Free online film production-programming in times of pandemic: film archives, research-training and the film industry

Abstract

We present a sample or selection of performances -free or reduced-cost online cinema- originated by the pandemic, declared since March 2020 (now exactly 2 years ago), whose situation as of March 2022 is still, in a way, in force, although much more attenuated: however, some countries have now started the administration of a fourth anti-covid dose. In the field of training and research applied to cinema, film production continues to be based on master classes, conferences, online seminars -webinars- and other online manifestations, although the increasingly widespread and frequent presence is already a fact. Closely related to the Spanish audiovisual industry, fundamentally cinematographic with allusions to the television industry related to cinema, an interview with the editor of Cineinforme (and also Teleinforme) magazines is included, with special reference to its 60 years of history in 2021. And finally, a brief mention to the collaboration at some point established between the aforementioned editor and the author of these pages, completing the contribution with a large repertoire of electronic references highlighted throughout the work.