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UCIN

The Romanian Filmmakers Union ( ), known as UCIN, is the continuation since 1990 of the Communist-era Asociația Cineaștilor din România (The Romanian Filmmakers Association). It is an autonomous, non-governmental body with an elected leadership, concerned with "the protection of the creative and professional activities, of the moral and material interests of the Romanian filmmakers." They award the Premiile Uniunii Cineaștilor din România, much as the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gives the Academy Awards. There are 850 members (variously full, associated or honorary, Romanian or foreign). Its fourteen associations representing the basic film professions: film directors, directors of photography, film actors, set and costume designers, soundtrack creators, film critics, script-writers, film animators, film editors, film producers, film promoters, chemical engineers, make-up artists, and stuntmen. They also operate Cinema Studio, a cinema at Bulevardul Gheorghe Magheru 29, Bucharest.

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The Romanian Filmmakers Union ( ), known as UCIN, is the continuation since 1990 of the Communist-era Asociația Cineaștilor din România (The Romanian Filmmakers Association). It is an autonomous, non-governmental body with an elected leadership, concerned with "the protection of the creative and professional activities, of the moral and material interests of the Romanian filmmakers." They award the Premiile Uniunii Cineaștilor din România, much as the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gives the Academy Awards. There are 850 members (variously full, associated or honorary, Romanian or foreign). Its fourteen associations representing the basic film professions: film directors, directors of photography, film actors, set and costume designers, soundtrack creators, film critics, script-writers, film animators, film editors, film producers, film promoters, chemical engineers, make-up artists, and stuntmen. They also operate Cinema Studio, a cinema at Bulevardul Gheorghe Magheru 29, Bucharest.

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  1. members: 850 members — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the members is "850 members". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1335072714

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