Origins machine in 1900. Until around the 1880, Iquitos did not have a
film set. Interest in
film production grew alongside
the film industry booming elsewhere in the world. There is not enough accurate visual record the exact birth of cinema in Iquitos. In 1890, following the rhythm of the European organization of the city, scientific technology began arriving. The first film made in 1900 was recorded. A movie was projected for the first time in the Iron House with an Edison machine, which reproduced the images using a carbide lamp and the constant movement of an operator. Before the fact, in 1898, Clement Alcala and Francisco de Paula Secada obtained land on the north side of the Plaza de Armas, and built a rustic-roof building, naming it Alhambra. They installed a tiny carousel brought from
Manaus, Brazil. In 1902, with the rubber boom and its international impact, Edward Fuller purchased Alhambra. It hence became the first movie theater in town with Lumière brand projectors. In the continuous city growth following the success of the rubber extraction, and its connection with Europe, the
bourgeoisie grew in the city. Arnaldo Reategui traveled to
France in 1905, and bought a projector with a large collection of movies—in
black-and-white and
technicolor—from cinema house
Pathé Freres and
Léon Gaumont. He was affiliated with Luis Pinasco and built a cinema called Jardín Strassburgo, located on the first block of Sargento Lores street. and produced by
Warner Bros. He began with short films like
El otro lado,
Runamula and
501, and subsequently made a series of workshops to increase interest in Iquitos cinephile. In 2012, Audiovisual Films produced
General Cemetery in Iquitos, and is scheduled for release in October 2012. == List of films ==