Film heritage information: an open access Iberoamerican thematic network (Cinedocnet)

Abstract

Project for the establishment of a thematic network on the Ibero-American film heritage from an informative and media-oriented perspective, highlighting the cultural, sociological, anthropological, literary, philosophical and semiotic contribution of cinema, and film digital information management and dissemination. They project will start with Spanish sources at an early stage, and will be expandable to the whole Ibero-American area. In this first phase, a portal has been designed that enhances the social construction of cinematographic knowledge throughout the interaction among the various multidisciplinary groups of professionals and the different communities of users interested in film knowledge. The portal is based on a open access platform, and allows for the versatile and multidisciplinary retrieval of the wide scope of film sources, formats and media.