Since its inception, it has belonged to the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF).
It is also a founding member of the Latin American Coordinating Committee of Moving Image Archives (CLAIM), and advisory member of the Audiovisual and Film Institute of Uruguay (ICAU).
[1] By the end of the twentieth century, its archive held 11,500 films, including over 2,000 Uruguayan works.
[2] In 1995, Cinemateca Uruguaya received the Premio Morosoli, an Uruguayan cultural award.
[5][1] Its areas of activity include:[6] Cinemateca Uruguaya also organizes the International Cinema Festival of Uruguay, which in 2018 marked its 36th year.