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An Independent Film Archive dedicated to the Acquisition, Identification, Preservation, and Dissemination of Lost Amateur Films that are culturally or aesthetically significant.
The Collection strictly includes Vintage Super8, Regular 8mm & 16mm Home Movies.

Mini-Cinema produces Found Footage Impressionistic Documentaries.
Selected Reels with remarkable footage are carefully assembled and edited, conceived as a poetic postcard, with most respect for the original filmmaker. No rules, no argumentation, something like Transposed Reality.

Mini-Cinema needs to cooperate with sound artists and musicians to create well integrated audio-visual works.
The resulting Short Docs will be submitted to Independent & Experimental Film Festivals for public exhibition

Mini-Cinema is also a Microstock Boutique featuring a unique collection of vintage film clips available for Direct Download.
They can be purchased under the Mini-Cinema Royalty-Free License.
These Orphan Recordings have No Model or Property Release.
They should be used fairly, for editorial, documentary or Artistic purposes.
All sales profit goes back to this No-Budget One-Man Project from Montreal.

With over a thousand film reels in the vault, most of them still unviewed... I keep digging the archive for treasures!
Browsing Mini-Cinema, like strolling The Grand Bazaar, will bring you bits and pieces of amazing Oriental Folklore, Scratchy Portraits, Bizarre Performances, Psychedelic Abstractions, Grungy Textures and other Experimental Eye Candies.

A Special Shout Out to all Visual Artists, Documentary Filmmakers, Multimedia Designers, VJs, Musicians and Retro-Fanatics out there!

You are welcome to contact me if you have any information about the filmmakers or the subjects of these films.

→ Browse the Catalogue.
If you are looking for something specific, use the various search tools located in the left sidebar.

→ Make a Selection with the Add to Cart button.
The selected clip will be added to your Shopping Cart. Look at the Top Menu for details.

→ Read the Mini-Cinema Royalty-Free License and Proceed to Checkout.
We use the Secure Paypal Payment System. You can make a purchase directly with Paypal or use any major Credit Card.

→ Download your Film Clip.
Mini-Cinema will automatically send you a Confirmation Email with an Encrypted Link allowing you to Download your Footage.
Hit Orders in the Top Menu to get a complete summary of the transaction. You can also Download your Clip from there.