The Filmoteca Española (Spanish Cinemathèque) is an official institution of the Spanish
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. Its objective is to restore, investigate and conserve the film heritage of Spain and its diffusion.
Sites
Its cinema where films are daily shown is
Cine Doré
The Cine Doré is a cinema in Madrid, Spain. It is currently used for Filmoteca Española screenings.
History
Envisioned as a "socio-cultural hall", the original venue was commissioned by Mariano Tejero Ruiz in 1912. Years later, in 1922, it was ...
(filmed by
Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (; (often known simply as Almodóvar) born 25 September 1949) is a Spanish filmmaker. His films are marked by melodrama, irreverent humour, bold colour, glossy décor, quotations from popular culture, and complex narr ...
in ''
Hable con ella
''Talk to Her'' ( es, Hable con ella) is a 2002 Spanish drama written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, and starring Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti, Leonor Watling, Geraldine Chaplin, and Rosario Flores. The film follows two men who form an u ...
''), in Santa Isabel Street, Madrid, designed by architect Críspulo Moro Cabeza and built in 1923. It was restored from 1982 to 1990. The archive, offices, library and exhibition halls are set in a restored palace on Magdalena St nº 10 in
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...
.
Filmoteca has two other venues, the CCR (Conservation and Restoration Center) in
Pozuelo de Alarcón
Pozuelo de Alarcón () is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Bordering the Moncloa-Aravaca district of Madrid proper to its west, Pozuelo de Alarcón is surrounded by large Mediterranean pine-tree forests: the Casa de Campo, the M ...
, on the outskirts of Madrid and the administrative headquarters in the Palacio de Perales in the center of the city of Madrid.
Direction
At present the director of Filmoteca is
Josetxu Cerdan, professor of Audiovisuals at UC3M.
Film collection
The total of existing titles in the archives of the Filmoteca Española currently amounts to approximately 36,000. In addition to approximately another 12,000 pre-cataloged titles.
Of the 36,000 titles already cataloged, approximately 21,000 are of Spanish production, and the rest are foreigners.
In total 205,000 materials, both in photochemical support (about 600,000 containers) and in electronic support.
70,500 rolls of film belonging to audiovisual documents of the NO-DO archive are also stored in its vaults.
See also
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Cinema of Spain
Cinema may refer to:
Film
* Cinematography, the art of motion-picture photography
* Film or movie, a series of still images that create the illusion of a moving image
** Film industry, the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking
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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, every country has its own film archive to ...
External links
Filmoteca española
Film archives in Spain
Film organisations in Spain
FIAF-affiliated institutions
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