World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
Every year on 27 October, audiovisual archives around the world celebrate the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage with activities and events that not only highlight the vulnerability of this heritage, but celebrate the often unheralded yet essential work they do to protect it.
The world’s audiovisual heritage of sound recordings and moving images is extremely vulnerable as a result of factors ranging from neglect and natural decay to technological obsolescence, as well as deliberate destruction.
Consequently, UNESCO made it part of its mission to raise public consciousness of the importance of the preservation of these recordings through the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, which was proclaimed in 2005 when a proposal introduced by film archivist Vladimir Opela on behalf of the Czech delegation to mark the 25th anniversary of UNESCO’s “Recommendation for the Safeguarding and Preservation of Moving Images”, was formally adopted by the 2005 UNESCO General Assembly at its plenary meeting on 20 October 2005. It was launched in 2006.
In adopting 27 October as the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, UNESCO, in co-operation with the CCAAA, has helped to raise the profile of the issues at stake and focus global attention on the fragility of this heritage. The date is significant. On 27 October 1980, UNESCO’s General Conference adopted the “Recommendation for the Safeguarding and Preservation of Moving Images”, the first international instrument to declare the cultural and historical importance of film and television recordings, and calling for decisive steps to ensure their preservation.
Archives around the world join together annually on 27 October to celebrate audiovisual archives with activities that not only highlight the vulnerability of this heritage, but celebrate the often unheralded work of the heritage institutions that protect it.
Every year since 2016, the CCAAA has published a webpage dedicated to this annual celebration, featuring information about many events organized in that context by audiovisual heritage institutions around the world. You can access these below.
Note that you can also visualize every single notice posted about events celebrating the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage on the dedicated page of the CCAAA website since the 2016 edition, on this "wall of events".
2006: No specific theme
2007: No specific theme
2008: “Audiovisual Heritage as a Witness of Cultural Identity”
2009: “Fading Heritage: We Can Save It”
2010: “Save and Savour your Audiovisual Heritage - Now!”
2011: “Audiovisual Heritage: See, Hear, and Learn”
2012: “Audiovisual Heritage Memory? The Clock Is Ticking”
2013: “Saving Our Heritage for the Next Generation”
2014: “Archives at Risk: Much More To Do”
2015: "Archives at Risk: Protecting the World's Identities"
2007 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage promotional video
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
Every year on 27 October, audiovisual archives around the world celebrate the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage with activities and events that not only highlight the vulnerability of this heritage, but celebrate the often unheralded yet essential work they do to protect it.
The world’s audiovisual heritage of sound recordings and moving images is extremely vulnerable as a result of factors ranging from neglect and natural decay to technological obsolescence, as well as deliberate destruction.
Consequently, UNESCO made it part of its mission to raise public consciousness of the importance of the preservation of these recordings through the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, which was proclaimed in 2005 when a proposal introduced by film archivist Vladimir Opela on behalf of the Czech delegation to mark the 25th anniversary of UNESCO’s “Recommendation for the Safeguarding and Preservation of Moving Images”, was formally adopted by the 2005 UNESCO General Assembly at its plenary meeting on 20 October 2005. It was launched in 2006.
In adopting 27 October as the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, UNESCO, in co-operation with the CCAAA, has helped to raise the profile of the issues at stake and focus global attention on the fragility of this heritage. The date is significant. On 27 October 1980, UNESCO’s General Conference adopted the “Recommendation for the Safeguarding and Preservation of Moving Images”, the first international instrument to declare the cultural and historical importance of film and television recordings, and calling for decisive steps to ensure their preservation.
Archives around the world join together annually on 27 October to celebrate audiovisual archives with activities that not only highlight the vulnerability of this heritage, but celebrate the often unheralded work of the heritage institutions that protect it.
Every year since 2016, the CCAAA has published a webpage dedicated to this annual celebration, featuring information about many events organized in that context by audiovisual heritage institutions around the world. You can access these below.
Note that you can also visualize every single notice posted about events celebrating the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage on the dedicated page of the CCAAA website since the 2016 edition, on this "wall of events".
2006: No specific theme
2007: No specific theme
2008: “Audiovisual Heritage as a Witness of Cultural Identity”
2009: “Fading Heritage: We Can Save It”
2010: “Save and Savour your Audiovisual Heritage - Now!”
2011: “Audiovisual Heritage: See, Hear, and Learn”
2012: “Audiovisual Heritage Memory? The Clock Is Ticking”
2013: “Saving Our Heritage for the Next Generation”
2014: “Archives at Risk: Much More To Do”
2015: "Archives at Risk: Protecting the World's Identities"
2007 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage promotional video
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
