Cinematheque

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A cinémathèque (or cinematheque) is a French word used to refer to a small cinema, particularly one that screens classic and art-house films. 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 in London the British Film Institute had been founded. In 1938 Henri Storck, André Thirifays and Pierre Vermeylen founded the Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique in Belgium. Also in 1938 the internationals association of film archives, The International Federation of Film Archives(FIAF) was founded.

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• Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin, Germany
• The American Cinematheque in Los Angeles, United States
• The Melbourne Cinematheque in Melbourne, Australia
• Broadway Cinematheque in Hong Kong