The Jerusalem Cinematheque is a

cinematheque A cinematheque is an archive of films and film-related objects with an exhibition venue. Similarly to a book library (bibliothèque in French), a cinematheque is responsible for preserving and making available to the public film heritage. Typica ...

and film archive in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

History

The Jerusalem Cinematheque was founded in 1973 by Lia van Leer. It was originally located in Beit Agron in the center of

. A new building overlooking the walls of the Old City, close to the Hinnom Valley, was opened in 1981 with the financial support of th
Ostrovsky Family Foundation
the Jerusalem Foundation, the Van Leer Foundation, and private donors. In addition to screening halls, the Cinematheque houses the Israel Film Archive, an archive of films from the 1920s to today, The Nathan Axelrod Newsreel Collection, the Joan Sourasky-Constantiner Holocaust Multimedia Research Center, the Department for Film and Media Education, and the Lew and Edie Wasserman Film Library.Jerusalem Cinematheque: Lia van Leer

References

External links

Jerusalem Cinematheque & Israel Film Archive
Official website Film archives in Israel Cinemas and movie theatres in Israel Buildings and structures in Jerusalem Tourist attractions in Jerusalem 1973 establishments in Israel {{film-org-stub

History

See also

References

External links