Caliwood museum, Cinema museum in Cali, Colombia
The Caliwood Museum is a cinema and photography museum founded in Cali on 22 October 2008 by Hugo Suárez Fiat. Its rooms hold about 250 projectors for 8, Super 8, 9.5, 16, 35 and 70 mm film, some 400 cameras, 120 Colombian film posters and original seating from old theatres.
The museum was established as Colombia's first cinematography museum, marking a crucial moment in preserving the nation's film heritage and technological history. Its creation reflected growing recognition of Cali's significance in Colombian cinema.
The name Caliwood merges Cali with Hollywood, following the model of Bollywood and Nollywood, and points to the city's film output and its directors over the last 70 years. The museum keeps 120 posters of Colombian films, most of them originals, plus the Yashica Super 600 Electro that belonged to Andrés Caicedo and the 8mm Jelco used by Carlos Mayolo.
Guided tours are offered in Spanish, English and French. The museum has 31 stations marked with QR codes that visitors scan to move through the rooms while the device tells stories and anecdotes about the objects on display.
The museum was the first institution in Colombia to set up 31 QR-coded stations, letting visitors move through the rooms while a device tells stories and anecdotes about each object. Guided tours are offered in Spanish, English and French.
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