The CGAI, created by the decree 210/1989 of 5 October of the Xunta de Galicia, was open the 15th March 1991 and has been developing its activities in audiovisual and photography fields regularly.

It is the institution of the autonomous administration in charge of audiovisual matters and its functions are the following:

• To recover, catalogue, care and diffuse the productions and works of the Galician audiovisual and photographic heritage.
• To program screenings, exhibitions, lectures, publications, etc. in order to provide a wider knowledge of the image arts.
• To collaborate, with the former aims, inside and outside Galicia.
• To participate in the promotion of the Galician audiovisual production in markets, trade fairs and festivals.

The management structure is divided as follows: :

Director
Guillermo Escrigas
(34) 881 881 265

Administrative managment service
Contact
(34) 881 881 261

Programming
Jaime Pena Pérez
(34) 881 881 270

Diffusion
Otilia Álvarez Álvarez
(34) 881 881 260

Archive and documentation
José María Rodríguez Armada
(34) 881 881 264
Beatriz Díaz Lorente
(34) 881 881 263
Ana Mª Pena Penabad
(34) 881 881 267

Events and communication coordinator
Mónica García Iglesias
(34) 881 881 269

Exhibitions coordinator
Marta Etcheverría Marchesi
(34) 881 881 262

Web services coordination
Patricia González Pin
(34) 881 881 260

Subtitles, translations and linguistic coordination
Begoña Combo Castro
(34) 881 881 266

Press and Documentation
José Manuel Sande García
(34) 881 881 270

Screening room. Projectionist and ticket clerk
Antonio Vicente Rodríguez Ramos
(34) 881 881 268
Walter Ariel Rodríguez Ferreiro
(34) 881 881 260

The plant, of 1.200 square meters, is located at the Casa de la Cultura Salvador de Madariaga in the city of La Coruña.