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Girona Film Museum incorporates the Enric Soler i Raspall Children's Cinema Collection

The donation of over a thousand items, including historical Cine NIC projectors, makes the collection one of the most complete in Europe.

Generic image of an old children's cinema projector, possibly a Cine NIC, with film strips surrounding it.
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Generic image of an old children's cinema projector, possibly a Cine NIC, with film strips surrounding it.

The Girona Film Museum has received the donation of the Enric Soler i Raspall Collection, a set of over a thousand elements of domestic children's cinema spanning from 1930 to 2003.

The donation consists of 1,029 objects, including 83 projectors or viewers, 517 films and strips, and 170 documents and manuals. This material illustrates the diversity of domestic children's cinema formats over more than seven decades, significantly complementing the museum's existing Tomàs Mallol Collection.
Pieces related to Cine NIC, the Catalan cinematographic toy patented in 1931 by the Nicolau brothers, are particularly noteworthy. This animated cartoon projector gained international recognition, inspiring numerous models across Europe and America.
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"a gesture of generosity and commitment to collective memory, which opens up heritage to citizens and new generations."

Quim Ayats i Bartrina · Councillor for Culture and Patron of the Film Museum Foundation
The writer Enric Soler i Raspall, specialized in travel literature, began collecting these devices in 2000, driven by his fascination with Cine NIC. His contribution includes international variants and other popular projectors such as Cine Graf, Roynel, and Cinexin.
With this incorporation, the Girona Film Museum is consolidated as one of the most complete collections in Europe dedicated to 20th-century children's cinema, making it possible to explore the technological and cultural evolution of this phenomenon.

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