Cinenacional.com
Encyclopedia
Cinenacional.com is a web portal
and web
-based database
about Argentine cinema
.
The site provides a vast array of information, including: films, television programs, directors, actors, cinematographers, film editors, production designers, and other production professions in Argentina
. It is the most comprensive site for information about the film industry in the country and has over 30,000 IMDB-type articles on films alone in its database (since the silent era).
The management team was organized in August 2000, and went on-line on June 9, 2001.
The site is supported by the Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA), the official governmental organ that regulates the cinema industry in Argentina.
It has been declared of cultural interest by the Buenos Aires
government (resolution # 136/2006).
Its content is currently available in Spanish
, and in English
(argentinafilms.com).
Web portal
A web portal or links page is a web site that functions as a point of access to information in the World Wide Web. A portal presents information from diverse sources in a unified way....
and web
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...
-based database
Database
A database is an organized collection of data for one or more purposes, usually in digital form. The data are typically organized to model relevant aspects of reality , in a way that supports processes requiring this information...
about Argentine cinema
Cinema of Argentina
The cinema of Argentina has a tradition dating back to the late nineteenth century, and continues to play a role in the culture of Argentina....
.
The site provides a vast array of information, including: films, television programs, directors, actors, cinematographers, film editors, production designers, and other production professions in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. It is the most comprensive site for information about the film industry in the country and has over 30,000 IMDB-type articles on films alone in its database (since the silent era).
The management team was organized in August 2000, and went on-line on June 9, 2001.
The site is supported by the Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA), the official governmental organ that regulates the cinema industry in Argentina.
It has been declared of cultural interest by the Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
government (resolution # 136/2006).
Its content is currently available in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, and in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
(argentinafilms.com).