Caliwood Museum of Cinematography

CALIWOOD, the first Museum of Cinematography in the history of Colombia, was founded on October 22, 2008 and is located on Avenida Belalcázar (Carrera 2) # 5-A-55 Oeste of the Arboleda Urbanization, in Santiago de Cali. The cultural entity was conceived to show national and foreign visitors the main artifacts, elements, optical games, machinery, accessories, filming and film projection equipment and all the objects that were protagonists in the development of film culture and its ascendancy. immediate photography. The Museum simultaneously honors the management carried out by Colombian directors, producers, actors and actresses and foreigners, highlighting the significance that the beautiful and dying theaters of yesteryear had for the community, with their permanent programming of "matinee, social, evening and night ”, an initiative that entertained thousands of citizens in the capitals and in each of the remote rural populations of Colombia, emphasizing that in the golden age there were no less than 1,000 theaters in the country where Feature films were presented to the general public, which meant that at any given time the venues housed no less than 2,000 film projectors of all hierarchies, brands and origins.