FIAT/IFTA CALENDAR

The FIAT/IFTA World Conference 2026 will be hosted by Cinemateca Brasileira from October 6-9 in São Paulo, Brazil.

A 6-month mentoring programme (June-December) addressed to young professionals to support them in their career path development or to implement their project. Call for applications closed on March 31, 2026.

An online 6-half-day training session, organised during the spring, delivers fundamental knowledge and skills necessary for professionals managing audiovisual content, from its preservation to its reuse.

The Media Studies Commission and the Entangled Media Histories will hold a two-day international symposium at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision on 19-20 November 2026.

Each year, FIAT/IFTA offers 5 Travel Grants to enable media archivists and researchers from all over the world to attend the FIAT/IFTA World Conference.

The FIAT/IFTA World Conference welcomes contributions from broadcasters, film and sound archives, community initiatives, research environments and hybrid institutions from Ibero-America and beyond.

The FIAT/IFTA Archive Achievement Awards are designed to honour outstanding archival initiatives and projects that have significantly improved the ways in which the archives are preserved, managed and used.

The Preservation & Migration Seminar 2026 will take place on June 4-5 in Dublin, Ireland, co-hosted by RTÉ and the Digital Repository of Ireland.

The Media Studies Grant aims to promote archive-based research and ensure the valorization of scientific knowledge for archival practice.

The FIAT/IFTA Lifetime Achievement Award 2026 is a prestigious recognition celebrating individuals who have made outstanding contributions to media archiving or to the FIAT/IFTA community throughout their careers.