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Chicago film archives
Chicago Film Archives (CFA) is a regional moving image archive located in Chicago, Illinois. CFA is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization dedicated to identifying, collecting, preserving and providing access to films that reflect Chicago and the Midwest region of the United States. Since its founding in late 2003, the archive has expanded to include over 90 film collections, which combined contain over 20,000 films and elements. CFA safeguards its moving image collections through stabilization, restoration, digitization and climate-controlled-storage.
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The History
CFA was established as a non-profit 501(c)(3) institution in late 2003 in order to preserve and catalogue over five thousand 16mm films donated by the Chicago Public Library. Director Nancy Watrous and a few devoted film archivists then conceived a plan to create a regional film archive that preserves, promotes and exhibits moving image materials that reflect Chicago and Midwest history and culture. In May 2004, CFA moved to its permanent home at 329 West 18th Street in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago.
The Collection
CFA’s collections consist of both professional and amateur films. The genres and forms of CFA's collections include educational films, industrial films, documentaries, advertisements, newsreels, experimental films, amateur films and home movies. The majority of the collections consist of small gauge film formats, including 16mm, 8mm and Super 8mm motion picture film. CFA's Collection Portal hosts CFA collection finding aids as well as over 1,000 streaming digitized films from CFA's collections.