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How are archives dealing with issues that emerged during global pandemic? What have the months of disruptions taught us about organisational resilience? A few months ago a group of audiovisual archival professionals from across the globe gathered for a virtual exchange hosted by...

Since 2010, FIAT/IFTA partners with the French Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA) and EBU Academy (European Broadcasting Union) to organise the annual training programme FRAME. This programme, co-funded by the Creative Europe – MEDIA programme of the European Union,...

New dates and Call for Proposals After analyzing the global evolution of the covid-19 pandemic, FIAT/IFTA has decided to hold the 2021 World Conference in a virtual environment. The FIAT/IFTA Executive Council has decided at the same time to aim to organise the 2022 World...

The FIAT/IFTA Archive Achievement Awards are designed to honor outstanding archival initiatives and projects that have improved significantly the ways in which the archives are preserved, managed and used. At the IASA – FIAT/IFTA Joint Conference 2020 thi...

  For the first time in more than 25 years the FIAT/IFTA Executive Council and the IASA Board have joined forces and organized a joint conference with an integrated programme. The 51st IASA Conference will also be the 44th Conference of the International Federation of...

Save Your Archive: what is it about? Audiovisual archives that tell stories about people’s lives and culture exist all over the world. They are important for our mutual understanding because they reflect the world’s social and cultural diversity. They help us grow and comprehend...

Fill out the 2020 edition of the ‘Where are you on the Timeline’ survey! Organised since 2011 by the Media Management Commission, the annual FIAT/FTA Where are you on the Timeline? Survey has become a fixture in the global audiovisual archiving landscape. As every...

7-8 October: A virtual exchange between audiovisual archive professionals Approximately six months have passed since the coronavirus outbreak. The cultural and creative industries (CCI), were forced to adapt quickly to the new realm and reposition themselves in the dramatically...

In the last two weeks the results of two important surveys on the preservation situation of obsolete audiovisual carrier formats were published. The French Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA) published the results of a special survey about obsolete video formats in...

The FIAT/IFTA Archive Achievement Awards are not only about documentaries or web platforms that featuring archival materials, but also to highlight excellent projects in the domains of media management and media preservation. The Awards are designed to honor outstanding archival...