Our film heritage collections are open to researchers and academics. But how accessible are the treasures they hold? How much of our film heritage is digitised and easily viewable? And what about copyright and orphaned works?

The European Audiovisual Observatory offers you its second 'Film Heritage' report, written as part of a research project supported by the European Commission. The report is based on a survey targeting the members of the Association of European Cinematheques (ACE) - and it's free online here.