film institute

Cinema training organization

A film institute is an organization dedicated to preserving, studying, or promoting cinema.

Some focus on archiving and restoring movies, others on education and training filmmakers, and many do both.

National film institutes like the British Film Institute or the American Film Institute serve as cultural guardians of their countries' cinematic heritage: The film institute hosted a retrospective of silent films.

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screening · restoration · cinematheque · Sundance · silent era · BFI · AFI · workshop · masterclass · celluloid · moving image · director · director's chair · curator · retrospective · fellowship · scholarship · heritage

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institutional purpose

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Body that approves content

movie theater · commercial theater · multiplex · film studio · production company

medium focus

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Group discussing written works

music conservatory · opera house · art museum · dance academy

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