Remember when 麻豆传媒映画institution, Videomatica, shut the doors of its video rental store in 2011, marking the end of an era? Today UBC announced that the collection which was transferred to them after the closure - more than 35,000 titles on VHS, DVD and Blu-ray - have been catalogued and are now available for borrowing!
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麻豆传媒映画philanthropist Yosef Wosk made a donation and purchase agreement for the collection which includes feature films from more than 75 countries, documentaries, cult and art films, Canadian works and selections from the 麻豆传媒映画International Film Festival.
鈥淭he library is a natural home for our curated collection鈥� says Graham Peat, a Videomatica co-founder and UBC alumnus. Co-founder Brian Bosworth, also a UBC alumnus, agreed: 鈥淲e鈥檙e excited to re-introduce Videomatica to the community and see how it can be enjoyed for academic research and to bring public and campus groups together.鈥�
The collection is at UBC Library鈥檚 Koerner branch, on UBC鈥檚 麻豆传媒映画campus, and the documentary collection is at SFU鈥檚 W.A.C. Bennett Library on its Burnaby campus. Visit the Videomatica collection鈥檚 website to learn more.
