{"id":29818,"date":"2024-06-05T10:25:57","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T13:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prd-cul-web04.vicentelopez.gov.ar\/about-the-project\/"},"modified":"2025-03-14T14:21:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T17:21:06","slug":"about-the-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lumiton.ar\/en\/about-the-project\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Vicente L\u00f3pez, a centennial and modern city<\/strong>, offers a variety of alternatives and the possibility of living a unique experience: history, culture, sports, tourism, nature. An innovative city that was the first in Argentina to commit to implementing the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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Our city has an active community committed to culture and a history linked to cinema<\/strong> that begins with Lumiton, the legendary production company of our golden cinema founded in the early 1930s in our city.<\/p>\n\n

In 1920, four Argentine radio amateurs made the world’s first open radio transmission. Being at the forefront of communication, they decided to invest in the development of the film industry and studied the Hollywood sound film production model. In 1931, they built and founded in our city Lumiton, the first modern film studios in Latin America, giving birth to sound films in our country. Here took place the Golden Age of our cinematographic history: the home and the beginning of legendary actors and filmmakers (such as Luis Sandrini, Mirtha Legrand, Mecha Ortiz, Juan Carlos Thorry, Susana Freyre, Olga Zubarry, Nin\u00ed Marshall and Hugo del Carril). Lumiton stood out with Argentina’s first argumentative sound film, “Los Tres Berretines”.<\/p>\n\n

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Some of the most outstanding directors of our country started at Lumiton: MANUEL ROMERO<\/strong> with his popular comedies; FRANCISCO MUGICA<\/strong> and his sophisticated dramas and romantic comedies; CARLOS HUGO CHRISTENSEN<\/strong>, precursor of erotic cinema and author of successful films, to name only three greats whose filmography stands out. Lumiton shaped the era of Latin American black and white cinema, with cosmetic light and dramatic shadows, glamour, outstanding production design, detailed art, costumes, makeup and exquisite props.<\/p>\n\n

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Between 1932 and 1952, Lumiton produced 99 FILMS. In mid-1960, the first Argentine sound film directed by a woman, VLASTA LAH, produced by Lumiton, was filmed. The studios remained active until 1966, but the political and historical context was no longer favorable for this type of cinema. However, it managed to remain standing and was declared a National Historic Monument. With a strong policy aimed at preserving cultural heritage as a driver of the future, the city acquired it in 2005 long after its closure and transformed it into a museum. In 2015, the “Lumiton Project” added the audiovisual factory it is today. The old house that remains of Lumiton is our headquarters and gives life to everything we do.<\/p>\n\n

Committed to the preservation of cultural heritage, the city has two significant archives. The Lumiton Archive, one of the few specialized film archives in the country, focuses on the preservation, conservation, digitization and restoration of film heritage. It comprises a Film Archive with 1,250 vital films in various formats (35 mm, 16 mm, 8 mm, Super 8 mm, and more) since 1935, a Photo Archive with 3,165 photographs, lobby cards and 409 film posters since 1933, and a library with 1,111 books on film. In addition, the archive has film programs from 1930 to 1990 and 307 still and film cameras from the 1930s.<\/p>\n\n

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In addition, Lumiton’s dedicated research department explores new preservation techniques and conducts activities to raise awareness of the importance of archiving.<\/p>\n\n

Another archive is the Digital Historical Archive located in another historic site, “Torre Ader”, dedicated to collecting, organizing and preserving historical documentation (including photographs, newspaper articles and manuscripts) from the 18th century to the present day.<\/p>\n\n

With a strong belief in the transformative tool of culture, both archives are available online and free of charge worldwide. We seek to connect the community with its history and encourage research work.The city also understands as a pillar a high-quality, inclusive, free public education that is digital and equipped with the latest technology. The city has two public educational institutes with free access: the “Instituto de Cine Contempor\u00e1neo”, a tertiary education institution with 40 years of experience and a Higher Technicature in Film, TV and Video Production with a digital editing island, an auditorium and all the necessary technical equipment for filmmaking, where more than 350 students attend. It also offers extracurricular courses such as screenwriting, directing, wardrobe, etc., all taught by professionals with extensive experience. The second institute, “El Mate”, is the first film school for children and teenagers. Founded in 1987, it was a pioneer in its field with a working method for comprehensive training in art and communication, where each participant is free to express themselves, learn and develop audiovisual projects. He has competed and won several awards at international festivals.<\/p>\n\n

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The city has outstanding public cultural institutions such as the legendary “Cine York”, founded in 1904, one of the most important cinemas in the city, equipped with state-of-the-art technology. The “Centro Cultural Munro” acquired by the city in 1994 with capacity for 460 people and other Public Historical Monuments from the 1900’s such as “Quinta Trabucco”, “Torre Ader”, “Casa de la Cultura”; and “Lumiton”, which houses a small cinema inside its museum with 35 mm and 16 mm projectors.<\/p>\n\n

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These are dynamic spaces for education, exhibition and audiovisual production with various activities such as workshops, masterclasses on the different specialties of filmmaking taught by leading industry professionals, screenings and more. These places represent meeting points for exchange, reflection and debate for both the film community and our community.<\/p>\n\n

One of our most important programs is VECINE VECINE, which aims to “watch movies at the movies” in different cultural facilities throughout the city. At the same time, a VOD platform of national scope and free access was created. The films, with a high cultural and social content, encourage the analysis of new perspectives promoting diversity and inclusion: from the visibility of films directed by women, the LGBTIQ+ community, awareness of our civil-military dictatorship, the Malvinas War, contemporary Argentine cinema, or fundamental filmmakers. It also funds and supports international festivals that bring to the community films that present relevant conversations in a challenging and changing world.<\/p>\n\n

An audiovisual production team was created and is currently creating original content and editing its own documentaries, music programs, interviews and more all available in our USINA sectionAlthough these venues cater to the general public, they actively encourage assistance to vulnerable groups through free access and collaborate with other secretariats or civil organizations to design specific programs aimed at youth and disadvantaged populations.<\/p>\n\n

The relevance of all these policies of the city and the presentation of certain projects to be developed in the next four years, earned the incorporation of Vicente Lopez to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vicente L\u00f3pez, a centennial and modern city, offers a variety of alternatives and the possibility of living a unique experience: history, culture, sports, tourism, nature. An innovative city that was the first in Argentina to commit to implementing the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Our city has an active community committed to culture and… Seguir leyendo<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26761,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-red-unesco.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29818","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lumiton.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lumiton.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lumiton.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lumiton.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lumiton.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lumiton.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lumiton.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lumiton.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}