Table 1
Overview of the contributed datasets integrated and uploaded to the Cinema Belgica database.
| ORIGINAL DATASET | ENTRIES (N) | GEOGRAPHY | PERIOD | FILMS | CINEMAS | PEOPLE/COMPANIES * | EVENTS ** | OTHER *** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Film control inventory 1 | 10077 entries on decisions | Belgium | 1922–2003 | yes | no | A, D, DC, EC, PC | C | PC, RY, V |
| Film control cuttings | 9777 entries on decisions | Belgium | 1922–1992 | yes | no | A, D, DC, EC, PC | C | CR, PC, RY, V |
| Film control inventory 2 | 2923 entries on decisions | Belgium | 2004–2010 | yes | no | A, D, DC, EC, PC | C | PC, RY, V |
| Film control refused movies | 304 entries on decisions | Belgium | 2004–2009 | yes | no | A, D, DC, EC, PC | C | CR, PC, RY, V |
| Cinema exhibition Flanders | 35822 entries on venues | Flanders | 1924–2000 | no | yes | EC, V | / | S, TI, V |
| Cinema exhibition Antwerp | 3547 entries on venues | Antwerp | 1902–2007 | no | yes | EC, V | / | S, TI, V |
| Cinema exhibition Ghent | 12420 entries on venues | Ghent | 1896–2009 | no | yes | EC, V | / | S, TI, V |
| Cinema exhibition Brussels | 9360 entries on venues | Brussels | 1900–1994 | no | yes | EC, V | / | S, TI, V |
| Cinema programming Antwerp | 5951 entries on screening weeks | Antwerp | 1952, 1962, 1972, 1982, 1992 | yes | yes | A, D, DC, EC, PC, V | C, WS | CR, PC, RY, S, TI, V |
| Cinema programming Ghent | 5609 entries on screening weeks | Ghent | 1933–36, 1945, 1952, 1962, 1972 | yes | yes | A, D, DC, EC, PC, V | C, WS | CR, PC, RY, S, TI, V |
| Cinema programming Eupen-Malmedy | 3.294 entries on screening weeks | Eupen-Malmedy | 1918 to 1949 | yes | yes | A, D, EC, PC, V | WS | PC, RY, V |
| Cinema programming and box office: Capitole | 986 entries on weeks | Ghent | 1953–71 | yes | yes | A, D, DC, EC, PC, V | C, PS, WS | BO, CR, PC, RY, S, TI, V |
| Cinema programming and box office: Vooruit | 228 entries on weeks | Ghent | 1946–51 | yes | yes | A, D, DC, EC, PC, V | C, PS, WS | BO, CR, PC, RY, S, TI, V |
| Cinema programming and box office: Leopold | 889 entries on weeks | Ghent | 1945–54 | yes | yes | A, D, DC, EC, PC, V | C, PS, WS | BO, CR, PC, RY, S, TI, V |
| Film releases Belgium (Filmmagie) | 10172 entries on films released in Belgium | Belgium | 1902–2015 | yes | no | / | / | PC, RY, V |
| Fiction film production Belgium | 1369 entries on films produced by Belgium | Belgium | 2000–2019 | yes | no | D, PC, V | / | PC, RY, V |
[i] (*) People/Companies: A/actors, D/directors, DC/distribution companies or people, EC/exhibition companies or people, PC/production companies or people, V/various others.
(**) Events: C/censorship practices, PS/premieres and other type of screenings, WS/weekly screenings, V/various.
(***) Other: BO/box office data, CR/censorship reasons, PC/production countries, RY/release year, S/seat numbers, TI/technical information exhibition, V/various.
Table 2
Overview of newspapers used as a source for film programming information for specific cities/regions. Frequency refers to how often a newspaper is referenced as a source for a programme item.
| FREQUENCY | NEWSPAPER TITLE | REGION |
|---|---|---|
| 11767 | Gazet van Antwerpen | Antwerp |
| 10541 | De Gentenaar | Ghent |
| 9560 | Vooruit | Ghent |
| 831 | Grenz-Echo | Eupen-Malmedy |
| 439 | La Semaine | Eupen-Malmedy |
| 410 | Korespondenzblatt Eupen | Eupen-Malmedy |
| 230 | Die Fliegende Taube | Eupen-Malmedy |
| 161 | St. Vither Volkszeitung | Eupen-Malmedy |
| 71 | Eupener Zeitung | Eupen-Malmedy |
| 48 | Het Laatste Nieuws | Antwerp |
| 3 | Eupener Nachrichten | Eupen-Malmedy |
Figure 1
Simplified Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) of the Cinema Belgica data model. The six entities highlighted in red (programme, film, censorship, venue, person and company) and two entities marked in blue (archive_item and publication) form the logical organisation of the deposited files. Most relationships from the archive_item and publication entities have been left out to prevent cluttering the diagram as these are connected to all other (highlighted) entities.
Figure 2
Cinema Belgica links to publicly available linked data for matched films. The film page for “42nd street (1933)” is provided with thumbnails by Wikidata.
Figure 3
Thumbnail of a digitised advertisement that was the source for a programme item on Cinema Belgica. The IIIF image API links to the scan of the digitised newspaper at Ghent University Library.