Fondazione CSC – Cineteca Nazionale and the Archivio Nazionale Cinema Impresa are dedicated to the protection, conservation, and promotion of Italy’s non-theatrical audiovisual heritage, with a specific focus on corporate cinema, as well as family, religious, activist, and documentary films.

The Archive collects, catalogs, and promotes industrial films, documentaries, short films, and audiovisual materials produced by companies, congregations, private individuals, and institutions, with the goal of preserving the nation’s historical memory. Through archiving, restoration, digitalization, research, and cultural dissemination, the organization makes works of significant historical, economic, and social value accessible, collaborating with scholars, cultural institutions, and production entities to promote corporate cinema as a vital form of cultural heritage.

Documento film
The short films of Documento Film span from the late 1940s to the early 1960s, documenting significant aspects of Italian society from the post-war period to the economic boom. They offer a fresco of Italy during its greatest moment of transformation, alternating between postcard-perfect imagery and Manzonian visions to the brutality of urbanization and the real estate speculation that would reshape the face of the country in those years.

These works, often characterized by a certain underlying rhetoric, reflect the nation’s economic and social evolution, offering a privileged perspective on this specific historical period. Consequently, the collection holds significant historical, cultural, and documentary interest, serving as an audiovisual testament to the transformation of Italy.