Cineteca di Bologna – Wikipedia

The Cineteca di Bologna It is one of the most important European cinetecs ^[first] . In 2012 it turned into Cineteca di Bologna Foundation ^[2] , with the Municipality of Bologna as the sole partner.

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In the summer of 2000 the new headquarters in via Riva di Reno was inaugurated in the former Tabacchi manufacture and on 28 June 2003 the two new rooms of Lumière cinema were opened in the renovated spaces of the Ex-Macello area (manufacturing of the arts) , where the Cinema Library Renzo Renzi and the non -filmic collections are also located, such as the photographic archive.

The film library retains and restores the cinematographic heritage to make it usable today and allow its future transmission. It is equipped with three archives: municipal warehouses (via dell’Industria), new technical archive (via Zanardi), Pianazze – “flammable” archive (Sasso Marconi).

Since March 2014 the president is the Italian director Marco Bellocchio ^[3] . The director is Gian Luca Farinelli ^[4] .

Among the various events and festivals organized by the Cineteca di Bologna there are: the found cinema, Italian visions and Human Rights Nights Film Festival.

The found cinema [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

The found cinema is a film review dedicated to the rediscovery of rare and little -known films, with particular reference to the film production of the origins.
It has been held since 1986, when he took the place of the Porretta Free Film Festival. The review presents a precious selection of rare or lost works, coming from the historical archives of the Cineteche in various countries.

The event takes place between June and July in some places in the historic center of Bologna, including Piazza Maggiore and the manufacture of the arts, also hosting the movie publishing market exhibition.

Artistic director of the Festival was the critic and historian of Finnish cinema Peter Von Bagh, who died in 2015. An important role in the Festival was that of Vittorio Martinelli, critic of silent cinema who died in 2008 ^[5] . Currently, the Festival’s board team is composed of Gian Luca Farinelli, Cecilia Cenciarelli, Ehsan Khoshbakht and Mariann Lewinsky.

For some years the event has left the city of Bologna and involves cinema throughout Italy by proposing classics of world cinema restored in the first vision such as Children of Paradise , Metropolis O Amarcord .

Films of films [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

It preserves over 80,000 cinematographic films, mainly in 35 mm and 16 mm, but also in super 8 and in other minor formats such as videodisks. In addition to the positive copies and negatives of the films restored by the Cineteca, it preserves funds from producers and film distributors, as well as important private collectors. Some collections are of particular importance: Italian silent cinema, Soviet cinema, classics of the history of cinema, Italian “popular” cinema, Italian news and Italian cameras.

Conservation and restoration [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

The film library has become, thanks to its laboratory, the found image, a center recognized internationally in the field of conservation and cinematographic restoration ^{[6] [7]} . Among the most important projects, the Chaplin project, concerning the entire archive of documents and films by Charlie Chaplin, and the Keaton project ^{[8] [9]} . There are also numerous restorations of Italian films, for example The bin by Federico Fellini, The place by Ermanno Olmi, Sweet deceptions by Alberto Lattuada, Appoints for an African expert Of Pier Pa Paolo Pasolini ^[ten] .

Renzo Renzi library [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

The Renzo Renzi library preserves about 47,000 volumes of cinematographic topic (including 2,500 photography books and 2,000 graphics and comic texts), as well as a collection of specialized periodicals (about 1,100 newspapers) and 40 archival funds of cinema cards. The bibliographic heritage is placed on an open shelf and is directly accessible to the public.

Among its equipment, the library acquired the personal archive of the research materials of Vittorio Martinelli (1926 – 2008), a cinematographic and historical critic of silent cinema, who had transferred him a few years before his death.

Study Center – Pier Paolo Pasolini Archive [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

In 2004 the association “Fondo Pier Paolo Pasolini”, founded by Laura Betti, donated its archive to the Municipality of Bologna, consisting of more than 1,000 volumes on Pasolini’s work, magazines collections, 30,000 press clippings (essays, studies , news articles, interviews, statements, investigations), 300 degree theses, 900 audiovisuals (Pasolini films and films or television programs in which he participated or dedicated to him), a photo library of 3,000 prints and 4,000 between negatives and slabs, one 300 audio stop with radio programs, conference records, debates and interventions ^[11] .

Stock Photo [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

It collects over 3 million photographic images that the film library preserves, preserves from degradation and makes available to the public. It includes two sections: cinema (full of over 800,000 photographs that document the history of cinema); Bologna (over 1,200,000 images made from 1873 onwards).

Graphics archive [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

It collects an important heritage of images relating to the film promotion: about 250,000 documents between posters, photo, posters and illustrations. Together with these, advertising brochures, an international collection of cinematographic stamps and a collection of caricatures of cinema characters.

Video/DVD/Sound collections [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

The video section collects over 34,000 films on video and DVD support. The collection of 3,000 vinyl records of film soundtracks is dedicated to music.

Videogame archive [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

First Italian archive dedicated to the preservation of the video game. The fund, constantly growing, consists of more than 5,400 securities in January 2023 ^[twelfth] , freely accessible by users.
The videogame archive of the Cineteca di Bologna is a partner of G | A | M | E ^[13] , Italian scientific journal of Game Studies. In 2022 the Cineteca di Bologna Foundation donated the entire videogame archive to the Municipality, permanently hosted in the Salaborsa Lab Liber “Roberto Ruffilli”.

Teaching [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

The film library has developed two projects with the aim of feeding the passion of young people for cinema. One of these is “screens and blackboards: a children’s cineclub” aimed at children between 6 and 18 years old.

In addition, the Cineteca has developed professional training paths accessible through calls. The courses are free but limited number, with a selection process. They are made with the contribution of the European Social Fund and the Emilia-Romagna Region. ^{[14] [15]}

Cinema Lumière [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

It is made up of two rooms: Officinema Mastroianni and Sala Scorsese room. A further room is being renovated, inside the underground spaces in via Rizzoli inside Palazzo Ronzani who at the beginning of the twentieth century housed the Modern Modern Cinema.

Film Commission [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

The Commission film provides support to the cinematographic and television productions engaged in the city and thus strengthens the action of promotion and enhancement of the city cinema that the Cineteca pursues as one of its main purposes.