Without archives, there is no memory. Audiovisual heritage is a source of knowledge and creativity for the construction of our collective memory.

To mark National Audiovisual Heritage Day, celebrated on 27 October, DOCMA, the Spanish Documentary Film Association, is organising a meeting between film professionals, archives, associations and public and private institutions to share experiences, recognise the progress made in recent years and address, from a constructive perspective, the challenges still posed by access to and the reuse of archives in film production and, specifically, in documentary filmmaking. A forum to explore and share proposals for improvement so that audiovisual heritage may serve as an effective source of creativity, knowledge and memory. Participants will include: Almudena Cruz, Deputy Director-General for the Dissemination of Democratic Memory; Marian del Egido, Director of the Carlos Saura Centre for the Conservation and Restoration of Film Collections (Spanish Film Archive); Eduardo Fernández, Director of Corporate Services at RTVE; Alberto Pascual, Director and member of DOCMA’s Archives Working Group; moderated by Irene Cardona, filmmaker and president of DOCMA.