Yugoslav Cinematheque

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The Yugoslav Cinematheque, or the National Film Archive of Serbia, was officially opened on 5th August, 1949. Film archive, library and three halls represent the base of a magnificent and unique cinematheque. The film archive counts more than 100,000 film copies, and the oldest preserved film is Krunisanje kralja Petra Karadjordjevica dating back to 1904.

Live action and documentary films, film journals and animated films from Yugoslav and Serbian cinematography are kept with great care, and besides the rich collection of domestic production, the Cinematheque also preserves the most important films of the world production. The function of the Cinematheque is to collect and permanently keep films, i.e. film material and accompanying film material, and to put the entire archive at all citizens' disposal.

In the base of the library that has existed since 1949, there are a million and a half of newspaper clips on film and filmmakers, 23,000 titles of monographic publications and sixty domestic and foreign film and television magazines.

The Yugoslav Cinematheque, or the National Film Archive of Serbia, was officially opened on 5th August, 1949. Film archive, library and three halls represent the base of a magnificent and unique cinematheque. The film archive counts more than 100,000 film copies, and the oldest preserved film is Krunisanje kralja Petra Karadjordjevica dating back to 1904.

Live action and documentary films, film journals and animated films from Yugoslav and Serbian cinematography are kept with great care, and besides the rich collection of domestic production, the Cinematheque also preserves the most important films of the world production. The function of the Cinematheque is to collect and permanently keep films, i.e. film material and accompanying film material, and to put the entire archive at all citizens' disposal.

In the base of the library that has existed since 1949, there are a million and a half of newspaper clips on film and filmmakers, 23,000 titles of monographic publications and sixty domestic and foreign film and television magazines.