Filmoteca de la UNAM

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Filmoteca de la UNAM is the cinematheque of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in Mexico City . It was founded in 1960 to collect and preserve films and related documents and objects. The Filmoteca has two locations. One is located on Miguel Ángel de Quevedo Street in Coyoacán and is home to the holdings of printed documents such as posters, photographs, newspapers, the video collection, old film equipment and the documentation center. Since 1997 there has been a second building in the Ciudad Universitaria in which the film collection is kept. The Filmoteca de la UNAM stages films, organizes festivals, forums, conferences and seminars. With around 40,000 films, 10,000 posters, 83,000 still images and 15,000 other documents such as books and magazines, the Filmoteca de la UNAM is one of the most important film institutions in Latin America .

history

The film collection of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México goes back to the producer Manolo Barbachano , who donated Raices y Torreros to the university. In 1959 the idea came up to bundle the film activities of the UNAM and to set up the Filmoteca. It was founded in 1960, but struggled with problems in the first few years. In 1997 a new building of the Filmoteca de al UNAM was opened in the Ciudad Universitaria, which houses the film collection in a modern way and thus better protects and preserves it. In 2003 the original version of the film Los olivados by Luis Buñuel , which is owned by the Filmoteca, was placed on the UNESCO list of world heritage documents . The nomination was supported by the Cineteca Nacional . In 2003 the Filmoteca was awarded the Mexican Ariel de Oro Film Prize.

collection

The collection includes around 40,000 films, 10,000 posters, 83,000 still images and 15,000 other documents such as books and magazines. This makes it one of the most important and extensive institutions of this type in Latin America. The films come from Mexico and all over the world and have been stored under state-of-the-art conditions since 1997 and the inventory is constantly being secured. The collection includes rare and exceptional film material. About 30 porn films from the years 1920 to 1950, all of which were silent or whose soundtrack was lost. They come from a time when pornography was banned and cover various subjects. The original version of the film Los olivados by Luis Buñuel, which is owned by the Filmoteca, is on the UNESCO list of world heritage documents . In 1999, Filmoteca employees found an alternative ending for Los olivados . Various scenes have also been found that Buñuel did not use in the finished film, such as El Jaibo seducing his friend's mother. With these finds, a deeper insight into Buñuel's working method and work of his time in Mexico was possible.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c El Universal: “Filmoteca de la Unam celebra 50 años de vida”, March 10, 2010, accessed on April 5, 2011 at eluniversal.com
  2. ↑ Description of the story on cinetecanacional.net ( Memento from December 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ El Universal: "Porno mexicano, tesoro en manos de la Filmoteca", March 27, 2011, accessed on April 4, 2011 on eluniversal.com
  4. ↑ El Universal: “La Filmoteca de la UNAM halla material inédito de Los olvidados”, October 10, 2010, accessed on April 5, 2011 on eluniversal.com