[2] In 1959, Inocente Palacios appointed Benacerraf director of the Cinemateca Nacional, which would form part of the planned Museum of Modern Art, although this project did not come to fruition.

[2] In 1964, under the presidency of Rómulo Betancourt, the National Institute of Culture and Fine Arts (INCIBA) was created, and Benacerraf was appointed director of the Division of Studies and Programs.

[2] Finally, the Cinemateca was founded on May 4, 1966 with the aim of archiving, restoring and presenting national and foreign cinema, and Benacerraf was appointed as its president.

[4] The National Cinematheque of Venezuela has two movie theaters in Caracas: one at the Museum of Fine Arts and the other at the Rómulo Gallegos Center for Latin American Studies (CELARG), located in Altamira.

Some of the early and classic Venezuelan films found in this archive are Don Leandro el Inefable (1919) by Lucas Manzano, La venus de nácar (1932) by Efraín Gómez, Reverón (1938) by Edgar J. Anzola, La danza de los esqueletos (1934), the first Venezuelan animated short film, produced at the National Laboratories, directed by Herbert Weisz and with soundtrack by Efraín Gómez, and Taboga y hacia El Calvario (1938) by Rafael Rivero, La escalinata (1950) by César Enríquez.