a
film archive
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Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated ove ...
in
Bologna
Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its M ...
,
Italy
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. It was founded on 18 May 1962.
Since 1989, it has been a member of the
Fédération internationale des archives du film
The International Federation of Film Archives (, FIAF) was founded in Paris in 1938 by the Cinémathèque Française, the Reichsfilmarchiv in Berlin, the British Film Institute and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
FIAF brings together t ...
(FIAF). It has been a member of the
Association des cinémathèques européennes (ACE) since its creation.
Since March 2014, its president is Italian movie director
Marco Bellocchio
Marco Bellocchio (; born 9 November 1939) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor.
Life and career
Born in Bobbio, near Piacenza, Marco Bellocchio had a strict Catholic upbringing – his father was a lawyer, his mother a schooltea ...
and its director is Gian Luca Farinelli.
L’Immagine Ritrovata
"...Cineteca di Bologna, one of the world’s major film archives, whose L’Immagine Ritrovata lab has been restoring and preserving the legacy of cinema for over twenty-five years. Its restorations regularly premiere at major festivals such as Cannes and Venice before heading out to repertory theaters around the world."—The Criterion Collection
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, 2018
Laboratorio L'immagine Ritrovata in Bologna, Italy, was founded in 1992, and owned by the Cineteca di Bologna, with branches, ''L'Image Retrouvée'', in Paris, and ''L’Immagine Ritrovata Asia'',
in Hong Kong.
80 people restore around 140 films yearly.
''Fédération International des Archives du Film'' Film Restoration Summer School is a three-week programme; one week of "theoretical panels" during the Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival, and two weeks of hands-on at L'Immagine Ritrovata for 40 students.
Festivals
Among the various shows and
festivals
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organized by the Cineteca di Bologna are: Il Cinema Ritrovato, Visioni Italiane and Human Rights Nights Film Festival.
Il Cinema Ritrovato
Il Cinema Ritrovato is a movie festival dedicated to the rediscovery of rare and not well-known movies, with particular interest to the first cinematographic productions.
It has been held since 1986 and it presents a precious selection of rare movies or works that are considered lost, recovered from historical archives of many countries, and sometimes even
restored films. The movies are projected in various places throughout the historical centre of
Bologna
Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its M ...
, including
Piazza Maggiore
Piazza Maggiore (''Piâza Mażåur'' in the Bolognese dialect, Bolognese language) is a central square in Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, largely preserving its 15th century layout. The Northwest corner opens into Piazza del Nettuno wit ...
.
From 2001 until his death in 2014, the artistic director of the festival was Finnish film critic
Peter von Bagh
Kari Peter Conrad von Bagh (29 August 1943 – 17 September 2014) was a Finland, Finnish film historian and director. Von Bagh worked as the head of the Finnish Film Archive, editor-in-chief of ''Filmihullu'' magazine and co-founder and director ...
. The silent cinema critic
Vittorio Martinelli also worked with the festival until his death in 2008.
The current directors of the festival are Gian Luca Farinelli, Mariann Lewinsky, Cecilia Cenciarelli and Ehsan Khoshbakht.
See also
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List of film archives
This is a list of film archives and cinematheques. Film archives collect, restore, investigate and conserve audiovisual content like films, documentaries, television programs and newsreel footage. Often, a country has its own film archive to pre ...
References
External links
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Film archives in Italy
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