EDITORIAL

We are proud to present the first issue of The Cineclub’s Review, hoping that it will have its place in a gallery of publications that, since the beginning of cineclubism, constituted a milestone and proof of our importance in the evolution of cinema – the critics press, the modern critique and film theory had their origins in the various diaries and cahiers published by cineclubs. In fact, this journal aims to gather information and ideas of film societies worldwide, provoking discussion on a planetary level. In other words, we here reclaim the cineclub’s debate and press in a 21st century’s version.

This first number, as will the following ones, has a main subject, around which several texts gravitate. On the occasion of the 3rd World Conference of Film Societies and of the International Federation of Film Societies’ General Assembly, both to be held in Brazil in December 2010, our major topic is the Charter for the Rights of the Public, and the conditions that led to its proposal and approval in the Tabor meeting of 1987.

The Review will also have permanent sections, and some will deal with the issue’s leading theme. Treasures from the Archives, dedicated to the recovering of our movement’s memories, presents the Tabor dossier. IFFS Stories is inaugurated with a reflection on the origins of the cineclub’s world organization, as well as an article on the general assembly held in Cuba, 25 years ago. Stories from the Public will present various cineclub’s related experiences; in this first number we have Malaysia, Mozambique and Tunisia. Moreover, a particular cineclub will always be subject to a special approach, intended to reveal general affairs of our practices; in this edition, the proposal of the “first” cineclub, the French People’s Cinema.

The other permanent sections will be: Books Reviews, Biographies – in this number with articles on Fabio Masala, one of the fundamental inspirers of the Chart of Tabor – and Debate, which brings up different points of view on our mainsubject. Humor and aChronicle – The Empty Room – will contribute to lighten the reading and propose other ways of tackling cineclubism.

We hope you enjoy reading The Cineclub’s Review. See you in the next issue.