The Cinémathèque de Bretagne (in
Breton
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*anything associated with Brittany, and generally
**Breton people
**Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany
** Breton (horse), a breed
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: ''Gwarez filmoù'') is an associative
film archive
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Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated ove ...
created in 1986 in
Ploërmel
Church Saint-Armel
Ploërmel (; ; Gallo language: ''Pieurmè'') is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany, in north-western France. On 1 January 2019, the former commune Monterrein was merged into Ploërmel.
Character of the town
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by Mathilde Valverde and André Colleu, and headquartered in
Brest,
France
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. Its aim is to preserve and disseminate the Breton audiovisual heritage (which concerns
Brittany
Brittany ( ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an Kingdom of Brittany, independent kingdom and then a Duch ...
or filmed by Bretons).
Presentation
The Cinémathèque de Bretagne keeps 25 550 films, videos and soundtracks entrusted by 1 517 applicants, of which 6 546 are freely accessible online, 1 757 cinema devices, 8 177 photograms and digital photographs (available on subscription), 3 521 cinema magazines and more than 500 books. Its particularity is the collection of amateur films. This mission is carried out for the sake of sharing regional culture and not for commercial purposes. The collection contains several types of film format such as 35mm professional format, but also and above all amateur films, its true richness, such as 17.5mm, 16mm, 9.5mm, 8mm and super 8mm. Soundtracks such as smooth 6,25 or perforated tapes of all formats, associated with the film or not, are likewise collected. All types of video are registered such as 1 inch, 1/2 inch, 3/4 cassettes (U'matic, BVU ...), as well as Bétacam and Bétacam SP, VHS, SVHS, 8mm, HI 8mm, DV Cam knowing that the video medium has a limited lifespan of about 20 years. The Cinémathèque also keeps all types of material related to amateur cinema such as cameras, projectors, splicers, viewers, as well as all documentation relating to the subject. Its oldest available film dates from 1910
[Serge POIROT]
''« Bretagne. Des trésors de ressources culturelles en ligne »''
on Ouest-France.fr, March 25, 2020 (french)
It publishes a newsletter, ''Le Fil à Fil'', as well as an electronic newsletter "''Entrefil''".
See also
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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. Typically ...
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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 ...
External links
Official website
References
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Film archives in France
Film preservation
Film organizations in France