2020

The Online Symposium on "Prevention and Management of Natural and Human Disasters in Film Archives" will take place from Monday 28 September to Thursday 1 October this year. It is organized by the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) and the Filmoteca de la UNAM.

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 changed operational context. Most of the discussions and reports that have been shared to date regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the CCI sector focus on the negative consequences.

The invention of the television brought excitement to the daily lives of people around the world. Broadcasting of images in drama and news brought about mass communications. The internet with its networks and multiple screens enabled the definitive distribution and integration of audiovisual content to our daily lives. In the age of audiovisual information, we have  become both consumers and producers of content. But what is the state of the records which preserve the audiovisual historical memory of TV along time?