Art Museum
Cinemateca Uruguaya
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Cinemateca Uruguaya is an art museum in Municipality B, Uruguay.
About Cinemateca Uruguaya
Cinemateca Uruguaya (Uruguayan Cinematheque) is a non-profit cinematheque in Montevideo, Uruguay, established in 1952, that aims to support the cultural development of cinema, and of art in general. Since its inception, it has belonged to the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF). It is also a founding member of the Latin American Coordinating Committee of Moving Image Archives (CLAIM), and advisory member of the Audiovisual and Film Institute of Uruguay (ICAU).
By the end of the twentieth century, its archive held 11,500 films, including over 2,000 Uruguayan works.
In 1995, Cinemateca Uruguaya received the Premio Morosoli, an Uruguayan cultural award. It was designated Cultural Heritage of the City of Montevideo.
Cinemateca Uruguaya by the numbers
- Founded
- 1952
Plan your visit
Cinemateca Uruguaya
- Website
- cinemateca.org.uy
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