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FOCAL (Federation of Commercial Audiovisual Libraries) is a specialist, professional, not-for-profit trade association formed in 1985; the pre-eminent voice and leading authority on audiovisual archives.

FOCAL Awards 2026 Winners

Get to know the 23rd FOCAL International Awards winners!

FOCAL Mentoring 2026

Meet the Mentees & Mentors for the 2026 edition of the FOCAL Mentoring Programme!

Latest News View more

UV&S - UV&S Acquires London-Based Coloursonic, Expanding Graphics Production Services

15th September 2026 Download

Reuters Connect - Newly Digitised: Princess Diana, Dolly Parton & more

9th September 2026 Visit website

Global ImageWorks - GIW is Heading to FootageFest: New Collections, Visual Search

9th September 2026 Visit website

British Pathé - Death of Mao, UK's West Bank Sanctions, Jaguar & Land Rover History

8th September 2026 Visit website

Huntley Film Archives - Newsletter September 2026

7th September 2026 Visit website

Yorkshire and North East Film Archive - Late Summer Newsletter, 2026

3rd September 2026 Visit website

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Trust in Archives Initiative - Archives & GenAI Symposium

30th September 2026 Online Visit website

FootageFest 2026

1st October 2026 New York City, USA Visit website

FIAT/IFTA World Conference 2026

6th October 2026 São Paulo, Brazil Visit website

NAB Show New York 2026

21st October 2026 New York, USA Visit website

FOCAL International Annual General Meeting 2026

28th October 2026 Online & R3store Studios, London Visit website

FOCAL Pub Quiz 2026

5th November 2026 The Spice of Life, London Read more