Over the years, the Spanish companies Mercury Films and FlixOle have acquired the rights to thousands of old films, which they digitise and restore in an effort to "get to know our heritage and see it in conditions that have never been seen before" explains Aaron Ortega. The work is a way of safeguarding movies threatened by the passage of time and that "otherwise would be on shelves," says Sophie de Mac Mahon. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES