Protecting and sharing the Europe’s film heritage

to guarantee the survival of the European film heritage

Recommendation Rec(85)8 on the conservation of the European film heritage

Recommendation R(85)8 on the conservation of the European film heritage (14 May 1985).

Recommendation Rec(85)8 on the conservation of the European film heritage

The analysis shows how European film heritage risks missing the digital train.

Underlines the need to improve the level of digitisation, preservation and online availability of cultural heritage, in particular the European film heritage;

The scheme is also “aimed at making European film heritage available to the widest possible audience thanks to new technology”.

Recommendation R(85)8 on the conservation of the European film heritage (14 May 1985).

Currently only 1.5% of European film heritage is commercially or freely accessible to the public.

Currently only 1.5% of European film heritage is commercially or freely accessible to the public.

The Recommendation to Member States on film heritage calls for Europe's film heritage to be methodically collected, catalogued, preserved and restored so that it can be passed on to future generations.

The recommendation to Member States is to methodically collect, catalogue, preserve and restore Europe’s film heritage so that it can be passed on to future generations.

The main hurdles faced by European film heritage, this first study finds, are similar to the challenges applicable to European arthouse works:

According to the figures, yet only 1.5% of European film heritage is commercially or freely accessible to the public.