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Filmoteca de Catalunya More than 30 years conserving and disseminating film heritage
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The first film exhibition in Catalonia took place on 5th May, 1895 in Barcelona. Almost a century later, in 1981, the Filmoteca de Catalunya, was born, dedicated to the conservation of film and audiovisual heritage and to the dissemination of film culture.

Today, the Filmoteca de Catalunya has a collection of more than 45,000 books, 20,000 graphic archives, 8,000 films, 5,000 sound tracks and 1,200 pieces of original film equipment. It is the result of the work of conservation, restoration, cataloguing, documentation and study of the film heritage of Catalonia carried out by this institution.

However, the best way to get to know the Filmoteca is through exhibitions, publications and film projections, nearly a thousand each year.

After acquiring a first projection room in the street Travessera de Gràcia and more than 20 years at the old Aquitània cinema in Sarrià, in 2012 the new headquarters in the district of El Raval were officially opened. This building, designed by Josep Lluís Mateo is the location for the main display and exhibition areas, a library and a bookstore.

The holdings and film collections are conserved in the other main site of the Filmoteca, the Centre de Conservació i Restauració, located in Terrassa, in the Parc Audiovisual de Catalunya.

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What can I do?

- Every weekend, there are programmed sessions aimed at bringing film closer to children and their families.
- The Filmoteca also disseminates cinematographic heritage outside of Barcelona with sessions throughout Catalonia.
- Temporary and themed exhibitions are held to disseminate cinematographic heritage.
- La Filmoteca a les escoles (The Filmoteca in schools) is the educational service available for students and teachers.

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Filmoteca de Catalunya
Plaça de Salvador Seguí, 1 – 9
08001 Barcelona
Tel. (+34) 935671070

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The Filmoteca on the inside

This virtual tour of the premises of the building in Raval will enable you to discover the most important areas of this institution.