Metadata: Film collection
Collection
- Country:
- Belgium
- Holding institution:
- Institute of Jewish Audiovisual Memory
- Holding institution (official language):
- Institut de la Mémoire Audiovisuelle Juive
- Postal address:
- Avenue Ducpétiaux 68 / Ducpétiauxlaan 68, 1060 Bruxelles (Sint Gillis)
- Phone number:
- +32 (0)2 344 86 69
- Web address:
- http://www.imaj.be/
- Email:
- info@imaj.be
- Reference number:
- IJAUVISM-Brussels-Collection de films
- Title:
- Film collection
- Title (official language):
- Collection de films
- Creator/accumulator:
- Institut de la Mémoire Audio-visuelle Juive
- Date(s):
- 1920/2016
- Date note:
- Material continues to be added to this collection.
- Language:
- French
- Dutch; Flemish
- English
- Hebrew
- Yiddish
- Extent:
- 2,000 titles
- Scope and content:
- This collection consists of films related to Judaism, the Shoah and Israel, as well as Yiddish films. We note both feature films and documentaries. The majority of the films are subtitled in French and/or English.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The Institut de la Mémoire Audio-visuelle Juive (IMAJ) was founded in Brussels in 1984, following the creation of a similar institution in Paris a year earlier. Founding members were Paul Danblon, Gyora Glupczynski, Béatrice Godlewicz, Baron Georges Schnek and Simone Susskind. The objective of the institution is to provide schools and teachers with Jewish films and information regarding Judaism for the purpose of combating stereotypes, negationism and antisemitism. IMAJ Brussels took flight as an association thanks to a grant from the Communauté française (the French-speaking Community of Belgium). At present, the IMAJ has achieved its goal. The institution manages its own database – 5000 titles have been identified and hundreds of video tapes and DVDs are available for on-site consultation or loan. In addition, IMAJ organised numerous film screenings and cultural events, and supports the production of new films. (http://www.imaj.be.)
- Subject terms:
- Film
- Holocaust
- Jewish languages
- Jewish languages--Yiddish
- State of Israel
- Access, restrictions:
- Consultation requires the authorisation of the management of the IMAJ.
- Finding aids:
- A database of films can be consulted on site.
- Yerusha Network member:
- State Archives of Belgium
