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Catholics have been very active also in Belgium, where they have created a notable film organization. The movement there centres around Canon Brohee of Louvain .
In Switzerlani different organizations and associations in several places are actively engaged in efforts to raise the film standard. We may mention the « Vereinigung der Freunde der Kinoreform » (Association of the Friends of Cinematograph Reform), the head of which is Dr. Beyel, Zurich, the « Heroldfilm », founded by Dr J. Wyss at Rorschach, the « Schweizerischer katholischer Volksvereinn (Swis3 Catholic Popular Club), which instituted in 1928 its own film advisory department. In Switzerland the movement still lacks that unity which will be attained only when present endeavours move in a uniform direction.
In Austria the centre of Catholic film work is constituted by the Austrian Film Committee with its president, Stiftshofmeister Rumler. The chief supporter of the movement is the National Federation of Austrian Catholics.
The Dutch Catholics have been particularly successful as regards censorship. The president of the State Film Board of Censors is F. Hermans of Rotterdam, who is also in the midst of the Catholic film movement. In southern Holland the movement is led by Prof. Bemelmans, the director of the « Voor Eer en Deugd » office.
The Catholics of Jugoslavia with their « Prosvetna Zveza » are also widely interested in this important problem. Vicar Vimco Zot of Ljubliana has become well-known through his activity in that field.
Catholics are astir also in Spain, England, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary It would lead us too far to go into particulars in this article.
In America, the leading country in the film trade, Catholics in general have not cared much about these questions. Only recently a section of the Catholic Women's movement has shown its interest in the matter through the institution of a special Committee for the examination of films.
It may be stated without exaggeration that Catholicism is alert throughout the whole world, as regards the film question.
A radical change in regard to the problem « Film and Catholicism » has been brought about since there has been a possibility of international cooperation. Is the idea of such cooperation not obvious in the case of a Church which extends over the whole world, which has one Head and one flock, one hymn and one prayer ? Something would certainly be achieved if the world-uniting power of Catolicism were appropriately applied to the film, which is international despite all national peculiarities.
This work of international co-operation began with the First International Film Congress held at the Hague in 1928. Urged by the same desire, the chief Catholic countries endeavoured to join hands. It was only as yet a tentative and preliminary stage, but the great formula was found : the film and Catholicism had come to terms. The shoot planted at the Hague grew and developed, as could be seen on the occasion of the Second Congress at Munich in 1929. The task of laying down rules for practical international Catholic film work was undertaken. At