 Logo used from 1942 to 2011 | |
| Genre | Film production and film distribution |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1924 |
| Defunct | 2011 |
| Fate | Merged with and absorbed into Luce Cinecittà Liquidation |
| Successor | Luce Cinecittà |
| Headquarters | , |
The Istituto Luce ("Light Institute", with Luce being the acronym for L'Unione Cinematografica Educativa, i.e. "The Educational Film Union") was Italy’s public film agency corporation, created in 1924 during the Fascist era. The institute, based in Rome, was involved in the production and distribution of films and documentaries intended for being screened in cinemas. Famous for having been a powerful propaganda tool of the fascist regime, it is considered as the oldest public institution devoted to production and distribution of cinematographic materials for didactic and informative purposes in the world.[1][2][3]
- ^ Ernesto G. Laura. Le stagioni dell'Aquila. Storia dell'Istituto Luce. Ente dello Spettacolo, 2000.
- ^ Michela Ardizzoni, Chiara Ferrari (2010). Beyond Monopoly: Globalization and Contemporary Italian Media. Rowman & Littlefield, 2010. ISBN 978-0739128510.
- ^ Elisa della Barba (28 June 2013). "Luce in the Unesco Memory of the World". Swide Magazine. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2015.