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"Migrating Archives of Reality. Programming, Curating, and Appropriation of Non-fiction Film" is the title of an online conference organised by the EU-funded research project Victor-E that will be held  on 6/7 May 2021. Among other things, the conference will look at how non-fiction films as they increasingly appear in (but also often disappear again from) online archives, virtual exhibitions, social media, YouTube etc.

On December 18th, 2020, 18:30 CET / 12:30PM EST, researchers of the VICTOR-E project contribute to this year's online edition of the Visible Evidence conference (16-18 Dec) with the presentation "Accessing the Visual Archives of Post War Europe: Trauma, Obliteration and Reconstruction".

The 'Europeana XX - Century of Change' project has launched the 'Family Matters' virtual exhibition that explores family as a concept that profoundly changed throughout the 20th century.

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 September 9th, 1944. Most prominently, the collection features the film "Love is Folly" (1917, dir. Vasil Gendov), which is the oldest preserved Bulgarian narrative film. The BNFA currently makes available over 40 titles from its pre-socialist cinema and newsreel collection. More titles will follow soon.

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?