‘A Season of Classics Films’ is a series of free screenings planned between December 2020 until June 2021 across Europe to raise awareness of the work of European national and regional film archives, especially among young adults. Most of the films are new digital restorations and some screenings include exciting elements such as live performances or experimental electronic music.
With 22 participating institutions, the initiative also aims to support the reopening of European film archives, all affected by the COVID-19 crisis. Considering that the COVID-19 pandemic means the events will be subject to certain limitations, we are pleased that several institutions also plan streaming events to enable greater access.
The Season of Classic Films initiative is supported financially by the EU Creative Europe programme and coordinated by the Association des Cinémathèques Européennes (ACE).
LATEST NEWS
Don’t miss the next screening: SANZ Y EL SECRETO DE SU ARTE, organised by Filmoteca Valenciana – Institut Valencià de Cultura.
Watch ‘Sanz y el secreto de su arte’ on Friday 5 February at 18:00 CET here!
- Sanz and the secret of his art (65’, dir. M. Thous and F. Sanz, 1918)
- An unusual hybrid between documentary and fiction displaying animated human-like dolls
- Francisco Sanz Baldoví (1872-1939) wanted to create the perfect automaton, a robot, which would realistically assimilate human movements. He became famous for his exquisite automata collection, making the media of his time claim that he had the best robot in the world.
- with live music
- free online worldwide streaming with English subtitles
2021-01-21 | A SEASON OF CLASSIC FILMS: FREE WORLDWIDE SCREENING OF ‘SANZ AND THE SECRET OF HIS ART’
2020-10-27 | LIST OF FILMS: DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAMME CATALOGUE
2020-10-15 | THE NEW SEASON OF CLASSIC FILMS TO BE PRESENTED AT FESTIVAL LUMIÈRE
2020-08-31 | THE NEW SEASON OF CLASSIC FILMS TO BE PRESENTED AT IL CINEMA RITROVATO
PARTICIPATING FILM INSTITUTIONS
| Eye Filmmuseum | Amsterdam | NL |
| Ταινιοθήκη της Ελλάδος / Greek Film Archive | Athens | EL |
| Filmoteca de Catalunya | Barcelona | ES |
| Arhiv Jugoslovenske kinoteke / Jugoslav Film Archive | Belgrade | RS |
| Lichtspiel / Kinemathek Bern | Bern | CH |
| Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna | Bologna | I |
| Cinémathèque royale de Belgique / Koninklijk Belgisch Filmarchief | Brussels | BE |
| Nemzeti Filmintézet Magyarország – Filmarchívum / National Film Institute Hungary – Film Archive | Budapest | HU |
| Irish Film Institute | Dublin | IE |
| DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum | Frankfurt | DE |
| Cinémathèque suisse | Lausanne | CH |
| Cinemateca Portuguesa – Museu do Cinema | Lisbon | PT |
| Slovenska kinoteka / Slovenian Cinematheque | Ljubljana | SI |
| Cinemateket / The Norwegian Film Institute | Oslo | NO |
| La Cinémathèque française | Paris | FR |
| Národní filmový archiv, Prague | Prague | CZ |
| Кинотека на Република Северна Македонија / Cinematheque of the Republic of North Macedonia | Skopje | MK |
| Българска национална филмотека / Bulgarian National Film Archive | Sofia | BG |
| Arkivi Qendror Shtetëror i Filmit (AQSHF) / Albanian National Film Archive | Tirana | AL |
| Museo Nazionale del Cinema | Turin | I |
| Filmoteca Valenciana – Institut Valencià de Cultura | Valencia | ES |
| Hrvatski državni arhiv – Hrvatska kinoteka / Croatian state archive – Croatian cinematheque | Zagreb | HR |