Consultations
In 2025, Centre national de l'audiovisuel (CNA) will undertake a major campaign to consolidate and optimize its archives. The goal is to harmonize a substantial amount of data, both internally and online, to make the CNA even more accessible.
To dedicate the necessary resources to this ambitious project, we regret to inform you that the CNA will temporarily suspend processing new requests for access to its collections from January 1 to December 31, 2025. Additionally, no new acquisitions will be undertaken during this time.
Ongoing requests, pending acquisitions, and legal deposit operations will continue to be handled as usual. We are committed to keeping the public regularly updated on the progress of the project.
For any questions, our team remains available via email at coordination@cna.etat.lu.
Thank you for your understanding and support during this crucial step for the future of the CNA!
Content Re-Use
The re-use of archive material in new productions enables the broader dissemination of and awareness about CNA collections. Sales to national and international professionals is one of the most efficient ways archival footage, sound and photographic content is made available. Such content enriches new documentaries, feature films, tv shows, exhibitions, books, CDs etc. and offer artists the opportunity to work with it in creative ways.
CNA content is made available for re-use in different contexts.
Commercial purposes
CNA defines a commercial purpose as primarily intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or monetary compensation (public television and radio stations are included in commercial purpose insofar as they broadcast to non-Luxembourgish territories). Reuse for commercial purposes is subject to the payment of a fee depending on the use and scope of each project. The fees are defined in CNA’s official price list and depend on the quantity of footage or documents involved.
Noncommercial purposes
The CNA strives to allow reuse free of charge for non-commercial usage. However, if copyrighted material is involved, the user will have to pay a fee as defined in CNA’s official price list or as negotiated by the CNA with the right holders. All clients who receive archive content for reuse sign a license agreement detailing time limits, geographical restrictions, etc.
Access Services
Access to the audio, moving images and photographic collections can be provided only with the help of CNA staff on the basis of precise requests made via the form provided for this purpose.
Once potential archive content is located by CNA research staff, it is made available to professional researchers (academia, professional productions) in the form of low-resolution access copies. The CNA never provides master files to researchers until the institution knows the purpose of consultation and re-use, and a contract has been signed. Once signed, high resolution copies are made available.
Loans are an important tool used to broaden access to as wide a public as possible. Temporary exhibitions regularly include works from CNA collections and are developed in collaboration with experts from different fields (e.g. curators, publishers, lecturers, conservationists, academia, writers, national and international institutions, museums and associations).
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