Il Cinema Ritrovato is a festival dedicated to the rediscovery of rare and little-known films with a particular focus on cinema origins

History of film

The history of film is the historical development of the medium known variously as cinema, motion pictures, film, or the movies.The history of film spans over 100 years, from the latter part of the 19th century to the present day...

 and the silent movie period. It is organised every summer by the Cineteca di Bologna, Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

, and is one of the world's major festivals of film restoration. It was founded in 1986 as a three-day event but during the time it became bigger. Peter von Bagh

Peter von Bagh

Kari Peter Conrad von Bagh is a Finnish film historian and director. He currently works as a professor of film history in the University of Art and Design Helsinki. He has written around 20 books about film and worked as a presenter for numerous television and radio programs about film and other...

is the current artistic director of the festival.

External links

• Cineteca di Bologna festivals, official site