The Cinema Belgica Database University of Antwerp
Philippe Meers, Lotze, Bram Van Beek, Vincent Ducatteeuw, Nicolas Franck, Florian Deroo, Salma Mediavilla Aboulaoula, Emmanuel Vermeire, Marthe Waegeman, Sara Van Den Berghe, Jari Goerlandt, Amandine Warrens, Daniël Biltereyst, Khaël Velders, Liesbeth Depauw, Liesbeth Van de Vijver, Miro Burgelman, Tim De Canck, Vitus Sproten, Vincent Ducatteeuw, Christophe Verbruggen, Dries Moreels, Julia Noordegraaf, Sally Chambers, Pieterjan De Potter, Tamar Cachet
Cinema Belgica (CB) is an online platform that integrates fourteen existing datasets covering Belgian film production, distribution, exhibition, censorship and reception. In order to facilitate (inter)national data exchange and comparative research into cinema history, the platform (a) integrates key datasets related to Belgian cinema history, (b) makes them accessible according to FAIR principles (Wilkinson et al., 2016), and (c) enriches them with heritage collections. CB is Belgium’s contribution to the growing network of historical cinema databases, such as Cinema Context and The German ...