This International Journal of Film and Media Arts’ (IJFMA) issue is built upon a selection of papers that were presented at the 8th edition of the International Congress of Audiovisual Researchers/ Congresso Internacional de Investigadores de Audiovisual (CIIA), which took place and was organized by Lusofona University, from June 23 to 25, 2021. In this edition, the theme chosen was “Audiovisual and Creative Industries – Present and Future”, thus recognizing the importance of reflecting and discussing the challenges that the audiovisual media were facing in the sector within the broader context of the creative industries. This event was attended by more than two hundred researchers, mainly from Spain and Portugal, but also from countries such as Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, China, Russia, Israel, Slovenia and Italy. The standards of this selection complied with all academic criteria, namely double-blind peer-review system.