Beyond Media
Introduction

**Beyond Media** was an architecture film festival held in [Florence](/wiki/Florence "Florence") from 1997 to 2009\. The festival aimed at observing the use of audiovisual tools for architecture and more generally at discussing relationships between [architecture](/wiki/Architecture "Architecture") and the [media](/wiki/New_media "New media").
Beyond Media was organized by Image, a group of architects, historians and researchers based in [Florence](/wiki/Florence "Florence") and active in the field of [communication](/wiki/Communication "Communication") in architecture.
In the course of its nine editions, the festival became one of the main events worldwide devoted to architecture videos. The latest edition, "Beyond Media 2009: Visions", presented 80 videos selected from over 600 submissions from 35 countries.


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