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On the occasion of the World Day of Audiovisual Heritage which is celebrated every year on 27 October, EFG welcomes the Bulgarian National Film Archive as a new partner. Through EFG, the BNFA will provide access to a collection of early Bulgarian narrative and documentary films, made before the communist coup on May 9th, 1944. Most prominently, the collection features the film "Love is Folly" (1917, dir.

EU Consultation on Opportunities offered by Digital Technologies for the Culture Heritage sector

What strategies and digital tools do cultural heritage institutions need to better cope with crises such as COVID 19? What kind of digital technologies will be important for the sector in the future?

In March 2020 a new Generic Service Project kicked off - Europeana XX: Century of Change. The ambitious project is driven by 17 partners and 5 Europeana aggregators for audiovisual heritage (European Film Gateway, EUscreen), photography (Photoconsortium), Jewish heritage (Judaica Europeana) and fashion (European Fashion Heritage Association), as well as technical partners. 

Film:ReStored 2020 has decided to postpone the deadline for submissions for this years' edition of the symposium due to COVID-19 pandemic. The deadline was exctended to May 15th. For more information, visit the symposium website at https://www.deutsche-kinemathek.de/en/visit/festivals-symposiums

From 14-18 September 2020, Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF will organise the Digital Archives Summer School in collaboration with the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) and Deutsche Kinemathek Berlin. It is a 5-day, practice-oriented educational offer directed at staff members of audiovisual archives who are interested in enhancing their knowledge about digital environments and processes.