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The History of Cinema: 1944 |
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Macedonia - USSR |
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Macedonia |
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– Kiril Minoski shoots the following silent films on 8mmfilm: Meeting in Prilep, In the Garden and The Easter Customs in Varach. [ADD] |
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Nova Makedonia publishes film reviews by Ivan Tochko and Angja Dzuvalekovska. [ADD] |
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Mexico |
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Emilio Fernandez’s Maria Candelaria, starring Dolores Del Rio as an Indian peasant, is released. Pedro Armendariz also stars as her tough but loving poverty-stricken fiancé in a damning indictment of the injustices suffered by the poor. [ADD] |
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Morocco |
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– The Centre Cinématographique Marocain (CCM) is created to develop and promote the country's film industry. [ADD] |
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Peru |
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– President Manuel Pardo passes legislation to establish a national library of moving images (noticiario nacional). [ADD] |
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– The Department of National Propaganda, controlling government department of the film industry, changes its name to the National Department of Information on Popular Culture and Tourism (NDI). [ADD] |
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– The Committee of Censorship is established. [ADD] |
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– The National Cinematheque is founded. [ADD] |
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Serbia |
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A Films Section of the National Liberation Army of Serbia is established. Headed by Rados Novakovic, its main task is to make the country’s surviving cinemas operational, and to arrange the screening of selected films as a contribution to cultural life. [ADD] |
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Following the liberation of Belgrade, the Film Section at the General Staff of the National Liberation Army and Partisan units of Serbia becomes the Film Section of the Supreme Command of NLA and PUY. [ADD] |
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The State Film Enterprise is established by the Agency for Commerce and Industry of the Federal Government of the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (FDY). Its main tasks are to restore the country’s cinema network and control acquisition of new films. [ADD] |
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Slovakia |
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– Production of Hanka sa vydava (Hanka Gets Married), Slovakia’s first attempt at a feature film, is interrupted by the Slovak National Uprising in which members of Nástup take part. [ADD] |
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Spain |
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Director Abel Gance is forced to halt production on a film starring the matador Manolete after only two weeks shooting due to the producer’s financial problems. [ADD] |
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– From this year until 1968, the Minister of Culture, Admiral Luis Blanco, has complete control over all filmmaking and screening in the country. [ADD] |
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Sweden |
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Alf Sjoberg’s Hets (Torment) is released. The film stars Stig Jarrel, Alf Kjellin and Mai Zetterling, and the screenplay is written by 26-year-old Ingmar Bergman. [ADD] |
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USSR |
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Mark Donskoi's Raduga, a depiction of the Nazi atrocities suffered by a Ukrainian village during the occupation, is released. [ADD] |
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Other Key Films of 1944 |
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Philippines |
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The Dawn of Freedom (Abe Yutaka) [ADD] |
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Tatlong Maria (Gerardo de Leon) [ADD] |
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The History of Cinema: 1944 |
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