An Institution for the Memory of Cinema

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After the creation of the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (Icaic) on March 24, 1959, the Institute conceived other spaces for the production, research and conservation of Cuban cinema. Under this principle, on February 6, 1960, the Cinemateca of Cuba was created, “with the fundamental purpose of ensuring the indefinite protection of the national cinema heritage and of contributing to the cultural development of cinematography…