Novedades del Archivo

El Archivo Lumiton sigue expandiéndose con nuevos materiales que se someten al proceso de visualización, catalogación, restauración, y digitalización para poner al servicio de la comunidad. En esta ocasión, tenemos el agrado de sumar a nuestra filmoteca y fototeca online parte del legado fílmico de Sameer Makarius. Nacido el 29 de abril de 1924 en... Seguir leyendo

At Lumiton, we work daily on the various materials that are part of our archive. As we progress in our work, we continue to find historical gems and enhance their value by digitizing, restoring, and preserving them under suitable conditions for each material. Recently, we found in an uncatalogued canister a fragment of a French-language... Seguir leyendo

We are pleased to announce that our book, Lumiton, the Label that Shaped Argentinian Cinema, is now available in PDF for download or online reading in both Spanish and English. A year ago, on the occasion of its 90th anniversary, the book was presented, which traces the history of Lumiton, the first Argentine sound film... Seguir leyendo

The Lumiton Archive works every day to enhance the value of the collections, assets, and various archives that have made their way to the Museum over the years. As our work progresses, we improve our cataloging and preservation systems, along with expanding our knowledge and research on the materials comprising the Archive. Amidst the process... Seguir leyendo

Vicente López has earned the title of UNESCO’s Creative City of Cinema. Since 2015, the Lumiton Project, under the auspices of the Vicente López Secretariat of Culture, has been promoting the enhancement of the municipality as a City of Cinema and Munro as an Audiovisual Hub. Today, we are pleased to announce that Vicente López... Seguir leyendo

The Lumiton Archive inaugurates the new “Fondos” (Collections) section of its photo library with the Ana Baum collection. This is an extensive collection of photographs featuring the journalist alongside major Hollywood stars such as Julie Andrews, Alfred Hitchcock, Leonardo DiCaprio, and other prominent figures from the American film industry. Anita Baum was an Argentine journalist... Seguir leyendo

As part of the archival work undertaken since the creation of the Museum, Lumiton has spent a significant amount of time locating and recovering the original posters of films shot at Estudios Lumiton. This is a crucial task in the preservation of the cinematographic, filmic, and historical heritage held by the studios. Currently, the collection... Seguir leyendo

Lumiton is nearing the completion of the digitization process for one of the most extensive donations in our Archive, the Tadeo Bortnowski Collection.This collection can be viewed in the Film Library section, where our digitized film archive is accessible to the community. Tadeo Bortnowski served as a cameraman and later as the artistic director of... Seguir leyendo

Lumiton is in the final stages of cataloging and digitizing the William Castagna Collection, concurrently with its presentation on our website. You can view it in the Film Archive section, where we make our digitized film archive, which continues to expand, accessible to the community. The collection consists of a significant number of 8-millimeter and... Seguir leyendo

Lumiton is currently in the process of surveying, reviewing and stabilizing the materials that make up the donation of the Estudio Finquel Archive. Subsequently, it will begin the process of digitization to make it available to the public in our digital archive section. The collection consists of negatives in 120 and 35 mm formats, flexible... Seguir leyendo