Bolívar Films is a Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

n cinematographic company. Founded on 14 October 1940 by Luis Guillermo Villegas Blanco, the company specializes in the production and post-production of television spots, documentaries, short films, feature films, audiovisuals and TV programs.

Besides being a producer, processing laboratory, film post-production and sound studio, Bolívar Films has also produced high quality feature films and won many important prizes. For example, “La Balandra Isabel Llegó esta Tarde” won the first prize in photography in 1951's Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...

, competing with the traditional film producing countries.

At the same time some documentaries were produced, as well a newsreel

Newsreel

A newsreel was a form of short documentary film prevalent in the first half of the 20th century, regularly released in a public presentation place and containing filmed news stories and items of topical interest. It was a source of news, current affairs and entertainment for millions of moviegoers...

in a continuous basis since 1946. And also it has film archives that can be tracked back to 1918