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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!

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INA - Footage Selections to Inspire Your Next Productions about Music

14th August 2026 Visit website

IWM - Last chance to visit IWM North's 'Spies, Lies and Deception'

14th August 2026 Visit website

Huntley Film Archives - Huntley Film IN FOCUS!

13th August 2026 Visit website

Reuters Connect - Newly digitised, newly discovered, the latest treasures are here

12th August 2026 Visit website

British Pathé - Taxi Turmoil, Bin There Done That? & Castro Centenary

11th August 2026 Visit website

Reuters Connect - Welcome to our very first edition of our newly rebranded digitisation newsletter 🎉

4th August 2026 Visit website

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Edinburgh TV Festival 2026

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FIAT/IFTA World Conference 2026

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