Next Generation European Funds has awarded 2.3 million euros to a project that, within a nine-month period, will allow the Spanish film library to create its own platform for it. streamingwith whom It is intended to collect and disseminate a large part of the heritage, which until now could only be accessed by the public in sessions of the Cine Doré., Most of the investment will be allocated to the development of the tool, which has been developed by Valencian SME Tyris and will have all the usual details: the possibility of rating from the recommended algorithm and the possibility of sharing content between users.
However, this will not be a platform streaming For use: It will fund the public ownership of the historical collection of the institution. It is a material that is being digitized at the same time as the service is taking shape, and the institution is baptized as Heritage. This section of the Filmoteca collection contains everything from public domain material to films as we currently understand them. It will be possible to download excerpts from these materials and agreements are expected with institutions to enhance the catalogue, perhaps with paid options to access these pieces (with rates similar to current rates).
However, this content will be available for free. It is a kind of more accessible implementation and with better and more organized funding than what can already be seen on the RTVE website or the Vimeo channel of the Spanish film library, where material related to the cycle is often released for a limited time. She goes. Cine Dore organizes events every month.
There will also be another aspect of the platform: A space for professionals to exchange and privately view unpublished content and is intended for festivals, producers, distributors, etc. This project of the Spanish film library, thus, does not intend to compete with the rest of the platforms streamingbut to act as a tool for the dissemination and knowledge of less accessible and well-known Spanish cinema.
