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.
